Bethiah (Clarke) Hiscox (1678 - 1753)

Born 11 Apr 1678 in Westerly, Washington County, RI

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Hiscox Sr. — married 31 Oct 1703 in Westerly, Washington County, RI

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1753 at age 74 in Newport, Newport County, RI

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Biography

Bethiah (Clarke) Hiscox was born on 11 Apr 1678 in Westerly, Washington County, RI, daughter of Joseph Clarke II and Bethiah (Hubbard) Clarke. ^[1]

Bethiah married Thomas Hiscox (1686 - 1773) on 31 Oct 1703 in Westerly^[2]. Their children were ^[1]:

1. William Hiscox (1705-).
2. Ephraim Hiscox Sr. (1707-)
3. Edith (Hiscox) Crandall (1709 - >1752)
4. Mary Hiscox, 1713.
5. Thomas Hiscox (1715 - )
6. Joseph Hiscox (1717 - ~1811)
7. Hannah (Hiscox) Rogers (1719 - 1750).

Bethiah died on 8 Feb 1753 in Newport, Newport County aged 74.

Genealogical Records

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Vital Records

• Primary Source, Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County ^[1] Volume 5, Early Vital records from Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island:

1. ) Westerly Vital Records; Page 91: Clarke Family births in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island:
   1. ) Children of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke:
      1. ) Judith Clarke, daughter of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 12 Oct 1667.
      2. ) Joseph Clarke, son of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 4 April 1670.
      3. ) Samuel Clarke, son of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 29 Sept 1672.
      4. ) John Clarke, son of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 25 Aug 1675.
      5. ) Bethiah Clarke, daughter of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 11 April 1678.
      6. ) Mary Clarke, daughter of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 27 Dec 1680.
      7. ) Susannah Clarke, daughter of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 31 Aug 1683.
      8. ) Thomas Clarke, son of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 17 March 1686.
      9. ) William Clarke, son of Joseph and Bethiah Clarke, born 21 April 1688.
2. ) Westerly Vital Records, Marriages; Page 20: Clarke Family marriages, Westerly, RI.
   1. ) Samuel Clarke and Ann Champlin were married 19 Jan 1698-9.
   2. ) Samuel Clarke, of Westerly, and Susannah Champlin of South Kingstown were married by William Greene, Justice, 26 May 1720.
   3. ) Bethiah Clarke was married to Thomas Hiscox on 31 Oct 1703. Alternately, from Arnolds HISCOX ledger:
   4. ) page 36: THOMAS HlSCOX, of Newport, and Bethiah Clarke, of Westerly; m. at Westerly by Elder Joseph Parks, 31 Oct 1703. {Same marriage as above.}
3. ) Westerly Vital Records; Page 116-117: Hiscox Family births at Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island:
   1. ) Children of Thomas and Bethiah HIscox:
      1. ) William Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 31 May 1705.
      2. ) Ephraim Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 2 June 1707.
      3. ) Edith Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 6 Sept 1709.
      4. ) Mary Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 12 July 1713.
      5. ) Thomas Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 17 May 1715
      6. ) Joseph Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 22 April 1717.
      7. ) Hannah Hiscox, of Thomas and Bethiah, born 22 Jan 1719-20.

Probate Records

Last Will and Testament of Joseph Clarke, father of Bethiah:

• Primary Source, Joseph Clarke. Last Will and Testament; ^[3] Extract:

1. ) Free Ancestry.com image of Will Transcription
   1. ) In ye Name of God amen. I Joseph Clerk of ye town of Westerly in ye Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations in New England. I come an Being of Sound Mind & Memory For an Aged man praised be God for it & Considering ye uncertainty of this Life Doe Make & ordain This my Last Will & Testament in manner following yt is to Say 1st & principally I Commit my Soul in to the hands of Almighty God hoping for Pardon Remission of all my Sins & In joy Eternal Life through ye alone Merits Death & pafsion of my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ & my Body I Commit to the Earth to be Decently Buried att the Discrefsion of my Executor hereafter Mentioned & as Touching Such Temporal Estate it hath pleased God to Endow me with I Dispose thereof in manner following:
   2. ) Imprimis I will yt all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid & Discharged.
   3. ) Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Champlin my bed and proper furniture Belonging thereunto
   4. ) Item I Give unto my Daughter Jude Maxson 5 pounds in Money.
   5. ) Item I Give unto my Daughter Mary Champlin five pounds in Money.
   6. ) Item I Give unto my Daughter Susannah Babcock five pounds in Money.
   7. ) Item I Give unto my Daughter Bathiah Hiscox one Shilling She having Received her part already.
   8. ) Item my Son Jos Clark & my Son John Clark Both Deceased Have had their portions out of my Estate already.
   9. ) Item I Give unto my Two Grandsons Joseph Clark Eldest Son & John Clark Eldest Son Twelve Pence a peace
   10. ) Item I Give unto my Son Thos Clark one Shilliing he having Received his portion Already
   11. ) I Give unto my Son Wm Clark one Shilling he having Received his part Already
   12. ) I Doe hereby Constitute & appoint my Son Samuel Clark to be my Executor to this my Last Will & Testament and Further my Will is that my Executor Shall be Satisfied & paid for his Trouble & Charge in ye performance of this my Last Will & Testament.
   13. ) Item my Will is that Remains of my Estate be Equally Divided amoungst all my Children & I do hereby Revoke Disanull & make Void all other Wills & Testaments heretofore Made & I do Declare this to be my Last Will & Testament In Witness To & Conformation hereof I have Set my hand & fixed My Seale this fifth Day of October 1725.
   14. ) Signed Sealed & Delivered in Presence of John Hill, Ann Clark, Elizabeth Long her X mark Joseph Clark Seale

