Weston Clarke

Male 1648 - 1730  (82 years)

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  • Name Weston Clarke 
    Birth 5 Apr 1648 
    Gender Male 
    Death 6 Oct 1730 
    Burial Golden Hill Cemetery, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I02790  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Captain Jeremy CLARKE,   b. 1605, East Farleigh, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1651, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Mother Frances LATHAM,   b. 15 Feb 1609/10, Kempston, Bedford, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1677, Newport, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1637  [1] 
    Family ID F00784  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Easton   d. Bef Nov 1691 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1668  [2] 
    Children 
     1. James Clarke
     2. Latham Clarke
     3. Mary Clarke,   b. 11 Jan 1669/70, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Clarke,   b. 15 Aug 1672, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Weston I Clarke,   b. 18 Feb 1673/74, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1677 (Age < 2 years)
     6. Weston II Clarke,   b. 15 Apr 1677, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Jeremiah I Clarke,   b. 26 Nov 1685, Newport, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F01048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Rebecca Thurston,   b. Abt 1655 
    Marriage 25 Nov 1691  [3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Walter Clarke
     2. Jeremiah II Clarke,   b. 27 Jul 1692   d. 3 Sep 1756 (Age 64 years)
     3. Mary Clarke,   b. 8 Feb 1693/94
     4. Elizabeth Clarke,   b. 5 Nov 1695
     5. Weston III Clarke,   b. 25 Aug 1697
    Family ID F01049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Weston's will is dated 8 Apr 1725 Newport, proved 5 Apr 1731. It mentions wife Rebecca; sons Jeremiah, Weston, Walter, John, James, & Latham; daughters Mary Duckins and Elizabeth Coggeshall. It appears that both Jeremiah and John are designated as "eldest" which may mean eldest of each of his two wives; however, I have not been able to determine which children are form each wife, other than the four with birth dates I have recorded.

      In 1706 and 1709 (possibly other years) Weston Clarke was one of a committee of four men appointed by the colony of RI to sell vacant lands in Narragansett County. For this reason, his name shows up frequently in the North Kingstown land records. The other three men were: Philip Tillinghast, Richard Greene, and Randall Holden.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013457] Compiled by Alfred Rudulph Justice, Ancestry of Jeremy Clarke of Rhode Islnad and Dungan Genealogy, (Philadelphia: Franklin Publishing Co., 1922), 35.

    2. [S012625] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. 7, 10, Friends and Ministers.

    3. [S012573] Alden G. Beaman, Ph. D., editor, RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, 38.

    4. [S012625] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, Vol. 7, 15.