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Ancestries[edit]

Hannah Mawney[edit]

Shell[edit]

MARY TILLINGHAST (1694-1727)[edit]

ROBERT GIBBS (c.1700-1769)[edit]

AMEY (WHIPPLE) CRAWFORD (1699-1757)[edit]

NICHOLAS GARDNER (c.1680-1746)[edit]

MARY LITTLEFIELD (c.1685--1771)[edit]

ABIEL SHERMAN (1684-1742)[edit]

DORCAS GARDNER (c.1695-1762)[edit]

JOHN CASE (born say 1690)[edit]

ABIGAIL FISH (born c. 1700)[edit]

NATHANIEL NILES (c.1702-1785)[edit]

ABIGAIL DOLOVER (c.1705-c.1730)[edit]

Families[edit]

(7g) Moses LeMoine[edit]

French Settlers (1879):90-1

Only the surname LeMoine appears on the original plat of the Frenchtown settlement in E. Greenwich, RI, in the 1680s. By family tradition, the given name of the family founder in America was Moses. Dozens of French Huguenot families settled the area, but conflicting land claims forced most of the families to leave the area. The LeMoines were among the few to stay, and the surname became anglicized, first to Money and then to its current form, Mawney. The name of the wife of Moses has never been discovered, but there were two children:

  • Peter, b. 1689, m. (1) Mary Tillinghast and (2) Mercy Tillinghast
  • Mary, m. _______ Appleby of New York.

(6g) Peter Mawney[edit]

French Settlers (1879):91-2

Peter Mawney, b. E. Greenwich, RI 1689, d. Providence 9 Sep 1754, was the son of Moses LeMoine, one of the Huguenot proprietors of the Frenchtown settlement in East Greenwich whose surname appears on the original plat. The family name was anglicized at times to "Money" but predominantly became "Mawney." Peter was married first in E. Greenwich, RI on 6 May 1714 to Mary TILLINGHAST, the daughter of Pardon Tillinghast, Jr. and Mary Keech. Peter was married second in E. Greenwich on 14 February 1728/9 to Mercy TILLINGHAST, the sister of Mary. In August 1722 Peter was an Ensign in the first Regiment of the Militia of the Islands, but by August 1747 had become a Colonel. He lived most of his life in E. Greenwich, and was called of that place as late as 1752 when his daughter Mary was married, but shortly before his death he moved to Providence where his will is recorded. His will, dated 13 July 1754, was proved in Providence 7 October 1754. Following his death, his widow Mercy was married in Providence on 18 April 1756 to James Brown of Norwich, Connecticut. Peter, his second wife, and all of his known children were mentioned in the will of his father-in-law Pardon Tillinghast, dated 3 Oct 1743. Peter's first wife, Mary, is buried in the Tillinghast Cemetery in E. Greenwich, while he and his second wife are buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence. Peter had five children with his first wife, and three more with the second, all born in E. Greenwich. Children with first wife, Mary Tillinghast: [20]

  • Elizabeth, b. 22 Nov 1714, d. Prov. 2 May 1777; m. (1) E. Greenwich, RI 7 Feb 1733 Capt George THOMAS Jr., b. NK 7 Feb 1708, d. 1735, son of George Thomas and Alice Gorton; m. (2) 13 Jun 1743, as his second wife, Joseph OLNEY, b. Pr 7 Jun 1706, d. Pr 9 Oct 1777 of smallpox, son of James Olney and Hallelujah Brown. Joseph had m. as his first wife at Prudence Island 16:9mo:1730 (16 Nov 1730) Sarah Pierce, b. ca 1710, d. 23 Apr 1742 with whom he had six children. Joseph Olney was a glazier and also kept a noted inn. Elizabeth had one child with her first husband, that died at the age of three, and had seven more children with her second husband. It is highly unlikely that Elizabeth had another husband, James Tillinghast (son of Benjamin), during the eight or so years between the above two husbands. In one document dated 27 January 1741/2 she was called Elizabeth Thomas, widow. There is no evidence that James Tillinghast ever married. Elizabeth is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [21]
  • John, b. 11 Aug 1718, m. Amey GIBBS.
  • Lydia, b. 1723, d. Providence 18 Dec 1801, aged 78, married, as his second wife, Dr. Ephraim BOWEN, b. Rehoboth, Mass. 3 Oct 1716, d. Providence 21 Oct 1812, the son of Thomas-4 Bowen (Richard-3, Thomas-2, Richard-1) and Sarah Hunt of Rehoboth. Ephraim had married first in Providence on 9 Feb 1737/8 Mary Fenner, the daughter of Thomas Fenner and Mary Abbott. Ephraim had three children with his first wife, then he and Lydia had eleven children. Lydia and Ephraim share a grave marker in the Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, and his first wife has a separate marker there. [22]
  • Marcy, b. ca 1724, d. 6 Jul 1744 in 21st year, m. E. Greenwich 23 Dec 1742 Thomas FRY, b. E. Greenwich 29 Dec 1723, d. 23 Dec 1805, the son of Thomas Fry and Mary Greene. Following Marcy's death, Thomas married Penelope Rhodes, the daughter of Joseph Rhodes and Mary Arnold. Marcy had one child before her untimely death: Mercy, b. E. Greenwich 27 April 1744. Marcy is buried in the Tillinghast Lot, RI Hist Cem E. Greenwich #18. [23]
  • Mary, b. 1727, d. Providence 14 Dec 1769, aged 42, m. Providence (or East Greenwich) 5 Oct 1752 James ANGELL, b. 28 July 1723, d. 2 Feb 1785, son of John Angell and Mary Dexter. Mary and James had six children. Mary is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [24]

Children with second wife, Mercy Tillinghast:

  • Pardon, b. 1 Oct 1733 (per VRRI 1:EG:132; 5 Oct per Potter in "French Settlements"), went to sea. Though mentioned in the will of his grandfather Pardon Tillinghast in 1743, he was not mentioned in the will of his father in 1754. In a deed dated 22 Aug 1758 he was called late of E. Greenwich, though not specifically called deceased or missing. [25]
  • Sarah, b. ca 1735, d. Smithfield, RI 20 Apr 1820 in 86th yr; m. E. Greenwich 6 Oct 1752 Joseph WHIPPLE, b. 1734, d. Smithfield 6 Jan 1816, son of John Whipple. Sarah and Joseph had seven known children. They are buried with grave markers in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [26]
  • Amey, b. ca 1737, d. E. Greenwich 22 July 1762 in her 26th year. She married in Providence 22 April 1760 Dr. Samuel CAREW, b. Norwich, CT 5 Sep 1735, d. Providence 7 Dec 1772, the son of Palmer Carew and Hannah Hill. Following Amey's death, Samuel m. (2) in Providence 23 Dec 1764 Susanna Snow, daughter of Rev. Joseph Snow and Sarah Field, and he m. (3) in Providence 23 June 1766 Keziah Chase. Amey had one child before her untimely death: Zabdiel Mawney Carew, b. E. Greenwich 28 Feb 1761, deceased by 11 Aug 1781 (the date of his step-mother's codicil). Amey is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [27]

(5g) John Mawney[edit]

French Settlers (1879):92-4; RI Roots Bonus Issue April 2021, p 89

John, the son of Peter Mawney and Mary Tillinghast, was born in East Greenwich, Rhode Island on 11 Aug 1718 and died at Providence, RI 13 June 1754. He married at Providence 29 Oct 1745 Amey GIBBS, b. Providence 4 July 1725, d. Cranston July 1805 (her death notice appearing on the 13th of that month), daughter of Robert Gibbs and Amey Whipple. In 1742 John was an ensign in the Providence County Troop of Horse, but by 1746 he had become Sheriff of Providence, which post he held to his death. His will, dated 5 June 1754, was proved in Providence 5 Aug 1754. He is buried in the North Burial Ground. His wife is likely there as well, but has no grave marker. In the Cranston town council records of 1 Jan 1785, Mrs. Amey Mawney was to be compensated $28 for land and damages resulting from the recent laying out of a highway. Children, born in Providence: [28]

  • Mary, b. 3 Dec 1746, d. 25 Dec 1757, buried N. Burial Ground. She is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [29]
  • Nancy (Anne), b. 1747, d. 3 March 1765. Her death notice appeared in the Providence Gazette, reading "Mawney, Anne, eldest daughter of late John of Providence, merchant" with the given date. Elisha Potter, in his Memoir concerning the French Settlements of Rhode Island... says she was aged 17 when she died. This is a bit troubling, because, though not impossible, it is unusual for three children to be born within a period of 25 months, without a multiple birth. She was likely either a twin to Mary, or lese she was born 1749 or later. [30]
  • Pardon, b. 27 Dec 1748, m. Experience GARDNER. They are buried in the Pardon Mawney Lot at Camp Fogarty in East Greenwich, RI. [31]
  • John, b. 1751, d. Cranston 3 March 1830, per his tombstone, but his death notice appeared on 2 March in the Providence Phenix. He married first in Hopkinton, RI (notice) 2 Dec 1775 Nancy WILSON, the daughter of a Dr. Wilson; and m. (2) Elizabeth P. CLARKE, b. 1765, d. Cranston 20 April 1803. He was a physician and also a colonel in the Rhode Island Militia. He was a member of the party that burned the British vessel Gaspee, and following the incident removed a bullet from Lieutenant Duddingston, the vessel's commander. Fifty years after the American Revolution, Dr. Mawney was among the four veterans of the Gaspee incident still living, and was honored by the state of Rhode Island. He is buried in the North Burial Ground. [32]
  • Hannah, b. 9 April 1755, d. 15 Nov 1789, and m. Providence 23 Jan 1775 Stephen HARRIS, b. 28 Dec 1753, d. 26 May 1817, the son of David Harris. Following Hannah's death Stephen married Abigail Cushing, b. 3 Jan 1769, d. 9 Oct 1841. Though the birth date for Hannah given here was published in Sterling's cemetery book for the North Burial Ground (2000), that birth date is ten months after the death of Hannah's father. There is likely an error in this date, and the tombstone should be closely consulted. Hannah, her husband, and his second wife are all buried in the North Burial Ground. [33]

Dr. John Mawney[edit]

French Settlers (1879):93-4

John Mawney, b. 1750, d. Providence, RI 3 March 1830, was the son of John Mawney and Amey Gibbs. He m. (1) (notice) 2 Dec 1775 Mary Ann Willson (called Nancy Willson in her marriage notice), b. Hopkinton, Mass. 22 Feb 1754, d. c. 1783, the daughter of John Willson and Elisabeth Overing. He m. (2) in Hopkinton, Mass. 5 April 1784 Elizabeth Prentice Clarke, b. Hopkinton 25 April 1765, d. Providence 20 April 1803, the daughter of Isaac Clarke and Elizabeth Hill. John has a grave marker at the North Burial Ground in Providence. His two wives are also likely buried there, but have no markers. Children: [34]

with first wife, Mary Ann "Nancy":

  • Polly, baptized Hopkinton, Mass. 13 April 1777, likely died young
  • John W., "only son of John, Esq.", b. c. 1780, d. Cranston 1816 (death notice in Providence Phenix 16 Nov 1816), m. 1811 (marriage notice in Providence Gazette of 18 May 1811) Ruth Gladding, b. say 1785, d. 1815 (death notice in Providence Phenix on 24 Oct 1815), the daughter of Capt John Gladding. No record has been found as to the mother of John W. Their daughter Elizabeth Clarke Mawney, b. Cranston 13 Aug 1813, married in Philadelphia, PA 3 June 1841 William A. Cole, b. Warwick, RI 21 Aug 1815. They had many children, most of whom were born in Baltimore, MD. The assumption has been made that "John W." stands for "John Willson", making him a son of the first wife of his father, and named after her father. Why he would name a daughter after the family of his step-mother, is probably because he was raised by her, and had a close affinity with her.

with second wife, Elisabeth:

  • Mary Clark, b. c. 1786, d. Brooklyn, NY 27 May 1863 (d. notice in New York Evening Post of 28 May), m. 1808 (intention in Hopkinton, Mass. 3 Jan 1808; mar. notice in Providence Gazette of 13 Feb 1808) Henry Valentine, b. Hopkinton, MA 5 Oct 1786, d. NY 7 March 1847, the son of Samuel Valentine and Elizabeth Jones. They had seven children. Mary and Henry are buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. [35]
  • Susan, b. Providence 5 Jan 1788, d. Worcester, Mass. 10 Oct 1869, m. Hopkinton, Mass. 27 Sep 1812 Benjamin Pond Ware, d. 1816. They had two children: Albert P., b. 3 Aug 1813 and Charles M., b. 23 Aug 1815. Susan apparently never remarried, and in 1850 she was living in Worcester, Mass. with her son Albert P. Ware and his family. in 1865 she was living in Warwick, RI with the family of Robert G. and Caroline Mawney. She is buried in the Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Mass. [36]

(4g) Pardon Mawney[edit]

French Settlers (1879):94-98

Pardon, the son of John Mawney and Amey Gibbs of Providence, Rhode Island, was born there 27 Dec 1748 and d. E. Greenwich, RI 6 Aug 1831. He was married in June 1772 to Experience GARDNER, b. S. Kingstown, RI 1 Nov 1751, d. E. Greenwich 28 Nov 1815, the daughter of Caleb Gardner and Isabel Sherman of S. Kingstown. As an adult Pardon lived on the homestead farm in East Greenwich that had been willed to him by his grandfather, Peter Mawney. He and Experience had 15 children. His will, dated 1 September 1825, was proved in E. Greenwich on 26 November 1831. Pardon and Experience are buried with several of their children in the Pardon Mawney Lot, RI Hist Cem E. Greenwich #60, located in what used to be Frenchtown. Children, all b. E. Greenwich, RI: [37]

