Background
Jonas Clarke was born on December 14, 1730, in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Bowen) Clark, and a descendant of Hugh Clark, an early settler of Watertown, Massachusetts, later of Roxbury.
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Jonas Clarke was born on December 14, 1730, in Newton, Massachusetts, United States. He was the son of Thomas and Mary (Bowen) Clark, and a descendant of Hugh Clark, an early settler of Watertown, Massachusetts, later of Roxbury.
Clark graduated from Harvard in 1752, and was called to Lexington, May 19, 1755. Here he was ordained on November 5, 1755.
In 1755 Clarke became the third pastor of the Church of Christ in Lexington, Massachusetts and here he spent the remainder of his days. Back of almost everything of importance that happened in Lexington during the Revolutionary period lurked the influence of Jonas Clark. It also extended beyond the town. He was the close friend and adviser of Samuel Adams and John Hancock, who were frequently at his house, where, indeed, they slept, strongly guarded, on the night before the battle of Lexington. The spirit his parishioners displayed on that occasion has ever since been attributed in no small degree to the ideas and feelings he had inculcated. To him they looked for guidance on every political question that arose. It was he who prepared the instructions to the representative of the town with respect to the Stamp Act. These were the first of a notable series of papers written by him, expressing the sentiments of the town, the last of which was one condemning “Jay’s Treaty. ” All are inscribed on the town records.
In 1799 he was appointed delegate to the convention for drawing up a state constitution, where he served on important committees. Some knowledge of his views and ability may be gathered from his published sermons which include: The Importance of Military Skill, Measures for Defense, and a 'Martial Spirit in a Time of Peace (1768) ; The Fate of Blood Thirsty Oppressors and God’s Tender Care of His Distressed People (1776) and others
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In appearance and behavior Clarke was the typical New England parson, friendly to all but never forgetful of his clerical dignity. He preached sermons considered long even in his time, and it is said that he once prayed in public for two hours. His voice was an organ of power which could be heard far beyond the walls of the meeting-house. He was a man of method and industry, able to support his large family only by supplementing his salary of eighty pounds and twenty cords of wood with the income of a well-managed sixty-acre farm.
On September 21, 1757, Clark married Lucy Bowes, daughter of Reverend Nicholas and Lucy (Hancock) Bowes, by whom he had thirteen cnildren, one of whom died in infancy.