Published Genealogical Information

• Secondary Source, George Austin Morrison, "The Clarke Families of Rhode Island", ^[4] Extract:

1. ) Clarke Genealogy; Page 24-26: JOSEPH CLARKE {II}, son of Joseph, of Newport and Westerly, R.I. He was born 11 February 1642 and died 11 January 1726/7 at Westerly, R. I., aged 83 years 11 months. He was married (1st) 16 November 1664, by James Barker, Assistant, at Newport, to Bethiah Hubbard, daughter of Samuel and Tacy (Cooper) Hubbard, born 19 December 1646, died 17 April 1707 (or 1717). He then married (2d) Hannah Peckham, widow of Thomas Peckham, and daughter of William Weeden.
   1. ) Children of Joseph Clarke {II} and Bethia Hubbard:
      1. ) Judith (Clarke) Maxson; b. 12 October 1667 at Newport; m. at Westerly, 9 January 1687/8, John Maxson, Jr., son of Rev. John and Mary (Mosher) Maxson, born 1666, died July 1747.
      2. ) Samuel Clarke (15.); b. 29 September 1672, at Westerly.
      3. ) John Clarke (16.); b. 25 August 1675, at Newport.
      4. ) Bethiah (Clarke) Hiscox; b. 11 April 1678, at Westerly; d. 1756; m. at Westerly by Elder Joseph Parkson, on 31 October 1703, to Rev. Thomas Hiscox, son of William and Rebecca Hiscox, b. 1686; d. 20 May 1772.
      5. ) Mary (Clarke) Champlain; b. 27 December, 1680, at Westerly; d. about 1760; m. at Westerly, by Joseph Clarke, Justice, on 18 January, 1699-1700, to William Champlin, son of William and Mary (Babcock) Champlin, of Westerly ; d. 1749.
      6. ) Susanna (Clarke) Babcock; b. 31 August 1683, at Westerly; m. January, 1705 Oliver Babcock, son of John and Mary (Lawton) Babcock; b. 1673.
      7. ) Thomas Clarke (17.); b. 17 March 1686, at Westerly.
      8. ) William Clarke (18.); b. 21 April 1688, at Westerly.

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1894. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

   1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 5. Washington County--Title page Archive.org
   2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Title page at Ancestry

2. ↑ Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850: Volume 5, Westerly, Part IV: Marriages, (Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, RI, 1894) page 20, CLARKE, Bethiah, & Hiscox, Oct 31, 1703, WESTERLY, RHODE ISLAND
3. ↑ Clarke Joseph; Rhode Island, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932; [Ancestry.com database on-line], Town Council and Probate Records, Vol 2-4, 1699-1736, image 304-305. Westerly, Council and Probate Records, 1719-1731, No. 3, Restored book Page 210-213. Lehi, UT, USA.
4. ↑ Morrison Jr., George, Austin, "The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island", 1902, by George Austin Morrison, Jr., New York, Press of The Evening Post Job Printing house, 1902. Public Domain. Available on line at:

   1. ) The Clarke Families of Rhode Island at Archive.org
   2. ) The Clarke Families of Rhode Island at Family Search
   3. ) The Clarke Families of Rhode Island at Yale University Digital Collection

Other Sources

The following section provides a listing of source material that is pertinent to the profile subject, but not presently cited in the narrative text of the profile.

• "Clarke Family Bible," in Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, vol. I, (Baltimore, 1983), p. 198., {Editorial Note: there is no Clarke Family Bible on page 198 of this tome. Page 198 documents the genealogy of Nathan Chase.}
• Macomber, Donald, 1885-1977; Macomber, Harriet Seaver, 1885-1977; Macomber, William F. (William Francis), 1921-, Ancestry of Donald Macomber, Ethel Jaynes Macomber, and Harriet Seaver Macomber, Volume 1; Saint Cloud, Minnesota; 1992. page 53.
• Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745) Wales>PA>RI>NJ>WV>NY>WI and other family branches"; 3 June 2004;