???? - 1783
Father of Mary Forbes nee Clarke and Ann Clarke, grandfather of George Clarke Forbes (q.v.) and very probably the owner of Bush Hill on Nevis, in London by the time of his death c. 1783.
The connection between William Clarke and Bush Hill estate in Nevis is suggested but not definitively shown in a 'Bush Hill Estate, St John Figtree, Nevis: a preliminary assessment of the documentary evidence' by Christine Eickelmann and David Small at The University of Bristol, http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~emceee/bushhillhistory.pdf [accessed 31/01/2018].
Absentee?
British/Irish?
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Children
Mary; Anne
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- 1783 [EY] → Owner
The connection between William Clarke and Bush Hill estate in Nevis is suggested but not definitively shown in a 'Bush Hill Estate, St John Figtree, Nevis: a preliminary assessment of the documentary evidence' by Christine Eickelmann and David Small at The University of Bristol, http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~emceee/bushhillhistory.pdf [accessed 31/01/2018]. |
Grandfather → Grandson
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Bush Hill, Edmonton, Middlesex, South-east England, England
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