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The will of  William Dunghen, dated Sept. 13, 1636, and registered in the P: C. (103 Pile). (The original will is missing, hence the writer was unable to confirm the peculiar spelling of the name Dungan.)

" In the name of God amen, I, William Dunghen, of the parish of St. Martins 'the Fields, in the County of Middlesex, Perfumer, being sick of body, but of good and perfect memory and understanding (thanks be given to Almighty God therefore doe make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament, in manner and forme following, That is to saye, First and principally, I commit my sole unto the hands Almighty God, my Maker, Saviour and Redeemer, through whose mercies and merits , I hope to be saved and to enjoy everlasting life in his heavenly kingdome. My body I commit to earth from whence it came to be buried at the discretion of my loving wife and executrix, here under named. And for my wordly goods wherewith God hath endowed me (my just debts being first paid and funeral expenses discharged I give and bequeath to each of my children, viz: Barbara Dunghen, William Dunghe Frances Dunghen and Thomas Dunghen, three score and ten pounds apiece, to paid unto them when they shall attaine to their full ages, or daye of marriage. if it happen, any of my said children shall dye before they come of age or happen marry, then my will and meaning is, that the part or porcion of him or her, or the soe dyeing, shall revert and come to the survivor or survivors of my said children to be equally divided part and portion alike between them. Any my further and meaneing is, that my said wife shall dureing her widdowhood, have the governing of my said children's porcions, then my true intent and meaning is, that my said wife shall give good security to my overseers hereunder named, for the true and sure payment of the said legacies bequeathed to my said children as aforesaid according to my true intent and meaneing herein expressed. Item: All other my estate, whatsoever be it, in goods, chattels, leases, ready money, plate, or other my substance what ever, I bequeath to my loveing wife Frances Dunghen, whome I make full and executrix.

William Dunghen.

His widow Frances Dungan was assessed and paid taxes, as appears from the Book of Poor Rates," p. 25, of St. Martins‑in‑the‑Fields (exact date not given b between April 29, 1636, and April 16, 163'7)."Covent Garden‑Widdow Dungan IX S. IXd."

From the " Book of Arrears of Rates," p. 33, collected by John Mandrake and Jo Johnson; Widdowe Dungan, II S.

She also paid an assessment of XIII S. in 1637, by reason of the "Longe contyuance of the plague" levied by the Church wardens, for the relief and maintenance of the poor. Her residence is given as Covent Garden, East side of Bedford Sir Lewis Dive, half brother of the Earl of Bristol, also paid the assessment; he was living on Henrietta St., south side. .

About one year after the death of William Dungan, his widow, Frances, married Jeremy Clarke, Gentleman, son of William Clarke, Gentleman, by his wife Mary Weston and nephew of Richard Weston, Earl of Portland and Lord Treasurer of England, and through the Clarke lineage, a descendant of King Edward I, whose ancestry is given at length elsewhere in this volume. (See also New England Historic Genealogical Register, January and April, 1920).

Rhode Island Land Evidences, Vol. 1, (1921), R. I. Historical Society, P. 43 and 44.

Agreement between Walter Clarke and Mrs. Frances Vahan, dated January 18^th 1656.

Articles of Agreement between Walter Clarke, of Newport, and his mother Mrs. Frances Vahan, agreed upon also by the guardians of------------Walter Clarke ( his brother‑in‑law) Mr. Barker and Captain Cranston. Walter Clarke hath settled upon him the dwellinge house wherein Mrs. Francis Vahan now lives with the yards Garden…..