Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. – Unknown
Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. – Unknown
Lark Blackburn Szick
A. Jeremy Clarke, bapt. Dec. 1, 1605 d. 1651 Newport RI, m. Frances Latham bapt. Feb. 15, 1610 Elston, Bedford, England d. Sept. 27, 1677 Newport RI, d/o Lewis Latham and widow of William Dungan (-1)
- Lewis Latham, Leatham and Leathom are two older spellings of the name (1584-1655) member of the King's household, and Falconer to Prince Henry in 1612, and later was Sergeant Falconer to King Charles I. Frances m. 1627 at age 17 to William Dungan, Gentleman, who was born about 1606, a London Merchant and Perfumer. Frances and William resided at St. Martins-in-the-Fields where William died September 1636, leaving her a widow at age 26 with four children between the ages of 2 and 8 years. From his Will dated Sept. 13, 1636 he gave all his property to his wife Frances, and £70 to each of his children.
- About a year later Frances marries Jeremy and shortly after they came to Rhode Island about the year 1637 bringing the four children by her first marriage. They settled at Newport where Jeremy became the first Constable, and in 1648 Governor and Treasurer of the Rhode Island Colony. This family was members of the Society of Friends at Newport, the first Quaker settlement in America.
- After Jeremy's death, Frances marries for the 3rd time to Rev. William Vaughan, Doctor of Civil Law, poet and distinguished scholar, one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and a founders of the Second Baptist Church of which he was the first minister. He died in August 1677.
- Frances Latham now generally called "The Mother of Governors," because no less than fourteen of her direct descendants, and many sons-in-law in succeeding generations, became Governors or Lieut. Governors. (-1)
1. Barbara Dungan b. ca 1628, m. Dep. Gov. James Barker.
2. Frances Dungan b. ca 1630, died 1697, m. Hon. Randall Holden.
3. William Dungan b. ca 1632, m. Jane.
4. Rev. Thomas Dungan b. ca 1634 d. 1687 Cold Spring, Penn., m. 1663, Elizabeth Weaver b. 1647 d. 1697 at Cold Spring, Penn., d/o Sgt. Clement Weaver & Rebecca, d/o William Holbrook of Glastonbury, Cheshire, Wales
- Rev. Thomas Dungan, soldier, legislator, pioneer, became the first Baptist minister in the Province of Pennsylvania
- In 1655 Heraldry living at Newport, R. I., where he was Sergeant of the Newport Militia in 1676. He acquired 240 acres at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, about the year 1670. In 1678 and again in 1681 he was elected to the Rhode Island Assembly. His half brother Walter Clarke was then Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. (-2)
- In 1682 he sold his properties in East Greenwich and Newport, RI, and completed his education for the ministry Later he removed to Pennsylvania and settled at Cold Spring, Bucks County, where he founded a Baptist Church in 1684. (-2)
a) William Dungan, married Deborah Wing.
b) Elizabeth Dungan m. Nathaniel West, Jr.
c) John Dungan d. without issue.
d) Clement Dungan d. without issue.
e) Rebecca Dungan m. Edward Doyle.
f) Thomas Dungan Jr., m. Mary Drake
g) Jeremiah Dungan m. Deborah Drake.
h) Mary Dungan m. Abraham Richards.
i) Sarah Dungan m. James Carrell.
5. Gov. Walter Clarke b. 1638, m1) Content Greenman, m2) Hannah Scott, m3) Freeborn Williams, m4) Sarah Pryor.
6. Mary Clarke b. 164 1, m1) Gov. John Cranston, m2) John Stanton.
7. Dep. Gov. Jeremiah Clarke b. 1643, married Anne Audley.
8. Dep. Gov. Latham Clarke b. 1645, m.1) Hannah Wilbur, m2) Anne Collins.
9. Hon. Weston Clarke b. 1648, Atty. Gen. and Treas. of R. I., m1) Mary Easton, m2) Rebecca Thurston.
10. Sarah Clarke b. 1651, a few months before her father's death d. 1706, m1) John Pinner, m2) Gov. Caleb Carr. - Governor Caleb Carr, an investor in pirates and Captain William Kidd
- Governor Caleb Carr, an investor in pirates and Captain William Kidd was born December 12, 1616, and died December 17, 1695 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. He m1) Mercy Vaughn b.1630 d. Sept. 12, 1675 in Newport RI. He m2) Sarah Clarke d/o Jeremiah Clarke He m3) Ann Easton.
