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Captain Jeremy Clerke

He "CAPTAIN JEREMIAH CLARKE came to America from England before 1638, in which year he was admitted as an inhabitant of "Aquidneck," the Indian name of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He married, in England, Frances, daughter of Lewis Latham and widow of William Dungan. They brought with them to America her children by her first marriage. She was born in 1611.
The Latham family of New England is descended from the old English line of which Frances, wife of Jeremiah Clarke, was a member. Her lineage appears under the title, "Latham Ancestry," herein.
On April 28, 1639, Jeremiah Clarke, with eight other men, signed a compact for the settlement of Newport, Rhode Island, at Portsmouth, when he is called "Elder." In the same year he was made Treasurer, and in 1639-1640, Constable. On March 10, 1640, he had a grant of one hundred and sixteen acres of land, and also in that year, with two others, was chosen to lay out the remainder of land at Newport, the new settlement. On March 16, 1641, he was made a freeman; in 1642, Lieutenant; and in 1644, Captain. He was Treasurer of Newport in 1644-1647, and in 1647-1649 was Treasurer of the four towns, the only ones then settled, of Rhode Island Colony. In 1648 he was made Assistant of the Colony, and "became President Regent, acting as Governor under this title, pending Governor William Coddington's clearance of certain accusations."
Captain Jeremiah Clarke died in January, 1652, and was buried at Newport. By January 18, 1656, his widow had married, as her third husband, Reverend William Vaughan. She died in September, 1677, in her sixty-seventh year, and was buried at Newport." He in Newport, RI in 1640.

7 childrenborn to this marriage
i. Walter CLARK was born 1640 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island,
and died 23 May 1714. He married Content GREENMAN 1660. He married
Hannah SCOTT Feb 1667. He married Freeborn WILLIAMS 6 Mar 1683. He
married Sarah PRIOR 31 Aug 1711.
ii. Mary CLARK was born 1641 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island,
and died 7 Apr 1711 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She married
John CRANSTON 3 Jun 1658 in , , Rhode Island. She married John
STANTON ABT 1687, son of Robert STANTON and Avis ALMY . He was
born 6 Aug 1645 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 3 Oct
1713 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She married Philip JONES.
iii. Jeremiah CLARK was born 1643 in Newport, Newport, Rhode
Island, and died 16 Jan 1729. He married Ann AUDLEY.
10. iv. Latham CLARKE was born 1645 in Newport, Newport, Rhode
Island, and died 1 Aug 1719 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. He
married Hannah WILBUR ABT 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island,
daughter of Samuel WILBUR and Hannah PORTER. She was born 1647 in
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, and died 6 Apr 1722 in Newport,
Newport, Rhode Island. He married Ann COLLINS 20 Sep 1698.
v. Weston CLARK was born 5 Apr 1648 in Newport, Newport, Rhode
Island, and died 1728. He married Mary EASTON. He married Rebecca
THURSTON 21 Nov 1691.
vi. James CLARK was born 1649 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island,
and died 1 Dec 1736. He married Hopestil or Hope POWER.
vii. Sarah CLARK was born 1651 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island,
and died 1706. She married John PINNER. She married Caleb CARR.