Reverand Joseph Clarke

Male 1618 - 1694  (75 years)


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  • Name Joseph Clarke 
    Title Reverand 
    Birth 9 Dec 1618  Westhorpe, Suffolk Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Jun 1694  Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Swamp Yankee from Mystic, A Family, A Region and It's Roots, By James H Allyn, Copyright 1980, Page 50-51:
      CLARKE. Joseph Clarke [11] was one of the four brothers who came to Portsmouth in 1638, and the only one to leave children. He and his wife Margaret had ten, six of them boys. While his older brother John was spending thirteen years in London getting a charter for Rhode Island, Joseph became the spiritual leader of the community, and one of the founders of the Seventh-Day Baptist Church in Newport. Later he was the first pastor of the church in Hopkinton, later Westerly. For seven year she was Governor's Assistant from Newport, and for two more years from Westerly. He was also Deputy for several years, dying in office at the age of seventy-two.
      *******************************The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (For the year 1860-Volume XIV) Early Settlers of Westerly, RI, J.D. Champlin, Jr., NEHGR, Vol 14, January 1860, Page 25
      Joseph Clark .- There were four brothers of the name Clark, John,Thomas, Joseph and Carew, by tradition, of Bedfordshire, England. Dr.John Clark was born Oct. 8, 1609, and died April 20, 1676. He was thrice married, but left no issue; was several times Deputy Governor, and for along time Colony Agent in London.
      Of his brothers, Joseph Sen. sen., of Newport, m. Margaret ____, (who died in 1694), and had Joseph, (of Westerly) b. Feb 11, 1642; John, who d. 1704; William, Susanna; Mary, who married Tobias Saunders; Joshua;Sarah, b. Jan. 29, 1663, m. Thomas Reynolds Oct 11, 1683; Thomas, Katy,and Elizabeth.
      Of the above children, Joseph, sen., of Westerly, m. Bethia, dau. of Samuel Howard, of Newport, Nov. 16, 1664. and had Judith, b. Oct. 12,1667; Joseph, April 4, 1670; Samuel, Dec 29, 1672; John, Aug. 25, 1675;Bethia, April 11, 1678; Mary, Dec 27, 1680; Susanna, Aug. 31, 1683;Thomas, March 17, 1686; William, April 21, 1688.
      Of these, Judith m. Jan. 19, 1687, John Maxson, jr.; Joseph, jr., m.1st, Dorothy, dau of John Maxson, sen., Jan 5, 1692, and had Freegift, b.July 4, 1694
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    Father Thomas Clarke,   b. 1 Nov 1570   d. 29 Jul 1627, Westhorpe, Suffolk Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Rose Kerrich,   b. 13 Apr 1572   d. 19 Sep 1627, Westhorpe, Suffolk Co., England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 13 May 1600 
    Family ID F9283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Turner,   b. 1621   d. 1694, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Reverand Joseph Clarke, Jr.,   b. 11 Feb 1642, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1726, Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    +2. Sarah Clarke,   b. 29 Jan 1662/1663, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F9280  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2019 

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