The origin of the name Clark is English and the Coat of Arms contains A silver shield with a chevron between three dragons' heads, and three roses on the chevron. The Crest is A dragon's head. The family motto is Fortitudo.
Spelling variations include: Clark, Clerk and others.
First found in Northumberland, where the ancestral home of the clark family is thought to be located. The family was seated in this county from the days before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Edward Clark and Joe Clark, who both settled in Virginia in 1635; as did Anne Clark in 1663; Henry Clark, who immigrated to the Barbados in 1680; Donald Clark and his wife Barbara Grey, who came to Georgia in 1735 with their five children, Hugh Clark, who emigrated from Scotland to Georgia in 1757.
