tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post3330668729999159164..comments2024-03-26T15:34:13.681-06:00Comments on I Dig My Roots and Branches: Capt. Christopher Clark, 1681-1754, of VirginiaVickie Beard Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09188093993517504733noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-49206645298548041972022-08-29T15:54:04.244-06:002022-08-29T15:54:04.244-06:00Some of us male CLARK's who have done the Y-DN...Some of us male CLARK's who have done the Y-DNA test show more than a few distant cousins from the same male line who are named Hurst, Hirst and Hust. That is a place name which means a hidden wooded area. So back in the 1200s -1300s somebody might have been called Lynda from the Hurst. From what I can tell so far, these folks probably link up with our line of Clarks around the 1200 to 1400 time period. The name seems to have been historically used during that period of time just south of the Scottish border in Yorkshire and Northumbria. In fact I now have one Y-DNA cousin who is a HIRST and he is from the Huddersfield area in West Yorkshire in the UK. So we have a few possibilities. <br />1. Somebody from the Hurst had a son who learned to read and write and thus BECAME A CLARK, via his new profession. <br />2. A Clark left his DNA with a Hurst lady and a branch of DNA Clarks took off as Hursts.<br />3. Since there were always wars between England and Scotland, both invading Armies could have left our family DNA on both sides of the border. <br />4. A Hurst had to change his name for some reason, like running from the law and he started our line of Clarks. <br /><br />MICHAEL HIRST is a screenwriter and movie producer in the UK, he did the Show VIKINGS as well as others. He is from Yorkshire. His face looks much like many Clark men in our line. and His daughters, who are both actresses look a LOT like my female cousin and my daughter. Alex Clark, aka Float Pilotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-89193385861145807402022-08-29T15:28:04.120-06:002022-08-29T15:28:04.120-06:00I would love to have some of your information. I ...I would love to have some of your information. I have a lot of huge gaps. my e-mail is dragonfly@alaska.netAlex Clark aka Float Pilotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-81438986407209293972022-08-29T10:43:14.658-06:002022-08-29T10:43:14.658-06:00Float Pilot I am a Clark who is a direct descenden...Float Pilot I am a Clark who is a direct descendent of Captain Christopher Clark 8 generations back. I did the DNA test as well with the Y-DNA markers. Have to be honest I don't know how to read it. But mine should match up with yours. By the way there were 3 Bolin Clarks in my line. Grandson and Greatgrand son of the first Bolin ClarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-48968190439947674162021-12-05T15:20:17.138-07:002021-12-05T15:20:17.138-07:00A note for those doing the Y-DNA for the direct li...A note for those doing the Y-DNA for the direct line male descendants, Please do at least the 67 marker test. The 12-25 and 37 are not worth much. The 67 marker lets us home-in on when a DNA match-up may have occurred between a couple of testees. Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-45416111808510614842021-12-05T15:15:13.576-07:002021-12-05T15:15:13.576-07:00I recently had the pleasure of contacting yet anot...I recently had the pleasure of contacting yet another distant CLARK cousin via my Y-DNA through Family Tree. His branch of Clark's and mine merge with Micajah Clark Sr. born 1718. He looks just like the Clarks in my recent line, and both he and his father were military , as were myself and my dad. Alex Clark, aka Float PilotFloat Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-67741992503845443952021-12-05T15:06:17.433-07:002021-12-05T15:06:17.433-07:00It would have certainly helped if every generation...It would have certainly helped if every generation did not use the same names over and over. <br />Plus there were unrelated Clarks living near the same areas who also used the same names for their offspring. <br />What a mess....Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-64182454762485007822021-12-05T14:58:27.771-07:002021-12-05T14:58:27.771-07:00It just took me 10 minutes to get google to let me...It just took me 10 minutes to get google to let me back in. I will send you and e-mail I have done DNA tests with 3 companies. Family tree (to include the 700 marker Y-DNA) Ancestry which really serves a limited purpose for me and a UK based outfit called Living DNA which shows DNA match percentages in UK Counties. I will try to send you an e-mail.<br />According to my now deceased dad, James Bowling was Christopher Clarks best friend. Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-8713325435133774132021-12-05T14:25:19.604-07:002021-12-05T14:25:19.604-07:00I am a Bolling researcher. James Bowling, deliver...I am a Bolling researcher. James Bowling, delivered to New Kent 1700 and perhaps earlier, was loaned money by Christopher Clarke. James Bowling died in Goochland and his estate was settled in 1730-31. I am a descendant of this line of Bollings whose DNA testees are in Bolling DNA Group 5. Contact me at eperry4616@aol.com. Let's talk. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082559199468067384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-26632025642104144892021-05-26T13:19:39.793-06:002021-05-26T13:19:39.793-06:00I too am trying to find links to my Clark’s and ca...I too am trying to find links to my Clark’s and came across this chart, have you seen it? I am a descendant of Thomas Dyson Clark, whom I now believe his father is Samuel Clark, who’s father appears to be William Reagh Clark. I believe from Tidbits I have found that Samuel was raised by his Uncle Alexander Clark...anyway this link takes you to DNA evidence...maybe it will help in some way? https://mayflowercharts.com/clark/Lynda @Three Dogs Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05567852581460856634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-81751464929480483932021-05-03T23:20:11.472-06:002021-05-03T23:20:11.472-06:00I am finding this ancestry extremely fascinating! ...I am finding this ancestry extremely fascinating! I am a direct line descendant of Christopher Clark, he being my 7th great grandfather, I believe. Then through his son Bolen/Boling/Bowling (you all get it;) and next through his son Jonathan. My paternal grandma was a Clark. I absolutely believe that Christopher's father was Micajah, and his grandfather Michael Christopher from England who died on Barbados, and so on back. Apparently there are disputes, but it seems clear to me based on names as well as the immigration patterns and the fact of being slave traders or holders. I actually googled their names (lead me here) to see if I could be of any help in finding names that could help those families trace their ancestors. I am not proud to learn of this part of my family history, even though it is obviously not me who has anything to do with this tragedy. Anyway, thank you to you Vickie and others for what you have shared here. Apparently we are related! The rest of my line is as follows because I am curious where our lines vear from one another. Christopher>Bolen>Jonathan>Bolen again>Boland AGAIN>William>Ernest>my grandma>my dad>me -KaraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07021379566345284543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-71338126336807264502020-02-07T15:33:26.225-07:002020-02-07T15:33:26.225-07:00ThanksThanksVickie Beard Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188093993517504733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-14469742796625140402020-02-07T15:32:51.754-07:002020-02-07T15:32:51.754-07:00You are very welcome.You are very welcome.Vickie Beard Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188093993517504733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-5277938827157497062020-02-07T15:28:14.898-07:002020-02-07T15:28:14.898-07:00Yes anything you would like to post here would be ...Yes anything you would like to post here would be fine. The more people we have looking at this and the more records that are found, will hopefully help determine one day the true parentage and ancestors of Christopher and Penelope. ThanksVickie Beard Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188093993517504733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-20269913385315372232020-02-04T13:32:50.956-07:002020-02-04T13:32:50.956-07:00By the way,there is a Facebook group that I starte...By the way,there is a Facebook group that I started around Christmas called... Descendants of Colonial Militia Captain Christopher Clark 1678-1754..... we need more members. So far I think we only have 15 or so. <br />Alexander Clark, Homer AlaskaFloat Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-34379159261943923712020-02-04T07:41:39.237-07:002020-02-04T07:41:39.237-07:00Thank you so much for posting the will of Christop...Thank you so much for posting the will of Christopher Clark online,and especially for citing your source! What a great help this is!<br />CatherineOld Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367921248223441962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-60700455398567378862019-03-26T00:58:24.758-06:002019-03-26T00:58:24.758-06:00Hi there just found out that Captain Christopher C...Hi there just found out that Captain Christopher Clark is my 10th great-grandfather. I was researching him and came across this! Wow!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381826389949954429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-69123610348716597202019-02-10T00:37:35.072-07:002019-02-10T00:37:35.072-07:00How do you do?
