Jeremy Clarke, Governor of Rhode Island

Bef 1605 - 1652  (> 46 years)

• Name	Jeremy Clarke  [1]
  Suffix	Governor of Rhode Island
  Birth	Bef 1 Dec 1605  [2, 3]
  Baptism	1 Dec 1605	East Farleigh, Kent, England   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jan 1652	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [2]
  Burial	Jan 1652	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island   [2]
  Person ID	I19258	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	William Clerke,   b. of East Farleigh, Kent, England d. Bef 12 Jun 1610
  Mother	Mary Weston,   b. Bef 26 Apr 1579   d. Bef 13 Jul 1614 (Age < 35 years)
  Marriage	10 Feb 1599	St. Andrew's, Holborn, London, England   [2, 4]
  Family ID	F11953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Latham,   b. Bef 15 Feb 1610, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England d. Sep 1677, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1637	England   [2, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Walter Clarke, Governor of Rhode Island,   b. 1640   d. 23 May 1714 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F11932	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  One of JTS's eleven proven "gateway ancestors." From Wikipedia: Jeremy Clarke (also known as Jeremiah Clarke) was an early colonial settler and President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Born into a prominent family in England, he was a merchant who came to New England with his wife, Frances Latham, and four stepchildren, settling first at Portsmouth in 1638, but the following year joining William Coddington and others in establishing the town of Newport. Here he held a variety of civic positions until 1648 when Coddington's election as President of the colony was disputed, and Clarke was chosen to serve in that office instead. He was the father of Walter Clarke, another colonial governor of Rhode Island, and also had family connections with several other future governors of the colony.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S3580] Thomas P. Dungan, "Jeremy Clarke, Newport Founder: Researching His Life in England." Rhode Island Roots 38:23, 2012. [S3580] Thomas P. Dungan, "Jeremy Clarke, Newport Founder: Researching His Life in England." Rhode Island Roots 38:23, 2012., month, year, and place only. [S3580] Thomas P. Dungan, "Jeremy Clarke, Newport Founder: Researching His Life in England." Rhode Island Roots 38:23, 2012., "sometime in the second half of 1637 or early 1638.".