Joseph CLARKE

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He must have left England about 1637, and settled immediately in Rhode Island,for he was admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck, at Newport, in 1638.

In 1640 he present at the General Court of Election, and became a freeman on 17 March 1641. In 1644 he was made one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and in 1648 became a member of the General Court of Trials. In 1655 he became a freeman of the colony and acted as Commissioner in 1655, 57-58-59. he was an Assistant in 1658. 63-64-65, 78, 80, 90. On 8 July, 1663, his name appears in the charter granted to Rhode Island by King Charles II. In 1668 he was made a freeman at Westerly and acted as deputy to the General Assembly 1668-69-70-71-72, 90. On the 18 May 1669, his name appears in the list fo Westerly inhabitants, and in 1677 he was a member of the Court of Justices of the Peace to attend to the matter of injurious and illegal acting of the Connecticut Colony. In 1679, he, with thirty-two others of Westerly, gave the oath of allegiance. In 1680 he, as of Newport, was taced L 1 13s. 3d. On 25 September 1685, he and his wife Margaret, as of Newport, R.I., sold Francis Brinley of Newport an 1/154 part of Conanicut Island (89 acres), and an 1/154 part of Dutch Island. In 1690 he, with others, was empowered to proportion the taxes to the respective towns. He appears to have lived some time at Westerly, but to have returned to Newport during the later years of his life......

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph CLARKE was born on 11 Feb 1642 in Westhorpe, Suffolk, England; died on 11 Jan 1727 in Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
2. William CLARKE was born in Rhode Island; died on 30 Sep 1683.

Family/Spouse: Margaret ?. Margaret died in 1694 in Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]