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- Andrew, son of Thomas Clark, was born in 1635, and when a youngmanremoved to Boston, where his name is found in the tax lists for1674. Hewas in the shoe business, and lived in Scotto's Lane, wherehis fatherbought him a house. He was assistant counsellor, and severaltimesrepresentative to the general court. He removed to Harwich, ofwhich hewas one of the original proprietors, in 1694. He married,1671, inBoston, Mehitable, daughter of Thomas and Joan (Sanford)Scotto, baptizedFebruary 11, 1649. The family of Scotto was of somenote in the earlyhistory of Boston. They are said to trace back to theyear 1120, and thename was originally Scot-howe, which signified aportion of the hillside.In the early records it is variously writtenScotto, Scottoe, Scottow andScottoa. They came from Norwich, Norfolkcounty, England, and werecabinet-makers by trade. The immigrantancestors consisted of a widow,Thomasine Scotto, and her two sons,Thomas, born 1612, and Joshua, 1615.She was admitted to the FirstChurch in 1634 and the sons in 1639. In the"Book of Possessions"Thomas Scotto is put down as the owner of a houseand garden in Schoolstreet, four acres of land at Muddy River(Brookline). and a marsh atthe same place. The property on School streetdescended to hisgreat-great-grandson, Dr. Samuel Clark, and remained inthe familyuntil 1825, when Dr. Clark sold it to the city, and it nowforms a partof City Hall Square. Thomas Scotto was overseer of graves,gates andfences in 1644. and in Town Records, February, 1646, appearsthefollowing: "Thomas Scotto to see yt ye graves be digged fivefootdeep." He died in 1661. His brother, Joshua, was one of the founders of the South Church, 1662. In 1687 he was,bycommission from James II., chief justice of the court of commonpleas forthe province of Maine. He was the author of two tracts, "OldMen'sTears," printed in 1691, and "Planting of the MassachusettsColony,1694." His house was in Sudbury street, and he died January 20,1698,aged eighty-three. Andrew Clark died in Harwich, in 1706.Children ofAndrew Clark: Thomas, born July 10, 1672; Susanna, March12, 1674;Andrew, 1678; Scotto, 1680 (mentioned below); Nathaniel,1682; Mehitable,December 8, 1686.
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1639 - 1705 (66 years)