- Caleb Carr took a very prominent part in the affairs of the settlement at Newport and in the Colony of Rhode Island. Among the offices in which he served were: Town Commissioner, Deputy, Justice, General Treasurer and Colonial Governor (in 1695 and terminated by his death late that same year)...Perhaps the thing that Caleb did that had the most lasting effect upon the family was his purchase of large tracts of land on the island of Connecticut / Jamestown, where several of his children took up their residence, and their descendants live there still...he also established a ferry between Newport and Jamestown, in 1675, spanning two hundred and fifty years associated with the Carr family... in the course of all these activities he became possessed of considerable wealth and his residence was on what is now Mill Street in Newport... he owned wharves and a warehouse at the foot of Mill Street where the ferry now docks... his Will disposed of human as well as real and personal property... his daughter Mary was without children but had a rather famous husband in Thomas Paine. He was a seafaring man and there is strong, evidence to prove that he was partner and intimate of the famous pirate, Captain Kidd..." (-3)
11. Rev. James Clarke b. 1649, pastor 2nd Baptist Church at Newport, m. Hopestill Power.
a) Jonathon Clarke, b. 1681 Newport RI d. May 22, 1758, in Rhode Island; m. Amy _____.
B. Jonathan Clarke b. 1681 Newport RI d. May 22, 1758, m1) Hopestill Power m2) Ann Fleet
C. James Clarke of Newport, Rhode Island, USA b. Sep 03, 1740 d. Oct. 13, 1802 in Halifax, NS, buried Old Burial Grounds, Halifax, NS m. Dec. 23, 1761 by Rev. John Maxon, in Newport, Rhode Island, Mary Bennett b. Feb 2, 1745 d. Aug 22, 1797 in Halifax, NS, bur. Old Burial Grounds, Halifax, NS, d/o of Job Bennett & Francis Holden
- On the 10th of Sept. 1779, James left Newport upon business for His Majesty's Service and came to New York. on the 25th of October the King's troops were all removed from that place leaving my wife and family there, where they continued until the 14th of August 1780, and then at my request came to New York arriving the 18th day of August. and in New York, David Shaw Clarke was born on the 7th of October, 1781. In Halifax where we arrived from New York, the 24th of December 1783. Horatio Lake Clarke was born the 14th of June, 1786 and baptized by the Rev. Mr. Weeks upon the 13th day of August 1786. (Taken from personal records of James Clarke)
- The whole family was christened together on Aug 13, 1786 at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax, NS.
- Obit: Newport Mercury: Mary Clarke, wife of James, formerly of Newport, RI., d. at Halifax, aged 53, 5 Sept. 1797.
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, An Historical Essay - by Lorenzo Sabine
- Clarke, James, of Rhode Island. Secretary of the Association of Loyal Refugees, formed at Newport, March 1779. The object appears in a paper signed by himself, namely, to "retaliate upon and make reprisal against the inhabitants of the several provinces in America, in actual rebellion against their Sovereign". The Association was formed under the sanction of the British Commander in Chief in Rhode Island, who gave commissions to the officers.
- To execute the purpose above indicated, they conceived "themselves warranted, by the laws of God and man, to wage war upon their inhuman persecutors", the Rebels, "and to use every means in their power, to obtain redress and compensation for the indignities and losses they had suffered". The document concludes with an invitation to all who had preserved their loyalty, as well as those who had grown weary of Congressional tyranny and paper money, and who hated French frippery, French politics, French religion and alliances, to join with them in their endeavors to recover for their country its ancient form of government. He wrote Governor Franklin twice the same year, giving an account of the proceedings and success of the Association. In 1783, Mr. Clarke was a petitioner for lands in Nova Scotia. {See Abijiah Willard, see below}. He was at Halifax in 1797, and his wife, Mary died there that year.
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution An Historical Essay - by Lorenzo Sabine
- Some excerpts from notes on Abijiard Willard - July 1783, in the city of New York, where he and fifty-four other Loyalists, joined in a petition to Sir Guy Carleton for extensive grants of lands in Nova Scotia. These petitioners were, and still are known as the "Fifty-Five". They represented that their position in society had been very respectable, and that previous to the Revolution, that had possessed much influence. They stated that they intended to remove to Nova Scotia, and desired that the same number of acres that were granted to field-officers of the army might be given to each of them. And they asked that, if possible, the lands should be conveyed free from quit-rents, and from other encumbrances. This petition created much clamor at New York, and a copy of it having been sent to St. John, and printed, created an excitement there.
- Nova Scotia Royal Gazette October 14, 1802
- Yesterday morning, in the 63d year of his Age, James Clarke, Esq: Assistant Commissary and Storekeeper General - Mr. Clarke, possessed a clear and comprehensive mind, was highly distinguished for the benevolence of his disposition, and for his pleasant and agreeable manners--To his family he was affectionate and indulgent, and he will long be remembered with esteem, by a number of extensive acquaintances. His Funeral will be Tomorrow at One O’clock, when his distinguished acquaintance are requested to attend.
- Halifax Gazette August 22, 1797 Wednesday at about 5 o'clock P.M. departed this transitory life, Mary Clarke, the amiable comfort of James Clarke, Esq: of this Town, in the 53rd Year of her Age. She was a native of Rhode Island, of an ancient and respectable family amongst the first settlers of that State, and removed into this Province with her Husband and Family upon the Evacuation of New-York, soon after the termination of the American War. Her indisposition was fevered and painful, and of many years continuance, which she bore with great firmness and resignation, and sustained every vicissitude with usual fortitude and composure. Those virtues, which are the highest ornaments of our nature, those possessed in an eminent degree without an ambition of appearing beyond the humble walks of life. As an affectionate wife, kind parent, and sympathetic friend: she has left many to lament a loss, which probably will not to them be fully repaired. Her remains were respectfully interred last Friday afternoon.
