R.I. Gov. Capt. Latham Clarke

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Latham Clarke

b.1645

d.Bef 10 Aug 1719 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Family tree▼

Parents and Siblings

F. Hon. Jeremiah Clarke
1605 - 1652

M. Frances Latham
1608/09 - 1677
m. Abt 1637

Walter Clarke
Abt 1637 - 1714

Mary Clarke
Abt 1641 - 1711

Jeremiah Clarke
1643 - 1728/29

Latham Clarke
1645 - Bef 1719

Weston Clarke
1648 -

James Clarke
1649 - 1736

Sarah Clarke
1651 - 1706

Spouse and Children

H. Latham Clarke
1645 - Bef 1719

W. Hannah Wilbur

Abigail Clarke
Abt 1674 - 1731

Mary Clarke

Samuel Clarke
Abt 1686 - 1761

Amy Clarke

William Clarke
- Bef 1746

Elizabeth Clarke
- 1730

▼Facts and Events

Name Latham Clarke

Gender Male

Birth? 1645

Marriage
to Hannah Wilbur

Will[1] 31 Dec 1714 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Death[1] Bef 10 Aug 1719 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
will proved

▼References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Abstracts of Portsmouth Wills, in Alden G. Beaman. Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (The Rhode Island Genealogical Research Institute)
363, Apr 1981.
WILL:
Dated Dec. 31, 1714; proved Aug. 10, 1719 Portsmouth Probate Vol. 2 1697-1725 p. 153-4.
Names wife Anne;
sons: Samuel & William;
daughters: Abigail wife of Samuel Thurston, Elizabeth wife of John Stanton, Mary wife of Joseph Fry & Amie wife of William Wood.

 Rhode Island land evidences : volume 1, 1648-1696, abstracts. (Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, 1987)

45-46.
Samuell Wilbore to Latham Clarke.
...Samuell Wilbore of Portsmo. on Rhode-Island...doe...give...my,...son in law Latham Clarke...three peeces...of Land Contaninge in the whole Five hundred Acres...beinge in the Narragansett Cuntry or Kings Province,...is part of...Land there of which I...with...others are a Joynt...purchasser...Two hundred and Twenty acres... and is the one halfe of fower hundred and forty acres granted unto me by the purchassers lyinge about a mile & a halfe Northerly from Pettacomscutt...the other halfe beinge my sonn in law Caleb Arnolds which I have given unto him...to be Equally devided both upland and Meddow between my...sonns in law Latham Clarke and Caleb Arnold...Latham Clarke is to have the first choyce...fourteenth day of October 1671
(Signed) Samuell Wilbur

 m(2) Sept. 20, 1698 Mrs. Anne (Collins) Newberry, widow of Walter. [NEHGR 74:132-4]

Category: Clarke in Rhode Island

Biography

Latham was born in 1645. He died in 1719 at the age of 73 - 74.
Parents: Governor Jeremiah Clarke 1605 - 1652 and Frances (Latham) Dungan, Clarke, Vaughn 1610 - 1677. Jeremiah Findagrave #11712820. Frances Findagrave #20716199. They both have bio's on their pages.
Latham was married three times.
Spouse #1: Hannah (Wilbur) Clarke 1647 - 1732. They were married in 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Findagrave #181519240
Children with Hannah:
Latham Clarke, born in 1668; married Hope
William Clarke, born 27 May, 1673, married Knight
Abigail Clarke, born in 1674; married Samuel Thurston
Elizabeth Clarke, born in 1680; married John Stanton
Mary Clarke, married Joseph Fry
Ann Clarke, born in 1682
Samuel Clarke, born in 1686; married Mary Coggeshall
Jeremiah Clarke
Amey Clarke, married William Wood
Spouse #2: Hope (Unk.) Clarke 1665 - 1690. They were married about 1680 in Rhode island.
Children with Hope: 2 are listed on her FamilySearch page. Linked from his.
Spouse #3: Anne (Collins) Newbury, Clarke 1651 - 1732. They were married 9/20/1698 in Newport, Rhode Island. Per Rhode Island Friends Death Records, page 115 and the U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Findagrave #95691507 (number may change. has two records. 3/19/22 sent a merge request)
Children with Anne: none

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-5387

Latham Clarke aka Clark, Clerke===

Born 1645 in Newport, Rhode Island

Son of Jeremy Clarke and Frances (Latham) Vaughn

Brother of Barbara (Dungan) Barker [half], William Dungan [half], Frances (Dungan) Holden [half], Elizabeth Dungan [half], Thomas Dungan [half], Walter Clarke, Mary (Clarke) Stanton, Jeremiah Clarke II, James Clark, Weston Clarke and Sarah (Clarke) Carr

Husband of Hannah (Wilbore) Clarke — married about 1663 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island

Husband of Anne (Collins) Clarke — married 20 Sep 1698 in Newport, Rhode Island

Father of Latham Clarke Jr., Abigail (Clarke) Thurston, Elizabeth (Clarke) Stanton, Mary (Clarke) Fry, Amey (Clarke) Wood, Ann Clarke, Jeremiah Clarke and Samuel Clarke

Died 1 Aug 1719 at about age 74 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of England [uncertain]

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Sources

Latham's Findagrave page lists and has links to his parents, siblings, 1 spouse, 1 child. Please link the others if you find them. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126997006/latham-clarke#add-to-vc
Latham Clarke: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L2RG-VWX Lists his parents, siblings, spouses, children, 13 sources/notes.
Genealogical and Biographical Memorials of the Reading, Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham and Elkins Families. By Josiah Granville Leach. Printed for private circulation by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1898. 325 pages:
Page 230 - 231/Number 16: "Latham Clarke was born at Newport in 1645 & died 8/1/1719. He was for several years a member of the House of Deputies and is said to have been a Minister of fame among the Friends. He married (1) Hannah Wilbur, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Porter) Wilbur. (2) 9/20/1698, Anne Collins, born in 1652 & died 2/19/1732. Widow of Walter Newbury, Esq." Page 231 lists the 9 children with dates & spouse of Latham and his first wife, Hannah https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/254768/?offset=6#... and https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogical_and_Biographical_... Note: Page 230 in the book, on website counter, number 350 of 442.
Maps of his land holdings: https://portsmouthhistorical.org/land-grant-maps/ and https://portsmouthhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Portsmo...
Morrison, George Austin. Clarke Genealogies: the "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island. Press of the Evening Post Job Printing House, New York, 1902. http://digital.library.yale.edu/cdm/ref/collection/rebooks/id/101779 . See #19, section starting on page 34 (image 38) as well as the footnote on that page that discusses erroneous genealogy that says the William Clark who married Hannah Knight is the son of Latham.
Latham Clarke3 (Frances2, Lewis Latham1) was born at Newport in 1645 ; died 1 August 1719. He was for several years a member of the house of deputies, and is said to have been a minister of fame among the Friends. He married 1st, Hannah Wilbur, daughter of Samuel and Hannah (Porter) Wilbur; 2nd, Anne Collins, September 1698, born in 1652, died 19 February 1732; widow of Walter Newbury, Esq.
Memorial of Lewis Latham and Some of his Descendants. Pages 215 - 236, William Wilbore, Jr., Page 226. Hannah, Pages 222 & 230. Samuel, Page 230. Index of Names, Page 411.
Richardson, [Magna Carta Ancestry], (2011), Douglas Richardson, [Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families], Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), volume I, page 483, #16

Latham Clarke 2, RI Governor Captain Jeremiah Clarke and Lady Frances Latham both gateway ancestors to Charlemage