The arrival of the Clarks to the American colony has traditionally been written that the Moorman family emigrated with a Clark family of five brothers and one Terrell in 1669 on the ship “Glasgow” for Barbados. The Clarks stayed in Barbados until the next year. In 1670, the Moorman family and the one Terrell set sail for Carolina while the Clarks remained in Barbados. The vessel was said to have been blown off course to the north by a storm and they made landfall on an Island in a river in Virginia where some disembarked. The ship then voyaged to Carolina.

Other descendants hold the tradition that an Edward Clarke of Suffolk, England who was married to Diana Haywood in Suffolk on October 11, 1611 was the first of the Clarks to come to Virginia. They were said to have come to Jamestown sometime between 1611 and 1622 and appear in York Co. records in 1625 and is later referred to as "an ancient planter."

The writings of McNaught state that "Christopher Clark, possibly the son of Edward and Diana Haywood Clarke, was born sometime between 1612 and 1620 in England or Virginia. He married Rebecca in about 1646/164y. Their children were:

1. Susaannah Clark - born February 23, 1648.
2. Dorothia Clark - born January 6, 1649.
3. John Clark - born December 3, 1651.
4. Peter Clark - born June 14, 1654.
5. Rebecca Clark - born May 4, 1657.
6. Christopher Clark - born June 19 1659.
7. Daniel Clark - born February 10, 1661.
8. Elizabeth Clark - born August 4, 1663
9. Mary Clark - born November 17, 1666.

Whether or not the Christopher Clark family came to the colonies by way of Barbadoes has not been substantiated. That these families are extremely interwined in the early Virginia records, there is no doubt. The continual changing of the county lines in early Virginia makes it very difficult to follow, however there is enough documentation on the families in land, will, and Quaker records to at least prove the line from Christopher Clark who mentions in his will, his daughter Elizabeth Anthony of which I descend.

There is also in the same county, an order granting probate of the will of a John Clark to Nicholas Clark, his executor, which was dated 24 Sep 1689, but nothing to prove that Christopher descends from this same Clark family of England who had made their way to the Virginia colony by way of Barbados, although records of the Christ Church Parish does lists Christopher Clark as having 60 acres of land and 31 slaves in the year 1680.

By 1705 Christopher has land in Hanover County, Virginia which it is speculated that he may have inherited from his father. This county, was at that time Kent County, the portion known as St. Paul's parish, was officially formed from it in 1720.

In 1722 Christopher and Nicholas Meriwether patented 927 acres of land in the same county and became the first settlers in Albemarle County, VA. The road cut by him from his property at Green Spring to his land there, became known as "Clark's Tract."

It should be noted that Albemarle County was not formed until 1744 when portions of it were taken from Goochland (formed from Henrico in 1728), and then again in 1761 from Louisa County. Louisa county having been formed from Hanover in 1742. A list of the Virginia counties, their formation and early cities can be found at VA GenWeb Counties.

Christopher Clark, whose ancestry has not been proven, is said to have married Penelope Johnson*, daughter of Edward of Scotland who was the son of Arthur Johnston, the Latin Poet and Physician whose 2nd wife was Barbara Gordon.  Edward emigrated to America where he was living in Blissland Parish, Virginia in 1677 with wife Elizabeth (Walker).

What is known is that Christopher became a successful tobacco planter and a man of vast wealth, owning more than 5,000 acres of land in Louisa and Albemarle counties. He had been one of the first Justices of Louisa County, and Captain in the militia up until the time he became a Quaker late in life. In 1749 Christopher was one of the Overseers of a Friends Meeting near Sugar Loaf Mountain.

The will of Christopher Clark was made 14 Aug 1741 and probated  in Louisa County, VA on 28 May 1754. He mentions in his will his son Edward, his daughters Agnes Johnson, Rachel Moorman, Sarah Lynch, and Elizabeth Anthony; also sons Micajah and Bowling; and wife Penelope.

If you have interest in the ancestry of Christopher, I suggest you visit Linda Starr's site Clark Reports which gathers information and discusses these Clark families of England, Barbados, Virginia and North Carolina.

*Penelope's last name has remained in some dispute as well. Some claiming she was a Massie and others a Bolling. It is my belief that she was a Johnson. Whether the daughter of Edward, I remain uncertain.

