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ity states that Joseph Clarke came from
Cambridge, England, in 1637; that his
wife, whose maiden name is unknown,
died in 1639. The "History of Ancient
Windsor" (Stiles), in the chapter regard-
ing the "distribution and plan of ancient
\\ indsor" makes reference to a Joseph
Clarke; on page 129 of that work is the
entry, among the list of proprietors:
"Joseph Clarke. Early at Dorchester,
Dr. Harris says in 1630;" and the name
"Mr. Clark" appears on the plan as owner
of a home lot within the first palisado built
by residents of Windsor in 1637, upon the
outbreak of the Pequot War. This prob-
ably is the Joseph Clarke, as the records
of those of that name throughout the
book all come under the one classification
in index—as Clarke ; and in the same
work, among genealogical data regarding
the Clark, or Clarke, family, of which also
was the Hon. Daniel, is the information
that "Joseph, had Joseph and Mary, both
baptized September 30, 1638 ; this may
be the Joseph who, the 'History of Dor-
chester' says was at that place early;
Dr. Harris thinks about 1630." Taking
excerpt from the record stated by the
first-named authority, the succeeding gen-
erations from Joseph to the present are
(II) Hon. Daniel Clark, son of Joseph
Clark (Clarke), was "a first settler" in
Windsor, Connecticut, and "a man of
great prominence. He was an attorney-
at-law, and held many public offices,
among which was that of secretary of
the colony, 1664-66" (Stiles records it as
1658 to 1663; and another historian as
1658-64, and again in 1665-66). He was
appointed to sit in "ye great pew," wainscoted
for the sitting of magistrates. He
married (first) June 13, 1644, Mary New-
berry, who died August 29, 1688 ; (second)
Martha Wolcott, widow of Simon
Wolcott, sister of William Pitkin. Esquire,
of Hartford. His children "mar-
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ried into the first families of the ancient
town of Windsor, and were among the
aristocracy there." His granddaughter,
Sarah Drake, was the wife of Governor
Roger Wolcott, of Connecticut, and his
great-grandson, the Hon. Roger Wolcott,
was representative to the General Assem-
bly, member of the Council, and judge of
the Superior Court. Clark's great-grand-
son, Oliver Wolcott, graduated at Yale
in 1747, and was one of the signers of the
Declaration of Independence, and in 1787
was elected Governor of the State. All
the ten children of the Hon. Daniel Clark
were born to his first wife, Mary (Newberry)
Clark, and were : Mary, Josiah,
Elizabeth, Daniel, John, Mary (born thir-
teen years after the first, who probably
was then deceased), Samuel, Sarah, Hannah,
and Nathaniel, who was killed by
Indians in 1690.
(III) Samuel Clark, son of Hon. Daniel
and Mary (Newberry) Clark, was
born in Windsor, Connecticut, July 7,
1661. He married, in 1687, Mehitable
Thrall, who bore him four children
Samuel, David, Nathaniel, and Joseph.
(IV) Samuel (2) Clark, son of Sam-
uel (1) and Mehitable (Thrall) Clark,
was born November 10, 1688. and died in
1741. He married Abigail Owen. They
had six children: Joel, Abigail, Samuel,
Hannah, David, and Ann.
(V) Joel Clark, eldest child of Samuel
(2) and Abigail (Owen) Clark, was born
in 1717, and died in 1777. He married, in
1742, Lydia Forbes, who died in 1796.
They had four children : Samuel, Joel,
Reuben, and Lydia.
(VI) Joel (2) Clark, son of Joel (1)
and Lydia (Forbes) Clark, was born in
1747. He married, March, 1764, Martha
Pinney, who died October 5, 1808. They
had four children : Grove, Joel, Lydia,
and Patty.
(VII) Captain Grove Clark, son of
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