Joseph Clarke, of Newport - Curator: Attached Children Issues

Some unraveling of which children belong to which mother may be difficult to discover given the lack of birth dates in sources.

SOURCE 1: https://archive.org/details/genealogyofonebr00bent_0/page/96/mode/1... . This is the only source that postulates birth order to mothers.
"Genealogy of One Branch of the Peckham Family of Newport and Westerly, R.I.: and Its Allied Families" shows showing the following birth order, with questioning, belonging to which mothers:—

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND (1) _ CLARKE:
1. JOSEPH, b. at Newport Feb. 11, 1642, d. Jan. 11, 1726/7 at Westerly; m. Nov. 16, 1664, Bethiah Hubbard…
2. WILLIAM, d. Sept. 30, 1683; m. Hannah Weeden…
3. MARY, d. 1695 at Westerly, m. Tobias'*" Saunders…
4. SARAH, b. Jan. 29, 1663; m. Oct. 11, 1683, Thomas Reynolds.
5. JOHN, d. Apr. 11, 1704. Supposed to have m. and had a son John.

? CHILDREN BY (2) MARGARET ______:
6. SUSANNA.
7. JOSHUA, m. Alice Phillips.
8. THOMAS.
9. CARY, or CAREW, d. 1749; m. Ann Dyer…
10. ELIZABETH, m. William Peckham

SOURCE 2: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48398/images/RIFam... — This book doesn't show dates of birth for seven children, nor does it show a first wife for Joseph.

Champlin, J. D., Jr. 1989. “Early Settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island.” In Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, edited by Gary Boyd Roberts, II Nile-Wilson:667–68. Baltimore, Maryland, USA: Genealogical Publishing.

"Joseph Clark.—There were four brothers of the name of Clark: John, Thomas, Joseph and Carew, by tradition, of Bedfordshire, England.
Dr. John Clark was born Oct. 8, 1609, and died April 20, 1676. He was thrice married, but left no issue; was several times Deputy Governor, and for a long time Colony Agent in London. (Vol. iii.. Col. B. L His. Soc.)

"Of his brothers, JOSEPH, SEN., of Newport, m. Margaret ——, (who died in 1694), and had:
Joseph, (of Westerly) b. Feb. 11, 1642;
John, who d. 1704;
William;
Susanna;
Mary, who m. Tobias Saunders;
Joshua; Sarah, b. Jan. 29, 1663, m. Thomas Reynolds Oct. 11, 1683;
Thomas;
Katy [not found in any other source];
Elizabeth.

"Of the above children, Joseph, sen., of Westerly, m. Bethiah, dau. of Samuel Hubbard, of Newport, Nov. 16, 1664, and had Judith, b. Oct. 12, 1667; Joseph, April 4, 1670; Samuel, Dec. 29, 1672; John, Aug. 25, 1675; Bethiah, April 11, 1678; Mary, Dec. 27, 1680; Susanna, Aug. 31, 1683; Thomas, March 17, 1686; William, April 21, 1688.

"Of these, Judith m. Jan. 19, 1687, John Maxson, Jr.; Joseph, Jr. m. 1st, Dorothy, dau. of John Maxson, sen., Jan. 5, 1692, and had Freegift, b. July 4, 1694; Dorothy, May 28, 1696; Experience, July 6, 1699; and Joseph. Joseph, Jr., Joseph, Jr. m. 2nd, Anna Babcock ? and had son Elisha; Samuel m. Ann, dau. of Capt. Wm. Champlin, Jan. 19, 1698-9, and had Samuel, b. Jan. 19, 1699–1700; Mary, Nov. 27, 1701; Bethiah, July 18, 1703; Ann, Sept. 3, 1707; Joseph, Aug. 29, 1705; William, May 29, 1709; James, Jan. 20, 1710/11; Joshua, Sept. 22, 1712; Amos, Dec. 14, 1714; Simmons? April 27, 1716; Christopher, Oct. 26, 1717; Samuel, May 6, 1719.
Bethiah m. Thomas Hiscox, of Newport, Oct. 31, 1703; Mary m. William, son of Capt. William Champlin, Jan. 18, 1700; Thomas m. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. James Babcock; William m. Jane, dau. of Edward Bleaven."

Yes sir, I Got 1.Joseph b.1642...2.William...3.Mary d.1695...4.Sarah b.1663...5.John...6.Susannah...7.Joshua...8.Thomas...9.Carew...10.Elizabeth ...10 children of Joseph Clarke named in the will of Joseph Clarke's brother Thomas Clarke ....Have No clue were those other kids came from....Not sure if he had children by just 1st wife or by both wife's ..1st and 2nd wife ...Thanks Kin

Wikitree postulates that Joseph married Margaret "about 1656." Considering this guess, then seeing the following source showing Joshua's birth between 1650-1659 seems to make questionable which mother gave birth to Joshua.

Godfrey Memorial Library. "American Genealogical-Biographical Index." Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.

If a source once existed that proved his birth date and place, surely it would be accessible by now. It seems more research won't prove which mother gave birth to Joshua.

hmmm....I found the Children of Joseph Clarke in a book...''The Clarke Family'' a very old book,And even the Book can't say for sure,It said Joseph was married two times,But don't even Know the surnames of 1st or 2nd wife...So we may or not know much more about Joseph,his wife's and children.

Thanks Kin...keep up the good work my friend