1. Edward Clark - born 1710 in Hanover County, VA and died 1783 in Louisa County, VA and married Anne Paulette, said to be the niece of Sir Thomas Paulette, the first owner of "Westover" later owned by William Byrd. 
2. Agnes Clark - born 1712 in Hanover County, VA.  She married Benjamin Johnson and died in 1754. 
3. Rachel Clark - born 1714 in Virginia.  She married Thomas Moorman, and died 10 Jun 1792. Her father willed her four hundred acres in Hanover County, near Captain Dorsey's land, and one negro. "3rd: I give my loving daughter Rachel Moorman, four hundred acres of land in Hanover County, near to Captain Thomas Dancey and one negro woman named Moll with her increase and all things else that she has had in her possession whatever was mine." 
4. Sarah Clark - born 1716 in Hanover County, VA. She married (1) Charles Lynch and married (2) Major John Ward on 27 Dec 1766 in Bedford County, VA.  She died in 1792.
5. Micajah Clark - born 16 Sep 1718 in Hanover County, VA. He was willed five hundred acres of land in Hanover County, VA. He married Judith Adams and was an ancestor of Francis Scott Key. Micajah was a very close friend of Thomas Jefferson and as a surveyor, laid off much of his land and was an aid to him in many of his building projects. 
6. Elizabeth Clark - born 15 Feb 1720 in Hanover County, VA. She married Joseph Anthony and died 1825 in VA. Was willed four hundred acres of land in Goochland County, VA. 
7. Bolling Clark - born 1722 in Virginia and married Wineford Buford. He was willed four hundred acres in Hanover County joining the land of Thomas Carr, ten young negroes, his father's trooping arms, his great Bible, and all his father's law books.

Biography of Thomas Paulett
Westover Plantation - Charles City Co., VA

An abstract of Christopher Clark's will, which was proved May 28, 1754 and recorded in Louisa County, Virginia:

In the name of God, Amen, I Christopher Clar, being .... do make this my last will and testament as followeth:

First, I give my son Edward one gun and all my wearing clothes, and all things else that he ever was possessed of that ever were mine.
2ndly, I give my loving daughter agnes Johnson one negro wench ... and wahtever else she has or ever had in possession that ... mine.
3rdly, I give my loving daughter Rachell Moorman four hundred acres ... in Hanover County, near Captain Dorsey, and one negro ... and all things else that she has had in her possession that ever was mine.
4thly, I give my loving daughter Sarah Lynch 1 negro boy &c.
5thly, I give my loving son Micajah Clark five hundred acres of ... Hanover County, the same whereon I now live, &c.
6thly, I give to myloving son Bowling Clark four hundred acres ... in Hanover County ... joining the land of Mr. Thomas Carr ... ten young negroes.. my trooping arms, my great Bible and all my law books.
I give my loving daughter Elizabeth Anghony four hundred acres in Goochland County &c.
I lend to my wife penelope Clark all the rest of my estate ...&c. ...set my hand and fixed my seal this the fourteenth day of Aug. 1744.

Christopher Clark [Seal]

1. Sarah Johnson - born 10 Apr 1729 in Louisa County, VA. She died 09 January 1749. 
2. Christopher Johnson - born 22 Nov 1731 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Moorman, daughter of Charles and Mary (Adams) and were the parents of six children. 
3. William Johnson - born 25 Apr 1734.
4. Benjamin Johnson, Jr. - born 24 Aug 1736 in Louisa Co., VA; died 1756. He married in 1756 Lucy Moorman was was born 20 Feb 1741 in Campbell County, VA and was also the daughter of Charles Moorman and Mary Adams. 
5. Penelope Johnson - born 8 May 1739. 
6. Collins Johnson - born 8 Sep 1741. 
7. Edward Johnson - born 4 may 1744.
8. Agnes Johnson - born 22 Dec 1747 in Bedford Co., VA. 
9. Newby Johnson - not known. 

Rachel inherited 400 acres of land in Hanover county from her father, and in about 1746, they moved from Louisa County and became members of the Golansville, Caroline County Monthly Meeting.  In 1765 Thomas resigned as an overseer and bought 200 acres of land on Tomahawk Creek and began to move there in February. Arriving in March, the Monthly Meeting to which they were recommended, found that Thomas had not settled his worldly affairs to the satisfaction of the members of the Monthly Meeting, and thereby were not received on request.

