Born about in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peleg Saunders
and Mary (Clarke) Saunders
Wife of
Stanton Clarke
— married
about 1784 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
Wife of
William Chester Kenyon
— married
about 1801 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Martha (Clarke) Cooper, Avery Woodburn Kenyon, Elizabeth Louisa (Clark) Hall, Elizabeth Clarke and George W Kenyon
Died about
at about age 72
in Broadalbin, Fulton, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2021
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Biography
Mary (aka "Polly") was born on July 10, 1767 in Rhode Island. She passed away on September 15, 1839. [1] She is the daughter of Capt. Peleg Saunders and Mary Clarke.
Mary married twice:
(1) Stanton Clarke
Children:
Phineas Clarke (1794-1824)
Elizabeth Clarke (1804-1882 - m. Hawley
(2) William Chester Kenyon
Children:
Avery Woodbury Kenyon (1803-1899)
George Kenyon (1807-1868)
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151263587/mary-clarke: accessed 19 January 2024), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Saunders Clarke (10 Jul 1767–15 Sep 1839), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151263587, citing Broadalbin-Mayfield Rural Cemetery, Broadalbin, Fulton County, New York, USA; Maintained by Desertthorn (contributor 47408081).
- Rhode Island Vital Extracts, Find-a-Grave Index
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly 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 Polly:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Cindy (Worley) Beam 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BN7898697 [compare], Ancestry member beamcl1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M368320 [compare], FTDNA kit #B2561
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~0.78%
Suzanne (Chambers) Evans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GD739964C1 [compare], yourDNAportal SUZfada00d2, Ancestry member Suzannedelasalle2
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~0.78%
Tracy Chambers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Hepzibah771
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Carson Beam :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch UL874548C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #234424
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Alice Campanella
Hello Cindy, The list of children above are not complete - just those that I was able to find. I am puzzled about the end of her first marriage. I will look in the newspapers to see if there is any mention of it.
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