Born in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Davis Jr.
and Experience (Clarke) Davis
Sister of
Martha (Davis) Card and William Davis
Wife of
Joseph Clarke
— married
15 Sep 1757 in Westerly, Kings County, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Mother of
Thankful (Clarke) Noyes, Lucy Clarke, Desire Clarke, Deborah Clarke, Lucretia Clarke, Chally Clarke, Davis Clarke and Alpheus Clarke
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
Thankful was born in 1739 in Westerly, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of William Davis and Experience Clarke. Thankful married Joseph Clarke in Westerly on September 15, 1757[1].
Sources
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HC-H19 : 6 December 2014), Thankful Davis, 06 Mar 1738; citing WESTERLY,WASHINGTON,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 930,814.
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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~0.78%
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