- Clarke, James" James Clarke "Memorial list is a Loyalist from the late colony of Rhode Island, who removed to this province in 1783. Prays for a warrant of survey for lands as he and his family - consisting of a wife, four sons and one daughter may be entitled to. Approved - for a" not given 1790
1. Job Bennett Clarke RNSIR - Lieut. Commissionary of the Garrison, b. Aug 19, 1765 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS d. Sep 20, 1808 Sydney, NS, age 43 years old, buried in St. George's Parish Cemetery, Sydney, m. March 22, 1787, in Windsor, NS, by Rev. Mr. Ellis, Francis Hall "Fanny" b. July 28, 1760 Colshile, Warwickshire, England, d. Aug 23, 1824 age 64 years old, buried in St George's Parish Cem. in Sydney, Cape Breton
a) Peter Hall Clarke Esq. b. Aug. 20, 1789 Halifax, NS, bapt. Sep 20, 1789 d. July 16, 1863 Sydney, m. Jul 4, 1811 Mary Ann Wilson d/o John Wilson.
- The firm of Archibald and Company, founded in the 1830s by Samuel George Archibald and Peter Hall Clarke.
- North Sydney Samuel George Archibald was the agent of the General Mining Association for the sale and shipping of coal. He formed the company of Archibald and Clarke in the 1830's and began to build, buy and charter vessels for coal and other cargo. A few years later Peter Hall Clarke left the company and other Archibalds joined it.
- Peter Hall Clarke Esq. was treasurer of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton province.
(1) Richard J. D. Clarke b. 1817 d. August 25, 1827 age 10 years
(2) Francis Anne Clarke b. 1820 d. March 3, 1827 - 7 years of age buried in St George's Parish Cem.
(3) Peter Hall Clarke Jr. b. 1822 d. July 16, 1866 age 44 years old, buried in St George's Parish Cemetery
(a) A daughter b. 1845 d. 15/1/1865 m. Edmund Outram, Esq, A M,
Inspector of Schools Halifax Citizen, Tuesday, January 24, 1865 At
Sydney, C B, on the 15th inst, Mrs. Outram, aged 20 years, wife of
Edmund Outram, Esq, A M, Inspector of Schools, and youngest daughter of the late Peter Hall Clarke, Esq.
(4) James Peter Clarke b. Aug. 25, 1823 d. Sept. 04, 1827 - 4 years old, buried in St George's Parish Cemetery in Sydney, CB
(5) Margaret Mary Clarke b. 1825 d. Nov. 12,1829 - 4 years old b. in St George's Parish Cemetery
(6) Henrietta Clarke m. Lt. Col. Charles Edward Crewe-Read. (res: Sydney)
b) Charles Anthony Clarke Esq. b. Dec. 5, 1790 on a small island off of Halifax NS. d. Aug. 28, 1866 Aylmer, Quebec, m1) Jan. 1, 1811 in Sydney, Margaret Cox d/o William Cox Esq. b. 1760 England. Charles m2) Mary Creighton of Hartford, England. Commissary General in the British Army,
(1) Douglas Bennet Clarke b. ca. Sept 30, 1811 bapt. Nov. 14, 1811 St
George's Parish, Sydney. d. Jan 22, 1870 or 1890 Halifax
(2) Anna Maria Clarke b. ca Jan. 1, 1813 bapt. March 23, 1813 St
George's Parish, Sydney.
(3) Dorothy Clarke bapt. April 11, 1814 Sydney, NS
(4) Peter Turquand Clarke b. 1815 at Fort Wellington, Upper Canada, d.
ca. 1890 drowned in the Great Lakes, m. Sept. 27, 1870 Ann Harriet
Andrews (original spelling was Andross). It seems that Peter might
have had another family in Guelph, Ontario. - In 1881 Peter and his
family is living in Ball's Creek, Cape Breton.
- Peter Turquand Clarke of Coxheath, near the Town of Sydney, County
of Cape Breton, hereby declare that I am a lawful son of the late
Charles Anthony Clarke, who died at Aylmer, Province of Quebec,
Canada, on the 28th of August 1866, and who was a brother of the late
Job Bennet Clarke, Commander R.N.[Royal Navy] Signed in the presence
of Mrs. D. Smitten, Sydney, Cape Breton
(a) Douglas Rigby Cox b. May 1877 Sydney d. July 1878 Sydney, NS.
(b) Emma Clark b. May 1882 Sydney, d. 1973 unmarried, received a
letter from an Aunt E. Clarke
(c) Nepean Charles Clarke b. May 4, 1879 Ball's Creek, Cape Breton d.
June _, 1954 m. Margaret Battersby d/o Henry Battersby.
