Other Events:

• Occupation: Tobacco planter, Merchant, Lawyer
• Immigration: 1699, Barbados, South Carolina, Virginia

Notes:

Captain Clark was a Quaker from England whose family came to Virginia via the Barbados. He purchased or patented 30,000 acres of Crown Lands in Hanover, Albermarle, and Louisa Counties, Virginia. He and the Anthony family were neighbors as far back as 1704. A number of noted men came from this Clark family, among them Governor James Clark of Kentucky, General John B. Clark, his son, both also Congressmen from Missouri. Captain Clark was a lawyer and partner with Nicholas Meriwether. He was also Captain of Hanover County militia in 1727, High Sheriff in 1731, Justice of Louisa County in 1742, Overseer of Friends Meeting House (Quaker) near Sugarloaf Mountains in 1749.
In the Vestry meeting, December 18, 1697, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, orders were given to clear roads. Families of Christopher and his brother, Edward, are listed. The work "families" is presumed to refer to slaves or people being settled on their land grants. (Eng. Duplicate of Lost Virginia Records) lists Christ'o Clark on Rent Rolls, 1704. In Hanover County, 1726, listed among other Justices of Peace were Nich'o Meriwether and Chr. Clark. His residence was at Green Springs, now in Louisa County, Virginia, on the waters of Camp Creek and South Anna River, on a part of rich land supposed to have been a former lake bed. The location is some 10 miles south of Gordonville and 6 miles from the line between Louisa and Albemarle Counties. Christopher cut a road from Green Springs to his lands in Albermarle County, near Charlotteville, which was called "Clark's Trace" or "Clark's Track." The family of General George Rogers Clark lived on this road about 15 miles from Green Springs. The relationship of General Clark to Christopher has been recognized by many. His parents were John Clark (born October, 1724, King and Queen County) and Ann Rogers (born October 20, 1734, King and Queen County). It is proven that they settled near the present site of Charlotteville, where George Rogers was born. They later moved to Caroline County where Governor (of Missouri) William Clark was born. Other brothers were Jonathan, John, Richard and Edmond, and he had four sisters.
Louisa County was created in 1742 from Hanover County which was created in 1720-21 from New Kent. Christopher was one of the Justices of the first Louisa Court that set up the county government. This meeting took place in the home of Matthew Jouett (also connected to this family) on Beaver Creek, December 12, 1742. Among those present were Robert Lewis, Richard Johnson, Christopher Clark, Thomas Meriwether (REF: History of Louisa County, by Harris).
In 1727 Christopher Clark is said to have been a captain in the Virginia Militia. In the will of Nicholas Meriwether, his law partner, dated 1743, Christopher was referred to as "Captain."
Christopher Clark and Nicholas Meriwether received thousands of acres of land grants. They probably passed much of these to other settlers. Christopher patented 4,000 to 5,000 acres in Hanover County in 1722 to 1739. In 1749, Christopher was appointed an "overseer" of the Quaker Meeting House near Sugar Loaf Mountain. He was not an original Quaker but joined the Society between 1743 and 1749. This meeting house near Sugar Loaf Mountain was situated on land Christopher had entered near Sugar Loaf Peak of West Mountain. (REF: Cabell's and Their Kin by Alexander Brown).
Will of Christopher Clark
In the Name of God, Amen. I CHRISTOPHER CLARK being in sound mind and memory thanks be to Almighty God for it, but calling to mind the uncertainty of life, make this my last will and testament as followeth:
