Anne Rogers Clark

about 1724–March 1804 (Age 80)
Virginia, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Anne Rogers

When Anne Rogers Clark was born about 1724, in Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Jonathan Clark, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann "Nancy" Wilson, was 24. She married Torquil McLeod about 1740. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in March 1804, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

Torquil McLeod
1725–1752
Anne Rogers Clark
1724–1804
Marriage: about 1740
Ann Clark McLeod
1744–1809

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1740
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (1)

    1775
    Age 51
    "Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English clerk, clark ‘clerk, cleric, writer’ (Old French clerc; see Clerc ). The original sense was ‘man in a religious order, cleric, clergyman’. As all writing and secretarial work in medieval Christian Europe was normally done by members of the clergy, the term clerk came to mean ‘scholar, secretary, recorder, or penman’ as well as ‘cleric’. As a surname, it was particularly common for one who had taken only minor holy orders. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established.Irish (Westmeath, Mayo): in Ireland the English surname was frequently adopted, partly by translation for Ó Cléirigh; see Cleary .Americanized form of Dutch De Klerk or Flemish De Clerck or of variants of these names, and possibly also of French Clerc . Compare Clerk 2 and De Clark .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Clarke
    Clerk
    Clerkin
    Calarco
    Clerc
    Clarkson

    Story Highlight

    Jonathan Clark Will

    The will of Jonathan Clark 1734 Department of Archives, Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia No. 21036. Miscellaneous Papers, File No. 13 H-20 In the name of God Amen the ninth day of Apri …

    Sources (6)

    • Legacy NFS Source: Anne Rogers Clark - Family genealogies: birth-name: Ann Lee Clark
    • Ann Clarke, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
    • Anna Rogers Clark Field, "Find A Grave Index"

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