When Nathaniel Clarke was born on 26 August 1732, in Newport, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, John Clark, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Breame, was 25. He married Mary Proud on 16 December 1762, in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters.
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The first Jewish Synagogue in America was built in Newport, Rhode Island in 1763. It still stands today, making it the oldest synagogue in the United States.
On June 9, 1772, colonists that are angry with the trade restrictions that Britain put them under, board the HMS Gaspee and set it ablaze. This was the first act of violence against the British on the North American continent.
English and Irish: variant of Clark .
History: This name was brought independently to New England by many bearers from the 17th century onward. Nicholas Clarke was one of the founders of Hartford, CT (coming from Cambridge, MA with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
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