Hi Ethel... I have him as the son of Joseph CLARKE, b. 20 Oct 1694, Newport, Newport Co., RI & Elizabeth NICHOLS, b. 16 Mar 1695, of East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI... I have his spouse spelling as Patience RATHBURN... Do you have their marriage date? And do you have any other of their kids in addition to John? Thanks From Joe ARLT........joearlt@juno.com......CLARK Clearing House... Compulsive Genealogy Searcher, (NY of particular interest), ARLT, CLARK, COSTELLO, COVERT, FALANGA, GUIDETTI, HIGGINS, KONEN, PARISI, RIDER, TOMPKINS, Van AUKEN & WAGNER On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:12:58 EDT VLawson21@aol.com writes: > Possibly Capt. Benjamin Clarke (sea Capt?) > b. 3 Sep 1721 > Warwick, Kent, RI > m. 3 Patience Rathbone > Exeter, RI > > Need any documented information on this Benjamin. > > Thank you.