Capt Daniel CLARKE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Secretary of the Colony of Conn.

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After the death of her husband Martha Wolcott became, in 1693, the second wife of Mr. Daniel Clark, one of the first settlers of Windsor. he was the secretary of the colony before the charter, and was one of the magistrates named in that instrument. A man of influence in the colony, an assistant from 162 to 1664, he was appointed by the town of Windsor to sit "in the great pew which was wainscoted for the magistrate". He died Aug. 12, 1710, aged 88.

Daniel married Mary NEWBERRY on 13 Jun 1644. Mary (daughter of Thomas NEWBERRY and Joane DABINOTT) was born in 1626; was christened on 22 Oct 1626 in Whitechurch Canonicorum, co. Dorset; died on 29 Aug 1688 in Dorchester, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Daniel CLARKE was born on 5 Apr 1654 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.
2. Mary CLARKE was born on 22 Sep 1658 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 14 Apr 1738 in Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut.

Daniel married Martha PITKIN in 1689. Martha (daughter of ? PITKIN and Unknown ?) was born in 1638 in England; died on 13 Oct 1719. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]