William CLARKE

- 1683

• Name	William CLARKE  [1]
  	1677 November 22, the land in Boston Neck,North Kingstown, formerly belonging to John Paine, containing about 350 acres, was conveyed to William Clarke; said land was between land of Captain Thomas Willet, deceased, on the south, and John Brown on the north (History of Washington Count, p. 390, by Cole). 1679, August 1, William Clarke petitioned the Assembly concerning several Indians, by him and his company taken in time of war, and recites he was "commander of one of the sloops in 1676 which was taken from him by the government and for which he now asks indemnity." The case was referred to the Town Councils of Newport and Portsmouth, R.I By a letter of roger Williams in Connecticut archives, dated 1675, June 25, it would appear that the naval force "was composed of sloops," and that it was sent out nearly a year before it appears upon the Rhode Island records (Conn MSS., Vol. 1. p. 200, in R.I. Hist. Soc) 1683, Oct. 19, Administration to widow Hannah, Inventory, 15 head of neat cattle, 60 sheep, 3 horsekind, 10 swine, feather bed, silk grass bed, flock bed, iron, pewter, musket, etc. [1]
  Birth	Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Sep 1683  [1]
  Person ID	I71777	Main Tree
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph CLARKE,   b. 9 Dec 1618, Westhorpe, Suffolk Co., England d. 1 Jun 1694, Newport, Rhode Island (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Unknown
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F29078	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah WEEDEN   d. 1722
  Family ID	F29077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2013

  
  

• Sources

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