Andrew Clark, of Harwich

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Andrew Clarke (born c<1655), son of Thomas Clarke died 1706, living in Boston before 1676, married Mehitable Scottow, baptised 1649. Removed to Satucket (western Brewster) c1676, Harwich

Andrew Clark

Andrew was born in 1635 in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Andrew's father was Thomas Clark and his mother was Susan Ring. His paternal grandparents were John Clarke and Mary Morton; his maternal grandparents were William Ring and Mary Durrant. He died at the age of 71 in 1706 in Harwich, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Children

1. Thomas CLARK b: 10 Jul 1672 in Bosotn Ma
2. Susannah CLARK b: 12 Mar 1673/74 in Plymouth MA
3. Mehitable CLARK b: 8 Dec 1676 in Boston, MA or 1686
4. Andrew CLARK b: 1678 in Boston, MA
5. Scotto CLARK b: 1680 in Boston, Ma
6. Nathaniel CLARK b: 1682

biography

Andrew Clark of Plymouth, son of Thomas Clarke, born 1635. Clarke removed to Boston, and married Mehitabel, daughter of Thomas Scotto. He lived in Scotto's Lane where his father bought him a house and he carried on the shoe business. He was Assistant Counsellor and several times Representative to the General Court. Finally he removed to Harwich, of which town he and his father were among the original proprietors, in 1694. He died there in 1706.

Andrew, son of Thomas Clark, was born in 1635, and when a young man removed to Boston, where his name is found in the tax lists for 1674.

He was in the shoe business, and lived in Scotto's Lane, where his father bought him a house. He was assistant counsellor, and several times representative to the general court.

He removed to Harwich, of which he was one of the original proprietors, in 1694.

He married, 1671, in Boston, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas and Joan (Sanford) Scotto, baptized February 11, 1649. The family of Scotto was of some note in the early history of Boston. They are said to trace back to the year 1120, and the name was originally Scot-howe, which signified a portion of the hillside. In the early records it is variously written Scotto, Scottoe, Scottow and Scottoa.

Andrew Clark died in Harwich, in 1706. Children of Andrew Clark: Thomas, born July 10, 1672; Susanna, March 12, 1674; Andrew, 1678; Scotto, 1680 (mentioned below); Nathaniel, 1682; Mehitable, December 8, 1686.

• Thomas Clark, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995). "Children... vi ANDREW, b. about 1644 (deposed 31 October 1671 aged about twenty-five [TAG 47:4, citing SJC Case #1179]); m. by 1672 Mehitable Scotto (eldest child b. Boston 10 July 1672 [BVR 122]; son Scotto Clark b. 1680 [MF 3:37])."
• http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Andrew_Clarke_%283%29

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First Parish Cemetery, Brewster, Massachusetts? according to BillionGraves

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Biography

Andrew Clarke (son of Thomas Clarke and Susanna Ring) was born Abt. 1635 in Plymouth, Plymouth, MA, and died 1706 in Harwich, Barnstable, MA. Death:1705 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts He married Mehitable Scottow on 1671 in Boston, Suffolk, MA, daughter of Thomas Scottow andJoan Sanford.

Andrew, son of Thomas Clark, was born in 1635, and when a young man removed to Boston, where his name is found in the tax lists for 1674. Hewas in the shoe business, and lived in Scotto's Lane, where his father bought him a house. He was assistant counsellor, and several times representative to the general court. He removed to Harwich, of which hewas one of the original proprietors, in 1694. He married, 1671, in Boston, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas and Joan (Sanford) Scotto, baptized February 11, 1649.

Children: Thomas CLARK b: 10 Jul 1672 in Bosotn Ma Susannah CLARK b: 12 Mar 1673/74 in Plymouth MA Mehitable CLARK b: 8 Dec 1676 in Boston, MA Andrew CLARK b: 1678 in Boston, MA Scotto CLARK b: 1680 in Boston, Ma Nathaniel CLARK b: 1682

Notes

Moved to Harwich by 1694

Burial Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

http://www.americanancestors.org/pilgrim-families-thomas-clark/

The following is from http://xpda.com/family/ind00691.htm WikiTree profile Clark-8367 created through the import of HoulgateExportLegacy2012.ged on Jun 18, 2012 by Laurence Houlgate.

• Andrew Clarke (1635-1706) on {FindAGrave|35899876} Retrieved 28 January 2018.

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He moved to Boston and lived on Scotto's Lane where his father bought him a house and he carried on the shoe business. He was Assistant Counselor and several times Representative to the General Court. He removed to Harwich where he and his father were among the original proprietors in 1694. He died there in 1706.