Mary Clarke (marubucin wasika)

Mary Clarke ( née Mary Clarke) Jepp ; ya mutu a shekara ta 1705) wata baiwar Allah ce 'yar Ingila wacce ake tunawa da ita a matsayin mai rubuta wasiƙu masu yawa. Ta auri Edward Clarke a ranar 13 ga Afrilu, 1675 kuma ta haifi 'ya'ya goma sha ɗaya tare da shi. Yayin da yake zaune a Landan a matsayin ɗan majalisar dokoki, ta kula da gidan danginta a Chipley da ke Somerset kuma ta renon 'ya'yansu. Clarke ta kan yi wa mijinta wasiƙu akai-akai kuma ta kan yi musayar saƙonni da masanin falsafa John Locke .

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Mary Clarke a Somerset ga uba Samuel da uwa Elizabeth Jepp ( née Buckland ) a shekarun 1650. Iyayenta biyu sun mutu tun tana ƙarama kuma kakarta, Elizabeth Baber, ta rene ta. Lokacin da Baber ta mutu a shekara ta 1672, Clarke ta gaji filaye masu darajar £400 (daidai da £ 100,000 a 2023 ). [ 1 ]  

 Sana'a 
Mary Jepp ta auri Edward Clarke a ranar 13 ga Afrilu 1675. Suna da 'ya'ya goma sha ɗaya, uku daga cikinsu sun mutu tun suna ƙanana; takwas ɗin da suka rayu har zuwa lokacin girma sune Edward (Ward), Elizabeth (Betty), Anne (Nanny), John (Jack), Mary (Molly), Jepp, Samuel (Sammy) da Jane (Jenny) bi da bi.   Da farko iyalan Clarkes sun zauna a Landan, sannan suka koma Chipley Park estate da ke Chipley, Somerset, inda suka sake gina gidan sarauta.   Edward Clarke ya zama ɗan majalisar dokoki na Taunton a 1690 kuma ya shafe mafi yawan lokacinsa a Landan lokacin da Majalisar Dokoki ke zama, inda ya bar Mary Clarke ta kula da yaran da kuma kula da kadarorin.  Bayan shigarsa cikin shirya Babban Sake Gina Gidaje na 1696, mijinta ya zama wanda ba a san shi ba a yankin tunda an ɗauke shi alhakin wahalar da ta biyo baya kuma maƙiyansa na gida suna yaɗa jita-jita. Wannan ya tilasta masa ya zauna a Landan don kare lafiyarsa yayin da Clarke ke ƙoƙarin share sunansa a Taunton.  

Clarke marubuciya ce mai himma kuma tana sadarwa da mijinta cikin yalwa. Wasiku da yawa suna hannun Somerset Archives da Local Studies .  Wasikunta masu wayo sun nuna cewa tana da hankali sosai wanda ke da hannu a al'amuran zamantakewa da siyasa na lokacin, da kuma batutuwan da suka shafi mutane kamar noma da kula da gidaje.  An rubuta abubuwa da yawa game da 'ya'yansu, suna tattauna karatunsu, lafiyarsu da ci gaban rayuwarsu. Yayin da yaran suka girma, iyayen sun rubuta wa junansu game da tsare-tsarensu daban-daban; misali, sun tattauna dabarun auren Betty da burin Jack na zama ɗan kasuwa (daga baya zai zama ɗalibi ga Benjamin Furly ).   Daruruwan haruffa sun tsira, wasu kuma sun ɓace ko sun lalace.  

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