CLARKE, John

Abt 1791 - 1846  (54 years)

• Name	CLARKE, John
  	Christian name from Alvin's old undated manuscript note in Catherine Hutton and Friends. And from Alvin's chart, 1951. Lived at New Parks near Leicester and married Sarah Coltman of Leicester.
  Birth	Abt Dec 1791	Duddington
  	Duddington is a small village some 40 kms to the east of Leicester.
  Christening	18 Dec 1791	Duddington, Northampton
  	England, Select Births and Christenings. From Ancestry.Com. Name John Clarke Gender Male Baptism Date 18 Dec 1791 Baptism Place Duddington,Northampton,England FHL Film Number 435973 Household Members Name Age Dorothy Robert Clarke John Clarke
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	18 Dec 1791	Duddington   [1]
  Occupation	Abt 1826  [1]
  	Grazier
  Reference Number	1199
  Residence	?  [1]
  	Manor House, Tur Langton, Leics. Derby Mercury 29 July 1846 On the 23rd inst at All Saints', Leicester, Charles Henry Parkes, Esq., of Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-square, to Sarah Dorothy, eldest daughter of John Clarke, Esq., of Leicester and Manor House, Turlangton. (added by Raewyn) There is no evidence that John Clarke or his family ever resided in the manor house at Tur Langton. Perhaps he purchased the estate with the intention to move there? What happened to it after his death is unknown. This needs further research.
  Residence	1826  [1, 2]
  	Lived at New Parks near Leicester From http://landedfamilies.blogspot.co.nz/2013/08/60-robertson-aikman-of-ross-house.html New Parks House, Leicester The New Parks was in origin an area of Leicester Forest which was separated from the rest and surrounded by a pale in 1526. It contained a lodge, Bird?s Nest Lodge, which was rebuilt in 1377-78 and extensively repaired in 1525-26; it was then a moated building with a drawbridge. It was still standing in 1560 but had disappeared by 1790, except for the moat, which survived until the area was built over about 1950. The New Parks passed out of Crown hands in the late 16th century and by 1781 belonged to a Mr Clarke. The Clarke family remained the owners until 1843, when a good deal of the northern part was acquired by Thomas Stokes, a Leicester hosier, who built New Parks House in 1845-46. This ?undistinguished brick mansion? (so described by the VCH) seems to have been acquired by Leicester City Council in 1933-37 when it was buying up the New Parks for housing development. It was stuccoed with superficial Tudor details. A large housing estate was built after the War, but New Parks House itself survives and is used by the City Council as education offices, after a period as part of a school. (added by Raewyn)
  Residence	1846	Highcross St, Leicester   [1]
  	Death notice in Leicester Chronicle. "Yesterday at his residence, Highcross-street, John Clarke, Esq., late of the New Parks, aged 54. (added by Raewyn)
  Death	11 Sep 1846	Leicester   [1, 3]
  	Aged 54. Of English Cholera. 'I lost both my parents when I was three years old'. - Charles S Clarke
  Burial	Abt 14 Sep 1846	All Saints, Leicester.   [1]
  Person ID	I1199	Main Tree | Ancestor of Vern Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	CLARKE, Robert,   b. 1758   d. 21 Feb 1820 (Age 62 years)
  Mother	SANDERS, Dorothy,   b. Abt 1770   d. 29 Mar 1823, New Parks, Leicester (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1791	Greasley   [1]
  Family ID	F511	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	COLTMAN, Sarah,   b. 11 Jun 1801, Leicester d. 27 Oct 1846 (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	18 Nov 1824	All Saints, Leicester   [1]
  	MARRIED On Thursday the 18th inst., John Clarke, Gen. of New Parks, to Sarah only daughter of John Coltman, Esq. of Leicester. The Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury (Stamford, England), Friday, November 26, 1824; pg. 3; Issue 4888. British Newspapers, Part IV: 1780-1950. (Raewyn)
  Children	+ 1. CLARKE, Sarah Dorothy,   b. 13 Jan 1827, New Parks d. 27 Jan 1892 (Age 65 years) + 2. CLARKE, John Sanders,   b. 21 Apr 1828, New Parks d. 01 Jan 1899 (Age 70 years)   3. CLARKE, Robert,   b. 23 Jul 1829, New Parks d. Dec 1848 (Age 19 years) + 4. CLARKE, Elizabeth,   b. 13 Dec 1830, New Parks, Leicester d. 26 Dec 1896 (Age 66 years)   5. CLARKE, George Sanders,   b. 19 Jun 1832   d. 01 Jan 1846 (Age 13 years) + 6. CLARKE, Anne,   b. 21 Sep 1833, New Parks d. 11 Dec 1907 (Age 74 years) + 7. CLARKE, Jane,   b. 14 Feb 1835, New Parks, Leicester, England d. 22 Aug 1914 (Age 79 years) + 8. CLARKE, Thomas Worthington,   b. 11 Oct 1836, New Parkes, Leicester, England d. 01 Mar 1901 (Age 64 years) + 9. CLARKE, Christopher James,   b. 12 Apr 1838, New Parks d. 02 Nov 1914 (Age 76 years)   10. CLARKE, Frances Cooper,   b. 20 Sep 1839, New Parks d. 12 Dec 1910, At her residence at Torquay, England (Age 71 years) + 11. CLARKE, Henry,   b. 17 Jun 1841, New Parks d. 25 Apr 1925 (Age 83 years) + 12. CLARKE, Charles Septimus,   b. 15 Aug 1843, New Parks, Leicester d. 27 Mar 1929, Whangateau. BDM registration number 1929/727 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F491	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2015

