Elizabeth Clarke
(b. 1736)
BIRTH
March 8, 1736
PLACE
DEATH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
FAMILY
BROTHER
William Clarke
(1732-1761)
SISTER
Hannah Clarke Bromfield
(1734-1785)
BROTHER
Edward Clarke
(1737-1770)
BROTHER
Joseph Lee Clarke
(1740–1773 or later; survival bound)
SISTER
Mary Clarke Barrett
(1741-1764)
BROTHER
Jonathan Clarke
(1744-1827)
SISTER
Susanna Clarke Copley
(1745-1836)
BROTHER
Isaac Winslow Clarke
(1746-1822)
SISTER
Sarah Clarke Startin
(1750-1802)
SISTER
Lucy Clarke
(1752–1775)
BROTHER
Richard Clarke Jr.
(b. 1756)
CHILDREN
Richard Clarke
(1711-1795)
CHILDREN
Elizabeth Winslow Clarke
(1713-1765)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Elizabeth Clarke, born in Boston on March 8, 1735/6, was a daughter of merchant Richard Clarke and Elizabeth Winslow. An archival guide lists twelve children, including Susannah, who married painter John Singleton Copley, and Jonathan, who joined the family’s tea business. These records establish her family identity but give no marriage, occupation or death date for Elizabeth. Her mother’s 1765 death and niece Elizabeth Copley’s life must remain separate.
EARLY LIFE
Elizabeth Clarke was born on Mar 8, 1736. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Elizabeth Clarke is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
The date and circumstances of Elizabeth Clarke's death are not securely documented in the biographical material available here. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Elizabeth Clarke, Richard Clarke’s daughter in the Boston merchant family. Personal identification is limited; the selections provide Copley family and merchant context. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Collective biography, family reference, primary writings and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. A Revolution in Color: The World of John Singleton Copley — Jane Kamensky. [Related family biography of John Singleton Copley] Find on Amazon
2. John Singleton Copley — Jules David Prown. [Related biography of her brother-in-law] Find on Amazon
3. John Singleton Copley in America — Carrie Rebora and Paul Staiti. [Related family and artistic study] Find on Amazon
4. The Colonial Merchants and the American Revolution, 1763–1776 — Arthur Meier Schlesinger. [Related merchant and political history] Find on Amazon
5. Letters and Papers of John Singleton Copley and Henry Pelham, 1739–1776 — Massachusetts Historical Society (editor). [Related primary family correspondence] Find on Amazon
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