A record of the descendants of John Clark, of Farmington, Conn ...

JOHN CLARK OF HARTFORD. 9
"February Anno Dom. 1639.
Several parcels of land in Hartford upon the River of Con-
necticut belonging to Jolin Clark & to his heirs forever.
One parcel on which his dwelling house now standeth with
yards or gardens therein being, that whereof lyeth in the
West Field, containing by estimation four acres more or less,
abutting upon the highway leading
from Seth Grant's to the
Sentinel Hill on the east, and Mr. Allen's land on the west,
and on "William Ruscoe's land and on WilUam Parker's land
on the south and on Thomas Burcharde's land on the north."
A description of eleven other pieces follows. The house
and lot above described were sold by John Clark to Zacha-
riah Field, as appears in the description of lands of the lat-
ter recorded January 1650. The house stood on what was
known as the 38th lot of the 8th tier on the west side of the
highway now known as Trumbull Street and very near the
east line of Allyn Street. Its position is laid down on the
map in I. W. Stuart's " Hartford in the Olden Time," and a
further description may be found in Porter's " Historical No-
tices of Hartford," p.
appear on the town records of Hartford,
23. Other references to John Clark
as follows :
September 1639—" It is ordered that Goodman Scott, Goodman
Clark and Goodman Ely shall reserve the common "...
" and if Thomas Scott, John Clark and Goodman Ely fail of
measuring within the time set, they shall forfeit five shil-
lings."
General Meeting, Feb. 18, 1640—John Clark with eleven
others on a committee to divide " the land on the east side of
the Great River."
January 12, 1642—" There was chosen
year, John Clark and John Wilcox."
surveyors for the
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