P_10433_2346 – J Clark
Probably but not certainly John Clarke, a British army officer in West Africa who was appointed Governor of Senegambia in 1777 and died there in 1778. There is a nexus of connection for J. Clark and variants with St Louis and Senegal in the early 1770s. ‘J. Clark’ had two voyages by the Sally from London to St Louis and the Americas in 1774, both captained by M[ichael] Dove, while ‘Jn Clark’ had a voyage from London to St Louis and Dominica captained by John Spence in 1777 and ‘Clarke’ was a co-owner with Robert Stubbs (q.v.) of a voyage by the Mary or Mary and Samuel to St Louis and Paxuent captained in part by M. Dove in 1770; this entry tentatively aggregates all four voyages as owner.
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First name: J
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Last name: Clark
Aliases: Clark, Jn, Clark, J, Clarke
Primary cohort: London
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Supplier to slave trade voyages: Don't know
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Plantation owner: Don't know
Sources: Michael King Macdona, 'Lieutenant John Clarke: an eighteenth century translator of Vegetius', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research 95 (2017), pp. 119-140. This gives a detailed account of the life of Governor John Clarke, but has no reference to slave-trading. SP 78/295/68; James [sic] Clerk [sic] had a vessel chartered by Governor O'Hara at Senegambia in 1771, T 1/487/202-205 Description: AFRICA: Senegambia (Gambia, Senegal): Memorial of James Clerk for payment of £100 for charter of his ship by Governor O'Hara. Charter indenture enclosed Date: 1771 June 26, Sept 24 (read). Nothing is known at present about the antecedents of John Clarke (q.v.), partner of David Milligan (q.v.), who was later subject to lunacy proceedings, C 101/963 (1792). PC 1/11/35 Description: Committee report on a Board of Trade representation about draft instructions for John Clarke, newly-appointed Governor of Senegambia Note: 8 ff. Enclosed - Board of Trade letter with particulars of the differences in the old and new instructions Date: 1777 Jan 22.
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Crossings (4)
77191 - Sally (1774 - 1774)
Role: Owner
77138 - O'Hara (1777 - 1777)
Role: Owner
78165 - Sally (1774 - 1774)
Role: Owner
78265 - Mary (a) Mary and Samuel (1770 - 1771)
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Death
Date: 18/09/1778
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
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Occupation: Soldier
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John Clarke died intestate. Letters of Administration were granted to two creditors, Samuel Bicknell and William Bishopp, 17/03/1781 [PROB 6/157, f. 3; London Gazette 12 August 1786Issue:12777Page:368].
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Town/City: Cambridge (Cambridgeshire)
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The books of John Clarke were given after his death by his mother in 1791 to Jesus College, Cambridge, where they remain in the Old Library.
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