The Will of Thomas Moorman was dated 2 Jul 1765, and was witnessed by Henry Tate, William Anthony, and Christopher Anthony. His Executors were his wife and sons Zachariah and Micajah. His death was recorded in the Friends records and reported to the Virginia Yearly Meeting. A memorial of his life was read at the South River Monthly Meeting on 6 June 1767.  On the 25th of August in 1768, Rachel married William Ballard of the Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting and died on 10 June 1792 at the age of eighty two.

1. Marry Moorman - born 12th month 19th day of 1730 (19 Feb 1731)  in Hanover Co., VA. She married (1) Benjamin Johnson, the son of John Johnson and Lucretia Massie and (2) John Miller who lived at Lynchburg and kept a tavern.  She died in 1814. 
2. Zachariah Moorman - born 2nd day of the 2nd month of 1732 (2 Apr 1732)  in Virginia and married Elizabeth Terrell  who died 14 July 1773; and married (2) Elizabeth Johnson.  Zachariah died on 15 Jan 1789. 
3. Clark Terrell Moorman - born in 1734, married Rachel Harris in December of 1750. 
4. Micajah Moorman - born 6th month of the 28th day of 1735 (28 Aug 1735) in Hanover Co., VA; died 1806 in Lynchburg, Campbell Co., VA. At the Cedar Creek Monthly Meeting, he married Susannah Chiles of Caroline County, daughter of Manoah and had  who was born in 1738, and had by her several children, five of whom married into the Johnson family. It is stated that before Micajah's death in 1806, he freed his slaves. 
5. Elizabeth Moorman - born 02 April 1738 and died 1740. 
6. Thomas Moorman - born 06 August 1740 and may have married Elizabeth Adams around 1760.
7. Mildred Moorman - born 25 Jan 1743 in Hanover Co., VA; married James Johnson 12 Nov 1758 in Louisa County, VA and had by him one son, Christopher who was born in 1761. 
8. Achilles Moorman - born 1744 and was listed in his father's will. 
9. Aggothy Moorman - married William Johnson and is listed in her father's will dated 1765. 
10. Charles Moorman - listed in his father's will as inheriting along with his brother Pleasant, 400 acres of land on Permunkey River in Louisa County. married first, Rebecca Leftwich and second, Nancy Hancock. 
11. Pleasant Moorman - born 19 May 1745 in Hanover Co., VA. 
12. Rachel Moorman - birth unknown; she married Stephen Goggins, Jr. in 1773 and through their descendants, became the great-grandmother of "Mark Twain." 

1. Penelope Lynch - born 1734 in Charlottesville, Virginia; died in Pen Park. She married on 15 Oct 1748 in Virginia Robert Adams who was born 1718 in Goochland County, Virginia who was the son of Robert Adams & Mourning (Lewis).
2. Charles Lynch - born 1736 in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
3. Sarah Lynch - born 1738 in Charlottesville, Virginia. 
4. John Lynch - born 1740 in Charlottesville, Virginia. Had a daughter, Zalinda, who married William Davis, the son of Samuel & Anna (Lipscomb) and had children Samuel, John, Sarah and Mary Annis Davis.
5. Christopher Lynch - born 1742 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

It can also be stated that through his marriage to Judith, Micajah was an ancestor of Francis Scott Key, while his wife was also related to Meriwether Lewis and the famous Clark brothers - William and George Rogers Clark. 

