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Also living with the family was Cathrine Thomas, age 36, birthplace Pa, and Lucinda Robeson, age 12, birthplace Pa.

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According to his father's obit, he was still living at the time of his father's death, and he was still living in the Burlington area.

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Ran a general store in the small settlement of Franklin Mills,Ia, which is very near to the Hartzell farm north of Burlington. Adam Hartzell worked at the mill located at Franklin Mills. Said to be living in Burlington at the time of his father's death.

Middle name may have come from a James Moffit, who was mayor in West Brownsville, Pa around the time of his birth.

Buried in family plot at Aspen Grove Cemetery.

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Was killed when a chain being used to tow a car snapped and recoiled back through the windshield.

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This was John's second wife.

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A native of Massachusets, removed to Ohio, and settled first at Burton, 1799, and later at Tallmadge, where Martha, the firth of a family of seven chilcren, was born. Mr. Clark removed to Ravenna after the death of his wife in 1833.

"Ephraim Clark, Esq, a member of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, 80 years of age and a native of Southington, fell dead in a street of Ravenna, Ohio, on the 31st inst."--15 Mar 1858, Hartford (CN) Courant.

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James Clark came from England and settled in New Haven, Conn in 1638.

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Soldier in the American Revolution

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Birthdate is given as 2 April 1643 by Crume.

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Crume lists place of death as Westerly, Washington, RI

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Of Westhorpe, Suffolk, England. The Clarke family has been extensively researched because of their prominence in the early history of Rhode Island. Joseph Clarke, his three brothers and two sisters, emigrated to New England--mainly Rhode Island via Boston--as early as 1636. Joseph Clarke came to Rhode Island in 1638, living at Newport and Westerly. He was a large landholder, active in the local government, charter member of the First Baptist Church on the Island of Aquidneck (now called Rhode Island), and was the only member of the family to leave issue in America. During the years 1651-1663, Joseph Clarke's brother, John, a physician and Baptist minister, negotiated the Colonial charter for Rhode Island with the government of Charles II of England.

From another source cited by Crume comes the following account:
Joseph Clarke left England abt 1637 and came direct it is thought to Rhode Island and was admitted as an inhabitant of the Island of Aquidneck in 1638. He was a member of the 1st Baptist Church of Newport, RI 1644; Freeman 1655; Assistant to the Governor 1657, 63, 64, 64, 78, and 1679. His name is on the Charter of Rhode Island signed by Charles II on 8 July 1663. He was an inhabitant of Westerly RI 8 May 1669 as he sold 89 acres of land to Francis Brimly of Newport on that date. It is signed by he and his wife Margaret.

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Rev Joseph Clarke, Sr
BIRTH 9 Dec 1618
Westhorpe, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
DEATH 1 Jun 1694 (aged 75)
Rhode Island, USA
BURIAL
Swan Point Cemetery
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
MEMORIAL ID 54609439 · View Source

MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 26
Swamp Yankee from Mystic, A Family, A Region and It's Roots, By James H Allyn, Copyright 1980, Page 50-51:
CLARKE. Joseph Clarke [11] was one of the four brothers who came to Portsmouth in 1638, and the only one to leave children. He and his wife Margaret had ten, six of them boys. While his older brother John was spending thirteen years in London getting a charter for Rhode Island, Joseph became the spiritual leader of the community, and one of the founders of the Seventh-Day Baptist Church in Newport. Later he was the first pastor of the church in Hopkinton, later Westerly. For seven year she was Governor's Assistant from Newport, and for two more years from Westerly. He was also Deputy for several years, dying in office at the age of seventy-two.
*******************************The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (For the year 1860-Volume XIV) Early Settlers of Westerly, RI, J.D. Champlin, Jr., NEHGR, Vol 14, January 1860, Page 25
Joseph Clark .- There were four brothers of the name 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 along time Colony Agent in London.
Of his brothers, Joseph Sen. 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 married Tobias Saunders; Joshua;Sarah, b. Jan. 29, 1663, m. Thomas Reynolds Oct 11, 1683; Thomas, Katy,and Elizabeth."--Find-a-grave