Jonathan Clark (abt. 1698 - aft. 1734)

Born about 1698 in King and Queen, Virginia [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Wilson) Richards — married 1725 in Colony of Virginia

Descendants

Died after 9 Apr 1734 after about age 36 in King and Queen, Virginia

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Biography

Jonathan Clark was born about 1698 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Jonathan Clark. He died after 9 April 1734 (when his will was written). He is believed to have been buried at Mattaponi Baptist Church Cemetery King and Queen Court House, King and Queen County, Virginia.

He married Elizabeth Wilson about 1723 in Drysdale, King and Queen, Virginia. Their known children are:

1. John Clark 1725–1799
2. Ann Rogers Clark Field 1730–1804
3. Rev Benjamin Wilson Clark I 1730–1806
4. Elizabeth Clark 1732 – unknown

In his will dated 9 Apr 1734 and probated in Drysdale parish in King and Queen County Jonathan Clark names the following individuals:

Wife, Elizabeth Clark

Son, John Clark

Son, Benjamin Clark

Daughter, Ann Clark

Daughter Elizabeth Clark

Friend, John Rogers ^[1]

Will

of Jonathan Clark, dated 9 Apr 1734 - probated 24 Jun 1734
"In the name of God Amen the ninth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty four I Jonathan Clark of Drysdale parish in King and Queen County being very y sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be to God and calling in mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and Testament in manner and form following that is to say principally and first of all I give my soul to God trusting that through the(sic) mercy and the merits of Jesus Christ my Saviour to receive all pardon for all my Sins in this life Committed an d be received into Eternal Bliss and my body to the Earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Ex'tors hereafter mentioned and as touching Such Worldly (sic) Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me I give and dispose of in manner and form following it is my will and desire that all my Just Debts and funeral charges be first paid out of my personal Estate.

It is my will and desire that my loving wife Elizabeth Clark shall have the use and benefit of the land and Plantation whereon I now live During her natural (sic).

Item, I give and bequeath unto my two sons John Clark and Benjamin Clark all that land whereon I now live to be equally divided between them after their mothers death to them and their heirs and assigns ns forever.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my aforesaid two sons John Clark and Benjamin Clark all that tract or parcel of Land whereon my mother now liveth to be equally divided between them and their heirs and assigns forever.

Item, I give and bequeath Likewise unto my aforesaid two sons John Clark and Benjamin Clark and to their heirs and assigns forever all that tract of Land which I lately took up in Goochland County on James River to be equally divided between.

Item, I give and bequeath unto my loving wife Elizabeth Clark the one third part of all my personal Estate and Negroes.

Item, I give and bequeath all the residue of my personal Estate and Negroes to be divided among my four Children John Clark, Ann Clark, Benjamin Clark and Elizabeth Clark so that my two daughters may have Twenty Shillings apiece more than my two sons.

And I do hereby appoint my Loving wife Elizabeth Clark and my loving friend John Rogers my ex'tors of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking and disannul all former wills made by me made.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year first above written."

Signed Jonathan I Clark (seal). Signed Sealed published and
Wit: William x Benit his mark , Richard "R" Jones Jr his mark
Samuel x Bird his mark.

Probate

At a court held for King and Queen County the 24th Day of June 1734. This Will of Jonathan Clark dec'd was proved in Court by oaths the witnesses thereto subscribed and it was admitted to record .
Test John Robinson A Copy, Robt. Pollard C.C.

Marked on the back of the foregoing will is "Jonathan Clarks Will, "A Copy for Rice Faucett" Also the following notation in a hand writing other than that of Robt. Pollard: "The land mentioned in this will John Clark one of the advisees contracted to sell to Samuel Faucett about the year 1762 who thereupon entered into possession ( Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia; Miscellaneous Papers, File No. 13, H. 20)^[2]

Elizabeth remarried to William Bird Richards before she passed away in 1785.

