Clerk family

This article is about the Clerk family of Accra, Ghana. For the Clerks of Penicuik, Scotland, see Clerk baronets.

Clerk family
Left to right: A.W. Clerk, N.T. Clerk and C.H. Clerk
Current regionAccra, Ghana
Place of originFairfield, Manchester Parish, Jamaica
Founded
FounderAlexander Worthy Clerk
Members
Connected familiesHesse family
Distinctions
TraditionsPresbyterian

The Clerk family (/klɑːrk/) is a Ghanaian historic family that produced a number of pioneering scholars and clergy on the Gold Coast.[1][2][3][4][5] Predominantly based in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the Clerks were traditionally Protestant Christian and affiliated to the Presbyterian Church.[1][2] The Clerk family is primarily a member of the Ga coastal people of Accra[6] and in addition, has Euro-Afro-Caribbean heritage, descending from Jamaican,[1][7] German[6][8][9] and Danish[2][10] ancestry.

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  2. ^ a b c "Clerk, Nicholas Timothy, Ghana, Basel Mission". Dacb. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Alex Clerk and family, catechist in Aburi. – BM Archives". bmarchives. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Rev. and Mrs N. Clerk. :: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960". digitallibrary education. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ Al, Fashion Et (12 May 2013). "Ghana Rising: History: Ghana's Majestic Past –People & Culture in Black & White from 1850 - 1950". Ghana Rising. Archived from the original on 20 February 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ^ a b Sill, Ulrike (2010). Encounters in Quest of Christian Womanhood: The Basel Mission in Pre- and Early Colonial Ghana. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004188884. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.
  7. ^ Clerk, Nicholas, Timothy (1943). The Settlement of West Indian Emigrants on the Gold Coast 1843–1943 – A Centenary Sketch. Accra.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Jena, Geographische Gesellschaft (für Thüringen) zu (1891). Mitteilungen (in German). G. Fischer. p. 77. nicholas timothy clerk basel.
  9. ^ Jena, Geographische gesellschaft (für Thüringen) zu (1890). Mitteilungen der Geographischen gesellschaft (für Thüringen) zu Jena (in German). G. Fischer.
  10. ^ Debrunner, Hans W. (1965). Owura Nico, the Rev. Nicholas Timothy Clerk, 1862–1961: pioneer and church leader. Accra: Watervile Publishing House. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017.