Content Clarke

Content GREENMAN was born ABT 1636, and died 27 MAR 1666. She was the daughter of John GREENMAN and [--?--] [--?--].

She married as his first wife to Walter CLARKE 1660, son of Jeremiah CLARKE and Frances LATHAM. He was born ABT 1638, and died 23 MAY 1714 in Newport, Newport, RI.

Children of Gov Walter Clarke and Content Greenman are:

• i. Mary Clarke was born 11 JAN 1661 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, and died 10 AUG 1711 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
• ii. Content Clarke was born 1663
• iii. Jerimiah Clarke was born 1665

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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF STONINGTON, County of New London, Connecticut, from its first settlement in 1649 to 1900, by Richard Anson Wheeler, New London, CT, 1900, p. 405

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Notes

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Clarke_(governor)_

Walter Clarke was married four times, and had eight known children.[1] He was first married about 1660 to Content Greenman, the daughter of John Greenman, and a year after her death in 1666 he married Hannah Scott, the daughter of Richard Scott and Catharine Marbury. With his first wife, Clarke had three children, and with his second he had five more.[1]
===References===

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1895) Vol. 7: Friends and Ministers. "Rhode Islands Friends Records". Page 94, Deaths. GoogleBooks "Clarke, Content, wife of Walter, Newport, aged 30 years, March 27, 1666."
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130233145
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jbbullock&id=I21843 cite
• Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Page: vol. 74, p. 134
• Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 9 2021, 1:35:46 UTC