GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
801
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-905)
Name
David Clarkson
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
Denomination
Dissenter
Lived
b. ca. 1622-03-25 d. 1686-06-14 (new)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Psalms 34:15
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Sermon on Hosea 14:4
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Associated Places
Source of Data
Anne James
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (Article: 5542); ACAD (Venn) (ID: CLRK641D)
Other note
Precise date of birth unknown, but Clarkson was baptized on 3 March 1622. B.A. (1645) from Trinity College, Cambridge. M.A. (1648) from Clare College, Cambridge and fellow there beginning in 1645. Rector of Crayford, Kent beginning in 1650. Curate of Mortlake, Surrey, 1656-1661 (perhaps ejected). Thereafter assistant Samuel Clark at St Benet Fink, London until ejected in 1662. Pastor of Presbyterian/Independent congregation in Mortlake beginning in 1672. Co-pastor of Independent church at Leadenhall Street, London in 1682, and the lone pastor there after the death of co-pastor John Owen in 1683.
GEMMS record created
October 31, 2016
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024