Joseph Clarke & Bethia Hubbard
Joseph Clarke & Bethia Hubbard
Husband:
Joseph Clarke
Born:
11 Feb 1642/43 in Newport, Newport, RI, USA (1)
Married:
16 Nov 1664 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA (5 6)
Died:
11 Jan 1726/27 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA (2)
Father:
Joseph Clarke
Mother:
Unk
Wife:
Bethia Hubbard
Born:
29 Dec 1646 in Springfield, Hampden, MA, USA (3)
Died:
17 Apr 1707 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA (4)
Father:
Samuel Hubbard
Mother:
Tacy Cooper
Children:
01  (F):
Judith Clarke
Born:
12 Oct 1667 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA (7)
Died:
 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA
Spouse:
John Maxson
02  (M):
Joseph Clarke
Born:
04 Apr 1670
Died:
Jun 1719
03  (M):
Samuel Clarke
Born:
29 Dec 1672
Died:
Unknown
04  (M):
John Clarke
Born:
25 Aug 1675
Died:
Unknown
05  (F):
Bethia Clarke
Born:
11 Apr 1678
Died:
Unknown
06  (F):
Mary Clarke
Born:
27 Dec 1680
Died:
Unknown
07  (F):
Susanna Clarke
Born:
31 Aug 1683
Died:
Unknown
08  (M):
Thomas Clarke
Born:
17 Mar 1685/86
Died:
Unknown
09  (M):
William Clarke
Born:
21 Apr 1688
Died:
Unknown
More Info:

Joseph Clarke:

Will: 05 Oct 1725

proved February 27, 1726/7. the amount of his inventory being 31:18:8. He left 5 each to his daughters, Judity Maxon and Susanna Babcock, and to his daughter Bethiah Hiscox, and his son Thomas Clarke, he left one shilling each saying specifically about his son that he had already received his share.

Notes:

Joseph and Bethia joined the Newport Baptist Church in Feb 1666, even while living many miles away in Westerly, RI. The family lived about two miles west of the Hopkinton Cemetery on the Pawcatuck, where Joseph was Westerly town clerk from 1669-1700. He served as a deputy to the General Assembly for several years.
In 1671 they became members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Newport until the Westerly church was organized in 1708.

During King Philip's War of 1676, Bethia took the children to Newport to live with her parents. After her death, Joseph married Hannah, widow of his brother William.

Footnotes:
  1. Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narraganset Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912, 22 vols, 13,030 pgs), 5_d90.
    Quality: 0.

    Westerly v.1 p. 57: Clarke, Joseph b. Newport Feb. 11, 1642

  2. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
  3. Springfield MA Vital Records 1638-1887.

    "Bethiah Hubbert ye sone (?) of Samuell Hubbert borne 10 mon 29 day 1646 about sunsett & baptized 11 mon 3 day 1646"

    [LDS folder #4375670 image 116 of 486]

  4. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
  5. Vital Records, The early Vital Records of Westerly, RI, from Town Record Book 1.
    Quality: 3.
  6. Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (Providence, RI: Narraganset Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912, 22 vols, 13,030 pgs), 5_d20.
    Quality: 0.

    vol. 1 p. 57: Clarke, Joseph of Westerly, and Bethia Hubbard, dau. of Samuel of Newport; Nov. 16, 1664 in Westerly

  7. Ibid., p. 5_d90.
    Quality: 0.

    Westerly vo. 1 p. 57: Clarke, Judith, of Joseph and Bethiah, Oct. 12, 1667




Revised: 11/9/2011