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Pilgrim Village Families Sketch: Richard Clark

Robert Charles Anderson

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Birth:

Richard Clarke was probably born in England by 1604.

Death:

He died in Plymouth Colony in the winter of 1620/1.

Ship:

Mayflower, 1620

Life in England:

Nothing is known of his life in England.

Life in New England:

Richard Clark died within a few months of the Mayflower’s arrival in New England.

Family:

Richard Clark came on the Mayflower alone.There is no information indicating any family in England. He may possibly have been related to John Clark, pilot of the Mayflower, or Thomas Clark, who arrived in Plymouth Colony in 1623.