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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: James Clark IiMale Note
Born: 16 Oct 1744 1744-10-16 at Edisto Island, South Carolina Edisto Island, South Carolina
Married: Bef 2 Apr 1767 1767-4-2 at Edisto Island, SC Edisto Island, SC
Died: 7 Apr 1790 1790-4-7 at Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina
WIFE
Born: Abt 1750 at Edisto Island, South Carolina
Died: Bef 1 Jun 1804 at Edisto Island, SC
Father: Joshua Grimball
Mother: Unknown
CHILDREN
Born: 1768 at Clark s Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Died: 1819 at Clark s Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Wife: Sarah Grimball
Born: Bet 1767 and 1774
Died: Bef 1810
Husband: James Brown
Born: Abt 1765
Died: 30 Sep 1817
Husband: Thomas Bannister Seabrook
Born: 20 Jun 1783 at Edisto Island, SC
Died: 17 Feb 1844
Husband: William Rogers Hart
NOTES
1). Born October 16, 1744, according to his father s will. RefVol. 6, p. 369, Probate CT., Charleston, SC. Married Elizabeth Grimball, Daughter of Joshua Grimball before April 2, 1767, as she receipted for her share of her father s estate as the wife of James Clark on that date. Re. Vol. 23, p. 44, S.C.H.& G Mag. James Clark made his will August 24, 1783. It was recorded April 30, 1790. Re. Vol. 23, p. 638, Probate Ct., Charleston, SC. James Clark II died April 7, 1790. Ref. Vol. 2, p. 6, S.C.H.& G. Mag. James Clark II was a Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Fickling s Company, Colleton County, Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Joseph Glover, August 5, 1775, and he was also appointed a Justice of the Peace for Charles Town District on March 30, 1776. Living in 1806. He & John Seabrook are listed as Lieutenants in the Edisto Island District of Colleton County, SC, in the Muster roll, in the Colleton County Regiment of Foot, Com d by Joseph Glover, Colonel. 2 Sergeants and 95 Privates in the unit. Source http patsabin.com colleton 1775muster.htm. Colleton County SCGenWeb Will of James Clark 2 South Carolina In the name of God, Amen. I James Clark of Edisto Island, Colleton County in the State aforesaid Planter being sick and infirm in body, but of sound and disposing mind blessed be God and knowing the uncertainty of Life and the certainty of Death, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament, and hereby revoke and annul all other wills and testaments by me, at any time heretofore made or declared, either by work or writing, and allow and confirm this and no other, to be and remain as and for my only last will and testament, Principally, I commend my immortal Spirit to God who gave it through the Merits of Jesus Christ, my blessed Savior and Redeemer on whom I rely for the Pardon and Forgiveness of all my Sins, and for eternal Life and Salvation. And my body at Death I commit to the Earth, to be buried in a decent Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter names in hope of a glorious Resurrection to Life and Immortality. And as to such worldly Estate, Lands, Tenements, Goods and Chattels, as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I will and ordain that the same and every Part and Parcel thereof, shall go and be disposed of, in such manner and Form as is hereinafter respectively mentioned and directed that is to say First, I will and desire that all my just Debts and funeral charges shall be duly paid and satisfied. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark 3 all my wearing Apparel, my Silver Tankard and my mulatto Boy Slave named Tom. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Elizabeth Clark my chaise and Chaise Horse and my Negro House wench named Hannah together with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth Clark one fifth part of my personal Estate to be divided and delivered to her by my Executors hereinafter named by Lot and not by Sale, and the said fifth Part of my personal Estate I give and bequeath to my said Wife for and in full Recompense, Lieu and Bar of all and all manner of Dower, Thirds, Customary Part, Share and Interest which she may or can have claim or Challenge of , in, to or out, of my Estate real and personal and not otherwise. Item, I Challenge of, in, to or out, of my Estate real and personal and not otherwise. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark 3the Plantation or Tract of Land whereon I now live which Lands I purchased from Joshua Grimball Likewise my Sea Island Known by the name of Otter Island, Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark 3 , and the lawful heirs of his Body, all the Lands I possessed lying on the West Side of the Road leading from the Chappel to the Presbyterian Meeting, reserving Feet square, being a Burying Place. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Martha Clark, my Negro Girl named Daphne with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Clark, my Negro wench named Affey with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Sarah Clark my Negro Girl named little Phebe, Daughter of Jenny, with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughters Elizabeth Clark and Sarah Clark all the Remainder of my Lands to be equally divided between them Sare and Sare alike. Item, I leave to my beloved Daughter Martha Clark the use of as much land as will be sufficient for her Slaves to plant until she arrives at the Age of Eighteen Years or Day of Marriage. Item, I leave to my beloved wife Elizabeth the choice of either of my Plantations to live on with a sufficiency of cleared lands for her Slaves to plant on, together with Fire Wood and Fencing Timber during her widowhood and no longer. I likewise give to Miss Sarah Williams the Sum of Seven Pounds Sterling to be paid by my Executors. item, I give and bequeath to my beloved children James Clark, Martha Clark, Elizabeth Clark, and Sarah Clark or the survivors or Survivor of them all the Surplusage, Rest and Residue of my Estate, equally to be shared and divided by my Executors or Executor by Lot and not by Sale between and paid to my said Son when he shall attain the Age of twenty one years, and my said Daughters at the Age of eighteen years or Day of marriage, respectively or the Survivor of them at such Time as he or they shall see fit, to sell at public Venue such Part of my Stock and Furniture only, as falls to the Lot of my two younger children, and the monies arising from the Sale to be applied toward the maintenance and Education of the two said Children. Lastly I nominate constitute the maintenance and Education of the two said Children. Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint to my beloved Son James Clark and my friend Norman McLeod and Executors of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said James Clark have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. James Clark L S Signed Sealed and Declared in the Presence of Thomas Whaley John Jenkins and Jeremiah Eaton. Proved before Charles Lining Esquire, O.C.T.D. April 30th 1790 At same time qualified James Clark Norman McLeod Executors Examined CL 19th Co SC Recorded in original will bookB 1783 93, p. 412 Source Record of Wills, Vol, 23, Book B, 1786 1793, Charleston, SC p. 638. Death of James Clark 2 In this city, on Wednesday afternoon, April 7, Mr. James Clark, of Edisto Island. Source City Gazette and Daily Advertiser, Vol. 5, Sept. 8, 1788 to June 25, 1790 Issue Saturday, April 10, 1790A census of the Island, taken at this time, 1808, would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island. From the return made to the tax collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs of families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family, readily commands from $700 to $800, and young wenches in proportion. These is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition. They are never strictly restrained or stinted in their allowance. The instruction commonly given to those who distribute out their weekly portions is, let them never want, but do not suffer them to waste. Exclusive of hats, shoes, salt, tobacco, pipes, and other occasional considerations, every grown negro is annually furnished with two suits of clothes, or 12 yards, partly plain and partly osanburgs, or some adequate substitute, for their summer and winter wear. The boatmen are generally provided with surtouts of the fear nought description, and greater attention than formerly begins of late to be paid to their accommodation and comfort, in a more enlarged and improved construction of their dwellings. Some of the planters have it in contemplation to furnish them with regular rations of beef or some other animal food, particularly during those stages of the year in which they are most exposed to greater and more constant exertions of labor. The Climate of Edisto may be considered as sickly. In the course of fifteen years, a number greater than three fourths of the inhabitants have died. Some families in that period are extinct, and in all of them death has been once or twice, and in some three or four times an unwelcome visitor. Two funerals have occurred in a day but the instances are rare. And two instances can be adduced of two funerals in a family in one day. From the commencement of the sickly season in 1798, to the corresponding period of the succeeding year, 37 persons died. A great mortality for the population, and greater in proportion than that produced by the malignant fever which recently infested the cities of Philadelphia and New York. The deaths on Edisto Island, on an average of 16 years prior to the year 1808, were annually 11, or nearly one death for every 22 of the white inhabitants. It is some relief to this representation to reflect that the experience of the last few years supports the opinion that a summer residence on the sea bays connected with a moderate attention to regularity and exposure, secures the inhabitants from the autumnal fevers incident to the climate. Source Edisto Island in 1808 , published by the Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society
2). Married James Clark, before April 2, 1767, when she receipts for her share of her fathers estate as the wife of James Clark. Source South Carolina Genealogies Articles From The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. II, The Reprint Company Publishers 1983 Elizabeth Grimball Clark died just prior to June 1, 1804, as James Clark, her son administered on an Inventory of her estate at that time. William J. Mikell, Joseph J. Murray and Ephraim Mikell, Jr. witnessed the deed.
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