Joseph CLARKE

Male 1642 - 1727  (84 years)


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  • Name Joseph CLARKE  [1, 2, 3, 4
    • He must have removed from Newport to Westerly early in life, for in 1669 he became Town Clerk of Westerly, retaining the position until 1700. In July, 1625 (?) he and his family went to Newport for fear of the Indian War then raging, and remained in the home of rev. Samuel Hubbard until the war closed. In 1680, he having been taken from his house in Westerly, situated two miles east of Pawcatuck River, was carried by force to Hartford, Conn., and fined L10, by authorities of that colony. He was however, reimbursed by Rhode Island Assembly, in sum of L13 10s., for this compulsory payment. On 20 May 1696, Benedict Arnold, of Newport, deeded Joseph Clarke, of Westerly, 200 acres of land at South Kingstown, Rhode Island. Recorded 22 Dec 1707, at South Kingstown.

      On 30 November, 1696,Joseph Clarke, of Westerly, deeded John Seagar 100 acres of land at South Kingstown. Recorded at South Kingstown 22 December, 1707.
      He was Deputy to the General Assembly in years 1698. 1700-2-4-6-8.
      In 1710 Joseph Clarke and Joseph Clarke Jr., were invited by Sabbatarian Church at Westerly, Rhode Island.

      On 20 July 1715, Joseph Clarke, of Westerly, deeded to his son Samuel Clarke, "a tract of land, situate at Westerly, of 6 acres bounded East by a highway, North by a highway, West by a highway and South by land formerly of Edward Richmond."
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    Birth 11 Feb 1642  Westhorpe, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Jan 1727  Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Person ID I71481  Main Tree
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2022 

    Father Joseph CLARKE,   b. 9 Dec 1618, Westhorpe, Suffolk Co., England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1694, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
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    Mother Unknown 
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    Family ID F29078  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bethia HUBBARD,   b. 19 Dec 1646, Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1707, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1664  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Children 
    +1. Judith CLARKE,   b. 12 Oct 1667, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Joseph CLARKE,   b. 14 Apr 1670, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1719 (Age 49 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Samuel CLARKE,   b. 29 Sep 1672, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1769, Stonington, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)  [Birth]
     4. John CLARKE,   b. 25 Aug 1675, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Bethiah CLARKE,   b. 11 Apr 1678, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1756 (Age 77 years)  [Birth]
     6. Mary CLARKE,   b. 27 Dec 1680, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1760 (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Susannah CLARKE,   b. 31 Aug 1683, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +8. Thomas CLARKE,   b. 17 Mar 1686, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1767, Hopkinton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
     9. William CLARKE,   b. 21 Apr 1688, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F28922  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2013 

    Family 2 Hannah WEEDEN   d. 1722 
    Family ID F29075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2013 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S5386] George Austin Morrison, Jr., The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island, (Higginson Book Company).

    2. [S02580] Lineages of Members of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.

    3. [S02882] Harlan Page Hubbard, One Thousand Years of Hubbard History 866 to 1895.

    4. [S12061] Stephen Farnum Peckham, 1922, Peckham Genealogy: The English Ancestors & American Descendants of John Peckham of Newport, Rhode Island, 1630.