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| Notes for John CLARK | ||||||||
| Spouses;The Founders of Saybrook Colony;Emigrated from Ipswich Co., Suffolk, arriving on the "Lyon" in 1631. He was an early settler of Cambridge, Ma.; was a juror in 1631; a freeman on 6 Nov 1632; and fought in the Pequot War. He was one of 42 men assigned land at Newtown (now Cambridge), on 29 Mar 1632. He removed to Hartford in 1636 where he was an original settler, his name appears on the monument. He was Deputy to the General Court for Hartford from 1641 through 1644. He removed to Saybrook where his deputy service at the General Court began the first year Saybrook had representation, and served from 1649 through 1663; he was a member of the war committee for Saybrook in May 1653 and Oct. 1654; was Selectman in 1656; was appointed a Commissioner (Justice) in 1644; and named one of 19 Patentees of the Royal Charter of Charles II in 1662. He removed to Norwich for a short time, then to Milford where he was Commissioner from 1665 to 1674. His will was dated 17 Feb 1673 and signed 19 Jan 1673; Birth and Death;10/5/90 Colonial Families of the USA, Mackenzie, Vol. IV; p. 94-97; | ||||||||
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| !Will of John Clark, copy in "HEAR____SAYE", Volume X, No 3, Issue # 35, Fall 1995. Ref: Hale, House and Related Families; | ||||||||
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