Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
FatherWilliam WEEDEN
MotherPhillipa COOKE
Spouses
Individual Notes
• …lived in Newport, R. I., and was a weaver. He was one of the original proprietors of East Greenwich in 1677. He was a deputy to the General Assembly that met May 4, 1708. His first wife’s name is unknown. His second wife was Hannah, daughter of William Weeden and widow of William Clarke. After Thomas Peckham’s death in 1709, she married Joseph Clarke of Westerly, R. I.
2566, p 33
Marr Memobased on birth of Daniel in 1692
Family Notes
Baptism30 Sep 1643, Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island3350 Age: 1
MemoWill dated 5 Oct 1725; proved at Westerly 27 Feb 1727
Ancestral File #GXKD-0S3350
Individual Notes
• Joseph Clarke & wf Bethiah (Hubbard) founded Westerly, RI 1661. They came from Newport, RI.
1802• He must have removed from Newport to Westerly early in life, for in 1669 he became Town Clerk of Westerly, retaining the position until 1700. In July, 1675, he and his family went to Newport for fear of the Indian War then raging, and remained in the home of Rev. Samuel Hubbard until the war closed.
1795, p 24