Capt. Seth Clarke, Sarah Tuxbeary - Salisbury Plains Cemetery, Amesbury Massachusetts

In Memory of
Cap^t Seth Clarke
died Feb. 23^d
1787
In the 51 Year
of
his Age

In Memory of
Sarah Tuxbeary
Consort of
David Tuxbeary
who departed this
life July 19, 1811
Aged 73 Years

Cemetery: Salisbury Plains Cemetery, Amesbury Massachusetts

Salisbury Deaths: Tukesbury, Sarah, w. Dea. David, July 19, 1811. 42

Clarke, Seth. Petition dated Boston, June 6, 1781, signed by Samuel Nye in behalf of himself and others of Salisbury, asking that said Clarke be appointed commander of the brigantine “Congress” (privateer); ordered in Council June 6, 1781, that a commission be issued. 2

A genealogy link for Seth Clark that states he was captured while commander of the privateer "Congress" and confined to a prison ship during the Revolutionary War.