Clarke family
tree
Origins of the
name
The Clarke name probably comes from Clerk.
The name is well established throughout the world in countries once part of the
British Empire. The name appears to come from the east of England with records
showing a Clarke in the 1400s in the Norfolk area. Early traces of the name can
be found in Lincolnshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Staffordshire. The name
appears in America as early as the 1600s.
Place names
There are many places named after the
Clarke name:
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- Clarke County, Virginia,
USA.
- Clarke Hill Reservation,
USA.
- Clarke Mountain,
USA.
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Famous family
Famous Clarke's include Arthur C
Clarke. Samuel Clarke 1675 - 1729 of Norwich, considered to be the
greatest Metaphysician in England from 1704 onwards, worked with Newton and in
his time was advisor to Queen Caroline.
The name can be found all over the world,
in all areas of Commerce and Industry, with the famous Clarke's shoes at
the helm.
The name today
The Clarke name is linked to the Wellham family through the
descendants of Maria Anne Clarke born 1840 in Drakes Broughton. She
married Thomas Playdon
born 1834, also of Drakes Broughton. They had a son Albert Theodore Playdon
born 1877. He married and had a son Reginald Playdon. Reginald married Florence
May (Maisie), They had six children. Thelma, Pat, Anthony (Tony), Maureen, Mary
and Carol. Thelma married George
Brian Wellham of Yorkshire, they had four children, Sarah, Simon, Nicholas and Nigel. Simon married Diane Bullock and had two
sons Jamie and Luke Wellham. |
