Person:Margaret Unknown (766)

   Joseph Clarke married second MARGARET ------, about 1656 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. She died in 1694 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island. Residence: Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.

   Margaret Clarke, wife of Joseph Clarke, was mentioned in the will of her brother-in-law, Thomas Clarke, dated 28 July 1674, and Joseph Clarke is said to have had two wives in the will of his other brother, John Clarke, dated 20 April 1676. Therefore, Margaret must have been his second wife. On 25 September 1685, Joseph Clarke, of Newport, and his wife, Margaret, sold a 1/54th part of Conanicut Island, consisting of 89 acres, and a 1/54th part of Dutch Island to Francis Brinley of Newport for £100. Several secondary sources list her as Margaret Turner, but there is no known evidence to support this contention.

Proof needed she was Margaret Turner.

1.   Bonevitch, Jeffrey. Clarke Family. (<http://www.bonevich.com/clarke/clarkegen4.php#joseph>).
2.   George Austin Morrison, Jr., The "Clarke" Families of Rhode Island (The Evening Post Job Printing House, New Y.