Jonathan Clark

(February 3, 1746 – July 28, 1827) 

Jonathan Clark was a cordwainer in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1773. He is listed as an “Eyewitness to History” as there is little information linking him to the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773.

It is recorded that Clark enlisted from Abington as a private in Captain Edward Cobb’s company of Colonel Edward Mitchel’s regiment. On March 4, 1776, the company marched to Braintree, Massachusetts. His service amounted to five days. Later in the year, with the same company under General Cushing’s brigade, he marched in the alarm to Bristol, Rhode Island, for sixteen days of service beginning on December 9. Additionally, he was a Private in the Massachusetts line, under Captain Silas Clark, commanded by Colonel Tupper, for nine months in 1779. He later was a Teamster under Captain John Hall, hauling goods between Boston and Peekskill, New York, from May 7, 1781 (May 16 in Springfield, New York) to November 24, 1781. 

Jonathan Clark died in Abington, Massachusetts, on July 28, 1827. He may be buried in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground in Boston, MA.