Other Events:

• Immigration: Between 1669 and 1670, Barbados, South Carolina, Virginia

Notes:

Micajah Clark followed the example of his father and used family names for his sons. Edward was named for his grandfather, the ancient planter, and his uncle; Francis for his uncle and great-uncle; Christopher for his uncle and great-uncle.
Micajah, his wife, and her family joined a group and sailed in 1669 from England, with a stopover in Barbados, for America.
Michael, his wife, and their son Christopher remained in Barbados.
Captain Zachariah Moorman, Micajah's father-in-law, his wife, and Micajah and Sallie Ann continued the voyage, arriving at Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia in 1670.
Upon immigration, Micajah Clark dropped the "e" from his last name, Clarke.

Micajah married Sallie Ann MOORMAN in 1668. Sallie (daughter of Zachariah MOORMAN and Mary Ann CANDLER) was born before 1653 in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, England; died on 5 Jan 1709/10 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Christopher CLARK was born in 1681 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 28 May 1754 in Louisa County, Virginia.

Notes:

In "Anthony Roots and Branches," it is noted that Michael and Margaret Clarke and all their children except Micajah remained in Barbados.
Michael selected family names for three of his sons: Edward for his father, Christopher and Thomas for his brothers. His brother Thomas, well-documented as a son of Edward Clarke, died childless and left his grant to Michael.
It is likely than Michal and his family were Quakers, and thus subject to persecution during the Cromwell period, which may be why Michael decided to take his family out of England. They traveled with his son, Micajah, Micajah's wife Sallie Ann Moorman, and her family, the Moormans, to the Barbados. They left in the vessel Glasgow in the spring of 1699.
Children of Michael Clarke:
Francis Clark
Edward Clark
Roger Clark
William Clark
Thomas Clark
Christopher Clark
Micajah Clark

Michael married Margaret YARRETT about 1645. Margaret (daughter of William YARRETT) was born about 1626; died in 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Edward Clarke, Biographic Sketch," by Bernard Schaaf, MD, FACS, 1981.
Reference fo Ancient Planter: In Virginia at time of Sir Francis Dale (1614-1616). He was in th Muster of 1623/4.
He was the son of John de Clarke, famous of the Bona Nova and the Mayflower Virginia Company of London. In the Company meeting of 1623/4, it was ordered that the widow and children be paid the wages due for services o John de Clarke deceased; Edward listed as son.
Edward returned to England in the late 1620s or early 1630s with his wife and some children.

Edward married Dianna HAYWARD. Dianna was born about 1580; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Clarke was the navigator of the vessel Bona Nova arriving Jamestown 1619. He was awarded share in London Company, posthumously.
He was also the navigator of the Mayflower, 1620.