Notes for Joshua CLARKE

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Notes for Joshua CLARKE

C.C.Gardner, page 25: Joshua 2 Clark, son of Richard and Elizabeth Clarke, was born on Long Island 166? . He settled in E.T. and was a contributor to the support of the Presbyterian Church there in 1694. His name is frequently mentioned as
petitioner against the Proprietors. In Nov. 1711, he was fined in Essex County for blocking a road. His will, dated Aug. 20, 1714, and probated Feb. 9, 1714/5, names his wife Abigail, and provides that his real estate be divided among his four sons,
the homestead to go to Benjamin and Joshua. The sons were required to pay 5 shillings to their sister Abigail Poule. The executors were wife Abigail and brother Ephraim Clarke. [Will abstract in NJA 23:95 (Lib. 1, p. 518 and Essex Wills); witnesses
Samuel Clarke, Aaron Thompson, John Harriman.].
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See also: Clark & Allied Family Ancestors, Field (1971) N.J. State Library.
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Joshua Clark, Sr. will 1714 [Found in New Jersey Unrecorded Wills, Volume 5, pp. 121-22]
- of Elizabethtown in the County of Essex
- sick and weak
- eldest son Joshua Clarke 40 acres
- son John Clarke - lot of land joining Thomas Clark
- sons Joseph and Benjamin Clarke - dwelling house
- son John Clarke - right of undivided land in Elizabethtown
- Abigail Poule 5 shillings and all remaining part of moveable estate
- to loving wife Abigaill Clarke "for the bringing up of my small children"
- wife Abigaill Clarke and Brother Ephraim Clark executrix and executor
Third of August 1714 - signed with "X"
Witnesses: Samuel Clarke, Aaron Thompson, John Harriman
9 of February 1714 Samuel Clark and John Harriman decleare Joshua of sound mind and memory
9 of February 1714 Abigall Clarke took oath to account for same (will)
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Probably died in late 1714 [early 1715 by new calander].

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