Family/Spouse: Melatiah Clark. Melatiah (daughter of Ephraim Clarke and Mary Bullen) 04 Aug 1674 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 23 Nov 1747Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hannah Fisher. Hannah (daughter of John(I) Fisher and Hannah Adams) 28 Dec 1674; 11 Sep 1726. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Seth Partridge 03 Dec 1706; 16 May 1768.
2. Mary Partridge 27 Nov 1709; 25 Jan 1727.
3. Hannah Partridge 24 Dec 1702 Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 02 Sep 1780Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
4. William(III) Partridge 17 Oct 1695; 1782.
5. Joseph Partridge 29 Sep 1699; 11 Apr 1726.

Notes:

Died:
Age: 70

William(I) Sarah Colburn 19 Nov 1656New England, USA. Sarah (daughter of Nathaniel Colburn and Priscilla Clarke) 15 Apr 1640 Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 24 Aug 1716Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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: 76

Nathaniel Priscilla Clarke 25 Jul 1639Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. Priscilla (daughter of Thomas Clarke and Mary Canne) 1615 Westhorpe, Suffolk, England; 12 Aug 1692Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Notes:

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The will for Thomas Clarke is published in "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register", Vol 152, January 1998, pg. 15, in an article by Christopher Gleason Clark, entitled "The English Ancestry of Joseph Clark (1613-1683) of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts".
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The will cites his grandaughter Marye Wheelock. This, along with other evidence presented in the article, strongly suggests the relationships among the Clarks, Wheelocks, and Barbers presented in this genealogy

Died:
Buried on 10 May 1638

Thomas Mary Canne 17 Oct 1602Banham, Norfolk, England. Mary (daughter of Thomas Canne and Annie Rebecca Plowman) May 1580 Old Buckenham, Norfolk, England; 21 Mar 1642Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA; 18 May 1642St. Peter, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]