Rebecca Clarke

Rebecca was the daughter of Edward Thurston and Elizabeth Mott. Her first husband was Peter Easton Jr. Her second, was Weston Clarke, son of Jeremiah Clarke and Latham, widower of Mary Easton.

Biography

From Thurston Genealogies by Brown Thurston B. Thurston, 1892 - . Page 518

Rebecca,2 b. April, 1662; m. 1st, Peter Easton; he d. Dec. 17, 1690, aged 31; 2d. Nov. 25, 1691, Weston Clarke; she d. Sept. 16, 1737.

Mr. Clarke was freeman 1655, rep. of Providence, R. I., 1663, but returned to Newport His daughter, Elinor, by a former marriage, m., in 1674, George Havens of Portsmouth, R. I.

Rebecca's children were:

1. Rebecca (Easton), b. July 5, 1684;
2. Peter (Easton), b. Nov. 11, 1685, m. 1st, Content Slocum, 2d, Ann Stanton, he d. Dec, 1747;
3. Ann (Easton), b. Sept. 3, 16S7, d. Nov. 23, 1690;
4. Joshua (Easton), b. April 27, 1689;
5. Jeremiah (Clarke), b. July 27, 1692, d. Sept. 3, 1756;
6. Mary (Clarke), b. Feb. 8, 1694;
7. Elizabeth (Clarke), b. Nov. 5, 1695;
8. Weston (Clarke), b. Aug. 25, 1697, d. June 22, 1737;
9. Rose (Clarke), b. 1698 or 9, m., July 16. 1719. Scth Spooner, b. Jan. 31, 1695, d- March 28, 178;, having had Walter (Spooner), b. 1720, Elizabeth (Spooner), b. 1722, Rebecca (Spooner), b. 1729.

References

• The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta, 1215 ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, William Ryland Beall Page 132. GoogleBooks
• New England Marriages Prior to 1700 By Clarence Almon Torrey Page 159GoogleBooks
• Thurston Genealogies By Brown Thurston. Page 518. GoogleBooks
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54430288/rebecca-clarke