Ancestry of
Julia (Ward) Howe

Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”

Benjamin Clarke

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Julia (Ward) Howe — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 26 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Clarke 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1746 
  • Death Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Masssachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Miriam Kilby
  • Marriage Date:
  • 2 Apr 1724 
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  Mary Clarke (Ahnentafel No:13 )

  Miriam Clarke

  • Notes: 

  • Benjamin Clarke is not the son of William Clark as is sometimes claimed.

• Sources for Benjamin Clarke

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1885, Vol. 39, p. 118, incorrectly gives Benjamin's father as William Clark.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1895, Vol. 49, pp. 208-209.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1951, Vol. 27, p. 204.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 215, gives Benjamin's father as Thomas Clarke.