Dr. John Clarke

b. Westhorpe, Suffolk County, England, October 8,1609
d. Newport, RI, April 20, 1676

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Illustration from:
Portrait believed to be of John Clarke by Guilliam de Ville, 
from Redwood's Painting Collection .

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