Francis Clarke
Birth: 1753
Death: Aug. 22, 1786
Brother of Jeremiah Clarke.
Francis Clarke was about twenty-three and Alice Rice was about forty-one when they married about 1777.
Their known children:
Hannah Clarke (Wardlaw)(b.1778 d.1825)
William Clarke (b.1779)
Mary Clarke (Rose)(b.1781 d.1830)
They had been married about nine years and their daughter, Mary was about five years old when Francis died on August 22, 1786 in Charleston County, South Carolina.
Francis lived to about age 33. Francis, his brother, Jeremiah and their mother are all on the same headstone.
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