Events
Date of Baptism: 25 February 1676/7.
Place of Baptism: Pickering, Yorkshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: John Clarke.
Mother: Jane Lyon.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Alice Eccleston. Married 17 May 1705 in Ellerburn, Yorkshire.
The marriage is recorded in the bishop’s transcripts of the Ellerburn parish registers.
Children:
Ann Clarke (baptized 15 May 1705 in Ellerburn, Yorkshire) married William Maw 15 April 1729 in Wilton, Yorkshire.
Jane Clarke (baptized 25 April 1708 in Ellberburn)
William Clarke (baptized 19 March 1709/10 in Ellerburn).
Elizabeth Clarke (born and baptized 4 March 1715/16 in Ellerburn).
Evidence
Jacob's baptism [Pickering parish register, 1676]
Jacob the Son of John Clarke, of Wilton was baptized - 25 of February
Jacob’s marriage from the bishop’s transcripts for Ellerburn:
Jacobus Clarke & Alicia Eccleston Nupti. Mai. 17 [1705]
Baptisms of Jacob’s children from the bishop’s transcripts for Ellerburn:
Anna fil: Jacob: Clarke de Wilton Maj. 15. [1705]
Jana fil Jacobi Clarke de Wilton Ap. 25 [1708]
Gulielmus fil: Jacobi Clarke. B. Mar. 19 [1709/10]
Elizabeth Daughter of Jacob Clark of Wilton born & bapt: March 4 [1715/16]
from the Wilton Rental for Lady Day 1724:
Jacob Clarke a house, Garth, a Close called the Butt Close at the East End of the Town, 4 Oxgangs of Land and odd Land taken out of the Oxgangs. 4 15 0
Idem for 15 acres in the Ings. 1 12 6
Jacob Clarke for Brough Paddocke and one Gate in Cottagers Carr. 18 0
Commentary
Jacob’s parentage
Jacob was married in 1705 and lived in Wilton. This information makes his baptism easy to identify: the Pickering register records the baptism in 1676/7 of “Jacob the Son of John Clarke, of Wilton”.
The Pickering register records the baptisms of two older siblings of Jacob, in 1671/2 and 1674. It also records the burial in 1681 of “Jan the wife of John Clarke”. The marriage of John and Jane appears to have taken place in Thornton Dale in 1657. The parish register entry for the marriage gives John’s residence as Wilton, and his bride’s name as Jane Lyon. Presumably the couple had children born between 1657 and 1671 who don’t show up in indexes.
References
Craven, Philip. “Wilton in the Eighteenth-Century” in Transactions (Scarborough Archaeological and Historical Society, number 26: 1988).
Yorkshire parish registers and bishops' transcripts, digital images on Findmypast.co.uk accessed 23 February 2019.