Samuel Clarke, the son of Jeremiah Clarke, married Hannah Wilcox, the daughter of Stephen Wilcox in 1693 in Kingston, Washington County, Rhode Island. Samuel and Hannah were both born in Kingston c. 1675. They started their family c. 1700 and resided in Westerly, Washington, RI:
John
Audley, male b. abt. 1706 (Audley was Samuel's mother's maiden surname)
Samuel
Hannah, our ancestor, b. abt 1725
Samuel
Sarah
Pictured at left in modern time,
Westerly is a town on the southwestern shoreline of Washington County, Rhode Island, first settled by English colonists in 1661 and incorporated as a municipality in 1669. It is a beachfront community on the south shore of the state. (Wikipedia)
Samuel and Hannah died in their 80s in 1761.
SAMUEL CLARKE
BORN: abt 1675 in South Kingston, Washington, RI
MARRIED: 1693 in North Kingston, Washington, RI
DIED: 1761 in Westerly, Washington, RI
HANNAH WILCOX
BORN: abt 1675 in North Kingston, Washington, RI
DIED: 18 Oct 1761 in Westerly, Washington, RI
SOURCES: Researcher, Leon Stiles, historian for Stiles and Affiliated Families Assn..re the birth of Samuel; : Elda Esch Dickinson, Benoni Dickinson and his Descendants; Compiler, John Osborn Austin, "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, page 423, genealogy of the Wilcox family..
