Notes for John CLARKE

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Notes for John CLARKE

M. (1) Mary ---; (2) Martha Frazee
C.C.Gardner, page 21: John Clark 2, son of Richard and Elizabeth Clark, was born at Southampton, about 1665. He came to E.T. and was married before 1687, to Mary ___, who joined him in deed to Benjamin Griffith June 25, 1687. He was one of
the Elizabethtown Associates in 1699, and his name appears about the same time on the several petitions to the King, complaining of the treatment accorded the settlers by the Proprietors.
May 20, 1686 he was patented 120 acres of land at Rahway, at an annual rental of 1/2 d. per acre. In 1700 John, Samuel and Thomas Clarke were members of a party including about sixty of the "Rabbell of Elizabethtowne" who rescued Samuel Burwell
of Newark from the hands of the constable in 1700. These brothers, however were in good company, for the party included representatives of nearly all of the most prominent families of E.T. John Clark married 2. Martha _____ said to have been a Frazee.
He made his will Dec. 14, 1702, appointing his wife, and brother Ephraim executors. To his daughters Elizabeth and Mary Clark he left a cow apiece, and "also my brown mare and her increase to be divided between them". Daughter Martha was to be
decently maintained until 18 "and to have the income of 2/3 of my immoveable estate". Executors were wife Martha Clark and brother Ephraim Clark. Witnessed by Samuel Melyn and Samule Carter [who signed with an "X'] The will was probated June 8, 1705.
Martha, widow of John Clarke, gave bond as executrix of Clarke's will on May 8, 1705. She married 2. Mr. Bonnel, who later became a Judge and Mayor of E.T. She was born 1678/9 and died Aug. 3, 1759 in her 81st year.
Buried at Union. Judge Bonnel's will dated 174- mentions daughter-in-law i.e. step-daughter, Martha, wife of Benjamin Lyn (Lyon).
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John Clark
Birth abt. 1665 Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
Will proved 6/8/1705 Elizabethtown, Essex County, NJ
1 m. Mary ____?
2 m. Martha (Frazee?) b. 1678 Rahway, d. 8/3/1759, buried Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Churchyard, NJ
1. Elizabeth Clark
2. Mary Clark
3. Martha Clark b. 11/2/1701
Notes
Martha (Frazee?), wife of John Clarke and wife of Joseph Bonnel, on May 8, 1705 gave bond as executrix of Clarke's will. She married 2. Mr. Bonnel, who later became a Judge and Mayor of E.T. She was born 1678/9 and died Aug. 3, 1759 in her 81st year.
Buried at Union. Judge Bonnel's will dated 174_ mentions daughter-in-law i.e. step-daughter) Martha, wife of Benjamin Lyn (Lyon). [Ref# 32: Gen.Collections Charles Carroll Gardner Vol 29 CLARK, Ref# 41]
Martha Clark
Birth 11/2/1701
Death ?
father: John Clark 2, Richard & Elizabeth Clarke 1
mother: Martha (Frazee?)
1 m. Samuel Lum b. abt. 1698 Southampton, L.I., NY (son of Samuel Lum), d. 1732/33, Connecticut Farms (now Union), NJ
1. David Lum b. 12/16/1729 Connecticut Farms (Union), NJ, d. 11/17/1772, m. Phoebe Bower(s) 11/10/1751 in Chatham, NJ. [Information submitted to Genealogical Society of the West Fields in 1982 by Mrs. W. F. Gibby of Short Hills, NJ]
2. John Lum m. Elizabeth Meeker, b. 1734 (daughter of Stephen Meeker & Mary ____?), d. 1789. Elizabeth Meeker [Ref: Meeker Family, Chart II]
2 m. after 1732/3 Benjamin Lyon
Notes
Samuel Lum: Notes submitted to Westfield Memorial Library by Mrs. W. F. Gibby, of Short Hills, N.J. in 1982; says Lum property at Connecticut Farms was on south side of Morris Avenue, west of what is now Kean College.
Is this John Lum? 6/1/1802 John Lum of the Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co.; will of. Wife, Elizabeth... Son, John Clark Lum, all lands, buildings, salt meadow and residue of personal estate; he to pay my debts and legacies. Son, Stephen, $52,50 yearly,
during his life; after his decease, his children, $750, the males double as much as the females. Daughter, Mary Harrison $50. Daughter, Elizabeth Osborn $100. Grandson, Moses Lum $250, in lieu of a debt I owe him. Executors - son, John Clark Lum, and
friend, Capt. Matthias Potter. Witnesses - Hope Carpenter, Edward Carpenter, Caleb Halsted. Proved 3/22/1806. File 10424G. [Ref# 14
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