Ethan CLARKE

1745 - 1833  (87 years)

• Name	Ethan CLARKE  [1]
  	He went to Newport when a youth and engaged in the West India Trade, forming the firm of "Clarke & Hammond" He amassed a fortune and went to East Greenwich, R.I., where he died at an advanced age. He took an active interest in starting the Greenwich Academy and subscribed for ten shares. He invested largely in real estate in the South, owning property in Georgia, Florida, Ohio and Tennessee, and was accustomed to drive from his home in Greenwich to St. Marys, Georgia, in his own coach, accompanied by his negro servant Caesar. He was president of the East Greenwich, R.I., Bank. On 28 June 1775, Capt. Ethan Clarke was chosen for one (9th Co., R.I. Army of Observation) of the six additional companies raised by Rhode Island for service during the Revolutionary War. On 28 March 1778, he was administrator on estate of Samuel Ward, deceased, and on 10 april, 1780, he and Anne, his wife, deeded to Henry Clarke land in Hopkinton, near Pardon Clarke's land. Recorded 1782, February 1, [1]
  Birth	7 Mar 1745	Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1833	East Greenwich, Rhode Island   [1]
  Person ID	I71810	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Nov 2016

  
  

  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	Anna WARD,   b. 24 Aug 1750, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island d. 18 Dec 1798 (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	4 Feb 1776	Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island   [1]
  Family ID	F29105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2013

  
  

• Sources

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