11. | Priscilla Clarke 1615 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England (daughter of Thomas Clarke and Mary Canne); 12 Aug 1692Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Notes:
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Now that Nathaniel had a farm, and a house, it was time to get married (according to the Covenant, he could only keep his full twelve acres if he was married.) He promptly did so 25 June 1639, marrying Priscilla Clarke.
Priscilla was born in 1613 in Banham, Norfolk, England, the 8th of 11 children of Thomas and Mary Clarke. She came to Dedham from Watertown with four siblings. Exactly when they emigrated is unclear, although the passenger list of the ship Abraham in 1635 includes a “Clark Jo” aged 20, the age of her brother John at the time. Her brother Rowland owned land in Dedham by 1637 but died the following year (some genealogies confuse their grandfather, also Rowland, with this brother; others confuse this Rowland Clark with another Rowland from Bedfordshire and say that he was her father.)
In emigrating together, the Clarke siblings were more typical Puritans than Nathaniel, who came without other family members. According to David Hackett Fischer, “By comparison with other colonies, households throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut included large number of children, small numbers of servants and high proportions of intact marital unions.” Ref Marital bliss was enforced by law: Puritans thought life in a “covenanted family” was the only proper way, and made it illegal to live alone. Officials would force a stubborn bachelor to either “settle himself with a family” or “settle himself” in the House of Correction.
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From http://www.clubmobile.org/Colburns/Nathaniel.html
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Priscilla and Nathaniel had 11 children, all of whom survived to adulthood, had children of their own, and lived out their lives in Dedham or daughter towns Medfield and West Dedham:
Born Married Died
Sarah 15 Apr 1640 William Partridge 1716 Medfield
Rebecca 17 Feb 1643 Elliot Hersey 1670 Medfield
Nathaniel 3 Mar 1645 Mary Brooks 1689 Dedham
Priscilla 1 Apr 1646 Joseph Morse 1731 West Dedham
John 29 Jul 1648 Experience Leland 1706 Dedham
Mary 21 Jan 1650 John Richards 1685 Dedham
Hannah 20 Jan 1653 Thomas Aldridge 1728 Dedham
Samuel 25 Jan 1654 Mary Partridge 1694 Dedham
Deborah 28 Jan 1656 Joseph Wight 1684 Dedham
Benjamin 24 Sep 1659 1. Abiah Fisher 2. Bethiah Bullen 1714 Dedham
JOSEPH 1 Dec 1662 Mary Holbrook 1718 West Dedham
Died:
Age: 79
Children:
- Rebecca Colburn 17 Feb 1643 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
- 5. Sarah Colburn 15 Apr 1640 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 24 Aug 1716Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
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