Elisha CLARKE

Male 1718 - 1796  (77 years)


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  • Name Elisha CLARKE  [1
    • 1740, admitted freeman of Westerly. 1751, October 11, Joseph Pendleton and Sarah, his wife, deeded to Elisha Clarke land at Westerly, RI. 1758, April 19, Elisha Clarke and mary, his wife, deeded (?) land at Westerly.

      He and his wife, mary, were witnesses to a deed made by John Contrell to John Hall, dated 1744, July 10. was named in census of 1774 as of Westerly, with 2 males over, 4 under, 4 females over and 1 under 16 = 11, ad in military census at Statehouse, Providence, in 1777. Was in the Alarm Co. (Town Rec. Vol. 2) and served 15 months in the Revolutionary Army.

      Will of Elisha Clarke of Westerly dated 1789, September 1, was proved 1796, August 29, and recorded 1796, August 31; it mentions wife Mary, giving her one-third of estate; seven sons, viz.: Elisha,Thomas, George, Joshua, Like, John, and Lewis; daughters Mary Clarke, Anna Pendleton, Martha Saunders and Hannah Clarke. Appoints son George sole executor. Inventory taken 1796,August 22, amounted to L72 5s 0d. Will ordered on record 1796, August 26. George Clarke, Executor.
    Birth 17 Nov 1718  Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death Aug 1796  [1
    Person ID I73328  Main Tree
    Last Modified 6 Nov 2016 

    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 Anna BABCOCK   d. 13 May 1731 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Aft 1716 
    Family ID F29089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary POTTER 
    Marriage 15 Feb 1743/4  [1
    Children 
     1. Mary CLARKE,   b. 12 Jan 1744/5  [Birth]
     2. Anna CLARKE,   b. 7 Oct 1747  [Birth]
     3. Elisha CLARKE,   b. 28 Jan 1750/1, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 6 Jan 1806, Leyden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Birth]
     4. Thomas CLARKE,   b. 29 Feb 1751/2, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2 Jun 1809, Leyden, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Birth]
     5. George CLARKE,   b. 1755, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 7 April 1806, Middletown, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Birth]
     6. Martha CLARKE,   b. 17 Feb 1757, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +7. Joshua CLARKE,   b. 20 Jun 1759, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1813 (Age 54 years)  [Birth]
     8. Luke CLARKE,   b. 10 Oct 1761, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 7 Jan 1806, Petersburgh, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)  [Birth]
     9. John CLARKE  [Birth]
     10. Lewis CLARKE  [Birth]
     11. Hannah CLARKE,   b. 1767, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1848 (Age 81 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F29717  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).