- Obit: Sydney Post Record September 10, 1955
- The death of Nepean C Clarke, 69, widely known and highly esteemed
Coxheath resident, occurred early this morning at the family
residence, friends will regret to learn. A lifelong resident of
Coxheath, he was a veteran employee of the Steel Plant until his
retirement a year ago, and news of his passing will occasion wide spread regret throughout the area. He served as Warden of St Mark's Church and was active in its affairs. Surviving are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. James Crooks, Sydney and Mrs. Leo P Baker, Stratford, Ont., one son Reginald, Grand Lake road, a sister Miss Emma Clarke, at home. The remains are resting at the family residence, and the funeral will take place Monday at 2 pm with service at St Mark's Church and interment in St Mark's cemetery.
i) Regnald Charles Clarke m. Jean Ferguson
(1) John Charles Clarke m. Helen May Ellis
(2) Loretta Rae Clarke
(3) Blair Clarke m. Mary Vassalls
(4) Robert Clarke
(5) Walter Clarke
ii) Vivian Clarke b. 1916 d. 1978 m. Leo Baker, no issue
iii) Eva Clarke m. James Brooks, no issue
(5) Job Bennet Clarke, Commander R.N. [Royal Navy]
(6) Fanny Jane Clarke b. 1817 at Fort Wellington, Upper Canada, d.
Aug. 1832
(7) Margaret Dorothy Clarke b. Jan. 29, 1829 Colby near Sydney, NS
(8) ?Nepean Clarke b. ca. 1811 m1) Oct. 3, 1833 in St. Georges Ang.
Parish, Halifax, Mary Jane Marshall m2) June 17, 1848 Margaret
Glover. He is a widower in 1881 and living in Halifax, NS
- Aug. 7, 1877 Nepean receives a sum of $22,978.55 from the will of
his nephew Rev. John Clarke
(a) ? Helen Clarke b. ca. 1845 NS, m. Mr. Kellogg in 1881 living in Halifax, NS, no husband shows up on the census.
i) Frances H. Kellogg b. 1865 Quebec.
ii) Emma Kellogg b. 1867 Quebec.
iii) Elsie McL. Kellogg b. 1868 NB.
iv) Warren B. Kellogg b. 1870 NB.
iv) M.H. Kellogg b. 1871 NB.
(b) ? Mary Clarke b. 1841 NB m. Mr. Stow. Mary is a widow in 1881 in 1881 living in Halifax, NS
(9) ___ Clarke
(a) Brother deceased before 1877
i) Sophia L. P. Clarke of Halifax receives a sum of $11,488.27 on the death of her uncle Rev. John Clarke. ii) Walter Clarke of Halifax receives a sum of $11,488.27 on the death of his uncle Rev. John Clarke.
(b) Rev. John L. Clarke m. Diana ____
- Halifax Reporter, Aug. 7, 1877 - Halifax Savings "A RICH CLERGYMAN'S ESTATE"
The decree in the estate of the Rev. John L. Clarke, the Episcopal clergyman who died in Ashland, NY, in 1870, has been made by judge Mattice of Green County, US. It will be remembered that Mr. Clarke left his big fortune in an old trunk, which he be quested to benevolent societies. The will however, was not excited legally and was set aside. The results now is that the sum of $23,561.71 goes to the widow Diana Clarke of Quebec and the balance is divided into three equal parts, of which Nepean Clarke Esq. of this city, brother, takes one third, $22,978.55. Two children of a deceased brother Sophia L. P. Clarke and Walter Clarke of Halifax each take $11,488.27. The remaining third $22,978.55 is equally divided amongst the four children of another brother. James L. Clarke of New York, Harriet L and William H Clarke of Connecticut and Charles A. Clarke of Canada.
i) James L. Clarke of New York
ii) Harriet L. Clarke of Connecticut
iii) William H. Clarke of Connecticut
iv) Charles A. Clarke of Canada
(10) ? Cecilia Clarke d. Examora Road, Guelph m. ? James Geddes lived in
Mt. Forest [? Ontario]
(11) William Clarke (res: Aylmer, near Ottawa)
(12) Agnes Clarke. In 1865 she was in Montreal, Quebec.
(13) Charles Clarke "Charlie"
c) James Clarke b. June 9, 1792 Halifax, bapt. Aug 10, 1792
d) Mary Jane Clarke "Maria" b. Aug 15, 1793 Halifax, NS, bapt. Nov 03, 1793 m. Oct. 02, 1810 Henry Dilkes Byng, Esq Capt. R.N. (res: ? London England)
e) Mary Ann Charlotte Clarke b. March 11, 1795 Halifax, NS, bapt. Jul 15, 1795 d. Sept 17, 1796 Halifax, NS
f) Job Benett Clarke b. Feb. 13, 1797 bapt. Mar 29, 1797 died in England. Job Bennet is listed on the 1871 North District 15, Norfolk, England Census as a patient widower, Commander Retired
(1) Joseph Clarke b. 1841 Bury St. Edmunds Suff., patient unmarried
(Royal Naval Hospital). Listed on the 1871 North District 15,
Norfolk, England Census
g) Sarah Clarke b. Dec. 20, 1797 Windsor, NS, m. Sept. 22, 1818 at St. Peters, NS, by the Rev. Herbert Binney, Lawrence Kavanagh, Esq., 2nd s/o Lawrence Kavanagh
(1) Lawrence Bennet Kavanagh b. July 19, 1819
(2) Frances Catherine Kavanagh b. May 14, 1830 at St Peters, NS.
h) Frances Robina Clarke m. Aug 20, 1816 Patrick M. M. Wright.
