Daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Clarke. Wife of John Grosvenor, married c 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
John Grosvenor, the earliest representative of the family in New England and the progenitor of all who bear the name in America, was born in 1641, and died in 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his burial occurred. His wife, Esther Clark [aka: Clarke] Grosvenor, a woman of great strength of character and self-reliance, came with her family, consisting of five sons and one daughter, to Pomfret, where she engaged in the management of her landed property, and added the practice of medicine to her other attainments.
John's pilgrimage to Pomfret, his return to Roxbury, his death in 1691, the journey in 1701 of his widow and sons to complete the purchase, the allotment of lands, the widow's death in the old Sabin home are well-known facts in Pomfret history. The story is told of John's widow Esther that a troublesome squaw once invaded her kitchen, demanding immediate supply of food and even attempting to snatch the boiled meat from the kettle. Mrs. Grosvenor held her back with her broomstick till her son Ebenezer came to her rescue.
Hugh Clarke of Warwickshire
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=Esther Clarke, born 1651 in WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.; died June 15, 1738 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.. She was the daughter of Hugh Clarke and Elizabeth. She married (1) John Gravenor Abt. 1672 in WATEROWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.. He was born January 02, 1640/41 in THE FRIARS, ST. LEONARD PARISH, BRIDGENORTH, SALOP, ENGLAND, and died September 27, 1691 in ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASS.. He was the son of William Gravenor, Gent and Susanna Paston.
=More About Esther Clarke: Fact 1: 1700, TOOK POSSION OF POMFRET; - Fact 2: June 15, 1738, BURRIED IN WAPPAQUIAN BURIAL GROUND, AT THE FOOT OF PROSPECT HILL, POMFRET, CONN; Fact 3: February 13, 1672/73, WAS EXCOMMUNICATED; Fact 4: September 02, 1673, WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH & SOLEMNLY OWNED THE COVENANT.
History: Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut Genealogies of Woodstock Families (Norwood, Mass.: privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1935), Vol. Six, p. 262-264. Picture of gravestone on page between 260 and 261."
John Grosvenor, the earliest representative of the family in New England and the progenitor of all who bear the name in America, was born in 1641, and died in 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his burial occurred. His wife, Esther Clark [aka: Clarke] Grosvenor, a woman of great strength of character and self-reliance, came with her family, consisting of five sons and one daughter, to Pomfret, where she engaged in the management of her landed property, and added the practice of medicine to her other attainments.
John's pilgrimage to Pomfret, his return to Roxbury, his death in 1691, the journey in 1701 of his widow and sons to complete the purchase, the allotment of lands, the widow's death in the old Sabin home are well-known facts in Pomfret history. The story is told of John's widow Esther that a troublesome squaw once invaded her kitchen, demanding immediate supply of food and even attempting to snatch the boiled meat from the kettle. Mrs. Grosvenor held her back with her broomstick till her son Ebenezer came to her rescue.
Hugh Clarke of Warwickshire
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=Esther Clarke, born 1651 in WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.; died June 15, 1738 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.. She was the daughter of Hugh Clarke and Elizabeth. She married (1) John Gravenor Abt. 1672 in WATEROWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.. He was born January 02, 1640/41 in THE FRIARS, ST. LEONARD PARISH, BRIDGENORTH, SALOP, ENGLAND, and died September 27, 1691 in ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASS.. He was the son of William Gravenor, Gent and Susanna Paston.
=More About Esther Clarke: Fact 1: 1700, TOOK POSSION OF POMFRET; - Fact 2: June 15, 1738, BURRIED IN WAPPAQUIAN BURIAL GROUND, AT THE FOOT OF PROSPECT HILL, POMFRET, CONN; Fact 3: February 13, 1672/73, WAS EXCOMMUNICATED; Fact 4: September 02, 1673, WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH & SOLEMNLY OWNED THE COVENANT.
History: Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut Genealogies of Woodstock Families (Norwood, Mass.: privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1935), Vol. Six, p. 262-264. Picture of gravestone on page between 260 and 261."
Daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth Clarke. Wife of John Grosvenor, married c 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA.