First, I give my loving son EDWARD, one gun and all my wearing clothes and all things else that he was possessed of that was ever mine.
I give my loving daughter AGNES JOHNSON, one Negro Wench and increase and whatever else she has or ever had in possession that was ever mine.
I give my loving daughter RACHEL MOOREMAN four hundred acres of land in Hanover County near to CAPT. THOMAS DANSEY and one Negro Wench name of Mill with her increase and all things else she had in her possession that was ever mine.
I give my loving daughter SARAH LYNCH, one Negro Boy named Manny and all things else that she is or ever was possessed of that was mine.
I give my loving son, MICAJAH CLARK, five hundred acres of land in Hanover County the same whereon I now live with all the attachments thereunto belonging and one Negro Boy, working tools and whatever else he is or was possessed of that was ever mine.
I give my loving son BOLLING CLARK, four hundred acres of land in Hanover County lying on the northwest side of the mountains joining on the land of MR. THOMAS CARR, two Negroes named name of Robin and one horse named Spirit, one gun, one feather bed and furniture, two cows and calves, my trooping arms, my great Bible and all my law books.
I give my loving daughter, ELIZABETH ANTHONY, four hundred acres of land in Goochland County on Hooker Creek near south forks of James River, two young negroes, Mat and Jenny, cows and calves, one feather bed and furniture.
The rest of my estate be it of what value or quality ever, I lend to my loving wife during her natural life who I appoint my executrix, further my will and desire is that my loving grand-daughter, PENELOPE LYNCH, at the death of her grandmother, PENELOPE CLARK, my wife, that she, the said PENELOPE LYNCH, be paid out of my estate if there be so much remaining, forty pounds good and lawful money of Virginia.
And then if any left, to be equally divided among my said children, but not to be appraised in witness to the above premises.
I have sett my Hand and fixed my seal this fourteenth day of August, 1741.
CHRISTOPHER CLARK
In a Court held of Louisa County the 28th Day of May 1754, this will was proved this day in open court by Oath of Thomas Martain and affirmation of Ann Martain and admitted to record and is Recorded.
Tester, James Littlepage, Clerk
(Will Book I, 1745-1761, Louisa County, Virginia)
The Quakers were the earliest Dissenters to come to Louisa [County]. They established meetings at several points, and from the records of the meeting at Cedar Creek in Hanover, they were closely allied. The Cedar Creek Meeting contains records of the meetings on both Camp Creek and on Fork Creek as early as 1746. In 1758, the following are recorded as being part of the Camp Creek Meeting: Charles Moorman and family, Sarah Ballard, Charles Clark and family, John Moorman and family, Samuel Bunch and family, James Johnson and family, William Ballard and family, William Haley and family, Francis Clark and family, Francis Clark, Jr., and family, Charles Clarke, Jr., and family, George Taylor, and James Tate and family. Both of these Meetings had Meetings Houses. There was another Meeting under the mountains at which Christopher Clark was overseer. In lower Louisa, the following families were affiliated with the Cedar Creek Meeting: Micajah Clarke and wife Judith, Bolling and Winifred Clark, George and Cicely Bell, Richard and Elizabeth Bloxom, and Benjamin and Agnes Johnson. James Crew (who married Judith Harris) was also a member of this Meeting; however, he was put out of the Meeting because he owned slaves. His daughter Judith was also turned out for marrying outside of the Meeting (her husband was Halcolm Hart, a Presbyterian).
from History of Louisa County, Virginia, by Malcolm H. Harris, MD, p. 214