2. James Fleet Clarke b. May 6, 1770 Newport, Rhode Island m. Nov. 24, 1794 by Rev. Mr. Matignon, Rosalie Adelaide Renoult. Boston, MA Marriages 1762 - 1809
a) Mary Clarke b. Jan. 24, 1798
3. Jonathan Weeden Clarke RNSIR, 2nd Mate on Hospital Staff of NS & NB, 1809 listed as Medical Officer at Mines, b. Jan. 26, 1772 Newport, Rhode Island, ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS d. Dec 10, 1814 in Sydney, Cape Breton m1) Feb 28,1800 in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS, Elizabeth _____ m2) Charlotte ____ d. Jul 09, 1836 in Sydney, Cape Breton. In 1808 they lived at the Mines.
Notes: 1816 Clark, Charlotte Petition to Fitzherbert: Petitioner is the widow of the late Dr. Clark, and for some years surgeon in the Garrison here. She has a large family, and asks a lot at the Foot of the Hard Wood Hill. Note: Recommended. County Cape Breton
a) Ethelinda Clark ch. Feb. 28 1800 St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS
b) Mary Anna Mathews Clarke ch. Aug 05, 1802 m1) 1816 Lt. Col.
Fitzherbert m2) Jun 27, 1824 Douglas Cox
c) Amelia Charlotte Clarke b. Sep 11,1803 d. Jul 24, 1879 m. Nov 1,
1823 Samuel Plant 1787 in Sydney, CB buried in St. Georges's Parish
Cem., Sydney, CB, s/o William Plant
d) John Despard Clarke b. 1805 d. Apr 15,1873 m. ??
e) William Tryon Clarke bapt. Nov 25, 1806 at the Mines, Sydney NS, d.
Jun 23, 1840
f) Charles James Clarke b. Jan 17, 1810 d. May 22, 1885
g) Evan Nepian Ritchie Clarke bapt. Oct 17, 1808 bur. Mar 20, 1811 – 2
h) Elizabeth Dora (Dorothrea) Clarke b. May 14, 1811 bapt. Nov 14,1811
i) Mary Caroline Margaret Clarke b. Feb 20, 1814 d. Nov 06, 1867 m.
Jan 01, 1838 Douglas Gordon Rigby
j) Philip, 40, stout fellow, low sized, (came with Dr. Clarke).
Formerly slave of William Dandridge, James River, Virginia; left
him 3 years ago. Black Loyalist Guide
4. Mary Ann Clarke b. Feb 07, 1774 Newport, Rhode Island, bapt. Aug 16, 1786 in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS
5. Francis Holden Clarke b. Jan 27, 1776 Newport, Rhode Island, bapt. Aug 16, 1786 in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS
6. Horatio Zeke Clarke b. Jan 19, 1778 Newport, Rhode Island, d. Sept. 28/1778 Newport, Rhode Island
7. Daniel Clarke m. Sophia _____
8. Elizabeth Clarke
9. James Fleet Clarke b. May 6, 1770 Newport, Rhode Island, bapt. Aug 16, 1786 in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS m. Rosalla ______
10. David Shaw Clarke, Esq. Magistrate, b. Oct. 7, 1781 Newport, Rhode Island, bapt. Aug 16, 1786 in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, m1) Sophia ____ d. Jan 14, 1815 at Halifax, NS m2) February 25th, 1816, by Rev. Milne: to Mrs. Mary Jane [Wilkie] Bowley b. Sept. 26, 1786, 3rd d/o Capt. Walter Coltheart Wilkie & Jane Rodda
a) John Samuel Clarke b. June 20, 1806 m. Sept. 1, 1831 Mary Lucilla De
Wolf b. Mar 13, 1803 d. Mar 31, 1840 m2) ? Eliza Hackett - Mary Lucilla
De Wolf d/o Elisha DeWolf b. Sep 1, 1779 d. 30 Nov 1837 (s/o Nathan
DeWolf & Lydia Kirtland) and Margaret Ratchford b. Sep 3, 1762,
Cornwallis, Kings Co., NS d. Mar 25, 1852.
(1) John Samuel Clarke Jr. b. ca June 7, 1838 d. July 2, 1838 age 3
weeks, buried in St Patrick’s' Cem, Halifax
(2) ? Josephine Clarke m. Mr. Foley
(a) Elizabeth Foley m. Mr Apperly
i) Margaret Apperly m. Mr. Knowlton.