  
  

• Documents

  Greater Wigston Historical Society Bulletin 60 Contains biography of John Clarke the banker (1781-1858) who owned the New Parks estate and sold it after going bankrupt. This John Clarke isn't currently connected to our family tree but he was undoubtedly related to John Clarke (1791-1846, father of CS Clarke) in some way.

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		New Parks A history of New Parks as it relates to the Clarke family.
  		New Parks House by Brian Johnson Published in the March 2015 edition of the quarterly journal of the Leicestershire & Rutland family History Society ("LRFHS"). Brian Johnson is the Society's Vice-Chairman and Publicity Officer.
  		Email from Renn Wortley Contains information about New Parks and several of the Clarke children.

  
  

• Notes

  It would appear that New Parks was obtained by some branch of the Clarkes in 1781; notice that this Thomas was born at Uffington in 1791. Although it's not clear, it seems that John Clarke is mentioned in A Temple Patterson, Radical Leicester, 1954, AUL 942.54 P31, pp 373 ff. There, a Clarke and Phillips own a bank (p. 373), which with other banks got into difficulties in 1837, and Pillips was the guiding owner of the bank. In 1843 this bank along with others failed, and the owners had to sell their estates: '... and Clarke's estate at New Parks between Ashby and Hinckley roads went partly to John Dove Harris ... and partly to ex Mayor Thomas Stokes' (p. 374). The author gives a reference to the Leicester Chronicle for 2 Sep 1843 and 20 Jan 1844. I notice that the Hinckley road runs to the west of the centre of Leicester. This property is also mentioned in A History of the County of Leicester, Victorian County Histories, p. 455.'The descent of the property becomes clear again in 1781, when it was in the hands of a Mr Clarke. The Clarke family remained the owners of New Parks until 1843, but it was subsequently divided between various owners.' p. 455. January 20 1844 from the Leicester Chronicle: ...The New Parks estates we also understand, is still open to a purchases - or at least the greater part of it. March 02 1844 from the Leicester Chronicle: Thomas Stokes, Esq., has purchases that part of the New Parks Estate, (about 240 acres) formerly in the occupation of the late Mr Worthington; ... September 21 1844 from the Leicester Chronicle: We hear that the remainder of the New Parks Estate, formerly the property of John Clarke, Esq., comprising about 350 acres, has at length been disposed of to gentlemen who own land adjoining to it. December 14 1844 from the Leicester Chronicle: ... He (the Town Clerk) was also requested by Mr. Stokes, as an individual, to state that having purchased part of New Parks, he was desirous of purchasing from the Corporation a right of way over Freake's grounds... (Raewyn)

  
  

• Sources

  [S365] Weir, Christeen, (24 Feb 2000), 24 Feb 2000. [S366] Smith, Alvin, Clarke Pedigree, (c. 1890, 1951). [S260] Clarke, Charles. Om. Distr., Omaha District and Early History.