  • Peter L., b. 16 April 1773, d. Moreau, Saratoga Co., NY 30 Jan 1868. Based on the naming history within the family, his middle name was likely LeMoine, the French surname of the family before it was anglicized to Mawney. He married about 1805 Zeruah PATCHIN, b. 12 Feb 1784, d. 9 April 1839, and with her had six known children, all born in New York. According to the obituary of Dr. Billy J. Clark, Peter L. Mawney had a licensed tavern in Moreau, New York. A new temperance society being established by Dr. Clark held its preliminary meeting at this tavern on 13 April 1808. Peter, his wife Zeruah, and five of their six children are buried in the Griswold Cemetery, Moreau, NY. [38]
  • John Gardner, b. 1 Oct 1774, d. Kent Co., RI 28 Dec 1846, married in East Greenwich on 21 February 1801 to Mary "Polly" Searle, b. Cranston, RI 22 Feb 1779, d. RI 13 Oct 1846, the daughter of William Searle and Catherine Greene. John G. was the clerk of one of the courts of Kent County for many years. Though they were residents of Warwick, it appears that this is the John G. Mawney who was appointed as the postmaster of East Greenwich in 1841. They had eight known children. John and Mary are buried in the Pardon Mawney Lot, RI Hist Cem EG #60. [39]
  • Infant, b. late 1775, d. 1775. This child has no gravestone, but is mentioned by E. R. Potter in his book on French Settlements. [40]
  • Amey (twin), b. 23 March 1777, d. N. Kingstown, RI 3 Oct 1864, m. (1) Capt William Earle TILLINGHAST of Providence, b. 23 March 1778, d. 25 April 1817, the son of Joseph Tillinghast (b 1734) and Mary Earle (b 1753). She m. (2) Elisha ATKINS of Providence, b. 2 April 1788, d. 18 June 1867, son of Elisha and Abigail Atkins. Amey appears in both the 1850 and 1860 federal censuses, living in Newport, RI with her second husband and an Irish servant both years, and with another boarder in 1850. In 1850 Elisha was called a school teacher and in 1860 he was called a surveyor of customs. Amey and her first husband are buried in the Pardon Mawney Lot, RI Hist Cem EG #60. Elisha is buried in the Putnam Heights Cemetery, Putnam, CT. [41]
  • Nancy (twin), b. 23 March 1777, d. E. Greenwich 2 Dec 1787, aged 10. She is buried near her parents in RI Hist Cem EG #60. [42]
  • Mary, b. 25 April 1779, d. S. Kingstown 26 July 1835, married in South Kingstown 9 July 1810 Elisha Reynolds POTTER, b. Kingston, RI 5 Nov 1764, d. S. Kingstown 26 Sep 1835, son of Colonel Thomas Potter and Elizabeth Reynolds. Elisha had previously been married to Mary (Gardner) Perkins who died in 1809. Mary's husband was a member of the U.S. Congress 1796-7 and 1809-15, and in 1818 an unsuccessful candidate for State Governor. He was a very large man with a vigorous personality, according to his son, Elisha. Mary is buried with her husband in a stone mausoleum in the Col. Thomas Potter Lot, RI Hist Cem SK #9. [43]
  • Moses, b. 11 Nov 1780, d. E. Greenwich 1 Aug 1821, m. Elizabeth "Betsey" ARNOLD. (see below)
  • Hannah, b. 12 April 1782, d. N. Kingstown 20 Sep 1860, m. (1) E. Greenwich 29 August 1802 Nicholas TILLINGHAST, son of George Tillinghast and Mary Greene. She m. (2) December 1824 Jeffrey DAVIS, b. 6 Nov 1780, d. 21 July 1854, the son of Joshua Davis and Sybil Dean, and the widower of Hannah's sister Elizabeth. Hannah is named in the will of her husband, Jeffrey Davis of N. Kingstown, yeoman, dated 17 Jun 1854 and proved three months later on 11 September. Also named are two sons, George A. Davis and William D. Davis, and daughter Abby Wilbur, wife of Thomas B. Wilbur. Grandson Jeffrey Davis, under 18 and son of William D. Davis is also named (RIGR 10:193). Hannah and her husband are buried in the Davis Lot, RI Hist Cem NK #6. [44]
  • Elizabeth, b. 7 July 1784, d. 20 July 1814, m. 19 October 1806 Jeffrey DAVIS, and after her death her husband married her sister Hannah (see above). Elizabeth is buried in the Davis Lot with her husband and sister. [45]
  • Nicholas G., b. 18 March 1786, d. E. Greenwich, RI 27 Aug 1874. His middle name was likely Gardner, because he has an ancestor named Nicholas Gardner. He never married and was the last survivor of the children of Pardon and Experience. His will, dated 13 August and proved 31 October 1874, is recorded in E. Greenwich, and mentions by name several of his siblings, all deceased, and many nieces and nephews. He is buried near his parents in RI Hist Cem EG #60. [46]
  • Robert Gibbs, b. 1788 went to sea in 1811 and was never heard from again.
  • Caleb, b. 1789, d. E. Greenwich 1790, likely named for his grandfather, Caleb Gardner. Caleb has no gravestone, but was most likely buried in his parents' lot, RI Hist Cem EG #60. [47]
  • Tabitha, b. 1791, d. 14 March 1808, and buried in her parents' family lot, RI Hist Cem EG #60. [48]
  • Samuel Ayrault, b. 8 May 1792, d. N. Kingstown 8 Jan 1866, and m. 1816 Phebe NICHOLS, b. RI 16 July 1799, d. 19 Sep 1868 (dates from Wightman genealogy), the daughter of Jonathan Nichols Mary Wightman. Phebe was named in her father's will. As a very young man, Samuel was a mariner, and was issued a Seaman Protection Certificate on 20 Oct 1809 at the age of 17. His complexion was given as light, and his birth place E. Greenwich. In 1820 Samuel was living in Reading, Steuben Co., NY, aged 26-44 with wife, aged 16-25, two presumed daughters, aged less than 10, and another girl, aged 10-15. In 1830 the family was living in Starkey, Yates Co., NY, he and wife aged 30-39, two daughters aged 10-14 and one aged 5-9, and a boy aged 15-19. Unusual for the day, Samuel and Phebe were divorced, and though they were living in Yates Co., NY, their separation agreement, dated 6 Jan 1831, appears in the deed book of E. Greenwich, RI. Phebe has not been found in 1840, but Samuel was living in E. Greenwich, RI that year, aged 50-59, with females aged 15-19 and 20-29, presumably two of his three daughters. In 1850 Phebe was living in Henrietta, Monroe Co., NY with her daughter Mariah Chappell and family, and her name on the census was "Phebe Mewsey", aged 50, b. RI. That same year, Samuel was living in Fairfax Co., Virginia with another daughter, Isabella Maynard and husband, his name being incorrectly given as Samuel A. Maynard, aged 65, farmer, b. RI. Neither Samuel nor Phebe has been found in the 1860 census. Children: (1) Elizabeth, m. Edward Wheeler of Auburn, NY; (2) Maria, m. Maynard Chappell of Henrietta, NY; (3) Isabella Ann, m. James G. Maynard of Providence, Fairfax Co., VA, and Bureau Co., IL. Samuel is buried in his parents' lot, RI Hist Cem EG #60; the burial location for Phebe has not yet been found. [49]
  • Isabella Ann, b. 30 Nov 1797, d. NY 29 July 1873, m. South Kingstown, RI 27 June 1822 Peter Grinnell TAYLOR, b. RI Oct 1795, d. Brooklyn, NY 20 Dec 1871, the son of William Taylor and Elizabeth Andrews of Providence, Rhode Island. In their marriage notice, Peter was called the postmaster at Charlestown, Indiana, which at the time was the seat of Clark County, located on the Ohio River. By 1824 the couple was living in Little Compton, RI where their first child was born. They were still living in Rhode Island in 1831 when their third child was born, but by 1850 the family was living in Brooklyn, NY, but of the three children, the oldest daughter Isabella, had married so was not with her parents in the census. Peter and Isabella stayed in Brooklyn for the remainder of their lives, being enumerated on the 1865 and 1870 censuses; they are buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY, as is their son Pardon. Children: (1) Pardon L., b. Little Compton, RI April 1824, buried Green-Wood Cem. 23 Nov 1860, m. Brooklyn 2 Oct 1851 Laura Garfield of New Orleans, LA; (2) Isabella Ann, b. RI 24 Aug 1826, d. 8 Oct 1915, m. Brooklyn 14 Sep 1848 George Washington Frost, b. 14 Sep 1824, d. 1 July 1879. Col. Frost was agent of the Newmarket Manufacturing Company, Newmarket, NH, for many years. He was a Lt Col of the 15th New Hampshire Volunteers during the Civil War; (3) Amey Elizabeth, b. RI 1831, m. Walter J. Gilbert, b. Mass. 1826; they were living with her parents in Brooklyn in 1865, but only Elizabeth was with them in 1870. [50]

(3g) Moses Mawney[edit]

Moses, the seventh of 15 children born to Pardon Mawney and Experience Gardner of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, was born there 11 Nov 1780, d. there 1 Aug 1821, and married in North Kingstown, RI on 1 Dec 1816 (by Rev. Mr. Gardner) Elizabeth "Betsey" ARNOLD, b. Exeter, RI 7 Dec 1791, d. E. Greenwich 5 Oct 1884, daughter of Josiah Arnold and Freelove Case of Exeter. Moses predeceased his father, and the 1825 will of his father, Pardon Mawney, left to the children of Moses the part of the old Huguenot farm containing the dwelling house and other buildings. Moses and Betsey both have extant gravestones in the Pardon Mawney Lot located on their property in E. Greenwich (now part of the National Guard facility). They had three children: [51]

  • Robert, b. Exeter, RI c. 1818, d. E. Greenwich, RI 16 March 1897, and m. c. 1835 Rachel L. VAUGHAN, b. 1820, d. E. Greenwich 20 Feb 1837, the daughter of Bowen Vaughan (b 1787) and Desire Lanford. They had a daughter, Emily Louisa, b. 2 Sep 1836, d. 7 Aug 1837. His death record says he was single, likely because he spent most of his life in that state. He lived with his sister Eliza and their mother Betsey, until her death in 1884. Robert, Rachel, and their daughter all have extant gravestones in the Pardon Mawney Lot in E. Greenwich. [52]
  • Hannah, b. E. Greenwich c. 1819, m. Joseph Reynolds ARNOLD (see sandbox 6).
  • Elizabeth "Eliza" Ann, b. E. Greenwich 1821, d. E. Greenwich 14 Nov 1900, never married. She lived with her brother Robert and with her mother (who died in 1884) in E. Greenwich. Eliza has an extant gravestone in the Pardon Mawney Lot in E. Greenwich. [53]

The obituary of Moses's wife, Betsey (1884), was rather remarkable in the amount of family detail it provided, and is copied here:

DAVISVILLE OBITUARY—Mrs. Betsey Mawney, widow of Moses Mawney, Esq., died at her residence in Frenchtown, so-called, on Sunday last, at the extreme age of 93 years and 10 months. Betsey (Arnold) Mawney was a daughter of Josiah Arnold, of Exeter, his children being Benedict, Josiah, Catherine, Abby, Betsey and William. Benedict married Polly Lawton and has several descendants now residing in the West. Josiah married Patience, a sister of Polly Lawton, by whom he had three children, two, Mrs.Mary Lawton of Lafayette, and a son Perry, still living with families. Catherine, the third child, became the relic of Arnold Shearman of Exeter and bore a large family. Two of her sons, Joseph A. Shearman, Esq., and Stukely B., live in New York, and the remaining living children reside in South County, [____] the daughter of [_______], wife of Wm. T. Mawney, Esq., of this place. Abby, the next daughter, married Ichabod Peterson of Richmond, but died at an advanced age without issue. Betsey, the subject of this sketch, remained at home till her marriage to Moses Mawney in 1816. She had three children, Robert and Eliza, both unmarried, with whom she lived, and Hannah, wife of Joseph Arnold, of Exeter Hill. Moses Mawney was brother to the wife of Judge Potter, father of the late Judge. William, the youngest, married Betsey Sweet, of Exeter, by whom he had several children, some of whom are living, scattered over the State. Each of these children of Josiah Arnold lived to a good old age, their average ages reaching the allotted three score and ten years. Mrs. Mawney, the last survivor, passed the greatest number of mile-stones in life’s journey. Her brother, William Arnold, died some six years ago, aged more than eighty years, but his widow, well advanced toward her ninetieth birthday, is still living, making her home at the residence of her son, Mr. Joshua Arnold, at Greenwich. The immediate family of which the late Mrs. Mawney was a member are, of course, remembered personally only by those now well advanced in life. The children of those brothers and sisters are themselves grandparents. Descendants to the fourth generation were among those present at the funeral services, held on Wednesday. The venerable Elder Slocum, of Wickford, an octogenarian, conducted the service, preaching a vigorous discourse from Peter, 1:24, 25: “For all flesh is as grass *** But the word of the Lord endureth forever.” Prayer was also offered by Elder Wood. The interment took place in the family burying ground, near the house. Messrs. Amos Whitford, Levi Place, Benjamin Cobb and Christopher Shippee acting as pall bearers. Many descendants of the brothers and sisters of the deceased are living in North and South Kingstown and Exeter, while the greater portion of the relatives on her husband’s side reside in this county.

(10g) John Tillinghast[edit]

TAG 37(1961):34-5 ; Tillinghast Gen. (1972):5-6

John Tillinghast was born say 1560, bur. Streat, Sussex, England 16 March 1624[1623/4?], and m. c. 1596 Alice PARDON, b. say 1575, liv. 1627, daughter of Gregory Pardon, Jr. and Alice Payne. John received his BA from Cambridge in 1581-2, and MA from Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1585, and ordained priest 5 April 1590. He was the vicar of the parish of Streat, Sussex from 1593 to 1624. His will was dated 16 Sep 1623 and proved the following year by his widow Alice. His widow Alice m. (2) Ifield, Sussex 6 Feb 1629/30 Henry Waller. Children:

  • Anne, b. 1597, m. 1615 Thomas BARNDEN; they had a daughter Anne.
  • Pardon, b. say 1600, m. Sarah BROWNE (see below).
  • Mary, b. 1602, m. 1621 John COX, and had daughter Sarah.
  • John, bapt. Streat 25 Sep 1604, d. June 1655, m. Mary FLIGHT. He was admitted pensioner at Caius on 24 march 1620/1, aged 16. He received his BA 1624/5, was rector of Tarring Neville, Sussex in 1636 and of Stret from 1637-43 after which he became an independent and a Fifth Monarchy man. he was minister of Trunch from 1652 to 1655. He left a will. Five children.
  • Sarah, b. 1606, d. 1629. She was called of Cowfold, Sussex in her will dated 20 Aug 1628.
  • Thomas, b. 1609, d. 1611.
  • Robert, b. 1612, d. 1631. He was admitted sizar at Christ's College on 27 Feb 1626/7, aged 14; BA 1630-1.
  • Stephen, bapt. 1614
  • Alice, bapt. 1616
  • Simon, bapt. 1619, d. 1638. His will names daughter Elizabeth.

(9g) Pardon Tillinghast[edit]

TAG 37(1961):35-6; Tillinghast Gen. (1972):6-7

Pardon, the son of John Tillinghast and Alice Pardon, was born say 1600, liv. 1633, m. 1622 Sarah BROWNE, [bapt. Ifield 24 Aug 1600, per WikiTree website], liv. 1637/8, daughter of Benjamin Browne and Sarah Leachford. Pardon was a cooper by trade, and was of Ifield, Sussex in 1629 and 1633. Children:

  • Pardon, bapt. Streat, Sussex, England 3 Jan 1623 [1622/3?], m. (1) _______ BUTTERWORTH; m. (2) Lydia TABOR (see below).
  • John, b. c. 1625, matriculated at Magdalen College in 1642, aged 17.
  • Sarah, bapt. Cowfold, Sussex, Eng. 15 Nov 1627
  • Benjamin, bapt. 1629
  • Anne, bapt. 1630, d. 1630
  • Alice, bapt. 1631
  • Charles, bapt. 1634

(8g) Pardon Tillinghast (immigrant)[edit]

Tillinghasts in America by Wayne G. Tillinghast (2006):1-46

Elder Pardon Tillinghast, the son of Pardon Tillinghast and Sarah Browne, was born at Severn Cliffs near Beachy Head, now Eastbourne, Sussex, England c. 1622 (see further), d. Providence, RI 29 Jan 1717/8, and m. (1) c. 1653 _______ BUTTERWORTH, b. c. 1633, d. c. 1661; and m. (2) 16 April 1664 Lydia TABOR (or TABER), b. c. 1648, d. 1720, the daughter of Philip Taber and Lydia Masters of Tiverton (now in RI). The Family Search website has record of a Pardon Tyllinghaste, son of Pardon Tyllinghaste, being baptized at Streat, Sussex, England on 3 Jan 1625; the 1972 Tillinghast Gen gives the date as 3 Jan 1623; sadly, neither date uses the proper double-year. Since two of Pardon's older granddaughter's from his first marriage were named Mary, it has been suggested that Pardon's first wife may have been named Mary as well. Following Pardon's death, Lydia m. (2) 4 Nov 1718 Samuel Mason, son of Sampson Mason and Mary Butterworth of Swansea, Mass. Pardon was a cooper. He is first documented in New England on 19:11mo:1645 (19 Jan 1645/6) when he signed a pledge to obey existing laws and accepted a 25-acre grant of land in Providence. A factor in Pardon's decision to settle in Providence may have been that his maternal uncle, Henry Browne, was already settled there. Pardon lived in Providence until about 1659 when he moved to Newport, but he was back in Providence by 1666. After Pardon moved back to Providence, he settled in the southern part of the town on the water, and built the first wharf there. This was the beginning of maritime commerce in Providence, and trade opened up with other American colonies, the West Indies, and Europe. Pardon is buried in a small family plot on Benefit Street in Providence, and now has a tall monument as a memorial. [54]

Children with first wife:

  • Sarah, b. Providence 17 Nov 1654, d. 1671 aged about 17, unmarried.
  • John, b. Sep 1657, d. likely Newport 16 Dec 1690, m. Isabel SAYLES, b. c. 1660, d. 14 Aug 1735 in her 76th year, the daughter of John Sayles and Mary Williams, and granddaughter of Roger Williams. Following John's death, Isabel m. (2) Robert Hicks. John was a cooper, like his father, but also was a merchant and owned a wharf, also like his father. John's will, dated 4 Dec 1690, and proved 7 March 1690/1, left all estate to his wife. Isabel has an extant gravestone in the Common Burial Ground in Newport, and John is likely buried there as well. John and Isabel had four known children, born c. 1680 to c. 1690. [55]
  • Mary, b. Oct 1661, m. Benjamin CARPENTER.

Children with second wife:

  • Lydia, b. 18 April 1666, m. John ODLIN (or AUDLEY)
  • Pardon, b. 16 Feb 1667/8, m. (1) Mary KEECH; m. (2) Sarah (REYNOLDS) Ayres.
  • Philip, b. Oct 1669, m. Martha HOLMES
  • Benjamin, b. 3 Feb 1671/2, m. Sarah RHODES
  • Abigail, b. 1674, m. Nicholas SHELDON
  • Joseph, b. 11 Aug 1677, m. (1) Freelove STAFFORD; m. (2) Mary (PARIS) Hendron
  • Mercy, b. 1678, m. Col. Nicholas POWER
  • Hannah, b. 1682, m. John HALE (or HAILE)
  • Elizabeth, b. 1685, m. Philip TABER (or TABOR)

(7g) Pardon Tillinghast, Jr.[edit]

Tillinghasts in America by Wayne G. Tillinghast (2006):15-21,71-82

Pardon, the son of Pardon Tillinghast and Lydia Taber of Providence, RI, was b. in Providence 16 Feb 1667/8, d. E. Greenwich 15 Oct 1743, and m. (1) c. 1688 Mary KEECH, b. 1670, d. E. Greenwich 4 Feb 1726 in her 56th year, the daughter of George and Mary Keech of Newport and Providence. He m. (2) 28 April 1728 Sarah (REYNOLDS) Ayres, b. 1677, d. E. Greenwich January 1742 aged 64, the daughter of John Reynolds and Sarah Ayres, and the widow of Thomas Ayres (1690-1727). Pardon initially lived in Providence, but moved to E. Greenwich by 1699, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was made a freeman of E. Greenwich on 11 Oct 1699, and served as Deputy from there many years between 1702 and 1728. He also served as justice of the peace and moderator for many years. Though he was styled "yeoman" in most deeds, he was also likely a cooper, and had cooper's and carpenter's tools in his inventory. He had extensive land holdings, and his inventory was valued at over 3000 pounds. His will, dated 3 Oct 1743, was remarkable in that he mentioned not only his children, but all of his grandchildren, by name. Pardon and both wives are buried in the Tillinghast Lot in E. Greenwich, Hist Cem #18. Children, born in E. Greenwich, except possibly John who may have been born in Providence: [56]

