Mary (Beebe) Clarke (1686)

Born 4 May 1686 in New London, New London, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Clarke — married 1 Nov 1705 in Westerly, Kings, Rhode Island

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Beebe, daughter^[1] of Samuel Beebe Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers was born^[1] 4 May 1686.^[2] She married John Clark. ^[3]

Genealogical Records

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Vital Records

• Primary Source, Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 The Barbour Collection, New London Vital Records 1646-1854 ^[1]: Data Summary New London Connecticut vital records for Samuel Beebe:

1. ) Barbour New London Vital Records: Samuel Beebe, son of Samuel of New London, married Elizabeth Rogers , daughter of James Sr., 9 Feb 1681/2
   1. ) Bathshua, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 16 Mar 1688.
   2. ) Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 27 Oct 1684.
   3. ) Hannah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 4 Apr 1695.
   4. ) Hopestill, twin with Patience, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 25 Feb 1691/2
   5. ) James, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 10 Oct, 1701.
   6. ) Mary, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 4 May 1686.
   7. ) Patience, twin with Hopestill, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 25 Feb 1691/2
   8. ) Rebeckah, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 25 Jan 1689.
   9. ) Samuel, son of Samuel and Elizabeth, was born 16 July 1697.
      1. ) Samuel, son of Samuel married Ann Lester 21 Nov 1721.

Marriage Records

• Primary Source, Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 ^[3] : Data Summary:

1. ) RI Vital Records; Westerly, page 20: Mary Beebe, daughter of Samuel, and John Clarke, son of Joseph Clarke, Jr., were married 1 Nov 1705 at Westerly, Kings Co., Rhode Island.

Church Records

• Derivative Primary Source, James N. Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume X. Town and Church ^[4] Vital Records of Rhode Island, Volume 10, Town and Church; Data Extract:

1. ) 1708-1785 Hopkinton, RI SDBC membership; pages 92-116: Mary Clarke was a member of the Hopkinton, Rhode Island Seventh Day Baptist Church (SDBC) appearing on the on Original {1708,} 1712, 5 Sep 1712, and 1718 Hopkinton SDBC membership rolls. In addition, she is noted to be a widow on the 1740 membership enrollment date.

• Secondary Source, Randolph R Beebe, Cross Reference: 1708-1785 Hopkinton, RI SDBC members to Wikitree Profiles; ^[5]

1. ) Hopkinton SDBC Cross Reference member: Mary Clarke ID= (C7.7) HSDBC member {1708,} 1712, 5 Sep 1712, 1718, and as a widow (C7.20) in 1740. Related to other members of the HSDBC as follows:
   1. ) Daughter of Samuel Beebe (B9.3)
   2. ) Daughter-in-law of Joseph Clarke II (C7.5) and Bethiah Clarke (C7.1).
   3. ) Mother of Samuel Clarke (C7.21).
   4. ) Sister of members: Patience (Beebe) HIscox (B9.5); Rebecca (Beebe) Brown (B9.6) & (B9.8); Elizabeth Newbury (N1.2); Bathsheba King (K2.1); and Samuel Beebe III (B9.9).
   5. ) Sister-in-law of members: Judith (Clarke) Maxson (1667-1747) (M4.2); Joseph Clarke Jr. (abt.1670-abt.1719) (C7.6); Samuel Clarke (C7.8); Mary (Clarke) Champlin (1680-1760) (C2.1); Bethiah Hiscox (H9.1); Susannah Babcock (B1.5); Thomas Clarke (C7.9); and William Clarke (C7.10).

Published Genealogical Information

1. Secondary Source, Clarence Beebe in his book Monograph of the Descent of the Family of Beebe ^[2] cites Mary Beebe in profile (47). Data summary;

1. ) Monograph, etc.; Page 24: Mary Beebe (47), daughter of Samuel Beebe Jr. and Elizabeth Rogers was born 4 May 1686. She married __________ Clark.

• Secondary Source, George Austin Morrison, The Clarke Families of Rhode Island; ^[6] Extract:

1. ) Clarke Genealogy; Page 32: JOHN CLARKE (16):, son of Joseph Clarke of Westerly, R.I., was born 25 August 1675; married 1 November 1705, Mary Beebe, daughter of Samuel Beebe. On 21 December 1709, John Clarke, yeoman, of Westerly, and Mary, his wife, deeded land at Westerly, R.I., to William Wilkinson; recorded 2 January 1710. On 15 April 1719, a receipt from the Westerly Town Council to Mary Clarke, widow of John Clarke, was recorded. The inventory of John Clarke’s effects was appraised by William Clarke.
   1. ) Children of John Clarke and Mary (Beebe) Clarke:
      1. ) John; born 4 Sept 1706, September 4.
      2. ) Samuel; b. 15 Jan 1707-8.
      3. ) Mary; b. 15 Nov 1709.
      4. ) Ebenezer; b. 1 July 1711; m. 12 Sept 1735, (at Newport) Ann Cooley.
      5. ) Benjamin (35.); b. 21 June 1713.
      6. ) Elizabeth; b. 19 June 1715.
      7. ) Bathsheba; b. 26 Oct 1717; m. (1st) John Mackee (Magee), of Newport, and had issue: i. Bathsheba. She then married (2d) Joseph Hiscox, son of Thomas and Bethiah (Clarke) Hiscox, b, 22 April 1717, and had issue: i. Clarke, b. 14 October 1760, at Westerly.

• Secondary Source, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, ^[7]

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 The Barbour Collection, New London Vital Records 1646-1854 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. Beebe New London Barbour Collection or version Transcribed by Coralynn Brown here (free) Beebe (Barbour New London), once at the site, you will need to scroll down to BEEBE
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Beebe, Clarence, Monograph of the Descent of the Family of Beebe from the earliest known immigrant--John, of Broughton, England, 1650, compiled and edited by Clarence Beebe, 150 Nassau Street, New York,1904; (ID 47) page 24. Clarence Beebe Genealogy online -Title Page
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.Mary Beebe marriage record
4. ↑ Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1893. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Online at Archive.org (free): Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume X; Town and Church--Title page.
5. ↑ Beebe, Randolph R.; Cross Reference: 1708-1785 Hopkinton, RI SDBC members to Wikitree Profiles; Published in Wikitree Free Space profile, 2022.
6. ↑ Morrison Jr., George Austin; The Clarke Families of Rhode Island; New York, Press of The Evening Post Job Printing house; 1902. Public Domain. Also available on line at the Yale digital library: here
7. ↑ Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, Colonial Families of the USA : in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes, 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. John Clarke and Mary Beebe

Other Sources

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• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSF-WK1F : 15 April 2022), Mary Beebe, ; citing Birth, New London, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272220.

Web based Genealogies

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• FamilySearch profile for Mary (Beebe) Clark.