(1) Elizabeth W. Knowlton
b) James Stewart Clarke b. Sept. 5, 1804 m. July 31, 1828 in St Georges
Ang. Parish, Halifax, Harriet Ann Etter b. ca. 1806 d/o Benjamin B.
Etter Esq.
(1) David Horseman Clarke
(a) Arthur Stewart Clarke
11. Mary Alice Clarke b. Feb. 7, 1782 in Windsor, d. Nov. 5, 1783
12. Horatio Lake Clarke b. June 14, 1786, Halifax, and baptized by the Rev. Mr. Weeks upon the 13th day of August 1786, in St. Paul's Church, Halifax, NS, died as infant, Old Burial Grounds, Halifax, NS
Taken From The Clarke Family Letters
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James Clarke of Newport, Rhode Island, USA b. Sep 03, 1740 d. 1808 in Halifax, NS, buried Old Burial Grounds, Halifax, NS m. December 23, 1761 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, Mary Bennett d. Aug 22, 1797 in Halifax, NS, bur. Old Burial Grounds, Halifax, NS, d/o of Job Bennett Clarke & Francis Holden
- Nova Scotia Royal Gazette October 14, 1802
Yesterday morning, in the 63d year of his Age, James Clarke, Esq: Assistant Commissary and Storekeeper General- Mr. Clarke, possessed a clear and comprehensive mind, was highly distinguished for the benevolence of his disposition, and for his pleasant and agreeable manners--To his family he was affectionate and indulgent, and he will long be remembered with esteem, by a number of extensive acquaintances. His Funeral will be Tomorrow at One O’clock, when his distinguished acquaintance are requested to attend.
- Halifax Gazette August 22, 1797
Wednesday at about 5 o'clock P.M. departed this transitory life, Mary Clarke, the amiable comfort of James Clarke, Esq: of this Town, in the 53rd Year of her Age. She was a native of Rhode Island, of an ancient and respectable family amongst the first settlers of that State, and removed into this Province with her Husband and Family upon the Evacuation of New-York, soon after the termination of the American War. Her indisposition was fevered and painful, and of many years continuance, which she bore with great firmness and resignation, and sustained every vicissitude with usual fortitude and composure. Those virtues which are the highest ornaments of our nature those possessed in an eminent degree without an ambition of appearing beyond the humble walks of life. As an affectionate wife, kind parent, and sympathetic friend: she has left many to lament a loss which probably will not to them be fully repaired. Her remains were respectfully interred last Friday afternoon.
- Obit: Newport Mercury: Mary Clarke, wife of James, formerly of Newport, RI., d. at Halifax, aged 53, 5 Sept. 1797.
- Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution
A Historical Essay - by Lorenzo Sabine Vol II - pg. 315 - 316
Clarke, James - of Rhode Island. Secretary of the Association of Loyal Refugees, formed at Newport, March 1779. The object appears in a paper signed by himself, namely, to “retaliate upon and make reprisal against the inhabitants of the several provinces in America, in actual rebellion against their Sovereign”. The Association was formed under the sanction of the British Commander-in-Chief in Rhode Island, who gave commissions to the officers.
To execute the purpose above indicated, they conceived “themselves warranted, by the laws of God and man, to wage war upon their inhuman persecutors”, the Rebels, “and to use every means in their power, to obtain redress and compensation for the indignities and losses they had suffered”. The document concludes with an invitation to all who had preserved their loyalty, as well as those who had grown weary of Congressional tyranny and paper money, and who hated French frippery, French politics, French religion and alliances, to join with them in their endeavors to recover for their country its ancient form of government. He wrote Governor Franklin twice the same year, giving an account of the proceedings and success of the Association. In 1783, Mr. Clarke was a petitioner for lands in Nova Scotia. (See Abijiah Willard below). He was at Halifax in 1797, and his wife, Mary died there that year.
Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution
A Historical Essay - by Lorenzo Sabine Vol II - pg. 428 - 429
Some excerpts from notes on Abijiard Willard - July 1783, in the city of New York, where he and fifty-four other Loyalists, joined in a petition to Sir Guy Carleton for extensive grants of lands in Nova Scotia. These petitioners were, and still are known as the “Fifty-Five”. They represented that their position in society had been very respectable, and that previous to the Revolution, that had possessed much influence. They stated that they intended to remove to Nova Scotia, and desired that the same number of acres that were granted to field officers of the army might be given to each of them. And they asked that, if possible, the lands should be conveyed free from quit-rents, and from other in cumbrances. This petition created much clamor at New York, and a copy of it having been sent to St. John, and printed, created an excitement there.
They, along with their children, were christened together on Aug 13, 1786 at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Halifax, Halifax County, NS.
