Joseph CLARKE

Male - Aft 1777


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  • Name Joseph CLARKE  [1
    • On first Monday of August, 1719, he elected to have Joseph Maxson his guardian. He was admitted freeman of Westerly 4 May 1731. 1748, January 30, Joseph Clarke and Deborah, his wife, deeded to john Stillman and my daughter May, his wife." 1761, October 5, he and wife Deborah executed a quit claim deed to (?). Witnesses were Joseph Clarke and Joseph Crandall. 1762, January 28, he deeded to son Joseph Clarke land at Westerly. Recorded 1762, May 15, at Westerly. This deed was acknowledged before Joseph Clarke, Justice of Peace. e appears in census of 1774 as of Westerly, with 1 male and 1 female over 16. 1776, April 18, Deborah Clarke, wife of Joseph Clarke, made a quit claim deed to son Joseph Clarke, 3d. Recorded at Westerly 1776, April 20. 1777, July 28, will of Joseph Clarke, of Westerly, yeoman, recorded 1778, June 29, mentions wife Deborah, son-in-law John Stillman, of Westerly; son Joseph; daughter Mary Stillman, wife of John; grandson Clarke Stillman. Witnesses Elisha, George and Luke Clark. Inventory L49 10s. 7d. 1779, March 5, Deborah Clarke, widow of Joseph Clarke, deeded land at Westerly to son Joseph Clarke. 1779, August 5, Joseph Clarke (must be son of above) deeded Westerly land to John Stillman. 1786 February 2, Joseph Clarke, of Leyden, Mass., deeds to (?) land at Westerly. Witnesses, Joseph Clarke and Clarke Stillman. [1]
    Birth Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 28 Jul 1777  [1
    Person ID I73326  Main Tree
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2022 

    Father 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) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Dorothy MAXSON   d. Bef 22 Jan 1715 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 1692  [1
    Family ID F29088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Deborah CRANDELL 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1728  [1
    Family ID F29716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2013 

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