Other Events:

• Occupation: Quaker Minister

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Minister of Old Machar Parish, excommunicated for defending and later joining the Quakers in 1661. In that same year, he and his family left Aberdeen for Virginia, where they settled in York County.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

It is not conclusively proven that Elizabeth was the former Elizabeth Walker.

Elizabeth married Edward JOHNSON in 1677 in Blissland Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. Edward was born in 1638 in Aberdeen, Scotland; died in 1704 in New Kent County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Settled in Kickotan, York County, Virginia (today Kickotan is part of the city of Hampton), where George served as a James River Pilot.
Later in life, George was a missionary to the Pamunkey Indians.

Family/Spouse: Ann KEITH. Ann (daughter of George KEITH) was born about 1635 in New Kent County, Virginia; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There is some debate as to whether Penelope was a Johnson/Johnston or a Bolling. There is evidence for both arguments, as there are many males in the Christopher Clark/Penelope Johnson lineage with the first name Bolling; however, that may also be a name inherited from another female in the family. There were Johnsons in the Cedar Creek Meeting, and as notes for Christopher Clark mentioned, some members of the Cedar Creek Meeting were ousted for marrying outside the meeting, which shifts the evidence in favor of Penelope being a Johnson.
Even though the Stevens-Davis Book (page 196) states that Christopher Clark (son of Micajah Clark and Sallie Ann Moorman) married circa 1709, Penelope Massie or Bolling, (died post 1754), the daughter of William Bolling and a grandaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper (121-83), First Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord High Commander of England, and the father of Habeas Corpus, "Anthony Roots and Branches," (page 181) states that the wife of Christopher Clark is believed to have been Penelope Johnson, b. Aug 4, 1684, dau. of Edward Johnson and Elizabeth Walker, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co., VA. Randolph A. Malone, in his book, "Josiah Carter," page 243, refers to Capt. Christopher Clark and Penelope (Johnson) Clark. "Anthony Roots and Branches," (page 198) also states that Penelope Johnson was the right age, and in the right place to have been the wife of Christopher Clark, and that Christopher Clark named four of his children for names in the Edward Johnson family, including Penelope. It is also stated on the same page (198) that the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter day Saints has accepted Johnson as the last name of Penelope, wife of Christopher Clark. Also stated on the same page (198) is the following:
(1) "Descendants of William and John Johnson" by Dr. Lorand V. Johnson says in comments in the back of the book re: Chart 1: "Agnes Clark was the daughter of Christopher and Penelope Clark. Penelope Johnson was the daughter of Edward Johnson of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent Co."
(2)Publications disagree about the names of the parents of Christopher Clark's wife but there is a recurring statement that she was a granddaughter or great-granddaughter of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, the First Earl of Shaftesbury [which adds to the confusion].
Dr. Lorand Johnson attempted to show that the First Earl of Shaftesbury was a likely father of Sarah and Lucretia Massie, who married William and John Johnston of New Kent County, Virginia in the late 1600s. Lord Ashley had three marriages, but none of his wives are named. Lord Ashley was made one of the proprietors of Carolina in the spring of 1655; he persuaded Quakers to go to Carolina in the early 1670s. About this time, he became the Earl of Shaftesbury. He became involved in a plot agains the king in 1679, and escaped to the Netherlands under the name Johnson.
Anthony-Ashey Cooper, First Earl of Shaftesbury, secured passage of the Habeas Corpus Act in 1679. He became prominent under Cromwell, then helped plan the restoration of the monarchy. King Charles II made him Baron Ashley, Earl of Shaftesbury, and Lord Chancellor.
If it is proven that Penelope was a Bolling, she would be a descendant of Pocahontas. However, as such respected sources as have been listed here have accepted Penelope as a Johnson/Johnston, the Johnson/Johnston lineage is the one given in this family file.

Penelope married Christopher CLARK in 1709 in New Kent County, Virginia. Christopher (son of Micajah CLARK and Sallie Ann MOORMAN) was born in 1681 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 28 May 1754 in Louisa County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Elizabeth lived to be over 100 years old. After the death of her husband, she and some of her children migrated to Wilkes County, Georgia. She became a Quaker preacher after making many trips back and forth between Georgia and Virginia on horseback. A woman who had 15 children, traveled back and forth between the states on horseback preaching the gospel, and lived to be over 100 years old deserves lasting reverence and respect. She returned to Virginia to be with relatives prior to her death.

