1742, Rhode Island

Providence, Rhode Island, 1858. Harbor view, taken from the grounds of George W. Rhodes, Esquire. Hand-colored lithograph. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Sarah Clarke, wife of Lieutenant Edward Greenman, has died at the age of 49 in Charlestown, Washington, Rhode Island. She is the daughter of Jeremiah Clarke & Elizabeth Ann Sisson.

Peleg Sisson, son of Thomas Sisson & Jane Card, marries Rebecca Ingraham in Brightman's Pond, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island.

Benjamin Sherman, son of Thomas Sherman & Lydia Wilcox, and Mary Sherman, daughter of William Sherman & Abigail Palmer, are married in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.

(Sarah Clarke and Peleg Sisson are my first cousins 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah F. Lawton.
Benjamin Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury. Benjamin and Mary may be 2nd Cousins, sharing Common Ancestors, their Great Grandparents: Phillip Sherman & Sarah Odding and Edward Wilcox & Susannah Thompson.)

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