Thomas was the first child of Richard & Elizabeth Clarke's born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey.

Thomas Clark
 

father: Richard Clarke 1
mother: Elizabeth ____?

m. Hannah _____? (Norris?) [Ref# 32]

1. Thomas Clark b. abt. 1701, d. 9/11/1765

2. Abraham Clark Sr. b abt. 1702, d. 10/1/1765

3. James Clark b. abt. 1706, d. 1796

4. Daniel Clark b. 1708?, d. 1758

5. ______? b. ? m.. ____?Day [Ref# 59]

Notes

1/8/1709-10 Thomas Clarke of Elizabeth Town, Essex Co., yeoman; will of. Wife, Hannah. Sons, Thomas, Abraham, James, Daniel. Homestead and 20 acres, adjoining Andrew Hamton, in Elizabeth Town, a lot of 50 a. between Richard Clarke and Benjamin Clarke, part of Elizabeth Town Rahaway meadows and of Elizabeth Town Great Meadows, personal estate. Executors - the wife and Andrew Hamton. Witnesses - Samuel Whitehead, Isaac Bonnell, Jeremiah Burd. Proved 8/22/1711. No Lib # [Ref# 1]

C.C.Gardner, page 37: "Thomas Clark 2, son of Richard Clark and Elizabeth, was born 1673. In 1701 with his five older brothers he signed a petition of the inhabitants of East Jersey, to the King, asking to be taken under the royal government if the Proprietors should fail to appoint a competent governor. He was one of the subscribers to the support of Rev. Mr. Harriman in 1700. On May 10, 1707, he and his wife Hannah deeded to Isaac Hetfield eight acres of land in E.T. On Sept. 13, 1726 James Hamton of E.T. gave to his son-in-law, James Clarke of E.T. 10 acres of land in E.T. It is supposed that the term "son-in-law" was used with the meaning of "step-son" as it frequently was at that period, and that James Hamton married Hannah, widow of Thomas (2) Clark. Her parentage is not known, but she may have been the daughter of Henry Norris..." [Ref# 32]