Ancestry of
Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

Jeremiah "Jeremy" Clarke

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Marilyn Monroe — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1180 
  • Father:
  • William Clerke 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Weston   
  • Birth Date:
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  • Birth Location:
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  • Christening Date:
  • 1 Dec 1605 
  • Christening Location:
  • East Farleigh, Kent, England 
  • Death Date:
  • Jan 1652 
  • Death Location:
  • Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Clifton Burying Ground (aka Golden Hill Cemetery), Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Frances Latham
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1637 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Children:
  
  

  Weston Clarke

  Mary Clarke

  Sarah Clarke

  Walter Clarke (Ahnentafel No:590 )

  Jeremiah Clarke

• Sources for Jeremiah "Jeremy" Clarke

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/16/2013).
  • ² NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 71.
  • ³ NEHGS NEXUS: New England Across the United States, 1987, Vol. 4, p. 193.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1925, Vol. 79, p. 248.
  • ⁵ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1920, Vol. 74, p. 137.
  • ⁶ Rhode Island Roots: Journal of the Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1991, Vol. 17, p. 72.
  • ⁷ Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Page 32160, Marriage record for son Weston Clarke.
  • ⁸ The American Genealogist, 1948, Vol. 25, p. 249.
  • ⁹ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 205.
  • ¹⁰ Anderson, Robert Charles and others, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. II, C-F, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001), 14.
  • ¹¹ Brenneman, Richard E., "Notable Kin - New England in Hollywood, Part Three: The Possible Rhode Island Ancestry of Marilyn Monroe", www.americanancestors.org/notable-kin-the-possible-rhode-island-ancestry-of-marilyn-monroe, (accessed 10/09/2014).
  • ¹² Emery, William M., The Howland Heirs: Being the Story of a Family and a Fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust Established . . ., New Bedford, Massachusetts: E. Anthony and Sons, Inc. (1919), 34-35.
  • ¹³ Jordan, John W., ed., Colonial Families of Philadelphia, Vol. 2, New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1911), 1459.
  • ¹⁴ Leach, Josiah Granville, Genealogical and Biographical Memorials of the Reading, Howell, Yerkes, Watts, Latham, and Elkins Families, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: J. B. Lippincott Company (1898), 219-222.
  • ¹⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#58 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: Elizabeth Boyd Roberts: A Genealogical Tribute with 50 New . . .", (accessed 07/06/2017).
  • ¹⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 17-18.
  • ¹⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008), 114, 271.
  • ¹⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 488.
  • ¹⁹ Wikipedia, "Jeremy Clarke (governor)", (accessed 04/16/2013).