John Grosvenor, the earliest representative of the family in New England and the progenitor of all who bear the name in America, was born in 1641, and died in 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his burial occurred. His wife, Esther Clark [aka: Clarke] Grosvenor, a woman of great strength of character and self-reliance, came with her family, consisting of five sons and one daughter, to Pomfret, where she engaged in the management of her landed property, and added the practice of medicine to her other attainments.
John's pilgrimage to Pomfret, his return to Roxbury, his death in 1691, the journey in 1701 of his widow and sons to complete the purchase, the allotment of lands, the widow's death in the old Sabin home are well-known facts in Pomfret history. The story is told of John's widow Esther that a troublesome squaw once invaded her kitchen, demanding immediate supply of food and even attempting to snatch the boiled meat from the kettle. Mrs. Grosvenor held her back with her broomstick till her son Ebenezer came to her rescue.
Hugh Clarke of Warwickshire
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=Esther Clarke, born 1651 in WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.; died June 15, 1738 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.. She was the daughter of Hugh Clarke and Elizabeth. She married (1) John Gravenor Abt. 1672 in WATEROWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.. He was born January 02, 1640/41 in THE FRIARS, ST. LEONARD PARISH, BRIDGENORTH, SALOP, ENGLAND, and died September 27, 1691 in ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASS.. He was the son of William Gravenor, Gent and Susanna Paston.
=More About Esther Clarke: Fact 1: 1700, TOOK POSSION OF POMFRET; - Fact 2: June 15, 1738, BURRIED IN WAPPAQUIAN BURIAL GROUND, AT THE FOOT OF PROSPECT HILL, POMFRET, CONN; Fact 3: February 13, 1672/73, WAS EXCOMMUNICATED; Fact 4: September 02, 1673, WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH & SOLEMNLY OWNED THE COVENANT.
History: Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut Genealogies of Woodstock Families (Norwood, Mass.: privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1935), Vol. Six, p. 262-264. Picture of gravestone on page between 260 and 261."
John Grosvenor, the earliest representative of the family in New England and the progenitor of all who bear the name in America, was born in 1641, and died in 1691 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, where his burial occurred. His wife, Esther Clark [aka: Clarke] Grosvenor, a woman of great strength of character and self-reliance, came with her family, consisting of five sons and one daughter, to Pomfret, where she engaged in the management of her landed property, and added the practice of medicine to her other attainments.
John's pilgrimage to Pomfret, his return to Roxbury, his death in 1691, the journey in 1701 of his widow and sons to complete the purchase, the allotment of lands, the widow's death in the old Sabin home are well-known facts in Pomfret history. The story is told of John's widow Esther that a troublesome squaw once invaded her kitchen, demanding immediate supply of food and even attempting to snatch the boiled meat from the kettle. Mrs. Grosvenor held her back with her broomstick till her son Ebenezer came to her rescue.
Hugh Clarke of Warwickshire
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=Esther Clarke, born 1651 in WATERTOWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.; died June 15, 1738 in POMFRET, WINDHAM, CONN.. She was the daughter of Hugh Clarke and Elizabeth. She married (1) John Gravenor Abt. 1672 in WATEROWN, MIDDLESEX, MASS.. He was born January 02, 1640/41 in THE FRIARS, ST. LEONARD PARISH, BRIDGENORTH, SALOP, ENGLAND, and died September 27, 1691 in ROXBURY, SUFFOLK, MASS.. He was the son of William Gravenor, Gent and Susanna Paston.
=More About Esther Clarke: Fact 1: 1700, TOOK POSSION OF POMFRET; - Fact 2: June 15, 1738, BURRIED IN WAPPAQUIAN BURIAL GROUND, AT THE FOOT OF PROSPECT HILL, POMFRET, CONN; Fact 3: February 13, 1672/73, WAS EXCOMMUNICATED; Fact 4: September 02, 1673, WAS RECONCILED TO THE CHURCH & SOLEMNLY OWNED THE COVENANT.
History: Clarence Winthrop Bowen, The History of Woodstock, Connecticut Genealogies of Woodstock Families (Norwood, Mass.: privately printed by The Plimpton Press, 1935), Vol. Six, p. 262-264. Picture of gravestone on page between 260 and 261."
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