Children of James Clarke and Mary Bennett:
Job Bennett Clarke, RNSIR - Lieut. Commissionary of the Garrison, b. Aug 19, 1765 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS d. Sep 22, 1808 in Sydney, Cape Breton, buried in St. George’s Parish Cemetery, Sydney, m. Francis Hall “Fanny” b. 1760 d. Aug 23, 1824 - 64 yrs, in Sydney, Cape Breton
Children:
Peter Hall Clarke b. Aug 26, 1798 ch. Sep 20,1789 m. Jul 4, 1811 Mary Ann Wilson
Mary Ann Charlotte Clarke ch. Jul 15, 1795
Job Bennett Clarke ch. Mar 29, 1797
James Clarke ch. Aug 10, 1792
Mary Jane Clarke ch. Nov 03, 1793
Possible grand children buried with Job Bennett Clarke in St. George’s Parish Church Cemetery, Sydney & children of Peter Hall Clarke s/o Job Bennett Clarke
Francis Ann Clarke b. 1820 d. Mar 03,1827
Peter Hall Clarke b. 1822 d. Jul 16,1866 - 54 years
Richard J. B. Clarke b. 1817 d. Aug 25,1827 - 10 years
James P. Clarke b. 1823 d. Sep 04,1827 - 4 years
James Fleet Clarke b. May 06, 1770 Newport, Rhode Island, USA ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS m. Rosalla ______
DR. Jonathan Weeden Clarke RNSIR 2nd Mate on Hospital Staff of NS & NB, 1809 listed as Medical Officer at Mines, b. Jan 26, 1772 Newport, Rhode Island, USA
ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS d. Dec 10, 1814 in Sydney, Cape Breton m1) Feb 28,1800 in St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, NS, Elizabeth _____ m2) Charlotte ____ d. Jul 09, 1836 in Sydney, Cape Breton
Note:
- Black Loyalist Guide: Philip, 40, stout fellow, low sized, (came with Dr. Clarke). Formerly slave of William Dandridge, James River, Virginia; left him 3 years ago.
- Children:
Ethelinda Clark ch. Feb. 28 1800 St. Paul’s Church, Halifax, NS
Mary Anna Mathews Clarke b. Aug 05, 1802 m1) 1816 Lt. Col. Fitzherbert m2) Jun 27, 1824 Douglas Cox
Charlotte Emily Clarke b. Sep 11,1803 d. Jul 24, 1879 m. Nov 1, 1823 Samuel Plant
John Despard Clarke b. 1805 d. Apr 15,1873 m. ??
William Tryon Clarke b. Nov 25, 1806 d. Jun 23, 1840
Evan Nepian Ritchie Clarke b. Oct 17, 1808 bur. Mar 20, 1811 - 2 yrs & 11 months.
Charles James Clarke b. Jan 17, 1810 d. May 22, 1885
Elizabeth Dora (Dorothrea) Clarke b. Nov 14, 1811
Mary Caroline Margaret Clarke b. Feb 20, 1814 d. Nov 06, 1867 m. Jan 01, 1838 Douglas Gordon Rigby
Francis Holden Clarke b. Jan 27, 1776 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA ch. 1786 in Halifax, NS
David Shaw Clarke m. Sophia ________
Mary Ann Clarke b. Feb 07, 1774
Horatio Zeke Clarke b. Jan 19, 1778
Horatio Clarke
Daniel Clarke m. Sophia ____
Elizabeth Clarke
A letter from Aunt E. Clarke to Emma [?Clarke]
Rockwood, Dec. 27, 1912
My dear Emma,
I am very tired but I must not let your letter go any longer. I can not answer all your questions tonight but I will tell you a little which is quite right for you to know about the Clarke family.
It is 52 years ago [1860] since I first met your Aunt Cecilia, the first of when I knew your uncle James Geddes lived in Mt. Forest then and your aunt called upon me. I was much younger then her but we soon became friends and have continued to all our lives.
She passed away in my arms in the parlor of my father’s old house on Examora Road, Guelph, and I am looking forward to meeting her again where death can never separate us.
The next Clarke I met was your uncle William. I went with your aunt Celia to his house at Aylmer, near Ottawa.
We were on our way and staying at the Queen’s Hotel in Toronto the day Abraham Lincoln was buried.
It is all like a dream to me now
Well, we stayed at Aylmer four months. I liked your uncle William and was sorry when he died.
Grandfather and aunt Agnes came from Montreal and we left them there and a little more than a year after your grandfather [Charles Anthony Clarke Esq. b. Dec. 5, 1790 in Halifax, NS.] died there. He was an old gentleman and I liked him very much. He was born at a small island off of Halifax 119 years ago [1793]. His parents came from England and belonged to an aristocratic family.
He married Miss Margaret Cox. She belonged to another aristocratic English family. Coxheath is named after them.
Your father was one of her children, and that reminds me I have the old family bible, I shall leave it to Nepean, I would send it to him now, but first I cannot afford to pay the expenses. The marriages and births are in it. [Must be referring to Nepean Charles Clarke b. 1880, and not his uncle Nepean b. 1812].
Your grandfather’s second wife was Miss Mary Ann Creighton of Hartford, England and of Mrs. Davis, the old lady with whom you’re cousin Cecilia likes. Your uncle Charlie, my Clarke, was her eldest child and now what more shall I tell you.
