Richard Clark

1663 - 1733  (70 years)

• Name	Richard Clark
  Birth	10 Feb 1662/63	Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Role	1684	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA
  	Free emigrant
  Departure	3 Jul 1684	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Probably aboard the Thomas and Benjamin with brother William and his wife Elizabeth
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Property	14 Sep 1714	East Jersey, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  	On list of debtors to John Bowne of Matawan, listed in the inventory of his estate
  Occupation	1733	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  	Yeoman farmer
  Will	14 May 1733	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [4]
  	Executors: wife Anne and friends Timothy Lloyd and george Walker, yeomen of Freehold. Witnesses: Thomas Redford, John McConnell
  Death	16 May 1733	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1, 2]
  Probate	30 May 1733	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Origin	Montrose, Angus, Scotland
  	Hypothesis
  Burial	Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Old Scots Burying Ground
  Person ID	I46731	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

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

  
  

  Family	Anne (Clark)   d. Bef 2 May 1747, Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA
  Family ID	F31874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Feb 1662/63 - Scotland Departure - Probably aboard the Thomas and Benjamin with brother William and his wife Elizabeth - 3 Jul 1684 - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Arrival - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Yeoman farmer - 1733 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Will - Executors: wife Anne and friends Timothy Lloyd and george Walker, yeomen of Freehold. Witnesses: Thomas Redford, John McConnell - 14 May 1733 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Death - 16 May 1733 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Probate - 30 May 1733 - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Origin - Hypothesis - - Montrose, Angus, Scotland Burial - - Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3551] Smith, Henry Goodwin, The History of the ‘Old Scots’ Church of Freehold, p iii. [S3554] Symmes, Frank Rosebrook, History of the Old Tennent Church, p460. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p53. [S3700] Honeyman, A. Van Doren, Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Volume 2, 1730-1750, p96.