Jeremy Clarke (also known as Jeremiah Clarke) (1605–1652) was an early colonial settler and President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Born into a prominent family in England he was a merchant who came to New England with his wife Frances and four stepchildren settling first at Portsmouth in 1638 but the following year joining William Coddington and others in establishing the town of Newport.
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birth date
1605-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 1605-12-01
birth place
Kent, East Farleigh
child
Walter Clarke (governor)
death date
1652-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
death place
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Newport Rhode Island
order in office
2nd, President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
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