George Clarke (1676-1760)

The Hon. George Clarke, Lieutenant-Governor of New York

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During his time in America, Governor Clarke accrued 120,000 acres in the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys; sugar plantations at Swanswick, Jamaica; and, a fortune of over £100,000. He returned with his wife to England in 1745 to take up residence at her 17th century ancestral seat in Cheshire, Hyde Hall.

Parents (2)

George Clarke

George Clarke, of Bath, Somerset

1629-1690

Mary Povey

Mrs Mary (Povey) Clarke

b.c.1640

Spouse (1)

Anne (Hyde) Clarke

Mrs Anne (Hyde) Clarke

1693-1760

Children (7)

George Clarke

George Clarke Jr., of Hyde Hall, Cheshire

1715-1777

Edward Clarke

Major Edward Clarke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs at Albany N.Y.

1716-1776

Mary (Clarke) Beckford

Mrs Mary (Clarke) Beckford

b.c.1718

Hyde Clarke

Lieutenant Hyde Clarke

b.c.1721

Penelope Clarke

Penelope Clarke, died unmarried

b.1723

Elizabeth (Clarke) Cock

Mrs Elizabeth (Clarke) Cock

b.1725

Letitia (Clarke) Horton

Mrs Letitia (Clarke) Horton

b.c.1727

Associated Houses (1)

Hyde Hall, Cheshire

Stockport

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