1. Christopher Clark - born 23 Apr 1737 in Virginia, he married Mildred "Millicent" Terrell on 13 Mar 1757 in Albemarle Co., VA. He died in 1803 in Wilkes Co., Georgia.
2. Mourning Clark - born on 06 Apr 1740 in Virginia.
3. Micajah Clark - born 10 May 1741 in Virginia, and died in 1774. Micajah married Mildred Martin and moved to Kentucky. 
4. John Clark - born on 06 Mar 1744 in Albemarle Co., VA and died in 1819 in Franklin, VA. He married Mary Moore on 21 Feb 1767 in Virginia.
5. Edward Clark - born 12 Oct 1745 in Virginia.
6. Judith Clark - born 13 Feb 1749 in Albemarle Co.; died in 1794. She married Andrew Moorman, son of Achilles Moorman and Elizabeth (Adams) about 1770/1771 in Virginia. Andrew was born 02 Dec 1744 in, Campbell Co., Virginia and died 10 Mar 1791.
7. Bolling Clark - born 16 Mar 1751 in Virginia; died 04 Dec 1818 in Campbell Co., VA. He married Elizabeth Cheadle on 27 Apr 1791 in Albemarle Co., VA. Elizabeth was born 01 Sep 1760 in Caroline Co., VA and died 20 May 1845.
8. Elizabeth Clark - born 04 Jan 1754; married Joseph Anthony, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Clark).
9. James Craven Clark - born on 16 Jan 1757 in Virginia and married Lucy Cheadle on 10 Jan 1785 in Albemarle Co., VA. Lucy was born in 1758 in Virginia and died in 1811. James died in 1805 in Campbell Co., Virginia.

After the death of her husband Joseph, and after she had moved to Wilkes County, GA, Elizabeth made three trips back to Virginia on horseback preaching the gospel as a Quaker preacher. She is said to have lived to be 105 years old.

Anthony, Quakers of Colonial Virginia

1. Sarah Anthony - born 15 Aug 1742 in New Kent Co., VA. She married Captain Thomas Cooper on 08 Jan 1762 in Bedford Co., VA. Thomas was born in 1733 in Frederick Co., VA and was a member of House of Burgesses, militia, and a member of the Virginia Convention of 1788. He died 20 Aug 1793 in Green Co., GA. Sarah died 13 Feb 1796 in Bedford Co., Virginia.
2. Christopher Anthony - born 24 Mar 1744; died 28 Oct 1815.
3. Elizabeth Anthony - born 10 Mar 1746; died in 1789.
4. Penelope Anthony - born 21 Feb 1748; died on 26 Jan 1822.
5. Joseph Anthony - born 28 Mar 1750; died 02 Sep 1810.
6. James Anthony - born 18 Dec 1752; died in 1815.
7. Mary Anthony - born 17 Nov 1754 in Virginia.
8. Charles Anthony - born 26 Mar 1757 in Virginia.
9. Micajah Anthony - born 23 Feb 1759 in Bedford Co., VA; died in 1793 in Georgia.
10. Agnes Anthony - born 07 Mar 1761 in Virginia; married William Blakely.
11. Rachel Anthony - born 08 Mar 1763.
12. Winefred Anthony - born 08 Apr 1765 in Virginia.
13. Mark Anthony - born 08 Oct 1767 in VA; died 10 Apr 1841 in Lincoln Co., GA. Mark married Mary Tate.
14. Bolling Anthony - born 23 Aug 1769 in VA; died 09 Oct 1827 in Wilkes Co., GA.
15. Judith Anthony - born 23 Oct 1771; died on 25 Jan 1856.

1. Charles Johnson - born 27 Sep 1753 in Virginia.
2. Mary Johnson - born on 27 May 1757; died in 1835.
3. Benjamin Johnson - born 21 Feb 1759 in Virginia.
4. Christopher Johnson - born 04 Jan 1763 in Virginia.
5. Timothy Johnson - born 20 Mar 1772 in Virginia.
6. David Johnson - born 03 Jul 1774 in VA; married Hannah B. Anthony, daughter of Christopher Anthony and Mary (Jordan) on 13 Dec 1798 at the Goose Creek MM, Bedford Co., VA. Hannah was born 27 Oct 1781 in Virginia and died 12 Aug 1830 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1. Ann Moorman - born 18 Oct 1756 in Virginia. She married William Candler, son of William Candler and Elizabeth Anthony on 18 Apr 1772. She died in Tennessee.
2. Rachel Moorman - born 26 Jan 1765; died on 10 May 1845.

1. Thomas Clark Moorman - born in 1755 in Campbell Co., VA; died in 1845 in Ohio.
2. Elizabeth Moorman - born in 1760 in Campbell Co., VA.
3. Rachel Moorman - born in 1763 in Campbell Co., VA.
4. Millie Moorman - born 15 Mar 1765; died 18 Jan 1852.
5. Susannah Moorman - born in 1771 in Campbell Co., VA.
6. Rhoda Moorman - born in 1771 in Campbell Co., VA.