  • John, b. 1691, d. W. Greenwich 21 Oct 1777 in his 87th year, m. (1) 8 April 1714 Anne GREENE, b. Warwick 25 June 1689, d. E. Greenwich 14 March 1718/9, the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Greene) Greene. He m. (2) 23 July 1719 Phebe GREENE, b. Warwick 10 May 1693, d. E. Greenwich 27 May 1730, sister of Ann. John m. (3) Rehoboth, Mass. 10 June 1731 Ann (ALLIN) Brown, b. Barrington, (now in RI) 2 July 1699, d. E. Greenwich 5 March 1738/9, the daughter of Thomas Allin and Anna Barnes of Barrington, and widow of Josiah Brown, son of Nathaniel Brown and Sarah Jencks. He m. (4) N. Kingstown 21 Sep 1742 Abigail (Brown) Thomas, daughter of Charles Brown and widow of John Thomas. Following Pardon's death, his widow Abigail m. 29 Dec 1782 John Casey, and she was still living in May 1794 when she gave power of attorney to her son-in-law, John Mowry. John lived in E. Greenwich his entire life until 1743, when he was residing in Votuntown, CT, but by August 1744 he was in West Greenwich, where he lived the remainder of his life. He likely did not move from Votuntown to West Greenwich, as his farm straddled the line between the two colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island. John had children with each of his four wives, and 12 all together. John's first three wives are all buried in the Tillinghast Lot, EG #18, in East Greenwich, and he has a marker there as well, but the stone may have been erected long after his death, and he may actually be buried in W. Greenwich. [57]
  • Mary, b. E. Greenwich 1693, d. E. Greenwich 24 Feb 1726/7 in her 34th year, m. 6 May 1714 Peter MAWNEY. Mary is buried in the Tillinghast Lot in E. Greenwich, Hist Cem. EG #18, while her husband is buried with his second wife in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [58]
  • Joseph, b. E. Greenwich c. 1698, d. E. Greenwich Jan 1776, probably in his 78th year. m. (1) Margaret _______; m. (2) Herodias _______. At a meeting of the E. Greenwich Town Council on 27 Jan 1776, it was reported that Joseph Tillinghast had died intestate, and his widow "Herrid" declined administration of the estate. It is possible that his first wife was a Taber, because their only child, Elizabeth, married a Bentley and named her son Taber Bentley. Joseph, who had been given substantial land holdings by this father, had lost most of his estate during his life, and his inventory value was totaled at seven pounds and eighteen shillings. Joseph is buried in the Tillinghast Lot in E. Greenwich, Hist Cem #18, but the death year of 1797 on his grave marker is grossly incorrect, and has caused great confusion among genealogists for several generations. [59]
  • Mercy, b. probably late 1706, d, Providence 17 Oct 1761 in her 55th year, m. (1) 14 Feb 1728 Peter MAWNEY, the widower of her older sister. Following the 1754 death of her husband, she m. (2) Capt James BROWN, b. 1701, d. Providence 13 Dec 1765 in his 65th year, the son of Major James Brown and Ann Clark. Mercy is buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence with both of her husbands. [60]
  • Philip, b. 5 Nov 1707, d. E. Greenwich 8 Mar 1787, aged 79y 4m, married (1) 1733 Alice THOMAS, b. 4 June 1713, d. E. Greenwich 19 Jan 1777, aged 63y 7m 15d, daughter of Col. George Thomas and Alice Gorton of N. Kingstown. Philip m. (2) Judith AYRAULT, b. 9 Dec 1725, d. 23 Nov 1806, the daughter of Daniel Ayrault and Mary Robineau of Newport. Philip inherited his father's farm, and then over the years added additional acreage. He did not seem to have the financial difficulties that plagued his two brothers. Though he held minor civic roles, such as juror, overseer of the poor, and overseer of highways, he did not hold any greater office as did his father and grandfather. He was active in the Six Principle Baptist Church in N. Kingstown. his will, dated 19 Jan 1787, mentioned wife Judith and several children. He had five known children, all born in E. Greenwich from 1734 to 1751, and all with his first wife. He and his first wife are buried with grave markers in the Tillinghast Lot, Hist Cem E. Greenwich #18. His second wife, Judith, is buried in the Ayrault-Updike-Congdon Lot, N. Kingstown Hist Cem #43, by Smith's Castle in Wickford. [61]
  • son (possibly Pardon), d. E. Greenwich 10 Feb 1726/7 (record partially destroyed)

(12g) (perh.) Gregory Pardon, Sr.[edit]

Gregory Pardon was born say 1513, d. c. 1594

(11g) Gregory Pardon[edit]

TAG 37(1961):34

Gregory Pardon, perhaps the son of an earlier Gregory, was born say 1550, liv. 1623, and m. say 1575 Alice PAYNE. On 14 Jan 1596/7 he conveyed land in Streat, Sussex to his son-in-law John Tillinghast of Streat, clerk. Known child:

  • Alice, b. say 1575, m. John TILLINGHAST.

(11g) William Browne[edit]

see sandbox 7a

(10g) Benjamin Browne[edit]

TAG 15(1939):85; TAG 37(1961):37-8 (will)

Benjamin, the son of William and Magdalen Browne of Horley, Surrey, England, was born in 1571 [bapt. Horley 12 Oct 1571 per Wiki Tree website], bur. Ilfield, Sussex, England 28 Aug 1638, and m. Horley 8 Oct 1596 Sarah LEACHFORD, b. say 1576, living in 1637/8 when named as the residuary legatee in her husband's will. He matriculated a Pensioner at Christ's [College?] 1590-1, was ordained Deacon 12 Oct and Priest 13 Oct 1595, aged 24. He was the vicar of Ilfield, Sussex from 1596 to 1638. His will was dated 21 Feb 1637/8 and probated 4 Sep 1638, naming wife Sarah and son Benjamin as joint executors. Kinsman William Browne of Rush and son-in-law Pardon Tillinghast of Bishopston were named as overseers. Children, prob. all b. Ilfield:

  • Joseph, [bapt. Ifield, Sussex 8 Oct 1597, bur. there 8 July 1627 per WikiTree website], not named in father's 1637/8 will.
  • [Thomas, bapt. Ifield 15 July and bur. there 29 July 1599, per WikiTree website]
  • Sarah, [bapt. Ifield 24 Aug 1600, per WikiTree website], called Sarah Tillinghast in the 1637/8 will of her father, which also mentioned "every one of her Children", and their father Pardon Tillinghast (see above).
  • Benjamin, [bapt. Ifield 27 June 1602, per WikiTree website], given real estate in his father's 1637/8 will, and named as co-executor.
  • William, b. say 1604, received 20 pounds from father's 1637/8 will, and his son Benjamin Browne was named.
  • John, named in the 1637/8 will of his father, as was his son, Benjamin Browne and daughter Sarah Browne.
  • Barnabas, m. Horley 10 Aug 1636 Anne MARDEN. They were both named in the 1637/8 will of his father.
  • Mary, [bapt. Ifield 17 Jan 1612, per WikiTree website], received 50 pounds in the 1637/8 will of her father.
  • Elizabeth, [bapt. Ifield 23 July 1615, per WikiTree website], given 30 pounds in the 1637/8 will of her father.
  • Thomas, [bapt. Ifield 22 Nov 1618, per WikiTree website], was given 30 pounds in the 1637/8 will of his father.

(9g) Philip Tabor[edit]

GMB (1995):1791-1794; TAG 72(1997):329-32 (son Joseph Taber)

Philip Tabor (or Taber) was born c. 1605 (aged 64 in June 1669), d. say 1675 (provisions made to widow in April 1682), and m. (1) by 1639 Lydia MASTERS, b. say 1615, d. say 1650, daughter of John and Lydia Masters of Watertown and Cambridge, Mass.; and m. (2) by 1669 Jane _______, b. c. 1605 (aged 64 in 1669), living 27 April 1682 when the town was considering making provision for her. Tabor was a sawyer and carpenter who pledged to provide 200 feet of 4-inch planks for the sea fort at Watertown. He was admitted to the church at Watertown on 14 May 1634, and even though he had moved to Yarmouth, in the Plymouth Colony, by 1638, he was still called of the Watertown church in the 1640 baptism of his son. He was a Yarmouth deputy to the Plymouth General Court in 1639 and 1640. He later lived in Martha's Vineyard and New London, but was received as an inhabitant of Portsmouth, Rhode Island on 14 Feb 1655/6, and made a freeman there on 20 May 1656. He held a number of minor offices in Portsmouth for the next few years, but then moved to Providence where he was a commissioner 27 Aug 1661. He was still living on 3 June 1671 when his name appeared on the Providence tax list, and likely living on 24 Feb 1671/2 when his testimony was presented in court. He was dead by 27 April 1682 when the town of Providence was considering making provision for his widow. Children of Philip and Lydia:

  • John, bapt. Barnstable 8 Nov 1640 ("son of Phillipp Tabor dwelling at Yarmouth a member of the church at Watertown"), living 21 Oct 1684.
  • Philip, b. say 1642, m. by 1668 Mary COOKE, daughter of John Cooke and granddaughter of Francis Cooke. Philip was a mason.
  • Thomas, b. say 1644, m. (1) by 1668 Esther COOKE, sister of Mary above, and m. (2) by 1673 Mary THOMPSON, dau of John Tomson and a granddaughter of Francis Cooke.
  • Joseph, b. say 1646, prob. the "old Mr. Taber" who d. New London, CT 7 March 1734/5, apparently while living with his son Philip, m. say 1685 Hannah _______, b. say 1665, liv. 1699/1700. He lived in Providence, Dartmouth by 1683, and Tiverton by 1695. Late in life he appears to have gone to New London, CT to live with his son Philip. Five known sons, but no birth dates available.
  • Lydia, b. say 1648, m. (1) 16 April 1664 Pardon TILLINGHAST; m. (2) Providence 4 Nov 1718 Samuel MASON of Swansea.

(10g) John Masters[edit]

GMB (1995):2:1234-6

John Masters, b. c. 1581, d. Cambridge, Mass. 21 Dec 1639, m. c. 1605 Jane ______, b. say 1585, d. Cambridge 10 Dec 1639. While no record of the Masters sailing has been found, they may have arrived with the Winthrop Fleet in 1630, as John was already situated in Watertown on 14 March 1630/1 when he wrote a letter from there to Lady Barrington at Hatfield, Broadax, Essex. On 18 May 1631 he was made a freeman of Watertown, and by July 1632 he had joined the Watertown Church. On 5 Aug 1633 he was granted a half acre for a cowyard in Cambridge, and had likely moved there about that time. On 10 Oct 1635 he held three parcels in the Cambridge land inventory. His will, dated 19 Dec 1639 (two days before his death) inexplicably leaves an estate to his wife "for the term of her life, and after her decease..." despite the fact that she had died nine days earlier. It is possible that Jane wasn't his wife, but a confusion of dates is also quite possible. Children of John:

  • possibly a son, b. say 1606, the presumed father of John, Nathaniel and Abraham Masters who were named in the 1639 will of John.
  • Sarah, b. say 1609, m. _______ DOBYSON.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1612, m. (1) by Nov 1632 Edmund LOCKWOOD; m. (2) c. 1637 Cary LATHAM.
  • Lydia, b. say 1615, m. by 1639 as his first wife Philip TABOR (see above).

(8g) George Keech[edit]

George Keech was born say 1645, living in 1687, and married c. 1669 Mary _______, b. say 1650. There is virtually nothing in print concerning these people. Their daughter married into the prominent Tillinghast family, and that is the primary source of knowledge that they even existed. George apparently lived in Newport, and then was involved in two land transactions in Providence as follows: (1) on 19 Feb 1678/9, William Hopkins deeded land in Providence to George Keech; and (2) on 26 Sep 1687 George Keetch of Providence paid 7 pounds to Thomas Clements for 30 acres of land in Providence. The only child for whom I find any record is the following:

  • Mary, b. 1670, d. E. Greenwich, RI 4 Feb 1726 in her 56th year, m. c. 1688 Pardon TILLINGHAST, Jr., the son of Pardon Tillinghast and Lydia Taber.

Other children are attributed to this family on a variety of websites, but there is no consistency on who the children are, or when they were born.

(13g) Robert Gibbs I[edit]

Gibbs family of Warwickshire (1879):44,47

Robert, son of Thomas Gibbes, was b. say 1500, d. 10 April 1558. In 1540 he purchased the manor of Honington, Warwickshire, England. What we know of him comes from his inquisition post mortem. Children:

  • Robert, b. c. 1528, m. Margaret KING (see below)
  • Thomas
  • William
  • John
  • Richard
  • Woolston

(12g) Robert Gibbes II[edit]

Gibbs family of Warwickshire (1879):44,47

Robert, the son of Robert Gibbes, b. c. 1528 (aged 30 in 1558), d. 28 Feb 1586, and m. Margaret KING, d. 25 Jan 1559. They were of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Children:

  • Robert
  • William
  • Richard

(11g) Robert Gibbes III[edit]

Gibbs family of Warwickshire (1879):44,47; Gibbs Legacy (1893):41

Robert, the son of Robert Gibbes II, was b. say 1550, m. (1) Margaret PRIDEAUX; m. (2) Catharine PORTER, daughter of William Porter of Ashton, Gloucestershire. They were of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Children with first wife:

  • Jane, d. 12 Aug 1598, m. Nicholas BROWNE of Tysoe, Warwickshire
  • Elizabeth, m. Thomas TICKERIDGE
  • Margaret, m. John BRYAN

Children with second wife:

  • Anthony, d. c. 1587, unmarried. His will was dated 10 Nov 1586
  • Ralph, m. Gertrude WROUGHTON (see below).
  • Thomas, named in Anthony's 1586 will, m. Margaret WILKS
  • Tristram, named in Anthony's 1586 will, m. Elizabeth (______) Baker
  • Edward, b. c. 1574, was aged 45 in 1619; not named in Anthony's 1586 will.
  • Frances, named in Anthony's 1586 will
  • Catharine, named in Anthony's 1586 will

(10g) Ralph Gibbes[edit]

Gibbs family of Warwickshire (1879):44,48; Gibbs Legacy (1893):41

Ralph, son of Thomas Gibbes III and Catharine Porter, was b. say 1571, liv. 1607, m. Gertrude WROUGHTON, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton of Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, Knight. They were of Honington, Warwickshire, England. Children:

  • Henry, bapt. Honington 14 March 1593
  • Greville, bapt. 15 May 1593 [sic], bur. 13 Jan 1629
  • Richard, bapt. 12 July 1596, bur. 10 April 1658
  • William, bapt. 27 Sep 1602, bur. 1634
  • Charles, b. c. 1604, d. Stanford Rivers, Essex, 16 Sep 1681, aged 77. He was of Merton College, Oxon in 1622, and later became rector of Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. He was chaplain of Charles II.
  • Unton, m. Sir Edward DERING
  • Mary, m. ________ RALEIGH
  • Jane, m. Sir Francis HAWLEY
  • Gertrude, m. Sir William SAVILLE

(9g) Henry Gibbs[edit]

Gibbs family of Warwickshire [62]

Sir Henry Gibbs, Knight of Honington, Warwickshire, England, was bapt. 14 March 1593, bur. 25 Feb 1667[/8?] and m. c. 1612 Elizabeth TEMPLE, b. say 1594, d. 18 May 1667, daughter of Sir Thomas Temple of Stow, Buckinghamshire, England. They lived at Honington, Warwickshire, England. Children:

  • Esther, b. 1614
  • Thomas, d. 1689, m. Katherine LONGVILLE, day of Sir Edward Longville, Bart. of Nova Scotia.
  • Martha, b. 1618
  • Henry, of Halford, Wawickshire
  • Ralph, d. 1669, of Whaddon, Bucks; had many descendants
  • Robert, b. c. 1634, m. Elizabeth SHEAFE.
  • John, of Barbados, living in 1653; had son Henry

(8g) Robert Gibbs, Sr.[edit]

Robert Gibbs, the son of Sir Henry Gibbs of Honington, Warwickshire, England, was b. c. 1634, d. Dec 1674, m. Boston 7 Sep 1660 Elizabeth SHEAFE, b. Guilford, CT 1 Oct 1644, d. Salem, Mass. 29 Aug 1718, dau of Jacob Sheafe and Margaret Webb of Guilford, CT; Roxbury, Mass.; and Boston, Mass. Robert arrived in New England about 1658 and became a merchant. He amassed significant wealth, and built a stone house on the south waterfront of Boston at Fort Hill, said to cost 3000 pounds. In 1663, the English gentleman, John Jocelyn, visiting Boston from London, called it a "stately edifice...built by the shore by Mr. Gibs, a merchant". Portraits were made of his three older children in 1670, and may still exist today. Following Robert's death, his widow m. (2) Salem, Mass. 20 March 1675/6 Hon. Jonathan Corwin, b. Salem 14 Nov 1640, d. Salem 25 July 1718, son of George Corwin and Elizabeth (Herbert) White. Jonathan was a member of the Massachusetts Supreme Court, and a lead figure in the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her first husband, Robert Gibbs, probably all born in Boston: [63]

  • Margaret, b. 13 May 1663, apparently did not reach adulthood, but had her portrait made in 1670.
  • Robert, b. 20 Sep 1665, d. 8 Dec 1702, m. 19 May 1692 Mary SHRIMPTON
  • Henry, b. 8 Oct 1668, d. 21 Oct 1723, graduated from Harvard 1686, m. 9 June 1692 Mercy GREENOUGH, d. 26 Jan 1716, dau of William and Elizabeth Greenough. They had seven children born from 1696 to 1709. Henry and Mercy share a large slab (low table stone) in the Old Burying Place in Watertown. [64]
  • Jacob, b. 18 Feb 1672, d. c. Jan 1675

Children of Elizabeth Sheafe with her second husband, Jonathan Corwin, all b. Salem, Mass.:

  • Elizabeth, b. 5 May 1678
  • Margaret, b. 15:2mo:1679 (15 April 1679), d. Salem 5:9mo:1679 (5 Nov 1679)
  • Sarah, b. 12:6mo:1680 (12 Aug 1680), d. Salem 19 Dec 1689
  • Jonathan, b. 2:8mo:1681 (2 Oct 1681), d. Salem 12:6mo:1682 (12 Aug 1682)
  • George, b. 21 May 1683, d. Salem 23 Nov 1717 in his 35th year, m. Salem 27 July 1711 Mrs. Mehitable Parkman, b. say 1682, d. Salem 13 Nov 1718, the daughter of Deliverance Parkman and Mehitable Waite. George graduated from Harvard in 1701 and became pastor at the First Church in Salem as a colleague of Nicholas Noyes. He was ordained on 19 May 1714.
  • John, b. 9 July 1684, d. Salem 10 Sep 1684
  • Margaret, b. 30 Nov 1685, d. Salem 23 Feb 1685/6
  • Anna, b. 1 Aug 1687 (but bapt. 17 July 1687, so there is a discrepancy in the record), d. 1706
  • Jonathan, b. 15 Sep 1689, d. Salem 25 Dec 1689
  • Harbert, b. 14 Dec 1690, d. Salem 10 Feb 1690/1

(7g) Robert Gibbs, Jr.[edit]

Robert, the son of Robert Gibbs and Elizabeth Sheaffe, was b. 20 Sep 1665, d. Boston 7 Dec 1702, and m. in Boston 19 May 1692 Mary Shrimpton, b. Boston 30 Oct 1667, d. Newton, MA 17 July 1746, the daughter of Jonathan Shrimpton and Mary Oliver. Long after the death of her first husband, Mary married in Boston on 29 March 1722 Samuel Sewell, a prominent Massachusetts judge who was involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Robert inherited the Fort Hill property from his parents; he was a freeman of Salem Village on 18 April 1690. Robert and Mary are buried in the East Parish Burial Ground in Newton; Mary has a grave marker, but Robert does not. Samuel Sewell is buried in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston. The children of Robert and Mary, b. Boston, Mass: [65]

  • Jacob, b. 6 May 1693, d. 14 Dec 1714, unmarried.
  • Henry, b. 7 Nov 1694, d. Newton, Mass. 15 May 1761, m. Hannah [Wadsworth?], b. 1698 or 1699, d. 26 May 1783 aged 84. Henry and Hannah have extant gravestones in the East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Mass. [66]
  • Robert, b. 29 Nov 1696, m. Amey (Whipple) Crawford.
  • Mary, b. 28 May 1699, d. 28 Sep 1761, m. Boston 19 Feb 1718/9 Rev. John Cotton, b. 15 July 1693, d. Boston or Newton 17 or 25 May 1757, the son of Rev. Roland Cotton and Elizabeth Saltonstall (Roland was a founder of Newton, Mass. and the minister there from 1714 to 1757). Mary and John had ten children, born 1719 to 1738. Mary and John are buried in the East Parish Burying Ground, Newton. [67]
  • Samuel, b. 9 Dec 1701, apparently died young.