Land Grants

5 Apr 1723. King William Co., VA Property 533 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co. Notes: This land record was originally published in "Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800, Volume I" edited by William Armstrong Crozier. Remarks: Larkin Chew of Spts. Co., Gent., to Jonathan Clark of St. Margaretts Par., Kng Wm. Co., Va. 4200 lbs. of tob., 533 a. in St. Geo. Par., Spts. Co., joining Wm. Richardson-part of sd. Chew's pat. granted June 4, 1722. Rec. April 2, 1723.^[3]

• 3 Feb 1726. Recorded in Spotsylvania Co:Deed of Lease. Francis Smith of King & Queen Co for 50 lbs of sweet scented tobacco leased to Edward Pigg of Spotsylvania Co a 100 a. tr of land on the n side of the Middle River bounded by the sd Edward Pigg ... during the term of one year paying the rent of one ear of Indian corne at the feast of Saint Michaell the Arch Angell if demanded .... Wit: 'Jonathan Clark', John Connor, William Smith, Jno Rogers. Ackn 2 May 1727 & admitted to record. Attest: John Waller clk. page 219
  

• 4 Feb 1726. Deed of Release. Francis Smith of King & Queen Co for 2,000 lbs of sweet scented tobacco & cask sold & released to Edward Pigg of Spotsylvania Coa 100a. tr of land ... [same as above] ... . Wit: Jonathan Clark, John Connor, William Smith, Jno Rogers.
  

Ackn 2 May 1727 by Francis Smith & John Waller by virtue of a power of atty from Sarah Smith w/o the sd Francis Smith ackn her right of dower of in & to the sd deeds at whose motion the same was recorded. Attest: John Waller clk. (Pg 220)

• Jonathan Clark (1698-1734) granted land in Caroline Co., 1730, and in Albemarle Co. he received a joint grant with his father, 1734 of 3374 acres: m. c. 1723 Elizabeth Ann "Nancy" Wilson. Son John b, 1724 m. his 2nd cousin Ann Rogers. ^[4]

Research Notes

Ref: Elizabeth "Betsy" Clark b. circa 1732 Many have attributed Elizabeth Betsy Clark, daughter of Jonathan Clark and Elizabeth Wilson as the wife of George Tribble and mother of Andrew Tribble. In an article by George H. S. King, Fellow, American Society of Genealogists, which appears in Genealogy of Kentucky Families (Filson), I have found the most specific information about Elizabeth Clark regarding possible birth date (1732). She is "presumed to have died in infancy“ according to this article. There is no proof of her early death, but she would not have been old enough in 1741 to have been Andrew Tribble's mother.

The four children of Jonathan Clark were born between 1725 and 1734, apparently. Elizabeth, the youngest child, is said to have been an infant at the time of her father's death in 1734. Elizabeth Clark's mother, Elizabeth Wilson Clark Richards, did not name any daughters in her will (Lunenburg Co., Va. 1785), although her daughter, Ann, left a daughter ather death (circa 1748). No grandchildren or sons-in-law were named. Her two sons from her first marriage to Jonathan Clark, John and Benjamin, and her surviving son of her second marriage, Gabriel Richards, were named in her will. It is possible that Elizabeth Clark did live to adulthood but died before her mother, but her birth date does not put her in the right generation to have been Andrew Tribble's mother. Her birth date does not appear to be more that an estimate, but she does not appear to be the oldest child of Jonathan Clark. If she were born by 1726, she could have been of marriageable age by 1740, but all sources say that John Clark was born in 1726, and that Ann was the second child, born about 1728. I cannot tell at this point whether there could be an error in the Clark dates so that Jonathan and Elizabeth Wilson were perhaps married earlier than circa 1725.The Tribble family II : (descendants of Peter Tribble of Essex County, Virginia. Page 44,45

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. King and Queen County Records Concerning 18th Century Persons; Author: Fleet, Beverley, 1883-1950; Probate Place: King and Queen, Virginia. Original data: Virginia County, District, and Probate Courts.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021. King and Queen County Records Concerning 18th Century Persons; Author: Fleet, Beverley, 1883-1950; Probate Place: King and Queen, Virginia. Original data: Virginia County, District, and Probate Courts.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2004. Original data: Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. Originally published in 1912. Crozier, William Armstrong, ed. Virginia County Records - Spotsylvania County Records, 1721-1800. Being transcriptions from the original files at the County Court House of wills, deeds, administrators' and guardians' bonds, marriage licenses, and lists of revolutionary pensioners. New York, NY: Fox, Duffield & Co., 1905.
4. ↑ ancestry.com Section: Lineage Records. The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. VII [database on-line].

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