William Clark

1646 - 1709  (63 years)

• Name	William Clark
  Birth	1646	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2, 3]
  	Servant imported by Robert Fullerton
  Role	Nov 1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Indentured servant
  Name	William Clarke
  Property	1 May 1691	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Deed of purchase, 100 acres from Alexander Napier, the basis for a plantation called Huckleberry Swamp
  Property	3 Dec 1695	Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Deed of purchase from Richard and Mary Ashfield of 512 acres
  Occupation	1709	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Yeoman farmer
  	Huckleberry Swamp
  Death	May 1709	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1, 6]
  Will	26 May 1709	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Also signed by wife Elizabeth. Executors: son William and John Bown. Witnesses: John Hebron, Patrick Imlay, John Bard, William Laing.
  Burial	26 May 1709	Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1, 7]
  Probate	31 May 1709	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Inventory of personal estate, £93 1s, made by John Hebron and Patrick Imlay
  Origin	Angus, Scotland
  	Hypothesis: recruited by Robert Fullerton in Angus
  Person ID	I45001	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Alexander Clarke
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth (Clark),   b. 1655, Scotland d. Aft May 1709, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age > 54 years)
  Children	1. Alexander Clark,   b. 1693, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 8 Sep 1730, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA (Age < 37 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Clark   d. 1728, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ann Clark  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1646 - Scotland Departure - Aboard the Thomas and Benjamin - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - Servant imported by Robert Fullerton - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Nov 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of purchase, 100 acres from Alexander Napier, the basis for a plantation called Huckleberry Swamp - 1 May 1691 - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of purchase from Richard and Mary Ashfield of 512 acres - 3 Dec 1695 - Wickatunk, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1709 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - May 1709 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Also signed by wife Elizabeth. Executors: son William and John Bown. Witnesses: John Hebron, Patrick Imlay, John Bard, William Laing. - 26 May 1709 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Burial - 26 May 1709 - Topanemus, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - Inventory of personal estate, £93 1s, made by John Hebron and Patrick Imlay - 31 May 1709 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Angus, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3707] Wright, Esther Clark, Clark, Alexander Clark, Loyalist, p8. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p65. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 195 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D(EJ): Folio 301-303 (SSTSE023). [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, F(EJ): Folio 8-10 (SSTSE023). [S3542] Nelson, William, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 1, 1670-1730, p94. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p257.