Elizabeth married Joseph ANTHONY on 22 Apr 1741 in Albemarle County, Virginia. Joseph (son of Mark ANTHONY and Isabella HART) was born on 2 May 1713 in New Kent County, Virginia; died on 23 Nov 1785 in Henrico County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married Winifred Buford.
Had children:
Agnes Clark
Christopher Clark
Elizabeth Clark
William Clark
Micajah Clark Sr
Bolling Clark
David Clark
Jonathan Clark
Joseph Clark

Notes:

First owner of "Westover" (Historical Southern Families, Vol. III).

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Married Benjamin Johnson. Benjamin Johnson, husband of Agnes, was the son of Sir William Johnson of Scotland. They had nine children:
Newby Johnson
Sarah Johnson
Christopher Johnson
William Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Penelope Johnson
Collings Johnson
Edward Johnson
Agnes Johnson
According to Lorand V. Johnson, Benjamin Johnson and his mother-in-law, Penelope Johnson are descended from the same Johnson family. Benjamin Johnson was the son of William Johnston and Sarah Massie, who were married in 1698. Benjamin Johnson was baptized April 18, 1705 in New Kent County, Virginia and died some time before May 28, 1754 when his will was recorded in Louisa County. The immigrant ancestor in the Johnson/Johnston line was James Johnston, merchant of Aberdeen, Scotland, born in 1651, who immigrated to Virginia in 1701. He patented land in King William County, Virginia in 1701. His second wife was Faith Leith, whom he married in 1686 in Scotland; however, the name of his first wife, the mother of his children, is not known.

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Married Thomas Moorman. Rachel Clark's marriage to Thomas Moorman was his second and her first. There are two possible names listed for her second husband. Rachel died at age 82.
Had children:
Mary Bolling Moorman
Zachariah Moorman Sr
Clark Terrell Moorman
Charles Clark Moorman
Micajah Clark Moorman
Rachel Clark Moorman
Elizabeth Moorman
Thomas Moorman Jr.
Achilles Herman Moorman
Andrew Moorman
Pleasant Moorman
Agatha Moorman
Mildred Moorman
Was an ancestor of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain.

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Married Charles Lynch in 1732. Major Charles Lynch was Burgess for Albermarle County, Virginia.
Had children:
Penelope Flournoy Lynch
Charles Lynch, Jr.
Sarah Lynch
John Lynch
Christopher Lynch
Edward Lynch
Also married John Ward December 17, 1766.

Notes:

Listed in biographical sketch of Anselm Anthony in "Georgia Baptists with Biographical Compendium" as a colonel in the Revolutionary War.
From VA ARGUS, Friday July 29, 1808, published at Richmond by Samuel Pleasants.
DEPARTED this life on the 21st inst at his residence in the county of Albemarle MICAJAH CLARK, sen. aged 91 years, after a lingering ilness of 7 (? could be 2) months which he endured to the last, with unceasing patience, and a christian ?Ukefore_ories, altho he was from the commencement of this illness, confidently impressed with the belief he should never recover. This venerable man, hath had the happiness of enjoying a long and well spent life, in good health, almost uninterrupted, never having experienced more than one attack previous to the one which carried him off. He was, in every respect, perfectly uniform and temperate; his benign and humane contenance, plainly indicated the purity and benevolence of his heart, and opened an avenue to ?its/his innermost recesses by which any one might enter. How melancholy are the ?sensations we feel, when meditating on the loss of this, our friend, and the friend of mankind -- Philanthropy, humanity, morality and benevolence will severely deplore his loss, and shed a tear in remembrance of his departed shade. It's needless to recount the many amiable qualities which were united in this man; they are well known to all who knew him; but to those who knew him not, suffice it to say, he was a kind and benevolent neighbor, a humane and tender master, and that the poor never passed unheeded by him. The writer of these lines, hath from his infancy, known this man, whose loss we deplore, and in making the foregoing communication he has done it conscientiously.
July 26, 1808. A FRIEND.

Micajah married Judith Lewis ADAMS in Oct 1736 in Hanover County or Goochland County, Virginia. Judith (daughter of Robert ADAMS and Mourning LEWIS) was born in Oct 1716 in Henrico County, Virginia; died in UNKNOWN in Albemarle County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]