(6g) Robert Gibbs III[edit]

Robert Gibbs, the son of Robert Gibbs and Mary Shrimpton of Boston, MA was born in Boston on 29 Nov 1696, d. Providence, RI 29 Jun 1769, and m. in Providence 26 June 1723 to Amey (Whipple) Crawford, b. Prov 16 June 1699, d. Prov 23 Dec 1757, the widow of Captain John Crawford, and the daughter of Colonel Joseph Whipple and Alice Smith, all of Providence. Following the death of his father, Robert's mother married Samuel Sewell. Amey was married first on 20 December 1715 to John Crawford, b. 15 Aug 1693, d. 18 Mar 1719, the son of Gideon Crawford and Freelove Fenner. Robert Gibbs was called "Dr." in his obituary in the Providence Gazette, as abstracted by J. N. Arnold. Robert and Amey are buried beneath a stone vault in the North Burial Ground, Providence. Amey had two children with her first husband and an additional six children with her second husband. Her children were: [68]

Children of Amey with first husband, surname Crawford:

  • Anne, b. 17 July 1716
  • John, b. 7 September 1718. I find no other record for him other than this reference to a possible wife with an unusual name: "Mrs. Abijah Crawford, widow of Capt John, d. at Providence 23 Sep 1774 in her 55th year." She would have been born in 1720, making her a good age for the wife of John Jr.

With second husband, surname Gibbs, all b. Providence:

  • Amey, b. 4 July 1725, m. John MAWNEY. John is buried in the North Burial Ground, and Amey is likely buried here as well, but does not have a grave marker as does John.
  • Elizabeth, b. 10 November 1728, died unmarried.
  • Robert, b. 20 June 1730, d. unmarried 7 Oct 1762, bur. N. Burial Ground, Providence. [69]
  • Mary, b. 20 February 1731/2, m. _______ YOUNG.
  • Hannah, b. 19 April 1735, d. Prov. 27 May 1762, m. Prov. 14 Dec 1752 Daniel TILLINGHAST, b. Newport 2 June 1732, d. Uxbridge, MA 18 Sep 1806, the son of Joseph Tillinghast (1677-1763) and Mary Paris (1699-1765). Joseph Tillinghast was a son of Rev. Pardon Tillinghast. Following Hannah's death, Daniel married second on 5 June 1763 Lydia Hopkins, the daughter of Gov. Stephen Hopkins and Sarah Scott. Daniel was a Colonel during the Revolutionary War. Both Hannah and Lydia are buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence. Lydia's memorial is here: [70] Daniel is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Uxbridge, MA. [71] [72]
  • Alice, b. c. 1738(?), d. Aug 1756 in the _9 year of her age (tombstone only partially legible; likely reads "19th" year), bur. N. Bur. Ground, Providence. [73]

Published genealogy of family found here: [74] Robert's Find-a-grave memorial is here: [75]

(26g) Leofrick, Earl of Mercia[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Leofrick, d. 31 Aug 1057 and was bur. at Coventry, Warwickshire, m. (1) daughter of Thorold, a sheriff of Lincolnshire; m. (2) Lady Godiva.

  • Algar, Earl of Mercia, d. 1059
  • Montgomery
  • Henry

(25g) Henry del Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Henry del Temple, son of Leofrick, Earl of Mercia, lived during the reign of William the Conqueror. Son:

  • Geffry

(24g) Geffry de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Geffrey, son of Henry del Temple, had a son:

  • John

(23g) John de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

John, son of Geffry de Temple, lived during the reign of Henry I and had:

  • Henry

(22g) Henry de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Henry, son of John de Temple, m. Maud, daughter of Sir John RIBBESFORD, Knight. They had:

  • Henry

(21g) Henry de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Henry, son of Henry de Temple, was the lord of the manors of Temple and Little Shepey during the reign of King John. Issue:

  • Richard

(20g) Richard de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):33

Richard, son of Henry de Temple, m. Catherine, daughter of Thomas LANGLEY. Issue:

  • Nicholas

(19g) Nicholas de Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Nicholas, son of Richard de Temple, m. _______, daughter of Sir Roger CORBET of Sibbeston, Leicestershire, Knight. Issue:

  • Richard

(18g) Richard Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Richard, son of Nicholas de Temple, m. Agnes STANLEY, daughter of Sir Ralph Stanley. They had:

  • Nicholas

(17g) Nicholas Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Nicholas, son of Richard Temple, m. Maud, daughter of John Burguillon of Newton, Leicester. They had:

  • Robert

(16g) Robert Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Robert, son of Nicholas Temple, m. Joan, daughter of William SHEPEY of Great Shepey, Leicestershire. He lived in the times of Henry V and Henry VI. They had:

  • Nocholas, d. 1506
  • Robert
  • Thomas

(15g) Thomas Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Thomas, the son of Robert Temple and Joan Shepey, m. Mary GEDNEY, daughter of Thomas Gedney, Esq. He "was seated at Whitney, in Oxfordshire." Child:

  • William

(14g) William Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

William, the son of Thomas Temple and Mary Gedney, m. Isabel EVERTON, daughter and heir of Henry Everton, Esq. They had:

  • Thomas

(13g) Thomas Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Thomas, son of William Temple and Isabel Everton, m. Alice HERITAGE, daughter and heir of John Heritage of Burton Derset, Warwickshire. They had:

  • Robert, of Whitney
  • Peter (see below)

(12g) Peter Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34

Peter, the son of Thomas Temple and Alice Heritage, m. Millicent JEKYLL, daughter of William Jekyll of Newington, Middlesex. Children:

  • John (see below)
  • Anthony, d. Stow 28 May 1577

(11g) John Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):34-5

John, the son of Peter Temple and Millicent Jekyll, m. Susan SPENCER, daughter and heir of Thomas Spencer of Everton, Northamptonshire, Esq. They had six sons and six daughters. They are buried in the church in Derset, Warwickshire. Children:

  • Sir Thomas (see below)
  • George, d. an infnat
  • John, of Franckton, Warwickshire
  • Sir Alexander, of Longhouse, Chadwell, Essex, England
  • William, m. Jane BEAUMONT, daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont of Stoughton, Knight
  • Peter, m. _______ KENDAL
  • Millicent, m. Edward SAUNDERS of Bricksworth, Northamptonshire, Esq.
  • Dorothy, m. Paul RISLEY of Chetwood, Buckinghamshire, Esq.
  • Catherine, m. Sir Nicholas PARKER of Willington, Sussex, Knight
  • Susanna, m. Sir Thomas DENTON of Hillesden, Buckinghamshire, Knight
  • Mary, m. John FARMER of Cokeham, Berkshire
  • Elizabeth, m. William Lord Say and Sele

(10g) Sir Thomas Temple[edit]

Gibbs Family (1879):35

Thomas, son of John Temple and Susan Spencer, was born say 1560, m. Esther SANDYS, daughter of Miles Sandys of Latimers, Buckinghamshire, Esq. Thomas was knighted by James I in June 1603. Children:

  • Sir Peter
  • Sir John, Knight, m. Dorothy LEE, daughter and co-hear of Edmund Lee of Stanton-Barry, Buckinghamshire, Esq.
  • Thomas, LLD, married with children
  • Miles, married with children
  • Susan, m. Sir Edward DLARK of Ardington, Bershire, Knight
  • Hesther, m. Sir John ROUS of Rous-Linch
  • Bridget, m. Sir John LENTHALL of Creslow
  • Martha, d. 14 Jan 1619, m. Sir Thomas PENISTON of Leigh, Sussex, Baronet. She is bur. at Stow.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1594, m. Sir Henry GIBBS of Huntington, Warwickshire (see above).
  • Catherine, m. Sir William ASHCOMB of Avelscott, Oxfordshire
  • Anne, m. Sir William ANDREWS of Lathbury, Buckinghamshire
  • Margaret, m. Sir Edward LONGVILLE of Billing, Northamptonshire
  • Millicent, m. _______ OGLE, Esq.

(10g) Edmund Sheafe[edit]

NEHGR: 55(1901):210-217; TAG 15(1939):69-80

Edmund Sheafe, the son of Thomas Sheafe and Mary Harman, was bapt. St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, Kent 17 March 1559/60, bur. 1 Nov 1626, m. (1) 30 May 1586 Elizabeth TAYLOR, bur. 5 March 1598; likely mar. (2) Canterbury (lic.) 15 Aug 1599 Jane Downe of Challock, a widow; and m. (3) c. 1611 Joane (JORDAN) Kitchell, widow of John Kitchell (bur. at Hayes 20 Mar 1601/2) who she married 17 May 1596 at St. George's Church, Bekenham, Kent. This third marriage of Edmund may very well be the marriage recorded at All Hallows, Bread Street, London on 17 Oct 1610 between Mr. Edmonde Sheafe of Canterbury, gent., to Joane Lake of Shoran, Wydowe, in the same county. This would indicate that Joane had a second husband named Lake before marrying Edmund Sheafe. Joane had four children with her first husband, bapt. 1596/7 to 1601, and had a fifth child, mentioned in Edmund's will, so this unnamed child would be with her Lake husband. The will of Edmond Sheafe of Cranbrook, dated 1 Nov 1625, was proved in the Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury 11 Dec 1626, naming wife Joane and mentioning, but not naming, her five children. Children of Edmund Sheafe with wife Elizabeth:

  • Thomas, bapt. Marden, Kent 22 Oct 1587, died by 1635, m. Staplehurst, Kent 24 Sep 1616 Mary SHARPPY, daughter of _______ and Frances Sharppy of Cranbrook. They had six children baptized from 1618 to 1629.
  • Marie, bapt. Madden 24 June 1590, m. Cranbrook 4 Dec 1610 Richard SHARPY
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Marden 13 Aug 1592, bur. 3 Aug 1593
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Marden 2 Dec 1593, not in father's 1625 will.
  • Edmond, bapt. Marden 14 March 1596, admitted to King's College, Cambridge, from Eton 31 Aug 1614; BA 1618/9; MA 1623; Fellow 1617-1625; died 1625 before his father (not in father's 1625 will).

Children of Joan with first husband, John Kitchell:

  • Frances, bapt 30 Jan 1596/7, m. Cranbrook 13 Nov 1620 George NASHE.
  • Elizabeth (twin), bapt 9 April 1599, m. Cranbrook 3 Oct 1616 Thomas RUCKE, b. c. 1588 (deposed aged 48 on 19 July 1636)
  • Joan (twin), bapt 9 April 1599
  • Robert, bapt 25 Oct 1601, m. 1631 as his second wife Margaret SHEAFE, b. c. 1601, d. 1682, dau of _______ Sheafe and Margery Roberts. Three children, b. 1634 to 1637. They emigrated to New England. Margaret, of Greenwich, CT, made her will 2 Dec 1679, and her inventory was taken 16 May 1682 naming no relatives other than her "son Ketchell" and "daughter Peck".

Children of Edmond with third wife, Joane (Jordan) (Kitchell) (Lake) Sheafe:

  • Joan, b. say 1612, d. 16 Aug 1668, m. (1) William CHITTENDEN, d. 1 Feb 1662; m. (2) 1 May 1665 Abraham CRUTTENDEN. The Chittendens came to Guilford, CT in 1639.
  • Harman, b. say 1614, m. (1) Elizabeth PANCKHURST; m. (2) c. 1640 Mary BUTCHER, daughter of William Butcher of Hurtspierpont, Sussex; m. (3) Mary SWINOCK, daughter of Robert Swinock of Maidstone, Kent; and m. (4) c. 1656 Mary WOOD, daughter of Edward Wood. He had seven children baptized at Cranbrook from 1641 to 1657, the last child being with the last wife.
  • Jacob, bapt. St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, Kent 4 Aug 1616, d. 22 March 1659, came to New England where he m. Margaret WEBB
  • Mary, bapt. St. Dunstan's 19 Oct 1617, bur. 30 Jan 1617/8
  • Mary, bapt. St. Dunstan's 26 Sep 1620, d. 22 July 1693, m. Robert MERRIAM of Hadlow, Kent. They went to New England where Robert d. Concord, Mass. 15 Feb 1682, aged 72, and Mary d. 22 July 1693, aged 72.

(9g) Jacob Sheafe[edit]

NEHGR 55(1901):216-220

Jacob, the son of Edmund Sheafe and Joane Jordan, was baptized at St. Dunstan's, Cranbrook, Kent on 4 Aug 1616, d. Boston, Mass. 22 March 1658/9, and married, by special permit dated 7 Sep 1643, Margaret WEBB, b. c. 1623, likely in Salisbury, England, d. Boston 24 Feb 1694, daughter of Henry Webb of Salisbury, Wiltshire and Boston, Mass. Jacob came with Rev. Henry Whitfield, some family members, and other people from Kent to settle at Guilford, CT in 1639. In 1643 he sold a house and land at Roxbury, Mass., and it is about this time that he married. He sold his Guilford property in 1648 and moved to Boston where he was constable in 1651 and selectman in 1658. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1648, and its clerk in 1652. Jacob was a merchant, and died with an estate of over 8500 pounds--a huge estate for that day. Following Jacob's death, Margaret married Rev. Thomas Thacher, the minister of the church at Weymouth, Mass. Jacob and Margaret are both buried in the Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, and both had gravestones at one time, but neither stone appears to have survived. There were eight children, all born Boston, but only Elizabeth and Mehitabel were mentioned in the April 1660 will of their grandfather, Henry Webb, so all the other children had likely died by then: [76]

  • Elizabeth, b. 1 Oct 1644, d. 29 Aug 1718, m. (1) 7 Sep 1660 Robert GIBBS; m. (2) 20 March 1675 Jonathan CORWIN
  • Samuel, b. 4 April, bapt. 9 April 1648
  • Mary, bapt. 19 May 1650
  • Sarah, b. 14 Sep, bapt. 23 Sep 1652
  • Ebenezer, b. 4 Feb, bapt. 5 Feb 1653/4
  • Marcy, b. 25 July, bapt. 29 July 1655
  • Mehitable, b. 28 May, bapt. 30 May 1658, m. c. 1676 Sampson SHEAFE, b. St. Faith's Parish 26 Dec 1646, d. 1726, son of Edmund Sheafe (of Rev. Thomas Sheafe and Mary Wilson) and Elizabeth Juxon of St. Michael Pater Noster in the Royal, London. By 1671 Sampson had moved to Boston from London. He held some offices in Boston, but after 1693 had moved to Newcastle, NH. Sampson was still living on 6 Dec 1725 "when Judge Sewall found him sick abed at three in the afternoon." Mehitable and Sampson had five children born from 1677 to 1684/5.:
  • Jacob, b. 23 July, bapt. 24 July 1659; d. 4 Aug 1659

(10g) Henry Webb[edit]

Pope, Pioneeers of Mass.:483; NEHGR 10(1856):177-80 (will)

Henry Webb, b. c. 1600, of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, d. Boston, Mass. 7 Sep 1660, m. (1) wife's name unknown; m. (2) St. Edmunds, Salisbury, Wilts. 11 Aug 1633, Dowsabel Smith, b. say 1613, d. Boston 28 Feb 1659/60. Henry was in New England by 1637 when he had leave to buy the house where he dwelt on 25:7mo:1637 (25 Sep 1637). He was admitted to the Boston church on 6 Feb 1638/9, and his wife Dowsabel was admitted there four days later. He was a merchant, and on 9:8m:1642 (9 Oct 1642) he bought one seventh of the ship Seabright. His will was dated 5 April 1660 and proved five months later, on 13 Sep, naming his only daughter, Margaret, late wife of his "deare sonne" Jacob Sheafe (Jacob died 1 1/2 years before Henry); granddaughters Elizabeth and Mehitabel; brother John Webb of Titherly, Hampshire and his wife Jane; cousin Elizabeth Blackleach, wife of John and her daughter Elizabeth; cousin Francis Grunn and her children Elizabeth and Jone; to late sister Sanford's sons John and Samuel Sanford; to wife's sister Barbara, wife of Reinhold Sewall of Salisbury; "my late dear wife's couzins" David Sewell and Elizabeth Sewell; "Unto Captain Edward Hutchinsons eldest son, that shall be living, as a token of my love to his father..."; to John Wilson, our pastor; to Mr. Thomas Thacher, pastor of Weymouth church, etc. The inventory, dated 25 Sep 1660, amounted to 7819 pounds and change, a huge sum in that day. Henry had one known child, likely with an unknown first wife: [77]

  • Margaret, is likely the Margaret Webb baptized at St Edmunds, Salisbury 25 Sep 1625, daughter of "Henrie" Webb, but mother's name not given in the baptismal record; m. (1) Jacob SHEAFE; and (2) Rev. Thomas THACHER.

