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1756 - 1831 (74 years)
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Henry CLARKE [1, 2, 3] |
- On the 19 September, 1776, Henry Clarke and Joshua Clarke were in a list of signers to a declaration of patriotism at Hopkinton, R. I.
He worked on his father's farm as a boy and later learned the trade of a blacksmith. He and his wife joined the Hopkinton Baptist Church on 19 June 1779. On 9 December, 1782, he and Caty, his wife, as of Hopkinton, deeded certain land at Hopkinton, R.I. He was ordained a Deacon in 1788, and an evangelist on 3 September, 1793. He resided over ten years at Hopkinton, R.I., and at least four in Stonington, Conn. On 2 May 1795, he settled at Brookfield, N.Y., on a large unimproved farm which he had bought and remained there thirty-six years. he was installed Pastor of the First Seventh Day Baptist Church of Brookfield, N.Y., on 16 October, 1797, and filled this position until April, 1822. He occasionally preached for the Church up to his death, which occurred in the seventy-fifth year of his age. In 1811 he published "AHistory of the Sabbatarians or Seventh Day Baptists in America," a work o much study and research. He also wrote "A Scriptural and Reasonable System of Religion," but it was never printed. [1]
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Rev. |
Birth |
2 Dec 1756 |
Hopkinton, Washington Co., Rhode Island [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
22 Mar 1831 |
Brookfield, New York [1] |
Person ID |
I71803 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
11 Mar 2022 |
Father |
Rev Joshua CLARKE, b. 26 Apr 1717, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island d. 8 Mar 1793, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island (Age 75 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Hannah COTTRELL, b. 1719 d. 4 Nov 1808 (Age 89 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
Abt 1738 [1] |
Family ID |
F29100 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Catherine PENDLETON, b. 13 Mar 1757, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island d. 4 Sep 1824, Brookfield, New York (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
5 Dec 1776 [1] |
Family ID |
F29097 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Mar 2013 |
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Sources |
- [S5386] George Austin Morrison, Jr., The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island, (Higginson Book Company).
- [S9316] Everett Hall Pendleton, Brian Pendleton and His Descendants 1599-1910 .
- [S3635] Nellie (Willard) Johnson, Pd.B, The Descendants of Robert BURDICK of Rhode Island.
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