After Mildred's death in 1763, James married Penelope Anthony (1748-1822), the daughter of Joseph Anthony and Elizabeth (Clark). 

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1. Pamelia Goggin - born 31 Oct 1775. She married Samuel Clemens on 29 Oct 1797 in Bedford Co., Virginia. Samuel was born 1770 in Virginia and died in West Virginia in 1805. Pamelia died 21 Aug 1845 in Adair Co., Kentucky. They were the parents of five children, their eldest being John Marshall Clemens (1798-1847) who married Jane Lampton in 1832 and were the parents of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, "Mark Twain." Pamelia's second husband was Simon Hancock whom she married in Adair Co., KY in 1809 and had by him four more children.

1. Charles Lynch Adams was born in 1752; he married Elizabeth Tunstall in 1781.
2. Robert Adams - died in 1790; married Mary, daugter of Joel and Anna.
3. James Adams
4. Mildred Adams - married William, son of Major John Ward of Pittslyvania County.
5. Elizabeth Adams - married Captain James Dearing of Campbell Co., Virginia.
6. Sarah Adams - married Charles, son of Colonel Charles Lynch, and moved to Kentucky. Their son, Charles Lynch IV, became the governor of Mississippi from 1836-1838.
7. Penelope Adams - married in 1778, John Shackleford.
8. Mourning Adams - married John McGee of Bedford Co., Virginia.
9. Margaret Adams - married in 1781 John Rice Smith and lived at Otterbourne, Campbell Co., Virginia.

Biographical sketch of Anselm Anthony

1. Mary Anthony - born about 1774; mentoned as Mary Stokes in her father's will.
2. Mark Anthony - born about 1776; mentioned in his father's will as owner of Anthony & Co., land in Lincoln Co., GA on the Savannah River known as Clarke's Fishery.
3. Anslem Anthony - born 09 Jun 1778 in Campbell Co., Virginia; died in Polk Co., GA on 06 Jan 1868. He was a Baptist preacher who married (1) Sarah Menzies on 16 Dec 1806 and to this union were born two sons and five daughters. Sarah died in 1830 and he married (2) Catherine Blakely on 15 Jan 1837.
4. Joseph Clark Anthony - born 1780 and was a doctor. He married Betsy T. Aycock, but died young. His will was probated on 05 Nov 1811 and on 03 May 1814 his widow married William Robertson, who in 1816 became the legal gaurdian of Joseph and Betsy's only child, William Augustine Anthony.
5. Micajah Anthony - born 1782; married Rebecca Williams.
6. Ann (Nancy) Anthony - born about 1784; mentioned as Nancy Early in her father's will.

1. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 6 by William Wade Hinshaw.
2. James Clark of Orange and Culpeper Counties, VA 1737-1789 by Virginia Eliza Hodge McNaught, p. 8.
3. History of Albemarle County, VA by Edgar Woods.
4. Our Kin by Akerly and L.E. J. Parker, p.673-674.
5. The Ancestry of William & John Johnson by Lorand V. Johnson p. 121.
6. The Compendium of American Genealogy. IV, p. 218.
7. Charles Carroll Moorman & His Ancestors by Brother Ambrose Pages 29 - 31.
8. Deeds, Orders, Wills No. 5, York, County, VA p. 22.
9. Deeds, Orders, Wills No. 8, York, County, VAp. 313.
10. A Journey in Virginia, A History of 300 Years by Polly Ryan, p.36 - 44.
11. Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800 by Dorothy Ford Wulfeck.
12. Campbell Chronicles & Family Sketches by R.H. Early.
13. The Hills of Wilkes County Georgia by Lodowick Johnson
14. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography;Vol X No.2
15. Will Book 1 of Henry County Virginia;p.120
16. Story of Wilkes County Georgia by Eliza Bowen.
17. List of Tithes, Pittsylvania County, VA; 23V380; 24V180.
18. Some Colonial Mansions & Those Who Lived in Them by Thomas Allen Glenn, Philadelphia 1899
19. Encyclopedia of the Virginia Biography Vol. I, Under the Editorial Supervision of Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL.D; c1915

 
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