(9g) Edward Shrimpton[edit]

NEHGR 43(1889):161 (will)

Edward Shrimpton, b. say 1610, d. autumn 1661, m. Elizabeth _______, living 1661. The will of Edward Shrimpton of Bednal Green, Middlesex, England, was dated 30 Sep 1661, and five weeks later his wife was called widow. The will could not be probated because the executor, Edward's brother Henry Shrimpton, was dwelling in parts beyond the seas. The will was eventually proved by Henry on 18 March 1662. Wife Elizabeth was named in the will as were the following children:

  • Jonathan, b. say 1638, was at Boston (Mass.) in 1661
  • Mary, b. say 1640, was at Boston in 1661 and called Mary Shrimpton in her father's will
  • Ebenezer, b. say 1642, minor in 1661
  • Epaphrus, b. say 1644
  • Silas, b. say 1646
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1648
  • Lydia, b. say 1650

(8g) Jonathan Shrimpton[edit]

We Relate website, citing the 1895 history of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1:203

Jonathan Shrimpton, the son of Edward Shrimpton of Bednal Green, Middlesex, England, was b. say 1638, d. c. 1673, and m. c. 1666 Mary Oliver, b. Boston 1 March 1645/6, d. c. 1700 (dead by 1701 when her husband remarried), the daughter of Peter Oliver and Sarah Newgate. Jonathan was "at Boston" when his father's will was drafted in 1661. Following Jonathan's death, Mary m. (2) c. 1674 as his second of three wives, Nathaniel Williams, b. Boston 16 Sep 1642, d. Boston 23 Dec 1714, the son of Nathaniel and Mary Williams. Nathaniel had m. (1) Lydia _______, and following Mary's death he m. (3) in Boston 21 Feb 1700/1 Sarah (Wheelwright) Crisp. Nathaniel was called a merchant in his will dated 6 Feb 1700 with codicil 22 Dec 1714. It was proved 28 Dec 1714. Children of Jonathan and Mary: [78]

  • Mary, b. 1667, m. (1) Boston 19 May 1692 Robert GIBBS II; m. (2) 29 March 1722 Samuel SEWALL as his third wife.
  • Jonathan, b. 1667
  • Sarah, b. 1669, d. 1717
  • Samuel, b. 1671

Child of Mary Oliver with Nathaniel Williams:

  • Nathaniel (Rev.), b. Boston 25 Aug 1675, d. Boston 10 Jan 1737/8, and m. c. 1699 Anne Bradstreet, granddaughter of Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet. Nathaniel received his A.B. at Harvard in 1693 and was ordained in 1698. He was a private tutor in Boston 1700-1703, a teacher at the Boston Latin School from 1703-1708, and the headmaster there from 1708 to 1733. He founded the grammar school at Boston in 1734.

(10g) Thomas Oliver[edit]

NEHGR 157:34-36; GMB 2(1995):1354-1357; Savage:1763-4; Cutter:822-3

Thomas Oliver, b. say 1575, d. Boston 1 Jan 1657/8, m. (1) at Lilford, Northamptonshire 27 Oct 1600 Agnes (_____) Henson, probably the widow of Thomas Henson who was buried at Lilford 24 Jan 1599/1600. He m. (2) by Dec 1617 Elizabeth _______, buried at Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire 8 May 1624. He m. (3) by 1632 (before sailing to New England) Anne _______, who died in Boston May 1635, and he m.(4) by 1642 Anne (SQUIRE) Purchase, who was baptized at Charlton Mackrell, Somersethire on 30 Nov 1591, and died at Boston 20 Dec 1662, the daughter of Henry Squire and widow of Aquila Purchase. Thomas was a chirurgeon (surgeon) and a prominent man in England and in the Massachusetts Bay. While in England, he married and lived in the parish of Lilford in Northamptonshire, where the baptisms of four of his children are recorded. After that he must have moved to a parish whose records haven't survived, and that is where his first wife died and he married his second wife. For this reason, the three children born at this unknown place can not be assigned to one wife or the other. In about 1616 he moved with his family to the nearby parish of Thorpe Achurch, where the baptisms of his five youngest children are recorded. At some point after the 1624 death of his second wife, he married a third wife, and she is the one who accompanied him on the voyage to New England. Thomas arrived with his family in Boston in 1632 aboard the ship William and Francis, and soon thereafter he and Anne became members #132 and #133 in the Boston church. On 22 Nov 1632 Thomas was elected a ruling elder of the church.

As with most members of the Boston church, Thomas became involved in the events of the Antinomian Controversy from 1636 to 1638, and he signed a petition supporting Rev. John Wheelwright. As a result, he was on a list of those to be disarmed, dated 20 Nov 1637. While many on this list left the Massachusetts Bay Colony to settle in Exeter (NH) or Portsmouth (RI), Thomas must have recanted [on his support for Wheelwright], because he never left Boston, and in fact continued to hold offices, such as selectman, both during and after the controversy. Thomas's will, dated 13 March 1652 with codicil 2 May 1656, was proved 27 Jan 1657/8.

All of Thomas's children were with his first and second wives. Due to the lack of records, three of the children cannot be assigned to either wife. Children with first wife Agnes, baptized at Lilford: [79]

  • Elizabeth, bapt. 9 Aug 1601, m. Thorpe Achurch 15 Nov 1625 Thomas WOOLFULL, cler. Thomas was admitted a sizar at Jesus College 8 Sep 1619, matriculated the same year, and ordained deacon at Peterborough (Northamptonshire) 22 Feb 1623/4 and ordained as a priest the following day. He received a B.A. in 1623/4 and an M.A. in 1627
  • Thomas, bapt. 10 Sep 1603, bur. Lilford 21 Oct 1604
  • Jonathan, bapt. 2 Feb 1605/6, probably d. young
  • Anne, bapt. 19 June 1608

Children with unknown wife:

  • Mary, b. c. 1610, m. Lilford 6 April 1630 John ROBBINS of Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire
  • John, b. c. 1613, d. 1646 "not full thirty years of age [sic]", m. by Nov 1638 Elizabeth NEWGATE, daughter of John and Lydia Newgate.
  • Peter, b. c. 1615, m. by 1643 Sarah NEWGATE, daughter of John Newgate and Thomasine Hayes.

Children with second wife, Elizabeth, baptized at Thorpe Achurch:

  • James, bapt. 26 Dec 1617, m. Mary (DEXTER) Friend, daughter of Thomas Dexter and widow of John Friend
  • Nathaniel, bapt. 2 May 1619, d. Boston, Mass. Nov 1633
  • Abigail, bapt. 10 Dec 1620, m. by 1644 James JOHNSON
  • Samuel, bapt. 16 Dec 1621, drowned 27 March 1652, m. by 1647 Lydia _______
  • Daniel, bapt. 25 Dec 1623, d. Boston June 1637.

(9g) Peter Oliver[edit]

Peter, the son of Thomas Oliver and either his first or second wife (of four), was born in Northamptonshire, England c. 1615, d. Boston, Mass. 11 April 1670, and m. c. 1643 Sarah NEWGATE, bapt. All hallows London Wall, London 23 Sep 1621, d. Boston, Mass. 9 Oct 1692, the daughter of John Newgate and Thomasine Hayes. Peter is buried in the Granary Burial Ground in Boston, and has a FAG memorial, but there is no gravestone photo. Children, b. Boston: [80]

  • Sarah, bapt. 7 Jan 1643/4, m. John NOYES, b. Newbury, Mass. 4 June 1645, d. Boston 9 Nov 1678, the son of Rev. James Noyes and Sarah Browne.
  • Mary, b. 21 Feb, bapt. 1 March 1645/6, m. (1) Jonathan SHRIMPTON and (2) Nathaniel WILLIAMS
  • Abigail, b. 18 Nov 1648, died by 1662
  • Nathaniel, b. 8 March 1651/2, d. Boston 5 April 1704, m. 3 Jan 1677 Elizabeth BRATTLE, b. say 1655 d. May 1719, dau of Thomas Brattle and Elizabeth Tyng. They had eight children.
  • Peter, b. 3 March 1654/5
  • Samuel, bapt. 11 Jan 1656/7, d. Boston 9 Sep 1657
  • James, b. 19 March 1658/9, m. 1690 Mercy BRADSTREET, b. Boston 20 Nov 1667, d. 29 March 1710, daughter of Samuel Bradstreet and Mercy Tyng. James graduated Harvard in 1680.
  • Abigail, b. 1 Jan 1661/2
  • Daniel, b. 28 Feb 1663/4, m. Boston 4 March 1695/6 Elizabeth BELCHER, dau of Hon. Andrew Belcher and Elizabeth Danforth. Daniel and Elizabeth had five known children, born 1700 to 1713.

(10g) John Newgate[edit]

GMB 2(1995):1327-32

John Newgate, the son of Philip Newgate and Joan Hoo, was born c. 1588, probably at Horningsheath, Suffolk, d. Boston in 1665, and m. (1) c. 1612 Lydia _______, b. say 1592, bur. St. Olaves Southwark, Surrey 11 July 1620; (2) All Hallows London Wall, London 1 Nov 1620 Thomasine HAYES, b. say 1600, bur. St. Olives Southwark, Surrey 7 Sep 1625; (3) c. 1626 Ann (______) (Hunt) Draper, d. Boston c. 1679. John was in New England with his family by 1633 when his daughter Hannah was baptized as the Boston church on 6 Aug 1633. He was a haberdasher, and was called a hatter when admitted to the Boston church on 3 Aug 1634, and he became a freeman less than a year later on 4 March 1634/5. He held the offices of constable and selectman in 1636, and was a deputy to the General Court in 1638. From 1638 to 1639 John returned to England to sell land in Horringer, Suffolk. He made a will prior to this trip, dated 23 Oct 1638, but returned and lived many years thereafter, so made a second will dated 25 Nov 1664. A codicil to this will was dated 8 May 1665, and his inventory was dated 8 Sep 1665. His death date has been given as 4 Sep 1665, but without a source. The will of Ann Newgate, widow, was dated 6 Aug 1676 and proved 8 April 1679, though the inventory was taken 26 March 1679. John had children with all three wives, as follows:

With first wife, Lydia, all baptized at St. Olaves Southwark, Surrey:

  • Thomas, bapt. 17 Oct 1613, bur. there 20 Oct 1613
  • John, bapt. 9 May 1616, bur. there 4 Jan 1616/7
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 1 Jan 1617/8, was admitted to the Boston church 20 March 1634 as "Elizabeth Newgate daughter in law [i.e. step-daughter] to our sister Anne Newgate". She m. (1) c. 1638 John OLIVER, son of Thomas Oliver and m. (2) Cambridge 14 March 1648/9 Edward JACKSON. b. 1602, d. 17 June 1681, aged 79. Elizabeth at one time had an individual gravestone in the East Parish Burying Ground in Newton, Mass., beside the extant stone of Edward, but it has not survived. A tall Jackson monument still stands with Edward's name on it, but Elizabeth's was not included. [81]
  • Lydia, bapt. 11 July 1620, bur. there 18 July 1620.

with second wife, Thomasine Hayes:

  • Sarah, bapt. All Hallows London Wall 23 Sep 1621, admitted to Boston church 19 June 1640, and m. c. 1643 Peter OLIVER, son of Thomas Oliver.
  • John, bapt. St. Olaves Southwark, Surrey 25 March 1624, called eldest son in his father's will of 1638, but no further record.

with third wife, Ann:

  • Nathaniel, bapt. St. Olaves Southwark, Surrey 4 April 1627, was an apprentice to Hugh Williams and George Clifford on 27 Nov 1643. He m. Isabella LEWYS and resided in London.
  • Joseph, b. say 1630, d. Boston 14 Dec 1658.
  • Hannah, b. Boston 1 Aug and bapt. there 6 Aug 1633, d. Boston Jan 1633/4.
  • Hannah, b. Boston 1 Aug 1635 [sic] per Boston Vital Record, but b. there 28 June 1635 per Salisbury Fam. Gen. She was bapt. Boston 19 July 1635, and m. there 22 Feb 1652/3 to Simon LINDE.

(8g) John Whipple[edit]

GMB 3(1995):1970-74; GDRI (1887):221-2

John Whipple was born about 1617, d. Providence 16 May 1685, aged about 68 years (gravestone), and m. c. 1639 Sarah _______, b. c. 1624, d. 1666, aged about 42 (gravestone). John came to New England as a teenager, apparently as a servant. He settled in Dorchester, Mass. where he lived more than 25 years, but generated very few records. He was a carpenter and a tavernkeeper. In 1658 he sold his house and lands in Dorchester and moved to Providence, where he was active in town affairs. He held many minor offices and served as deputy to the General Court in 1666. John's will, dated 8 May 1682, was proved 27 May 1685, with inventory dated 22 May 1685. John and Sarah both have extant gravestones in the North Burial Ground in Providence. Children:

  • John, b. c. 1640, bapt. Dorchester 1 Nov 1641, d. 15 Dec 1700, and m. (1) Providence 4 Dec 1663 Mary OLNEY, b. say 1643, d. c. 1676, daughter of Thomas and Mary Olney; m. (2) Providence 15 April 1678 Rebecca, widow of John Scott, living in 1701. John had three children with first wife Mary born from 1665 to 1675, then two more children with Rebecca, born 1679 to c. 1681.
  • Sarah, bapt Dorchester 6 Feb 1641/2, living in 1687, m. c. 1661 John SMITH of Providence. They had ten children, born c. 1662 to 1682.
  • Samuel, bapt. Dorchester 17 March 1643/4, d. 12 March 1710/1, m. c. 1668 Mary HARRIS, b. say 1648, d. 14 Dec 1722, daughter of Thomas Harris. They had five children born 1669 to 1683. Samuel and Sarah have extant gravestones in the North Burial Ground in Providence. [82]
  • Eleazer, bapt. Dorchester 8 March 1646, d. 25 Aug 1719, m. 26 Jan 1669/70 Alice ANGELL, b. 1649, d. 13 Aug 1743, daughter of Thomas and Alice Angell. They had nine children, born c. 1672 to c. 1692. Eleazer and Alice share a deteriorating inscribed slab in the Whipple-Mowry Lot in Lincoln, RI. [83]
  • Mary, bapt. Dorchester 9 April 1648, living in 1698, m. Providence 9 March 1665/6 Epenetus OLNEY, b. 1634, d. 3 June 1698, the son of Thomas and Mary Olney. They had seven children born from 1667/8 to 1688.
  • William, bapt. Dorchester 16 May 1652, d. 9 March 1712, m. Mary _______, living in 1712. They had three known children.
  • Benjamin, bapt. Dorchester 4 June 1654, d. 11 March 1704, m. 1 April 1686 Ruth MATTHEWSON, b. say 1666, living in 1704, daughter of James Mathewson and Hannah Field.
  • David, bapt. Dorchester 18 Sep 1656, d. Dec 1710, m. (1) Providence 15 May 1675 Sarah HEARNDON, b. say 1655, d. 2 April 1677, daughter of Benjamin Hearnden and Elizabeth White; m. (2) Hingham, Mass. 11 Nov 1677 Hannah TOWER, d. Nov 1722, daughter of John and Margaret Tower.
  • Abigail, b. c. 1658, d. 19 Aug 1725, m. (1) c. 1673 Stephen DEXTER, b. 1 Nov 1647, d. 1679, son of Gregory Dexter and Abigail Fullerton; m. (2) Jan 1682 William HOPKINS, b. 1647, d. 8 July 1723, son of Thomas Hopkins.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1660, m. Providence 20 May 1684 Alice SMITH
  • Jonathan, b. c. 1662, d. 8 Sep 1721, m. (1) c. 1687 Margery ANGELL, daughter of Thomas and Alice Angell; m. (2) Anne _______, d. 5 March 1724/5. Jonathan had seven children with his first wife.

