Walter Clarke (1640 - 1714)

Born 1640 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Content (Greenman) Clarke — married about 1660 in Newport, Rhode Island [uncertain]

Husband of Freeborn (Williams) Clark — married 6 Mar 1683 in Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 23 May 1714 at about age 74 in Newport, Rhode Island Colony

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Biography

This Biography is from "THIS OLD MONMOUTH OF OURS."1.

Walter Clarke, of Rhode Island, 1640-1714, was a son of Governor Jeremy Clarke.

Walter Clarke was born in Newport, an early Quaker settler. Clarke served as deputy to the Rhode Island General Assembly and served as Deputy Governor and Governor many times between 1676 and his death in 1714.

He was a a patentee of Monmouth, New Jerse , very active in forwarding the settlement of Monmouth, and did all in his power to make the enterprise a success. He did not himself come to Monmouth, nor did any of his family, so far as William Horner knew in 1932.^[1]

Name

Walter Clarke

Birth

1640 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Marriage

6 MAR 1683 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death

23 MAY 1714 Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Magna Carta Descendant

Walter Clarke is a descendant of the Magna Carta surety Saher De Quincy:

Walter Clarke son of

Jeremiah Clarke aka Clerke son of

William Clerke son of

James Clerke son of

George Clarke ada Clerke son of

Elizabeth (Ferrers) Clark daughter of

Henry Ferrers son of

Thomas Ferrers son of

William Ferrers son of

Henry de Ferrers son of

William de Ferrers son of

Henry de Ferrers son of

William de Ferrers son of

William de Ferrers son of

Margaret De Quincy daughter of

Roger De Quincy son of

Saher De Quincy

Sources

1. ↑ Horner, William. "THIS OLD MONMOUTH OF OURS." By William Horner. Originally published by Moreau Brothers of Freehold, NJ 1932, Reprinted in 1974.

• Horner, William. "THIS OLD MONMOUTH OF OURS." By William Horner. Originally published by Moreau Brothers of Freehold, NJ 1932, Reprinted in 1974.
• Austin, John O. The Journal of William Jefferay, Gentleman (E. L. Freeman & Sons, 1899) Page 75.
• Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 (Provo, UT, USA, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004)
• Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (1887 ) Page 44
• Faris, David. Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists (Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Ancestry.com. Page 65.
• Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Vol. 07: Friends and Ministers: Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths p 94 Walter Clarke , Dec. Gov. aged 77 years, Newport May 23, 1714 Clifton Graveyard.
• Walter Clarke on Find A Grave: Memorial #12221476 Retrieved 13:55, 17 November 2017 (EST).
• Wikipedia: Walter_Clarke_(governor)
• Moore, Jacob B., Sketches of The Governors and Chief Magistrtes of New England. American Quarterly Register (T.R. Marvin, Boston, 1843) Vol. 15, Page 25.