I know of no Clarkes in England, the last I heard of them was your grandfather’s brother Bennett Clarke who left the money which was so unfairly divided, many of the family have been wealthy, but they were all extravagant and left very little behind when they left this world.
Your grandfather was Commissary General of All Canada when the English army was stationed here. He had one thousand pounds sterling a year with house and horses and carriage and food for the horses, hundreds of cords of wood and lot of other things when in full pay.
When I met him he was on half pay 500 pounds a year and only Agnes to keep. When he died he left her $600.00 and had not your Uncle Geddes opened his house to her she would have been homeless and now dear I shall leave off.
There is much, which is very dear to me in the History of the Clarkes, but there is much, which is very sad. They are all gone, peace be with their memories.
You have a good mother who finished what your father commanded in caring for and educating you. Nepean is in a situation where he can make a good living and you having the clergymen to board are pleasant and I hope profitable. Miss Leslie sends kind regards. Will you ask Nepean if his wife received the little gold eyeglass I sent her for a wedding present. I have not heard from Nepean for a long time. With love to your mother and all of you.
Your affectionate Aunt E. Clarke
Peter Clarke receives a share of his brother Job. B. Clarke’s Estate
To PETER T. CLARKE ESQ
From HALLETT & SPORTISARODE
To PETER T. CLARKE ESQ., COXHEATH, W. SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA
FROM HALLETT & SPORTISARODE [last name not sure of the spelling]
32 CRAVEN STREET, LONDON W.C.
28th JUNE 1887
Dear Sir,
Enclosed we beg to send you a copy of the account of Admiral Byng as administrator to the estate of the late Captain Job. B. Clarke.
You will observe that your 1/8th share amounts to 129.1.11 pounds and we shall feel obliged if you would sign the form of approval at the bottom of the account and return it to us. At the same time please let us know how you would like the above sum of 129.1.11 pounds remitted to you.
We are, Dear Sir
Yours Truly
Hallett & Sportisarode
To PETER T. CLARKE ESQ., COXHEATH, W. SYDNEY, CAPE BRETON, NOVA SCOTIA
FROM HALLETT & SPORTISARODE [last name not sure of the spelling]
32 CRAVEN STREET, LONDON W.C.
18th August 1887
Dear Sir,
A little delay has arisen in acknowledging the receipt of your letter of the 18th ulto: as we had to wait until the other accounts had all been returned approved. As we have now received all these we are in a position to enclose a Bank Post Bill for the 129.1.11 pounds being one eighth of the residue of the estate of the late Capt. J. B. Clarke.
Kindly send us an acknowledgement of the receipt of this remittance.
We are Dear Sir,
Yours Truly
Hallett & Sportisarode
Peter Turquand Clarke [b. 1815 at Fort Wellington, Upper Canada]
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ACape Breton, hereby declare that I am a lawful son of the late Charles Anthony Clarke, Commissary General in the British Army, who died at Aylmer, Province of Quebec, Canada, on the 28th of August 1866, and who was a brother of the late Job Bennet Clarke, Commander R.N. [Royal Navy] Signed in the presence of Mrs. D. Smitten, Sydney, Cape Breton
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I have just received a letter from Agnes and Cecilia and it is for you, personal. You can return it [to] Mr. W. Peters, when you send your signature, I copy [copied] the form of certificate from the girls, Amy and Agnes and you can see from it what is required so that only the names of Mucks and Miras and Sephens, to be signed by the Resident Clergyman. Have it attended to as soon as possible and send to me I will enclose all to Admiral Byng 72nd M.S.T. [not sure what MST stands for].
Peter Turquand Clarke b. 1815 was the s/o Charles Anthony Clarke Esq. and Margaret Cox d/o William Cox Esq. of Coxheath, NS.
Charles Anthony Clarke Esq. b. Dec. 5, 1790 on a small island off of Halifax s/o Job Bennett Clarke, RNSIR - Lieut. (Commissionary of the Garrison) and Francis Hall
Job Bennett Clarke RNSIR - Lieut. Commissionary of the Garrison, b. Aug 19, 1765 Newport, RI, s/o (James Clarke of Newport, RI, USA b.1740 and Mary Bennett b. 1745-1797) m. Francis Hall “Fanny” b. July 28, 1760 Colshile, Warwickshire, England, d. Aug 23, 1824 Sydney, NS.
Genealogical Notes:
Arthur Stewart Clarke s/o David Horseman Clarke
David Horseman Clarke s/o James Stewart Clarke
James Stewart Clarke s/o David Shaw Clarke.
David Shaw Clarke, Esq. Magistrate, b. Oct. 7, 1781 Newport, 1815 at Halifax
Brother to Job Bennett Clarke RNSIR - Lieut. Commissionary of the Garrison, above.
S/o James Clarke of Newport, RI, USA b.1740 and Mary Bennett b. 1745 RI d. 1797 Halifax, NS
Before Halifax was incorporated David Shaw Clarke was one of the Magistrate, one of the best-known and longest in office. Both David Shaw and his son James Stewart were lawyers.
Lark Blackburn Szick
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