(7g) Joseph Whipple[edit]

Joseph, the son of John and Sarah Whipple of Dorchester, Mass. and Providence, Rhode Island, was b. Providence in 1662 and died there 28 Aug 1746, aged 84. He was married in Providence 20 May 1684 to Alice Smith, b. Providence 1654 and died there 30 July 1730, aged 75 years, the daughter of Edward Smith and Amphillis Angell. Joseph took the oath of allegiance to King Charles II in May 1682 with his brother Jonathan. He was a Colonel of the Providence militia, and served as a Providence town councilman for twelve years, and was a representative to the General Assembly for 19 years between 1698 and 1728. He gave 100 pounds towards building an Episcopal church on Benefit Street in Providence, the highest amount offered of any donor. He and his wife both have grave markers in the North Burial Ground in Providence. The had twelve children, all born in Providence: [84]

  • John, b. 18 May 1685, per Austin's Gen Dict RI, but b. 29 Nov 1684 as calculated from age on tombstone, d. 6 Oct 1769 per some sources, but d. 18 May 1769, aged 84y 5m 19d per tombstone, m. Abigail Brown, b. 14 Oct 1704, d. 15 June 1736 in her 32d year, the daughter of Joseph Brown and Sarah Pray. He was titled Captain, and was a bone setter. John and Abigail had four known children, born 1725 to 1734. They both have grave markers in the North Burial Ground, Providence, but are not together. [85]
  • Jeremiah, b. 3 Sep 1686, d. young
  • Joseph Whipple, Jr., b. 30 Dec 1687, d. Newport June 1750 (or within three days of June), m. (1) Newport 27 Feb 1710/11, Anne Almy, b. Portsmouth, RI 29 Sep 1695, d. Newport 28 Dec 1720, the daughter of Christopher-3 Almy (Christopher-2, William-1) and Joanna-2 Slocum (Giles-1); m. (2) Newport 1 March 1721 Sarah Redwood, b. Antigua 19 Oct 1702, d. Cranston, RI 3 Jan 1791, the daughter of Abraham Redwood and Mehitable Langford. Joseph had four children with his first wife, all four of whom died in infancy. He and Sarah then had nine children together. He was a deputy governor of the Rhode Island colony, and was probably the wealthiest of the prominent Whipple clan. Joseph's will was dated 28 May 1750, and proved on 2 July 1750, making June the likely month of his death. Following his death, his widow Sarah m. Newport 28 Sep 1752 Benjamin Bagnall of Boston, and their marriage was recorded in the Friends' records. His first wife has a grave marker in the Common Burial Ground in Newport. Joseph may be buried there as well, but does not have a marker. [86]
  • Amphilis, b. 6 Oct 1689, d. Warwick 17 Dec 1776 (from secondary source), m. Warwick 20 Nov 1707 Moses Lippitt, b. c. 1675, d. Warwick 12 Dec 1745, the son of Moses Lippitt and Mary Knowles of Warwick. Moses was buried 14 Dec 1745 on his farm, per the records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, as abstracted by James N. Arnold in his Vital Record of Rhode Island (vol. 10).
  • Sarah, b. 29 March 1691, d. Providence 4 March 1762, and m. in Providence William Crawford, b. Providence 12 April 1688, d. there 5 Aug 1720, the son of Gideon Crawford and Freelove Fenner. Sarah and William are buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [87]
  • Susannah, b. 14 April 1693, d. Providence 15 Dec 1776, m. Stephen Dexter, b. Providence 15 April 1689, d. there 27 Dec 1758, the son of John Dexter and Alice Smith. Susannah and Stephen are buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [88]
  • Freelove, b. 18 March 1694, m. Capt A. Young. I find nothing on this couple. It appears that Freelove may have been a first wife of Archibald Young, and that following her death he married her younger sister Alice.
  • Alice, b. 6 Feb 1696, d. Providence 6 April 1749, m. Providence 23 Dec 1731 Archibald Young. Alice is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [89]
  • Amey, b. 16 June 1699, d. Providence 23 Dec 1757, m. (1) Providence 20 Dec 1715 John Crawford, b. Providence 15 Aug 1693, d. there 18 March 1719, the son of Gideon Crawford and Freelove Fenner. Amey m. (2) Providence 26 June 1723 Robert Gibbs III, b. Boston, Mass. 29 Nov 1696, d. Providence 29 June 1769, the son of Robert Gibbs and Mary Shrimpton. Amen had two children with her first husband, and six more with her second. Amey and both husbands are buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [90]
  • Christopher, b. 14 Sep 1701, d. young
  • Mary, b. 9 April 1704, d. Providence 8 Dec 1733, m. Providence 29 Oct 1721 Capt Charles Bardin. Nothing more has been discovered about Charles, but the Barden/Bardin family was prominent in Newport. Mary is buried in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [91]
  • Christopher, b. 6 March 1706/7, m. Ann Lippitt

(9g) Christopher Smith[edit]

The material forming this family record has not yet been published in its entirety. Much is currently being done in the realm of DNA matching, and is being compiled online. The bulk of the records in this family come from the article "William Shakespeare and the Christopher Smith Family" in the Genetics & Genealogy section, American Ancestors, vol. 17, No. 1 (Winter 2016), pp 50-53, citing the Stratford-upon-Avon parish registers.

Christopher Smith, born c. 1591, d. Newport, RI June 1676 and m. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire 1 May 1616 Alice GIBBES, b. say 1595, living in 1681. Christopher is first of record in Providence, RI on 3:9mo:1649 (3 Nov 1649) when he was one of six who might, by lot, receive Mrs. Lea's lot. He and his wife may have come to New England late in life, being preceded here by many of their children, one group of whom settled in Harford, CT, and the other group in Providence, RI. He was on the list of Providence freemen in 1655 and a juryman the same year. He was involved in several land transactions in Providence, and his wife Alice was included on deeds in 1668 and 1672. Christopher became a Quaker. During King Philips War, he, and presumably his wife, were very aged when taken from Providence to Newport for protection. He died there, and his death was recorded by the Friends as June 1676, without a specific date. Children, all baptized at Stratford-upon-Avon: [92]

  • William, bapt. 23 March 1617, went to Hartford and m. there 1644 Elizabeth _______.
  • Christopher, bapt. 6 March 1619, m. Sarah _______. He does not show up in New England until 1654, and apparently settled in Hartford. No known children.
  • Susanna, bapt. 11 Feb 1621, d. by 1692, may have m. say 1649 Lawrence WILKINSON, b. say 1620, d. 9 aug 1692, the son of William Wilkinson. Lawrence had six children born from c. 1650 to 1662.
  • Mary, bapt. 30 March 1623, m. Hartford 1644 William PARTRIDGE.
  • Samuel, bapt. 20 Feb 1624, bur. Stratford-upon-Avon 5 Nov 1628.
  • Simon, bapt. 1 Jan 1628, was of Hartford when fined in 1646, but later of Haddam, CT.
  • Joseph, bapt. 30 Dec 1629, was one of 24 men who petitioned the Massachusetts General Court for the liberty to settle Northampton.
  • Benjamin, bapt. 30 Oct 1631 (aged about 43 on 17 March 1675), d. 23 Dec 1713, m. c. 1660 Lydia CARPENTER, b. c. 1640, d. 1 Oct 1711, the daughter of William Carpenter and Elizabeth Arnold. He apparently lived in the part of Providence known as Patuxet, which had separated from Providence and put itself under the jurisdiction of Massachusetts for 16 years. Benjamin was one of the petitioners on 1 June 1658 asking to be dismissed from Massachusetts authority, which was granted in October of 1658. Benjamin moved with his family to Warwick, and served in the high-level capacities as either deputy or assistant for much of his adult life. Benjamin's will, dated 13 Aug 1692, was proved more than two decades later, on 22 Jan 1713/4.
  • Edward, bapt. 17 March 1633, d. 8 Nov 1693, m. 1663 Anphillis ANGELL, b. c. 1643, living in 1694, the daughter of Thomas and Alice Angell.

Included as a child by Austin, but his inclusion is speculative, and no DNA descendants have been found:

  • Thomas, b. say 1635, d. 16 Jan 1669/70, m. 1659 Ruth WICKENDEN, b. say 1639, d. 16 Jan 1669/70. In 1661 Thomas was a witness to the confirmatory deed of Roger Williams to his associates. In 1665 he and Ruth received a deed from her father of land on the Patuxet River. A jury that was convened 18 Jan 1669/70 to consider the deaths of Thomas and Ruth, found that they "were both drowned in the river of Pawtuxet the 16th inst. at night." The oldest of their sons, John, gave his understanding of what had happened. The will of William Wickenden, dated 20 Feb 1669/70, mentioned the fatherless children of Thomas Smith. Thomas and Ruth had four sons, John, Thomas, William, and Joseph, born from 1661 to 1669. Only the youngest, Joseph, is known to have married and had children.

(8g) Edward Smith[edit]

GDRI (1887):376-9

Edward, bapt. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England 16 March 1633, d. 8 Nov 1693, was the son of Christopher Smith and Alice Gibbes of Stratford-upon-Avon and Providence, Rhode Island. He m. 1663 Anphillis Angel, b. c. 1642, living in 1694, the daughter of Thomas Angell and Alice Ashton. On 27 Aug 1656 Edward was granted common land on par with that for other townsmen and was to have a vote with the inhabitants. In 1662 he was town sergeant with a salary of 20 shillings per annum. His marriage intention was recorded on 9 May 1663; on 1 June 1667 he took the oath of allegiance. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Edward and Anphillis, without a cemetery. Children: [93]

  • Alice, b. 1664, d. 20 July 1739, m. 20 May 1684 Joseph Whipple, b. 1662, d. 28 April 1746, son of John and Sarah Whipple of Providence. Alice and Joseph had 12 children, born 1685 to 1707. They both have extant grave markers in the North Burial Ground, Providence. [94]
  • Edward, b. c. 1666, d. 9 Nov 1726, m. say 1690 Mercy MOWRY, b. c. 1670, d. c. 1742, daughter of Nathaniel Mowry and Joanna Inman. Following Edward's death, Mercy m. 26 Nov 1741 William Hall. On 5 Jan 1703, Edward, as the eldest son of Edward Sr., deeded certain land to his brother Joseph, and later in the year did the same for brother Christopher. He was a Quaker, and on 8 May 1706 he had 11 shillings worth of pewter taken from him for refusing military training. On 10 Sep 1712 he deeded 150 acres to brother Benjamin "knowing it to be his father's mind". He served on the Providence town council from 1714 to 1720, and was deputy for one year from 1716 to 1717. On 6 March 1727 administration of his estate was given to his widow Mercy. Edward and Mercy had eleven known children. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Edward and Mercy, without cemeteries. [95]
  • Anphillis, b. c. 1668, living in 1703, m. Noah WHIPPLE, b. c. 1667, d. 10 Nov 1703, the son of Samuel Whipple and Mary Harris. When Noah died in 1703, administration of his estate was given to his father, Samuel Whipple, and his widow's brother, Edward Smith. Anphillis and Noah had no known children; she may have m. (2) ______ Eddy.
  • Thomas, b. 19 Feb 1670/1, d. 2 Sep 1741, m. Phebe ARNOLD, b. 5 Nov 1672, living in 1741, daughter of Eleazer Arnold and Eleanor Smith. On 21 May 1706 Thomas had a hand saw and bell taken from him to pay the 10 shilling fine imposed for his not doing military training, as he was a Quaker. His will, dated 1 Sep 1741, was proved 7 Dec 1741, naming wife Phebe and children. Thomas and Phebe had seven children born from 1697 to 1712. A memorial has been created for him without a cemetery. [96]
  • Christopher, b. c. 1673, d. c. 1756 (was living in 1755, but dead by 1758), m. Mary STEPHENS who was living in 1758 when named in a deed as the widow of Christopher Smith. The Find-a-grave memorial created for Mary (with no cemetery) gives her parents as Edward Stephens and Mary Adams, and her birth as 7 April 1679 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony. No reference is given, nor is there any explanation as to how someone from Providence and someone from Marshfield came together. Christopher was a blacksmith. He and Mary had five known children. Christopher was a freeman in 1696, but Austin doesn't say whether in Providence or Scituate. Find-a-grave memorials have been created for Christopher and Mary, with no known cemetery. [97]
  • Joseph, b. Providence 12 Oct 1680, d. Smithfield, RI 17 Feb 1733/4, m. Patience MOWRY, living in 1734, daughter of Nathaniel Mowry and Joanna Inman. On 11 May 1708, Joseph had property taken from him in the amount of 13 shillings, for his refusal to undertake military training, he being a Quaker. His will, dated 19 June 1733, was proved 1 April 1734, naming children and mentioning his wife only in passing--that his son Joseph is to take care his mother for life. Joseph and Patience had ten children born from 1706 to about 1725.
  • Benjamin, b. c. 1685, d. 26 Dec 1749, m. (1) Sarah BURLINGAME; m. (2) 24 June 1742 Ann SMITH, b. 5 Oct 1717, daughter of Benjamin Smith and Mercy Angell. Following Benjamin's death, Ann m. 2 Jan 1755 Stephen Hopkins. On 3 July 1719, Benjamin and his brothers Christopher and Joseph made division of certain land in right of their father. Benjamin's will, dated 22 Oct 1749, was proved 22 Jan 1750, naming wife Ann, his four underaged children, and Jonathan Arnold. His four children, all with second wife, were born 1743 to 1748. His inventory showed an estte of more than 4000 pounds.

(9g) Thomas Angell[edit]

GDRI (1887):4; see Angell Anc by Dean Crawford Smith (1992) when available

Thomas Angell was born c. 1618, d. 1694, and m. c. 1641 Alice ASHTON, bapt. in Abbey Church, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, England 1 Feb 1617/8, the daughter of James and Alice Ashton. Thomas was distantly related to Roger Williams, and accompanied him during the founding of Providence in the spring of 1636. He signed, with a mark, two of the founding documents of Providence in 1637 and 1640. He held various offices in Providence, including Commissioner, Juryman, Constable, and Town Clerk. His will dated 23 May 1685, with codicil the same date, wasn't proved until nine years later on 18 Sep 1694. The will of his widow Alice, dated 21 Oct 1694, was proved 15 Jan 1695. Children, probably all born in Providence: [98]

  • Anphillis, b. say 1642, living in 1694, m. 1663 Edward SMITH, the son of Christopher and Alice Smith.
  • Mary, b. say 1644, d. by 1695, m. say 1667 Richard ARNOLD, b. 22 March 1642, d. 22 April 1710, the son of Thomas Arnold and Phebe Parkhurst. Mary and Richard had four known children, b. c. 1668 to c. 1677.
  • John, b. 1646, d. 27 July 1720, m. 7 Jan 1669 Ruth FIELD, the daughter of John Field. He was a resident of Providence where he was a deputy in 1686. Administration of his estate was given to his widow Ruth and son Hope on 30 Sep 1720. They had six known children, born from 1672 to 1685
  • Deborah, b. say 1647, m. 14 Nov 1668 Stephen SABEERE. They had three known children.
  • Alice, b. 1649, d. 13 Aug 1743, m. 26 Jan 1669 Eleazer WHIPPLE, b. 1646, d. 25 Aug 1719, the son of John and Sarah Whipple.
  • James, b. say 1652, d. 3 March 1711, m. 30 Sep 1678 Abigail DEXTER, b. 24 Sep 1655, living in 1712, daughter of Gregory Dexter and Abigail Fullerton. They had eight children born from 1679 to 1697.
  • Hope, b. say 1660, d. by 1685, unmarried
  • Margaret, b. say 1665, m. Jonathan WHIPPLE, b. 1664, d. 8 Sep 1721, the son of John and Alice Whipple. They had seven children born from c. 1688 to c. 1702.

(10g) James Ashton[edit]

TAG 10(1934):88-90; 20(1944):228; 21(1945):206; GM 5(2007):302-8 (for Olney)

James Ashton, b. say 1575, bur. St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, England 27 May 1651, m. c. 1603 Alice _______, b. say 1583, living in 1620. They had the following children baptized at St. Alban's: [99]

  • James, bapt. 4 March 1603/4, living in 1687, m. Alice; son Thomas bapt 18 April 1630. He was in Providence by 11 Feb 1641/2 when he witnessed a memo of William Arnold to Thomas Olney. He was a Providence commissioner for several years between 1650 and 1663. James was taxed 1s 1d on 1 Sep 1687. His son, James, was of Monmouth, NJ in 1700.
  • Mary (Marie), bapt. 25 Aug 1605, m. St. Alban's 16 Sep 1629 Thomas OLNEY, b. c. 1599 (aged 35 on 2 April 1635), d. Providence 1682. On 2 April 1635, shoemaker Thomas Olney, aged 35; Marie Olney, aged 30; Tho Olney, aged 3, and Epenetus Olney, aged 1 were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Planter. They had a certificate of conformity from St. Albans in Hertfordshire. They were first of Salem where Thomas became a freeman in 1636 (implying church membership), but on 12 March 1637/8 "Thom One" was one of eight men ordered to appear in court, if not removed by next court. Of the eight, four were from Salem, and all four were soon thereafter found in Providence. Besides Olney, the other three were Roger Williams (who had left in 1635), John Throckmorton and Stukely Westcott. Olney held many offices in Providence, and made many real estate transactions. He was assumed to be living on 5 June 1682 when his son was called Thomas Olney, Jr., but his inventory was dated 9 Oct 1682. Mary and Thomas had seven known children born from 1631/2 to c. 1649.
  • John, bapt. 7 June 1607
  • Martha, bapt. 12 march 1608/9, m. St. Alban's 16 Dec 1635 Thomas REDMAN
  • Alice, bapt. 10 Feb 1610/1, bur. St. Alban's 27 July 1613
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 7 March 1612/3, bur. St. Alban's 3 Sep 1616
  • Daniel, bapt. 2 April 1615, m. St. Alban's 30 Jan 1639/40 Dorothy STONE, and had dau. Marie bapt. 26 Dec 1640. A Daniel Ashton was bur. St. Alban's 10 Dec 1640.
  • Alice, bapt. Abbey Church, St. Alban's, 1 Feb 1617/8, d. 1695, m. c. 1641 Thomas ANGELL, b. c. 1618, d. 1694.
  • Sarah, bapt. 23 Feb 1619/20

(8g) George Gardiner[edit]

See RIGR 9(2):97-107 (Oct 1986)

Note: The surname of this family is commonly spelled Gardiner or Gardner. For George, the common ancestor, the surname is more commonly spelled Gardiner, as with Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, and Anderson in his Great MIgration series, though Beaman spells George's name Gardner in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register (see ref above). However, the five sons of George Gardiner who left Newport to accompany their mother across the Narragnsett Bay to Kingstowne generally spelled their name Gardner, and extant grave stones of their descendants generally bear this out. Therefore, in this treatment, the surname of the family Patriarch, George, is being spelled Gardiner, while that of his first five sons and their descendants is being spelled Gardner.

George Gardiner was born about 1610 and died in Newport, Rhode Island about 1677. That he was the son of Rev. Michael Gardner and baptized in Greenford Magma, England in 1600 was published by Miller and Stanton in their genealogy of the family in the 1930s, but this has been refuted by many scholars, notable among whom is G. Andrews Moriarity.

Sometime about 1643 Gardiner entered into a common law marriage with Herodias (Long) Hicks, b. c. 1620, d. c. 1705, who left her first husband, John Hicks, who soon thereafter settled on Long Island. Herodias was the daughter of William Long, according to her marriage allegation (intention) in London. Gardiner lived with Herodias for nearly 20 years, and they had five sons and two daughters together. In 1665 Herodias went to court with a petition asking to dissolve this relationship. She was likely already cohabiting with John Porter at Pettaquamscutt when she appeared in court. The dissolution was eventually granted, with she and Gardiner each being fined 20 pounds. George Gardiner remarried c. 1666 Lydia BALLOU, b. say 1645, d. by 1722, the daughter of Robert and Susanna Ballou of Portsmouth.

