Rosendale McParland Fritz Family Tree » Governor Walter Clarke 1st Governor of Rhode Island (1638-1714)
Personal data Governor Walter Clarke 1st Governor of Rhode Island
Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7- Alternative name: Walter Clark
- He was born on December 1, 1638 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.Sources 4, 6, 7
- He died on May 23, 1714 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, he was 75 years old.Sources 6, 7
- Alternative: He died.Source 8
- Alternative: He died in the year 1714, he was 75 years old.
- He is buried in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America.Source 7
- A child of Captain Jeremiah Clarke and Frances Latham
Household of Governor Walter Clarke 1st Governor of Rhode Island
(1) He is married to Content Greenman.
They got married at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
They got married in the year 1660 at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, he was 21 years old.Source 6 They got married on April 11, 1652 at New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, he was 13 years old.Child(ren):
- Jeremiah (infant) Clarke ????-1661
- Content Mary Clarke 1661-1711
- Walter Clarke 1663-????
- Jeremiah (infant) Clarke 1664-1664
- Baby Boy Clarke 1665-????
(2) He is married to Freeborn Williams.
They got married on March 6, 1683 at New England, Verenigde Staten, he was 44 years old.Source 9
(3) He is married to Hannah Scott.
They got married February 1666 at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, he was 27 years old.Sources 5, 6
Child(ren):
- Content Clarke 1671-????
- Katherine Clarke Sheffield 1671-1752
- Frances Clarke 1673-1693
- Jeremiah Clarke 1675-????
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Sources
- Ancestral Records and Portraits, Vol. I / Ancestry.com
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=120117605&pid=7799
/ Ancestry.com - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, Book Title: Genealogy of the Rodman family 1620 to 1886 / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Births, Edmund West, comp. / Ancestry.com
- The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 / Ancestry.com
- U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Record
Historical events
Birthday December 1, 1638
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1638: Source: Wikipedia
- February 28 » The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.
- March 22 » Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
Day of marriage March 6, 1683
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1683: Source: Wikipedia
- May 24 » The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum.
- September 11 » Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.
- September 12 » Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire.
- September 17 » Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules".
- October 6 » Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America.
- November 1 » The British Crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
Day of death May 23, 1714
- The temperature on May 23, 1714 was about 11.0 °C. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1714: Source: Wikipedia
- August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
- August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
- September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.
Same birth/death day
- 1561 » Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast († 1631)
- 1580 » Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian († 1637)
- 1690 » Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom († 1764)
- 1709 » Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor († 1789)
- 1716 » Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor († 1791)
- 1743 » Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic († 1817)
- 1670 » Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
- 1691 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1622)
- 1701 » William Kidd, Scottish pirate (b. 1645)
- 1749 » Abraham ben Abraham, Polish martyr (b. 1700)
- 1752 » William Bradford, English-American printer (b. 1663)
- 1754 » John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (b. 1704)
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