Rachel (Sprague) Clark (1716 - abt. 1759)

Born 20 Nov 1716 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Nicholas Peck — married 13 Jun 1739 (to about 1742) in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island

Wife of Samuel Clark — married about 18 Feb 1743 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1759 at about age 42 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island [uncertain]

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Biography

Rachel Sprague was born at Providence, Rhode Island, in November of 1716, a daughter of Jonathan Sprague and Hannah (Coggeshall) Sprague.

She married first Nicholas Peck, son of Elisha and Martha (Lake) Peck, in June of 1739 at Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island – their children were Hannah and Jerusha Peck.

Nicholas Peck died before 1743 and she married next, Samuel Clark, son of Aaron and Hannah (Unknown) Clark, about 1743, at Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; Samuel and Rachel were the parents of Elizabeth, Martha (died very young), Nicholas, Samuel, Rachel, Aaron, Stephen, William, a second Martha, and Silas Clark.

She is thought to have died in or close to 1759, most likely at Cumberland.

Sources

• Birth 20 Nov. 1716 (shows parentage): "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QW-DJ5 : 17 December 2019), Rachel Sprague, 1716.

• Marriage (1) to Nicholas Peck, intentions 18 Feb. 1739 (at Smithfield RI): "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-SW1 : 22 January 2020), Rachel Sprague in entry for Nicholas Peck, 1739.

• Marriage (1) to Nicholas Peck, solemnization 13? June 1739 (at Smithfield RI): "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KB-S43 : 22 January 2020), Rachel Sprague in entry for Nicholas Peck, 1739.

• Marriage (1) to Nicholas Peck, solemnization 13 June 1739 (at Smithfield RI; links to image of original handwritten record, poorly indexed: "ye" mistranscribed as "7"; actual date is 13? June; and index shows "Thomas" but correct name is "Nicholas"): "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8VJ-LH3 : accessed 19 March 2023), Rachel Sprague in entry for Thomas Peck, 7 Jun 1739; citing Marriage, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, Rhode Island State Archive, Providence City Archives, city and town clerk offices; FHL microfilm 959,589.

• Rhode Island Vital Records, 1654-1947

See also [note that online family trees are regarded as reliable only when primary, or highly reputable secondary, sources are cited):

• Source: S-446461127 Repository: #R-994436178 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=84229015&pid=212
• Repository: R-994436178 Ancestry.com

• Birth, parentage, siblings, lineage: The Coggeshalls in America : Genealogy of the Descendants of John Coggeshall of Newport, compiled by Charles Pierce Coggeshall and Thellwell Rusell Coggeshall, Boston : C.E. Goodspeed and Co., 1930, p. 19; https://archive.org/details/coggeshallsiname00cogg_0/page/38/mode/2up

Acknowledgments

• The merged profile Sprague-4134 was created on 15 May 2018 by Glenn Kittredge; merge into Sprague-3259 completed 23 March 2023 by Mary (Yaple) Mocanu.