Records of Some of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Records of Some of the Descendants of Thomas Clarke, Plymouth, 1623-1697The question whether Thomas Clarke, of Plymouth, 1623-1697, was one of the officers of the Mayflower in 1620, cannot now be settled with any certainty. General tradition among the descendants of the pilgrims, and particular tradition among the descendants of Thomas Clarke, bear testimony in the affirmative.Thacher, one of the early historians of Plymouth, who was brought up among the descendants of the pilgrims, says of Thomas Clarke - "It is a well-received tradition, that this ancient man was the mate of the Mayflower, and the one who first landed on the island which bears his name. It may be conjectured that he was considered merely an officer of the ship, and that he returned to England in her with Capt. Jones, and subsequently came over and settled in this town." (History of Plymouth, 2d Ed., p.168.)Nathaniel Clarke, grandson of Thomas Clarke, of Plymouth, lived about 1726 in Lyme, Conn., and left descendants there. Among them the tradition has come down to the present day, that their first ancestor was mate of the Mayflower, and gave his name to Clark's Island in Plymouth harbor. That tradition must have come from Nathaniel Clarke, who was 17 years old when his grandfather, Thomas Clarke, died. Nathaniel Clarke, of Plymouth, youngest son of Thomas Clarke, known as Counsellor Clarke, received from Andros, the royal Governor, a grant of Clark's Island, probably because his father was the first to land thereon.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.