Elisha Clarke (1714 - 1778)

Born 10 Jul 1714 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Prudence (Card) Clarke — married 25 Feb 1746 in Richmond Township, Washington, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1778 at about age 63 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, [uncertain]

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Biography

Elisha Clarke, son of William Clarke of Charlestown, was born 10 July 1714; ^[1] probably at Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island.

Died 1778 Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA. ^[2]

Marriage Elisha Clarke married (first) Judith Segar, daughter of John and Alice (Hull) Segar, born 17 March 1719; he married (second) on 25 Feb 1746 at Richmond, by Joseph Clarke (Justice) to Prudence Card. ^[1]

Genealogical Records

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Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, George Austin Morrison, The Clarke Families of Rhode Island; ^[1] Extract:

1. ) Clarke Genealogy; Page 51, 52: ELISHA CLARKE, son of William of Charlestown, R. I.; was born 10 July 1714; married (1st) Judith Segar, daughter of John and Alice (Hull) Segar, born 17 March 1719. John Segar in his will, proved 19 November 1753, gives to “ grandchildren Elisha and Robert Clarke each £20 at age.” As he does not mention his daughter Judith Clarke in the will, it is probable she died before 1753. Elisha Clarke was married (2nd) 25 Feb 1746, at Richmond, by Joseph Clarke, Justice, to Prudence Card. He was admitted Freeman of Westerly in November of 1737. He and Judith, his (1st) wife, of Charlestown, on 26th March 1740, deeded to William Clarke, of Charlestown, 50 acres of land at Charlestown, near land of Robert Money, Robert Clarke, Caleb Clarke, bounded easterly by Beaver River, by conveyance recorded at Charlestown 2 April 1740, in Book 1, p. 34. It is probable that he had many children, but only the names of two are known, viz:
   1. ) Children of Elisha Clarke and Judith (Seger) Clarke:
      1. ) Elisha Clarke.
      2. ) Robert Clarke.

RESEARCH NOTE

Elisha was Administrator of his son Elisha’s estate in 1772 at South Kingstown according to genealogist Alden G. Beaman, publishing in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register at one or more of the following references: 7:76; 9:87-88; 12:116; 13:202-4; and 14:95.
Morrison (see Sources) erroneously attributed estate proceedings commencing Jan. 13, 1779 at Charlestown, RI to Elisha Jr.‘s estate when in fact these were on the estate of Elisha Sr. Per those proceedings, Elisha’s children (undoubtedly all by his second wife) included sons Oliver, William, Job, Christopher, Stephen, Samuel and Roland/Rowllan. Because Robert did not appear in the estate proceedings, he presumably predeceased his father Elisha. Oliver was appointed Administrator, so presumably he was Elisha's eldest surviving son then living in the locale of Charlestown, RI.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} 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

2. ↑ Source: #S1 accessed 30 May 2017), entry for Rowland Clarke, person ID LHT5-2RH. Certainty: 3

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.

• Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914; database, FamilySearch (Rev date : 17 December 2019), Elisha Clarke, 1714.
• Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. 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.
  • Elisha Clarke, son of William Clarke and Hannah Knight, was born 10 Jul 1714 at Rhode Island.
  • Elisha Clarke, son of Elisha and Judith, born 5 March 1741 at Charlestown, R.I.
  • Robert Clarke, son of Elisha and Judith, was born 9 April 1742 at Charlestown, R.I.

• Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. 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.
  • Elisha Clarke married Prudence Card on 25 Feb 1746 at Richmond, Rhode Island.

Web based Genealogies

• FamilySearch profile for Elisha Clarke.
• FamilySearch profile for Rowland Clarke.