John Clark and Mary Strong

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Husband John Clark ¹

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           Born: 1651
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Sep 1704 - Windsor, Hartford Co., Ct
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Clark (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah (      -      )

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       Marriage: 20 Mar 1679 1

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Wife Mary Strong ¹

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           Born: 26 Oct 1654 - Windsor, Hartford Co., Ct
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Dec 1738
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Strong (1605-1699) 3
         Mother: Abigail Ford (Abt 1608-1688) 4

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Children

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Strong

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HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF ELDER JOHN STRONG OF NORTHAMPTON, MASS. (Benjamin W. Dwight, 1871), Vol II, pgs 1339-40:

[2d Gen.] See page 19.
25-6. xiii. Mary Strong (dau. of Elder John Strong and Abigail Ford) b. Oct. 26, 1654, m. as his second wife March 20, 1679, Dea. John Clark of Northampton, Mass., b. in 1651 (son of Lieut. William Clark of Northampton, and Sarah his wife). Of this family says Prest. Dwight in his "Travels in New England" (vol. 1, letter 33): "Four lived to be above 90: three, above 80: and three above 70. The youngest son died in his 98th year; and at the time of his death there had sprung from the original pair 1145 persons of whom 960 were still living." He d. at Windsor, Sept. 3, 1704: she d. Dec. 8, 1738, aged 84. He was a very worthy useful man, and a representative to the General Court for 14 years, but not consecutively. He was often also selectman between 1689 and 1732 and was called variously, deacon, and sergeant.

[The first wife of Dea. John Clark was Rebecca Cooper of Springfield, whom he m. July 12, 1677, and who d. May 8, 1678, aged 21, leaving one child: Sarah Clark who m. Zechariah Field of Deerfield, and afterwards of Amherst.]

[3d Gen.] Children:

26827-8. i. Dea. John Clark b. Dec. 28, 1679.
26829-30. ii. Nathaniel Clark b. May 13, 1681.
26831-2. iii. Ebenezer Clark b. Oct. 18, 1682.
26833-4. iv. Increase Clark b. April 8, 1684.
26835-6. v. Mary Clark b. Oct. 27, 1685, m. Benjamin Edwards.
26837-8. vi. Rebecca Clark b. Nov. 22, 1687, m. Capt. John Baker.
26839-40. vii. Experience Clark b. Oct. 30, 1689, m. Daniel Nash.
26841-2. viii. Abigail Clark b. March 1692, m. Dea. Noah Cook, Jr.
26843-4. ix. Noah Clark b. March 28, 1694.
26845. x. Thankful Clark b. Feb. 13, 1696, d. unmarried.
26846-7. xi. Dea. Josiah Clark b. June 11,1697, d. April 7, 1789, aged 92.

The six sons of this family lived each with the wife of his youth, more than fifty years. They all outlived their wives, and the daughters, their sisters, all outlived their husbands.

BROTHERS:

Mary and her sister Hannah married brothers: Deacon John Clark and Capt. William Clark, respectively. Jedediah and Joseph Strong married sisters.

1 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 1439. Repository: http://books.google.com.

2 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 1339, 1468. Repository: http://books.google.com.

3 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pgs 15-17. Repository: http://books.google.com.

4 Benjamin W. Dwight, History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Mass, 1871, pg 17. Repository: http://books.google.com.