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- His will was proved March 25, 1695. It reads as follows:
In the name of God &c I John Clark of newtowne in the Countyofmiddellsex being under the afflicting hand of God by reson ofsoresickness butt of perfect mind and memory praysed be God for it doemakeand ordain this my Last will and testament In forme and mannerfolowing,that is to say first and prinseply I commend my soule intothe hands ofallmighty God hoping through the merit Death and pasion ofmy saviourJesus Crist to haue full and free pardon and forgiueness ofall my sinsand to Inherit euerlasting Life, and my body I commit tothe earth to bedecently buryed att the discresion of my executors andexecutorrix hearafter named, and as touching the disposing of suchtemporall estate ashath pleas'd God to bestow upon me I do giue anddispose thereof in manerfolowing
first I will that my debts and funerall chargies shall be payedanddischarg'd In maner folowing, that is to say I will that my tewsons Johnand william shall haue and Injoy all my Lands att the Riuerwith yt isdone upon it towards the saw mill, and all my meddow landlying near JohnDaniells, and thirty pounds in mony which will be to bepayed in thisspring where it is due by bils binding them to pay whatis yet behind asto y?? purchas of the land att the Riuer.
secondly I will that my other debts and funerall chargies shall bepayedout of my mouabell estate the rest and Residew of my estate toRemain inthe hands of my executors and executorrix to bring up mysmall childrenuntill the youngest of them shall com to the aige offourteen yearsexcept any of my daughters should marry before which ifthey do then theyshall haue fiue pounds apese payed them as they shallmarry and fifteenpounds apese when the youngest child shall com tofourteen year of aige.
thirdly I do giue unto my deer and Louing wife all the Income of therestand residew of my estate both housing and Lands and chattels what so euer dewring her naturall life except she should marryaginewhich if shee doe I giue unto her thirty pounds to be payed bymyexecutor
forthly I will that if my deer and Louing wife should be with childandhaue a sone yt then he shall Inherit all my housing and Lands afterthedeath of or marriage of my deare and Louing wife paying to everyone ofmy daughters twenty pounds apese, but if shee should bear afemall sheshall be made equall with the rest of my daughters and theRemainder ofmy estate what soeuer to goe to my tew sons John andwilliam my executorswith their mother my deare and Louing wife myexecutorrix to this my Lastwill and testament, and I doe herebydisannull and make uoide all formerwills and testaments what soeuer.
In witness whearof I haue hearunto sett my hand and seall this thirddayof January in the year of our Lord one thousand six hundred nintyfoureand flue.
He received from his father, Hugh Clark, in 1681, sixty-seven acresofland in Newton, then called New Cambridge, and moved thither fromRoxburythe same year. This land was situated in Newton Centre, nearthe presentsite of the Baptist Theological Seminary, and his house wasnear LymanSt. His nearest neighbor was Joseph Bartlett. Adjoiningtheir two estatesthere was a piece of land which was claimed byBartlett, although HughClark asserted that he had bought it of ThomasWoolson, a statement whichhas since been verified. As early as 1673Bartlett attempted to build ahouse upon this land, but it was pulleddown before completion, by Clark.One of the witnesses afterwardtestified that Clark said at this time,"yt he wd pull downe houses asfaste as ye afsd Bartlett cd putt themup." For this offence he wassued by Bartlett, and compelled to paydamages to the extent of œ1,14s., his father being surety for itspayment.
About 1688 he built at the Upper Falls a saw-mill, being the firsttoerect a mill on Charles river, within the limits of Newton. Hishomesteadwas afterward conveyed by his widow to her brother, WilliamNorman, ofBoston. He died in Newton, 1695.
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1641 - 1695 (53 years)
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