Michael CLARKE
1624 - 1678 (54 years)
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Name Michael CLARKE Born 1624 England 
Gender Male Died 3 Aug 1678 Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies Buried 5 Aug 1678 Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies Person ID I-2144834304 Our Family Tree Last Modified 30 Jul 2021
Father Edward CLARKE, b. Aft 1592, Thriploe, Cambridgeshire, England , d. Bef Apr 1666, Thriploe, Cambridgeshire, England (Age < 72 years) Mother Dianna HAYWARD, b. Abt 1580, d. UNKNOWN Family ID F639 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Margaret YARRETT, b. Abt 1626, d. 1681 (Age 55 years) Married Abt 1645 Children 1. Micajah CLARK, b. Abt 1650, England , d. Between 1704 and 1706, Nansemond County, Virginia (Age 54 years)Last Modified 30 Jul 2021 Family ID F636 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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
- In "Anthony Roots and Branches," it is noted that Michael and Margaret Clarke and all their children except Micajah remained in Barbados.