William CLARKE

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1677 November 22, the land in Boston Neck,North Kingstown, formerly belonging to John Paine, containing about 350 acres, was conveyed to William Clarke; said land was between land of Captain Thomas Willet, deceased, on the south, and John Brown on the north (History of Washington Count, p. 390, by Cole). 1679, August 1, William Clarke petitioned the Assembly concerning several Indians, by him and his company taken in time of war, and recites he was "commander of one of the sloops in 1676 which was taken from him by the government and for which he now asks indemnity." The case was referred to the Town Councils of Newport and Portsmouth, R.I
By a letter of roger Williams in Connecticut archives, dated 1675, June 25, it would appear that the naval force "was composed of sloops," and that it was sent out nearly a year before it appears upon the Rhode Island records (Conn MSS., Vol. 1. p. 200, in R.I. Hist. Soc)

1683, Oct. 19, Administration to widow Hannah, Inventory, 15 head of neat cattle, 60 sheep, 3 horsekind, 10 swine, feather bed, silk grass bed, flock bed, iron, pewter, musket, etc.

Family/Spouse: Hannah WEEDEN. Hannah died in 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

In 1640 he present at the General Court of Election, and became a freeman on 17 March 1641. In 1644 he was made one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Newport, and in 1648 became a member of the General Court of Trials. In 1655 he became a freeman of the colony and acted as Commissioner in 1655, 57-58-59. he was an Assistant in 1658. 63-64-65, 78, 80, 90. On 8 July, 1663, his name appears in the charter granted to Rhode Island by King Charles II. In 1668 he was made a freeman at Westerly and acted as deputy to the General Assembly 1668-69-70-71-72, 90. On the 18 May 1669, his name appears in the list fo Westerly inhabitants, and in 1677 he was a member of the Court of Justices of the Peace to attend to the matter of injurious and illegal acting of the Connecticut Colony. In 1679, he, with thirty-two others of Westerly, gave the oath of allegiance. In 1680 he, as of Newport, was taced L 1 13s. 3d. On 25 September 1685, he and his wife Margaret, as of Newport, R.I., sold Francis Brinley of Newport an 1/154 part of Conanicut Island (89 acres), and an 1/154 part of Dutch Island. In 1690 he, with others, was empowered to proportion the taxes to the respective towns. He appears to have lived some time at Westerly, but to have returned to Newport during the later years of his life......

Joseph married Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]