death_date children birth_date term_end death_place order term_start spouse image name occupation caption resting_place predecessor birth_place office successor religion article_title
january 1652 walter , james , sarah , mary , jeremiah , latham , weston baptized 1 december 1605 1649 newport , rhode island 2nd 1648 frances -lrb- latham -rrb- dungan clarke.jeremy.gravemedalion.110722.jpg jeremy clarke constable , captain , treasurer , assistant , president jeremy clarke grave medallion clifton burying ground , newport john coggeshall east farleigh , kent , england president plantations of the colony of rhode island and providence john smith quaker jeremy clarke -lrb- governor -rrb-

jeremy clarke -lrb- governor -rrb-

jeremy clarke -lrb- also known as jeremiah clarke -rrb- -lrb- 1605 -- 1652 -rrb- 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 .
here he held a variety of civic positions until 1648 when coddington 's election as president of the colony was disputed , and clarke was chosen to serve in that office instead .
he was the father of walter clarke , another colonial governor of rhode island , and also had family connections with several other future governors of the colony .