Gardiner was on a list of inhabitants of Portsmouth in the fledgling Rhode Island Colony on 20 May 1638, but a year later he joined the group of prominent men leaving Portsmouth to establish the town of Newport. Gardiner was made a freeman at Newport on 17 Dec 1639 and was a landowner at Newport the following month on 29 Jan 1639/40. On 9 April 1639 Gardiner witnessed a deed whereby William Coddington sold his Massachusetts lands to William Tyng. A few weeks later, on 1 May 1639, Gardiner witnessed a note of Richard Collacot to William Coddington. Largely based on these two instruments, the genealogist G. Andrews Moriarty suggested that Gardiner was a young man who was employed by the prominent Coddington (later many times governor of Rhode Island). On 17 March 1641 Gardiner was a Sergeant of the Newport company, and he sat on a Newport grand jury on 1 Dec 1641 and again on 3 Dec 1643.

On 12 Oct 1655 Gardiner was in court in Newport, having been accused of adultery in the June 1655 Court of Trials at Portsmouth. The court ruled in favor of Gardiner, using evidence from the 1644 testimony of Herodias, and the ensuing offical separation. Thomas Painter, apparently the accuser, had to pay six pence in damages to Gardiner.

In 1662 Gardiner was a commissioner of Newport, and on 22 Aug 1662 he and his friend Robert Stanton, both of Newport, purchased a large tract of land to the west of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase in the Narragansett country of the Rhode Island colony from the Indian Waneumaching. It adjoined land of Samuel Wilbur and John Porter from the original Pettaquamscutt purchase.(RILE:216) On 10 Oct 1662 at the Warwick Court of Trials, George Gardiner was accused by Attorney General John Sanford of using words of reproach against the President of the colony, Benedict Arnold, in July 1662. Gardiner was found not guilty by the jury. It is uncertain why he was tried in Warwick, as he is not known to have spent any time in the Narragansett country, west of the bay, but he may have been surveying his recent land purchase there. It is doubtful that this incident refers to George Gardner, Jr., who was only about 15 years old at the time.

On 2 June 1668 Gardiner was made one of the overseers to the will of his father-in-law, Robert Ballou. He was last of record as a juryman on 22 Oct 1673, in Newport. George died about 1677, and his widow remarried the following year on 14 June 1678 to William Hawkins. He made a will, but it was destroyed when the British took Newport's records. Lydia was likely dead by 17 March 1722 when not named in the will of her second husband.

Children with Herodias (the order is the order in which they signed the oath of allegiance in 1671):

  • Benoni, b. c. 1644, d. c. 1731, and m. c. 1665 Mary _______ (possibly a daughter of Philip and Sarah Sherman), b. May 1645, d. 16 Jan 1729, aged 84. Benoni and Mary were definitely married by 22 March 1669 when she witnessed a deed with Benoni. Benoni's land (in Pettaquamscutt) was mentioned in a deed dated 7 Nov 1673in which George Gardner (Jr.) transferred land to his brother Nicholas Gardner. (RILE:99) Benoni was said to be about 90 upon his death, suggesting he was born closer to 1640, and thus would have been a son of George Gardiner with an unknown first wife. However, he is treated like the other Gardner sons in receiving lands from his step-father, John Porter, in Pettaquamscutt, and is almost certainly the son of Herodias, and therefore likely born about 1644, with his death age overstated. Benoni was a cordwainer and farmer
  • Henry, b. c. 1646, d. S. Kingstown 26 April 1744, m. (1) Joan _______ (possibly Greene), b. c. 1649, living in 1715, possibly the daughter of John Greene of Quidnesset; m. (2) Abigail (RICHMOND) Remington, b. 1656, d. 1744, widow of John Remington. b. Rowley, Mass. 20 March 1650, d. 1688, the son of John and Abigail Remington, whom she married in 1679. She was the daughter of Edward Richmond and Abigail Davis. Henry was a constable in 1683, and a wealthy farmer who left his children hundreds of acres of land in western Rhode Island. Second wife, Abigail, requested administration of her first husband's estate on 20 March 1689 (Beaman gives the date as 12 Dec 1688), and the inventory was made the previous month, dated 18 Feb 1689, with Henry Gardner and Henry Bull, Jr. as appraisers. On 12 May 1692, representatives of the seven original Pettaquamscutt purchasers deeded 300 acres of land to William Heffernon. In the right of John Porter (clearly now deceased) was Henry Gardner on behalf of himself and his brothers and sisters. Henry signed the instrument with a mark. (RILE:233) On 28 July 1692, John Watson and Henry Gardner of Kingstowne, alias Rochester, conveyed 612 acres of land to Joseph Allen for 77 pounds and 15 shillings. John Watson and Henry Gardner signed the instrument, while witnesses William Gardner, George Gardner, and Ephraim Gardner all signed with marks. (RILE:235-236) Soon a relationship ensued between the married Henry Gardner and the widow Abigail Remington, and on 27 March 1694, Henry Gardner was charged by Abigail Reminton for "getting on her body two bastard children" and he was sentenced to keep the town of Kingstown indemnified from any charge arising from the maintenance of the children, and that he provide their maintenance. Abigail "was sick" and did not appear in court for the act of fornication committed with Henry Gardner, but Gardner paid her court fine of 26s 8p. Abigail apparently never remarried, so when Henry's first wife died, after 1715, Henry then assumed Abigail as his wife, and named her as such in his will. Joan was living on 21 Nov 1715 when she and Henry testified about a highway. In a March 1738 deposition, Henry called himself aged about 93 years, and his then wife, Abigail, called herself in her 82nd year. Henry's will, dated 25 Oct 1732, was proved 5 May 1744. The will of his widow, Abigail, was dated 20 July 1744 and proved a few months later on 8 October.
  • George, b. c. 1648, d. 1724, m. 17 Feb 1670 Tabitha TEFFT, b. Portsmouth 1653, living in 1722, the daughter of John Tefft and Mary Barber.
  • William, b. c. 1650, d. 1711, m. by 1679 Elizabeth (perhaps WILKINSON), b. c. 1660, d. S. Kingstown 9 May 1737. William, like his brothers, was an affluent farmer, and left his children hundreds of prime land in Kingstown, along with livestock and slaves. On 1 Jan 1671, William received a grant of 200 acres from his step-father, John Porter; the land was bounded by that of Samuel Wilbur, John Porter, and his brothers Benoni Gardner and Henry Gardner. (RILE:95) He was the only one of George Gardiner's five sons who did not sign the oath of allegiance on 19 May 1671, so perhaps he was the youngest son. (GDRI)
  • Dorcas, b. c. 1652, d. by 1702, m. by 7 Nov 1673 John WATSON b. c. 1651, d. c. 1729. On 7 Nov 1673, Dorcas was named Dorcas Watson when she witnessed a deed whereby her husband was deeded land by John and Hored Porter. Following the death of Dorcas, Watson married her sister, Rebecca:
  • Nicholas, b. c. 1654, d. S. Kingstown 1712, m. c. 1681 Hannah PALMER, b. S. Kingstown 10 Oct 1663, the daughter of George Palmer and Bethia Mowry. On 19 May 1671 Nicholas took the oath of allegiance, suggesting he had reached his majority by that date.(GDRI) On 27 Dec 1671 John Porter conveyed a sixth part of 1000 acres (laid out to the six purchasers of Narragansett lands [there were actually seven, but Benedict Arnold was not named with the other six]) to Nicholas Gardiner. Porter signed the deed, while Horad Porter signed with her mark; Lodowick Updike and George Gardiner were witnesses, with George using a mark to sign. (RILE:99) On 22 Nov 1673 Nicholas was given 100 acres of land, known as the "Rock Farm", by John and Hored Porter. The land bordered land of his brother Benoni Gardner and his brother-in-law, John Watson. (RILE:99-100) On 27 Dec 1674 Nicholas was given 1/6 interest in 1000 acres of land. At this point, and parcel divided into six parts would likely go to each of the five Gardner sons, and to their sister, Dorcas Watson. In 1711 Nicholas called himself aged about 57 years, putting his birth about 1654. However, this would make him only 17 years old when signing the oath of allegiance in 1671.
  • Rebecca, b. c. 1657, d. by 1728/9, m. by 1702 John WATSON as his second wife, his first wife being Rebecca's sister, Dorcas. As an infant "sucking at her mother's breast", Rebecca was carried by her mother to Weymouth in May 1658, so her mother could give her Quaker testimony. Rebecca had no children. On 4 Aug 1702, John and Rebecca both signed a land deed.

Children with Lydia Ballou, born in Newport:

  • Robert, b. c. 1667, d. 1690, did not marry. His will, proved at Providence 28 April 1690, names brothers Joseph and Peregrine and his step-father William Hawkins.
  • Joseph (Gardner, per grave stone), b. 1669, d. Newport 22 Aug 1726, in his 58th year, m. Newport 30 Nov 1693 Catherine HOLMES, b. 1673, d. Newport 28 Oct 1758, daughter of John Holmes and Frances Holden. After Joseph's death, Catherine m. (2) after 1732, as his third wife, Rev. Daniel Wightman, b. 2 Jan 1668, d. Newport 31 Aug 1750, the son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Updike. Daniel Wightman had m. (1) Catherine Holmes, b. 1671, daughter of Jonathan Holmes and Sarah Borden, and m. (2) Mary _______, b. 1669, d. 4 Nov 1732. Joseph held the title of Lieutenant, and was on several occasions a representative to the General Court. Joseph has an extant grave stone in the Common Burial Ground in Newport. [100]
  • Lydia, b. c. 1671, d. Providence 1723, m. Providence 4 April 1689 Joseph SMITH, b. 1670, d. Providence 13 Jan 1749/50, the son of John Smith and Sarah Whipple.
  • Mary, b. c. 1673, m. Providence 18 July 1690 Archibald WALKER, b. c. 1668. They had six children born likely in Providence, 1691 to 1708/9.
  • Peregrine, b. c. 1675, living on 7 April 1689 when mentioned in the will of his brother Robert; did not marry.

Herodias Long[edit]

For a lengthy treatment of Herodias: [101]

Herodias Long, apparently the daughter of a William Long, was the wife of three different settlers of Rhode Island. She m. (1) (allegation) in London 14 March 1636/7 John HICKS, b. c. 1614, d. May 1672, provenance unknown. Hicks was called of St. Olaves Parish in Southwark (across the Thames River from London), and was a Salter and a bachelor, aged about 23. After having two (or possibly three) children, Herodias and John divorced, with John moving to Long Island. Herodias then "found maintenance" with George GARDINER of Newport, and entered into a common law marriage with him. This arrangement lasted for almost 20 years, after which Herodias sought independence from Gardiner, and crossed the Narraganset Bay, taking up residence on the Pettaquamscutt lands (later South Kingstown, RI) with the wealthy and prominent John PORTER, b. c. 1605, living in 1674. Her children soon followed her to Pettaquamscutt.

The birth year of Herodias can only be surmised. In her marriage allegation, she was called aged about 21 in March 1637/8, and therefore most likely born in 1617. However, in testimony that she gave in 1665, she said she was aged 13-14 when brought to New England by her husband, shortly after their marriage. Since this was likely in late 1638, she would have been born about 1624, based on her testimony. So the question is: was she being more truthful when she married in 1638, or was she being more truthful in 1665, when she was a mature adult. I think most of us tend to be more comfortable with the truth in old age; she may have had reason to mis-state her age in 1638, as she may have been unusually young to marry. What would be her incentive to mis-state her marriage age as a mature woman? However, it's more difficult to refute a legal document than testimony, perhaps with imperfect memory. Also, a woman marrying at the age of 21 is far more likely than a girl marrying at 13 or 14, even at that time. So, do we go with the greatest probability based on the legal record (1617) or with greater likelihood of being truthful as a middle-aged woman (1624). I have just compromised and called her birth year about 1620, so as not to be too far off the mark, whichever is the correct case.

The provenance of Herodias is equally as enigmatic. The only clue that has been documented thus far comes from the will of John Ayshford of the Barbados, dated 26 Jan 1639, proved 23 Feb 1639 by his brother, Anthony Ayshford.  He made bequests "to my brother Robert Ayshford, my belte & Rapier.  To Odias Longe, L5.  To my brother Anthony Ayshford, all my right & interest in Little Ockenbury, and all my plantations in Barbadoes, he to be executor.” With the great rarity of the names Herodias and Odias as given names, there appears to be a good chance that this will does refer to Herodias. Ockenbury is a hamlet near Exeter, in Devonshire, England, and the will was proved in neighboring Somersetshire.

Details of the marriage of Herodias to John Hicks can be found in two different documents. The London Marriage Allegations, Vol. 19: p. 92 gives the following: "Mar. 14, 1637 Wch daie, appeared p[er]sonally John Hicke of ye parish of St. Olaves in Southwark Salter and a batchelour aged about 23 yeares and alledged that he intendeth to marrie with Harwood Long spinster aged about 21 yeares ye daughter of William Long Husbandman who giveth his Consent to this intended marriage And of ye truth of the pr[e]mises as also that he knows of no Lawfull let or impediment by reason of anie pr[ior] contract Consanguinity affinitie or otherwise to hinder this intended marriage he made faith and desires license to be married in ye parish Church of St ffaith London [signed] John Hickes". However, the actual marriage license records things slightly differently: Mar. 14, 1637  Herodias Long married to John Hicks by license at St. Faith's-Under-Paul's, London" (London Marriage Licenses, pg. 153, British Records Society). The correct rendering of the marriage license date of John and Herodias is 14 March 1636/7, since the new year (1637) did not begin until 25 March.

After their March 1637 marriage, it appears that John and Herodias Hicks arrived in Weymouth in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the last half of 1637, as Hicks was granted land in Weymouth in 1637 according to the Weymouth Historical Society (RIHist 11:84). According to the 1665 testimony of Herodias, they lived there for two and a half years, which means they left there for Newport in the Rhode Island Colony sometime in early 1640. There are no direct records of John Hicks in Weymouth, but it appears that a James Nash took over three acres of Hicks's land in Weymouth sometime in 1638. Here the testimony of Herodias appears inacurate, because the name of John Hicks is on a list of Newport inhabitants admitted there 1:3mo:1638 (1 May 1638), and on 14 Sep 1640 he was made a freeman (RIHist 11:84). Hicks's land grant in Newport was mentioned in a 1640 land grant to Robert Stanton, a neighbor of Hicks. Hicks was on a jury, probably in March 1641/2 and again on 3 Dec 1643 (RI Hist 11:84), but this last date is curious because of the following record.

In Newport marital discord developed between John and Herodias Hicks. On 3 Dec 1643 "Harwood" Hicks complained to the Newport magistrates that her husband had been beating her. The Rhode Island colonial records provide a record:

"This witnesseth tht in the yeare 1643, decemb. the 3d/ Harrwood Hicks, wife to John Hicks, made her Complaint to us of Many greevances, & Exstreeme violence, that her Husband used towards her, uppon which she desired ye peace of him uppon ye Examination whereof we found such due grounds of her Complaints by his Inhumane & barbarous Carriages such Crewell blows on Divers parts of her body, with many other like Cruelties, that we fearing the ordenarie & desperate afects of such barbarous Cruelties, murthering, poysioning, drowning, hanging, wounds & Losse of Limbes, Could not but bind him to ye peace, Moreover we found him soe bitterly to be Inraged, & soe desparate in his Expreshions, uppon which the poore woman fraught with feares, Chose Rather to subject herselfe to any Miserie than to Live with him; He also as desirous thereof as She, Solicited us to part them, with much Impretunyty we therefore diligently observing & waighing, ye prmeses Conceived & Concluded, that it were better, yea farr better for them to be separated, or devorced than to Live in such bondage being in such parfect hatred of one another, & to avoayde & prevent the said desperate hazards premised, yet observing & knowing how Odious this act was amongst men, Refused to order theire separation, but tould them theire act should be theires wherein if they agreede we would be witnesses thereof uppon which they Came to an accord, & declared it to us which Accordingly we doe testifie the same, being perswade that god had separated them soe Inmeewtablie, that they were free from that marriage bond before god, Now we being Majestrates in this place, & in Commission for ye peace, & by order we are to walke accordinge to ye Lawes of England, under grace of our Soveraigne, had no direct Rule to walke by to devorce them did therefore under grace by our Authoritie declare them duly separate in wittness where of we therfor sett to our hands this is a True Coppie Pr me                                                                                                          William Coddington Wm.  Lytherland                                                                                                                                 John Coggeshall

On 7 March 1644/5 John Hicks was brought before the Rhode Island General Court to answer for his wife's complaint. He was ordered to pay a ten pound bond pending the next court in June when Herodias was to appear and present her evidence. Neither appeared at the next court, presumably because Hicks had left Newport. Likely well before Hicks left Newport, Herodias "was drawne by Georg Gardener to Consent to hime soe fare as I did for mayntenacne," and the two began their lives together in a common-law marriage. A friend of Gardiner, Robert Stanton, declared "one night at his house both of them did say before him and his wife that they did take one the other as man and wife." Yet, in 1665 Herodias deposed that "yett with much oppression of spiritt, Judging hime not to be my husband never being married to him according to the Law of the place." So, the extent to which George and Herodias were actually married is not clear, but they lived together for nearly 20 years, and had seven children together.

On 12 Dec 1645 Hicks wrote a letter to Rhode Island magistrate John Coggeshall from Flushing on Long Island (now in Queens). On 19 Oct 1645 Hicks was named on the Dutch patent for Flushing, and he became a prominent citizen, serving as an adjuster of Indian claims in 1647. From Flushing he moved to Newtown, where on 26 Nov 1653 he was a delegate to a meeting with the governor of New Amsterdam (now New York City). By 1656 he was of Hempstead where he became a magistrate and justice of the peace. On 1 June 1655 Hicks obtained a divorce from Herodias in New Amsterdam, and was then free to remarry. He soon married Florence Carman, the widow of John Carmen, and then after 22 Jan 1662 (the date of a pre-nuptual agreement), he married Rachel Starr, the widow of Thomas Starr (1615 - 1658). Hicks called himself of Hempstead in his will, dated 29 April 1672 and proved in Jamaica, Long Island 14 June 1672.

