Joseph Clarke & Unk
Joseph Clarke & Unk
Husband:
Joseph Clarke
Born:
09 Dec 1618 in Westhorpe, , Suffolk, England (1)
Bapt.:
16 Dec 1618 in Westhorpe, , Suffolk, England
Married:
 in , , RI, USA
Died:
01 Jun 1694 in Newport, Newport, RI, USA (2)
Wife:
Unk
Died:
Unknown
Children:
01  (M):
Joseph Clarke
Born:
11 Feb 1642/43 in Newport, Newport, RI, USA (3)
Died:
11 Jan 1726/27 in Westerly, Washington, RI, USA (4)
Spouse:
Bethia Hubbard
02  (M):
John Clarke
Born:
about 1645
Died:
11 Apr 1704
03  (M):
William Clarke
Born:
about 1647
Died:
30 Sep 1683
04  (F):
Susanna Clarke
Born:
about 1650
Died:
Unknown
05  (F):
Mary Clarke
Born:
about 1652
Died:
Unknown
More Info:

Joseph Clarke:

Notes:

Joseph first appears on the record when he was admitted an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck (at Portsmouth) in January 1639. However, he soon left Portsmouth for Newport, newly founded by his brother, John Clarke. He is said to have been one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport in 1644. Joseph must've married at about this time, but nothing is known about his wife. He possibly married a Margaret as a second wife.

In November 1661, Tobias Saunders, Robert Burdick, and Joseph Clarke were arrested for taking possession of lands of Southertown. Southertown was the name given by Connecticut to the area called Misquamicutt (later Westerly) by the Rhode Islanders who were settling there. "Joseph Clark of Road Island was released by the Constable upon a very urgent occasion."
(Sarah Davis was a wife of brother John Clarke- NOT the name of Joseph's first wife)

Footnotes:
  1. 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).
  2. Ibid.
  3. 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

  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).



Revised: 11/9/2011