Birth9 Dec 1618, Westhrope, Suffolk, England
Death1 Jun 1694, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island
Spouses
Birthabt 1618
Deathabt 1657
Marriage1638/39, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island
Birthabt 1640, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island
Death1694, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island
Marriageabt 1658, Westerly, Kings Co., RI
Notes for Joseph CLARKE
"The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island"; by George Austin Morrison, Jr.; The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York; 1902, p 14, 23.
He must have left England about 1637, and settled immediately in Rhode Island, for he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck, at Newport, in 1638.
His brother was Rev. Dr. John Clarke who with Roger Williams founded R.I.
PECKHAM genealogy: pp 47-50.
RIGR: Vol. 13; pp 200-204.
He appears to have lived some time at Westerly, but to have returned to Newport during the later years of his life.
His first wife d Abt 1657.
The order of children will not agree with other genealogists.However, with the aid of TORREY for the dates of birth of thefirstborn of his children, this order was arrived at.
Notes for Margaret (Spouse 2)
"The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island"; by George Austin Morrison, Jr.; The Evening Post Job Printing House, New York; 1902, p 23.