I was wondering if the ancestry o...How do you do? <br /><br />I was wondering if the ancestry of Captain Christopher Clarke, Senior I was proven. My late maternal grandmother descended through Emily "Milly" [Candler] [McTyre] Waller, daughter of Colonel William Candler, Senior and Elizabeth Anthony in Georgia. <br /><br />Thanks so much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671948512273927501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-66531724386760255572019-02-10T00:35:53.965-07:002019-02-10T00:35:53.965-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671948512273927501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-31945565340728495762018-04-26T17:20:06.580-06:002018-04-26T17:20:06.580-06:00When Capt Christopher Clark died in 1754, She appe...When Capt Christopher Clark died in 1754, She appeared as a witness to some paperwork along with her Husband Bolling Clark. She is listed as Weneford Clark and her signature was marked as an (X), so she was not able to write. Her sister in law, Elizabeth Clark who married Joeseph Anthony named one of her Anthony daughters Winifred..... Alex Clark...Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-26627103928397641352018-04-26T16:48:10.724-06:002018-04-26T16:48:10.724-06:00Here is another weird bit of info: As you know th...Here is another weird bit of info: As you know the Terrell family also intermarried with the Clark family during that same time period. Capt Phillip Burford who was born around 1723 in Virginia, married Mildred Terrell in Lousia County around 1753. The year before Capt Christopher Clark died there...Anyway he did have a couple sisters. Susanna, Sarah and Elizabeth are listed. Maybe there were more. Or maybe Winifred was a middle name she used to avoid confusion with another similarly named female in the family. Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-47075983781759259382018-04-26T16:31:17.267-06:002018-04-26T16:31:17.267-06:00I have Winifred Burford marrying Bowling ( Bolling...I have Winifred Burford marrying Bowling ( Bolling or Bolen) Clark(born 1720) in 1742 in Hanover Co Virgina. I have her as being born around 15 Feb 1721 or 1724, most likely in Lousia County VA colony. I was once looking through land records and came across some Burford names which I meant to go back and look over again. Then life happened. Her name and birth year MIGHT appear in the Margery (Rogers) Clark Bible, 1838. I have wondered if she is the daughter of Thomas Burford Jr (b-1682) or his brother. Or was she married to a Burford and became a young window??? That family of Bufords , Burfords also had some family members who spelled in Beauford. Plus what happens when an Uncle in Virginia takes in a niece from England. The records show A,B,C,and D as sons and daughters, but there may well have been other members in the household with the same last name who are not listed as sons and daughters. Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-53788295910728054092018-04-26T15:43:16.946-06:002018-04-26T15:43:16.946-06:00Correction: Bowling Clarke 1722VA-1813SC Married W...Correction: Bowling Clarke 1722VA-1813SC Married Winifred Buford about 1742 in Virginia. Sam BollingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-46014891705328057292018-04-26T15:03:04.572-06:002018-04-26T15:03:04.572-06:00My name is Samuel Blueford Bolling. I 'descen...My name is Samuel Blueford Bolling. I 'descend from Thomas Coker (of Bibb, AL) 1755-1818 and Sarah Clark Ca.1760 SC.I am looking for the connection in GA/SC of my Sarah with the Bolling/Bowling & Jonathan Clarke families of same. My ggg grandfather was Noah Blueford Coker, Jr; we (Coker researchers) believe his father's middle name is derived from Buford, as in Winifred wife of Capt. Christopher Clark. Anyone found the parentage of Winifred Buford, my other 'brick wall'? By the way, the Family group [5] Bolling / Bowlings (my line) are that of William of Orange ,& Ann Sims have No Connection DNA-wise to the Robert Bolling of Petersburg / Pocahontas line. re: Penelope Johnson was not a Bolling/Bowling that I have ever been able to find. Only a Johnson / Johnston that had 1st. married a Massie. Sincerely Sam B. Bolling II of Mobile, ALAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-4635666890989097672018-02-21T14:54:48.121-07:002018-02-21T14:54:48.121-07:00I know, I just wish I could find something to prov...I know, I just wish I could find something to prove or disprove.Vickie Beard Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09188093993517504733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6780824883768425920.post-8783740397047450732018-02-21T14:07:21.495-07:002018-02-21T14:07:21.495-07:00I always wondered if a prior marriage could be a r...I always wondered if a prior marriage could be a reason for the Bolling last name. It gets so murky around this subject. Considering the age most women were first married during that era, it would certainly not be out of the realm of possibilities. Float Pilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727629164920557372noreply@blogger.com