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Family: Elisha [RI] Clark/Clarke / Desire [Desirea] Gardiner (F6935)  [1

m. 20 Apr 1763


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  • Father | Male
    Elisha [RI] Clark/Clarke

    Born  Abt 1738  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Abt 1785  North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  20 Apr 1763  North Kingstown, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Elisha [RI] Clark/Clarke, Sr. | F6934 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Susannah Reynolds | F6934 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Desire [Desirea] Gardiner

    Born  Est 1743  Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

  • Sources 
    1. [S146] Reynolds Family Association, http://www.geneajourney.com/clarkej.html#elishaclrk.
      Joseph Clarke b 9 Dec 1618, Westhorpe, Suffolk, England, d 1 Jun 1694, Westerly, Washington, RI. He md [1] Unknown, [2] Margaret 16 Nov 1664, Newport, Newport, RI. She was b abt 1645, d 1694, RI.
      Child of Joseph Clarke and Margaret was:

      Carew Clarke b abt 1665, Westerly, RI, d 5 Jun 1759, Newport, Newport, RI. He md Ann Dyer 14 Feb 1693/94, Newport, Newport, RI, daughter of Samuel Dyer and Anne Hutchinson.
      Children of Carew Clarke and Ann Dyer were:

      Joseph Clarke b 20 Oct 1694, Newport, Newport, RI, d aft 1737, prob Warwick, RI; md Elizabeth Nichols 6 Nov 1718, East Greenwich, Kent, RI.
      Carew Clarke b 20 Sep 1696, Newport, Newport, RI; md Judith Duccineer 8 Dec 1720, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Ann Clarke b 8 Sep 1698, Newport, Newport, RI, d 9 Nov 1746; md Samuel Dunn 2 Sep 1718, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Mary Clarke b 8 Aug 1700, Newport, Newport, RI, d abt 1777, North Kingstown, Washington, RI; md George Wightman 11 Jun 1724, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Caleb Clarke b 22 May 1703, Newport, Newport, RI; md Dinah abt 1725.
      Jonathan Clarke b 12 Aug 1705, Newport, Newport, RI.
      William Clarke b 15 Jan 1707, Newport, Newport, RI, d 27 Mar 1749, East Greenwich, Kent, RI; md Ann Greene 8 Nov 1730, North Kingstown, Washington, RI.
      Elisha Clarke b 6 May 1709.
      Samuel Clarke b 1 Oct 1711, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Margaret Clarke b 24 Oct 1713, North Kingstown, Washington, RI; md Peter Spencer May 1736, North Kingstown, Washington, RI.
      Hutchinson Clarke b 1 May 1715, North Kingstown, Washington, RI.
      James Clarke b Feb 1717, North Kingstown, Washington, RI.

      Elisha Clarke b 6 May 1709, Newport, Newport, RI, d 6 May 1755, prob Newport, RI. He md Susannah Reynolds abt 1734, daughter of Joseph Reynolds and Mercy.
      Children of Elisha Clarke and Susannah Reynolds were:
      Joseph Clarke b abt 1735, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Thomas Clarke b abt 1737, Newport, Newport, RI.
      Elisha Clarke b abt 1738, RI; d abt 1785, North Kingstown, Washington, RI; md Desire Gardiner 20 Apr 1763, North Kingstown, Washington, RI.
      Ann Clarke b 1741.
      Mary Clarke b 7 Nov 1740, RI, d 8 Nov 1811; md Joseph Sanford 13 Jun 1764, Newport, RI.
      William Clarke b abt 1745.

      Ann Clarke b 1741, prob Newport, RI; d 9 Sep 1822, Newport, Newport, RI. She md Capt. Thomas Tew 6 Dec 1759, Newport, Newport, RI, son of James Tew and Ann Arnold.
      SOURCES:
      GL: English Origins of New England Families, Series 1, Volume 1, Clarke-Cooke (alias Carewe)-Kerrich, by G. Andrews Moriarty, pp 648-655, originally published in NEHGR, republished by Genealogical Publishing Company.