Christopher married Penelope JOHNSON in 1709 in New Kent County, Virginia. Penelope (daughter of Edward JOHNSON and Elizabeth WALKER) was born on 14 Aug 1684 in New Kent County, Virginia; was christened on 17 Aug 1684 in St Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia; died on 14 Aug 1760 in New Kent County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth CLARK was born on 15 Feb 1721/22 in Hanover County, Virginia; died in 1825 in Henry County, Virginia.
2. Bolling CLARK was born on 15 Feb 1721/22 in Hanover County, Virginia; died between 1744 and 1813 in North Carolina.
3. Edward CLARK was born in 1710 in Louisa County, Virginia; died on 10 Aug 1783.
4. Agnes CLARK was born in 1712 in Hanover County, Virginia; died in 1754.
5. Rachel CLARK was born in 1714 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 10 Jun 1792 in Bedford County, Virginia.
6. Sarah CLARK was born in 1715 in Abermarle County, Virginia; died on 20 Jan 1792 in Abermarle County, Virginia.
7. Micajah CLARK was born on 16 Sep 1718 in St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia; died on 21 Jul 1808 in Albemarle County, Virginia.

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]

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]

Other Events:

• Immigration: 1699, Barbados, South Carolina, Virginia

Notes:

Zachariah Moorman was born on the Isle of Wight in 1619. At 19 years of age (1639), he joined the British Army and became a captain under Cromwell in the invasion of Ireland. After the subjugation on Ireland, he lived there for a few years, probably in the Belfast area. He married Mary Candler, daughter of William Candler, a native of Northhampton County, England and a colonel in Cromwell's army. He was awarded landed estate in Ireland and settled there.
He returned to the Isle of Wight to live for a few years, but being a sympathizer of Charles I, he became an enemy of Cromwell when he had the king beheaded and thus was exiled from the British Isles. In the spring of 1669, Zachariah, with his children: Thomas, Charles, and daughter Sallie Ann (wife of Micajah Clark, Sr.); and Michael and Margaret Clark and their sons, embarked at Southhampton, England on the ship GLASGOW and sailed to Barbados, West Indies. Michael and Margaret Clark and most of their sons settled on the island where they owned land and slaves.
In early 1670 Zachariah and his family, including Micajah and Sallie Ann Clark, joined immigrants on their way to South Carolina, where they established the first permanent colony in that state. During the same year the Moorman and Clark families proceeded to Virginia and settled at Somerton, Nansemond County.
In the fall of 1672, George Fox, organizer of the Society of Friends, while preaching and traveling in America on his way southward, stayed at the home of Zachariah Moorman and on his return from North Carolina, a few weeks later, stayed with them and held a meeting. Zachariah's wife was already of this belief, and Thomas, his son, was so impressed and became committed with the Faith of Friends. Thomas was Vestryman in the Episcopal Church at that time, but converted to their belief then.
Alternatively, others believe Zachariah Moorman left the Isle of Wight in 1669 with his family (his daughter, son-in-law, and three sons) to escape the persecution they suffered as Quakers. A few years later, the Moormans moved to Somerton, Nansemond County, Virginia, in order to be near a Quaker Meeting. The Records of St. Peter's Parish prove that Thomas Moorman was in St. Peter's Parish and was a processioner in 1689.
from Louisa County Historical Magazine, Vol. 11, Number 1, Summer 1979, p. 20.
There is no record of Zachariah's wife Mary Candler accompanying him to Virginia, thus, it is assumed she died in 1670, after landing in South Carolina, before the family traveled to Virginia.

Zachariah married Mary Ann CANDLER in 1656 in Callan Castle, Kilkenny, Ireland. Mary (daughter of William CANDLER and Elizabeth Ann ANTHONY) was born in 1635 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland; died in 1670. [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]

Thomas married Ida BRADING before 1619 in Norwood Parish, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Ida was born in UNKNOWN; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

An English soldier who fought in Oliver Cromwell's Army - received confiscated land in lieu of payment.
By 1647, William Candler was already a captain in the army. He served in Ireland under Sir Hardress Waller from December 1649 through at least March 1655, when he was granted an estate at Balliknockan in Kings County, Ireland and awarded the rank of Lt. Colonel for "meritorious conduct in the field" by Cromwell. He called his estate "Callan Castle."
William Candler's grandson Daniel emigrated to America and established the Candler family in Georgia. Candler's descendant Asa Griggs Candler purchased the rights to the formula for Coca Cola and founded the Coca Cola Company. They also gave generously to Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. The family became an eminent family in Atlanta, described by Pat Conroy in his novel Prince of Tides as "the nearest thing Atlanta had to a royal family."

William married Elizabeth Ann ANTHONY in 1632 in Kent, England. Elizabeth was born about 1612; died before 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]