Herodias had likely befriended the Quaker martyr, Mary Dyer, and when Mary returned from a five-year trip in England, filled with Quaker evangelism, she likely swayed the younger Herodias with her message. Herodias certainly viewed the jail sentences and whippings received by Quakers as terribly wrong, and decided to take her own stand. In May 1658 she took Robert Stanton's 12-year old daughter, Mary, and her own infant, Rebecca, on a fairly treacherous 60-mile trip to her former home, Weymouth, Mass. Chronicler Humphrey Norton wrote in 1659:

“Horred Gardiner, a mother of many children, and an inhabitant in Newport upon Road-Island, being moved by the measure of God to go on his message unto Weymouth, took with her the youngest babe that fed upon her breast, such a journey that no flesh that had looked upon it with the fleshly eye, could have expected (considering her condition) she could have accomplished, but her faith was made strong through weakness, and according to the will of God finished her testimony at Weymouth in Boston Colony, where the witness in the people answered unto her words; but the baser sort hurried her away the day following, before John Endicott, Governor of Boston, who after abusing her with unsavory language, and much threatening, committed her and the girl that assisted her to bear her child (Mary Stanton by name, with reviling language) unto the Gaoler where they received 10 stripes apiece with the threefold cord of their covenant; Such a barbarous article of their faith is this, as I have not heard the like, as to whip a woman who bare two babes, sucking the breast at the time, one visible, and the other invisible, who after that execution of this their cruelty, kneeled down saying, “The Lord forgive you for you know not what you do.”  A woman standing by, said, Surely if she had not the spirit of the Lord she could not do this thing; Thus they continued them in prison about fourteen days, not suffering any of their friends to come at them; this and such as this, puts a clear difference and demonstration between their faith and ours.”                                                                                      Humphrey Norton. “New England’s Ensign.” Feb. 1659

On 20 July 1664, John Porter was called "lately of Portsmouth" when he and William Baulston settled a land boundary in Portsmouth. This suggests that Porter was living in Pettaquamscutt at the time. In November 1664 John Porter deeded 200 acres of land in Pettaquamscutt bounded by land of "Horrod Long." He made a similar deed to George Gardner, Jr. It is significant to note that by this point in time Herodias was no longer using the surname Gardiner, and that her sons were receiving grants of land from Porter. On 20 March 1665, Horod Long, now living in Pettaquamscutt, presented the Rhode Island authorities with a petition, seeking separation from Gardiner. On 1 May 1665, both Herodias and George Gardiner appeared in the Rhode Island General Court, and when Herodias was asked by the court if she would return to Gardiner and live with him as a wife ought to do, her response was that she would not, and she said she "was at the Courts pleasure to doe with her what they see good." Gardiner stated that "he was free to accept of her if she were free..." When Gardiner was asked if he could prove that he was married to Herodias "according to the manner and Custome of the place" he said he could not say that he and Herodias ever appeared before a magistrate to declare each other as man and wife. However, when Gardiner's friend, Robert Stanton, testified, his statement was that he knew of no other marriage, and that "one night being at his house, both of them did say before him and his wife that they did take one the other as man and wife."

On 5 June 1665, the court had made its decision in the case of Herodias and Gardiner. The court reacted to the unusual circumstances of the situation and presented the verdict: "This presant assembly Laying to heart the fowlnes of the aforesaid sin, and manifesting ther great abhorance and detestation of such licke practices, do order [a fine] far Inferiour to their demerrits, that the aforesaid Georg Gardner and horrod Long shall pay or Cause to be paid into the publicke Treasury the sum of Twentye pounds, Each of them..." During the same court, Margaret Porter, the wife of John Porter, presented a petition summarized by the court: "The said margrett doth most sadly Complaine that her said husband is destitute of all Conjugall Love towards her, and sutable Care of her; is gone from her and hath Left her in such a nessesetous stat that unavoydably she is Brought to a meane dependance upon her Children for her Dayly suply, to her very great griffe of heart." She went on to ask for a suitable provision for her relief out of the estate of her husband before he conveys it away. The court's response, "haueing a deep sence upon ther hearts of this sad Condition which this poore anciante matrone is by this menes Reduced into," was to secure all the estate of Porter lying with the court's jurisdiction until he provided "Competent Reliefe upon his ageed wife to her full satisfaction..." Three weeks later, on 27 June 1665, Porter was released from this restraint by settling with his wife to her satisfaction.

Porter had already been cohabiting with Herodias in 1664, and his reputation certainly suffered further after he abandoned his wife. But Porter had plenty of money, and he would continue to dole out his Pettaquamscutt lands to the children of Herodias. The cohabitation, however, brought further scrutiny from the court, though ultimately Porter was able to use his wealth and his excellent record of civil service to bear in his favor. On 21 October 1666 "Horod Long, alias Gardner" was summond to the Court of Trials for co-habitation with John Porter, and four days later Porter was summoned. Neither appeared, but instead, Porter sent a letter to the court pleading bodily infirmity, and the court postponed any decision until next court. In May 1667, Porter once again failed to appear in court, again pleading infirmity, and then again in October of that year his summons went unanswered. Finally, on 11 May 1668, Porter appeared in court, pled not guilty, and asked for a jury trial. He was found not guilty. Herodias did not appear during this court, claiming illness. In October, she was again called, but did not appear, and was instead represented by John Porter. She was found not guilty.

Porter and Herodias considered themselves married on 1 Jan 1670/1, when a deed was cosigned by Herodias, using the surname Porter. There is no record of Porter's divorce from his first wife, so perhaps she had died by this date so that he was free to remarry. In the deed, John and Horod Porter granted land to her son, Henry Gardner. In a 26 Sep 1671 deed of land from John Porter to Richard Smith of Newport, "Horrud Porter" is specifically called the wife of John Porter, and on 30 Sep 1671 she consented to the sale: "Notwithstandinge my jointure or Dower made me by my now husband before Marriage with me." (RILE:9)

Both John and "Horrid" Porter were living on 27 May 1675 when they sold "the Little Neck of Land" on the north side of Point Judith Neck for five pounds to John Hull of Boston. Half a year later King Phillips War broke out, and most residents of the Narragansett country (including Pettaquamscutt) fled to Newport. The war continued until 12 Aug 1676, when King Philip was killed. The death dates for John and Herodias have not been found. John Porter was deceased by 8 April 1692 when the five sons and one son-in-law of Herodias were named as his heirs during a meeting of the Pettaquamscutt proprietors. A 5 Oct 1705 map showing land on the west side of the Pattaquamscutt River shows the contiguous lots of Nicholas, William, Henry, Benoni, and George Gardner, and of John Watson, all being the sons or son-in-law of George and Herodias Gardiner. A series of deeds in 1705 involving the children of Herodias from both Hicks and Gardiner suggest that she had died in or shortly prior to this year.

Children of Herodias with John Hicks:

  • Hannah, b. c. 1638, almost certainly in Weymouth, living in Sep 1688, (said to have died 1712) probably m. c. 1654 William HAVILAND, b. c. 1620, d. 1697. There is a possibility that he is the William Haviland baptized St. Thomas Church, Salisbury, England 7 Sep 1606, son of James Haviland and Thomasine Maindonail. Hannah and William were in Newport in 1646, and there as late 1656, but by 1663 were in the Narragansett country. In 1667 they returned to Flushing.
  • (possibly) Elizabeth, b. likely in Newport c. 1640, d. 1691, m. by April 1672 Josiah STARR, son of Josias and Rachel Starr.
  • Thomas, b. likely in Newport c. 1642, d. 1741, m. (1) c. 1657 Mary (BUTLER) Washburn, b. c. 1640, d. c. 1676, widow of John Washburn and daughter of Richard Butler; m. (2) July 1677 Mary DOUGHTY, b. c. 1658, d. 1713, daughter of Elias and Sarah Doughty. His will, dated 15 May 1727, was proved 28 Jan 1741/2. Thomas had 13 children. The New York Post Boy dated 26 Jan 1749 stated that Thomas "left behind him of his offspring above three hundred children, grand-children, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren."

(7g) George Gardner, Jr.[edit]

George Gardner, the son of George Gardiner (settler) and Herodias Long, was born about 1647, likely in Newport, Rhode Island where his father was a resident, and died in 1724, in South Kingstown, RI. He was married in Warwick by George's brother Henry on 13 Feb 1670 to Tabitha TEFFT, b. 1653, and still living in 1722. This is curious, because Tabitha was given the surname "Tift" in her father's will, dated 30 Nov 1674. Did George and Tabitha elope, and remain married for five years without the knowledge of her father? Tabitha's birth year comes from a deposition that she made on 29 Oct 1722, calling herself aged 69 (RIGR 4:43). George's parents lived in Newport, RI in a common-law relationship, which was consummated some time around 1645. Twenty years later, in 1665, George's mother, Herodias, went to court to end this relationship, and likely the same year was cohabiting with the wealthy land-owner, John Porter (settler), across the Narraganset Bay in the "Narragansett Country", later called Kingstowne, and later yet (1722) divided into North Kingstown and South Kingstown. Tabitha's father, John Tefft, also made land purchases in the Narraganset country, and was living there with his family when Tabitha married George about 1675.

On 5 May 1663, as a minor, George Jr. was granted 1000 acres of Pettaquamscutt land by John Porter, along with a house lot next to Porter's. It appears that Porter had already taken an interest in George's mother, Herodias, but it is uncertain if they were cohabiting as early as this date. On 27 Dec 1671, George witnessed a deed whereby John Porter conveyed land to George's brother, Nicholas Gardiner; George signed this instrument with a mark. (RILE:99) On 7 Nov 1673 George conveyed 60 acres of land to his brother Nicholas, bounded in part by his own land and land of his brother Benoni. George signed the deed, while his wife Tabitha Gardiner signed with a mark. His sister Dorcas signed as witness with her mark, while her husband, John Watson, signed as witness. (RILE:99)

George and Tabitha raised a large family of children, likely all born in the part of Kingstowne that later became South Kingstown, RI. George's will, dated 20 Dec 1718, was proved in N. Kingstown on 8 Dec ____ [1724]. This doesn't mean George physically resided in what later became N. Kingstown, but North and South Kingstown just became two separate entities in 1723, so George's will was likely processed and recorded in the original town hall in Wickford. We know that George resided in the area of Mooresfield, in South Kingstown, because he conveyed parcels of land there to his sons. His son Nicholas later conveyed some of this land along with dwelling house to his son Nathan, and the house still stands today, with the family cemetery nearby. It is not unlikely that George and Tabitha are buried in this cemetery, called the Nathan Gardner Cemetery, but they do not have any grave markers. Children: [102]

  • George, b. c. 1675, may be the deceased son mentioned in his father's 1718 will, who had a daughter Elizabeth Gardner.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1677, m. Hannah BRIGGS, daughter of Daniel and Lydia Briggs. The will of Daniel Briggs, dated 9 Sep 1727 (proved 28 March 1730) leaves 40 shillings to daughter Hannah Gardiner, wife of Joseph (GDRI:25).
  • Nicholas, b. c. 1679, d. 1746, m. c. 1703 (child born 1704) Mary LITTLEFIELD, b. c. 1685, d. 1771, the daughter of Caleb Littlefield and Lydia Mott
  • Hannah, b. c. 1681, living in 1756, and m. 1 Jan 1701 Josiah WESTCOTT, b. 1675, d. 11 Nov 1721, the son of Jeremiah Westcott and Eleanor England. Following Josiah's death, Hannah married Thomas Burlingame, b. Providence, RI 6 Feb 1667, d. Cranston, RI 9 July 1758, the son of Roger and Mary Burlingame. Thomas had married first Martha Lippitt. Hannah was still living on 5 June 1756 when mentioned in the will of her husband, Thomas Burlingame (proved 7 Oct 1758).
  • Samuel, b. c. 1683, d. 1768 (web) m. c. 1706 (child born 15 May 1707) (1) Ann BRIGGS, b. c. 1685, d. Exeter 1739 (web), daughter of Thomas and Martha Briggs; m. (2) ________. On 19 March 1707, Thomas and Martha Briggs deeded half of a 90-acre farm (the other half to convey after decease) for love &c to son-in-law Samuel Gardiner of East Greenwich (GDRI:25).
  • Robert, b. c. 1685, m. New Shoreham, RI 14 June 1716 Lydia LITTLEFIELD, the daughter of Caleb Littlefield and Lydia Mott
  • Tabitha, b. c 1687 (b. 2 Feb 1686/7 per web account)., m. c. 1707 as his second wife, Nathaniel-3 NILES of W. Greenwich, b. c. 1680, d. by July 1758, son of Joseph-2 Niles (John-1) and Mary Mycall. Nathaniel had married first, c. 1700, Jane Littlefield, daughter of Caleb Littlefield and Mary Allen.
  • Joanna, b. c. 1690, m. c. 1710 (child born 1711) Daniel HILL. A Daniel Hill was the son of Robert Hill and Mary Pearce of Warwick and Prudence Island (Portsmouth) (GDRI:98).
  • John, b. c. 1692, d. 1752 (web), m. c. 1717 (child born c. 1718) Mary RATHBUN, b. 6 March 1697, daughter of Joseph Rathbun and Mary Mosher of New Shoreham, Kingstown, and Exeter, RI. In his will dated 26 Dec 1748 (proved 8 Aug 1749), Joseph Rathburn left household goods to his daughter Mary Gardiner (GDRI:159).

(6g) Nicholas Gardner[edit]

Nicholas, the son of George Gardner and Tabitha Tefft, was born c. 1679, died 1746, and married about 1703 Mary LITTLEFIELD, b. c. 1685, d. 1771, the daughter of Caleb Littlefield and Lydia Mott. Mary's will was proved in S. Kingstown on 9 April 1771. In January 1708/9, George Gardiner and wife Tabitha sold "for love," to son Nicholas, eighty acres. In 1714 Nicholas Gardiner and wife Mary sold this land to Ichabod Sheffield. In his will, written July 15, 1746 and recorded August 9, 1746, he mentions the children given also, ten slaves, showing that he must have had a fine establishment. His slaves were Sharper, Jeffrey, Scipio, Phillis, Patience, Silver, Thankful, Dellee, Jemima and Frederick. The land that he gave to his sons he calls "Land given to me by my honored father, George Gardiner." The will of Nicholas was dated 15 July 1746 and proved 7 August 1746. He gave to his wife Mary; to two sons Henry and Caleb a farm which did belong to his father; son Nathan his now dwelling house in S. Kingstown etc. he to care for his mother; son Henry 50 acres in N. Kingstown; Grandson Caleb Tripp; dau. Lydia Spencer a negro girl. Phillis; dau. Tabitah Gardiner a negro girl, Patience; granddaughter Mary Tripp and grandddaughter Tabitha Tripp when 18. Mary Gardiner wife of Nicholas made a will dated 25 Jan 1757, amended 20 March 1760, and proved 9 April 1771 in S. Kingstown. Her will gives to three sons Henry, Caleb (executor) and Nathan, and to two daughters Lydia Spencer and Tabitha Gardner. Also to granddaughter Tabitha Sheffield, grandson Nicholas Spencer, and son-in-law Jeremiah Gardiner. Rest of real estate to son Caleb. A codicil annuls the legacy to granddaughter Tabitha Sheffield.(notes 4:69) [103] [104] Much of the preceding material from the book Gardiners of Narragansett by Miller and Stanton, 1937. It is likely that Nicholas and Mary are buried in the cemetery of their son Nathan, because Nicholas passed his house to Nathan, and the cemetery is located near the house (which is still standing) Children: [105]

  • Henry, b. 1704, d. 21 Dec 1791 in his 88th year, per tombstone, m. 30 June 1726 Abigail-4 ELDRED, b. c. 1707, d. 6 march 1773, in her 66th year, daughter of Samuel-3 Eldred (Thomas-2, Samuel-1) and Abigail Northup. Henry was given land by his father's 1746 will, but is not ment. in his mother's 1754 will. Henry may be the one of his name from Rhode Island who served in Capt Cole's company in 1746 during King George's War. It is also possible he was the one of the name who served from RI under Col. Rose in 1762 during the French & Indian War, though he would have been about 58 years old at the time. Henry and Abigail are buried in the Henry Gardner Lot, SK #92. [106] [107] [108]
  • Lydia, b. c. 1706, m. 7 May 1730 John SPENCER, born in 5 January 1700, a son of Michael and Elizabeth Spencer, of East Greenwich. Her mother's will mentions "granddaughter Lydia Spencer. Children are given in this link: [109]
  • Mary, b. c. 1708, not ment. in father's will; married, June(?) 28, 1728, Peleg TRIPP, of South Kingstown, the son of Job and Mehitable (?) Tripp. Mary was likely dead by 1746 when her three children, Caleb, Mary and Tabitha Tripp were mentioned in the will of her father. By the time Mary's mother wrote her will in 1754, Tabitha Tripp had married Christopher Sheffield. [110]
  • Caleb, b. c. 1710, d. 1796, m. SK 20 Feb 1734 Isabel SHERMAN, daughter of Abiel Sherman and Dorcas Gardner. Mentioned in the will of his father (1746) and mother (1754) [111]
  • Tabitha, b. c. 1718, called Tabitha Gardiner in her mother's 1754 will. She was married about 1740 (first child b. 1741) to Jeremiah GARDINER, b. 23 January 1719/20, the son of Jeremiah-3 Gardner (Benoni-2, George-1) and Grace Lawton. Jeremiah Gardner is called "son-in-law" in the 1754 will of Tabitha's mother. They had six known children. [112]
  • Nathan, b. 1720, d. 13 April 1792, aged 71, was given land in his father's 1746 will, and ment. in his mother's 1757 will. He married (1) Katherine NILES, a daughter of Nathaniel Niles and Mary Hannah, born March 25 (5?), 1725, and died June 16, 1772. He married, second, Thankful ________. All of his children were by his first wife; they were: Mary (b.1743), Nathan Jr. (b. 1747), and Sarah (b. 1751). Nathan Sr. was a lieutenant in the 3rd South Kingstown militia company from 1747 to 1749. He died in 1792. Nathan Sr.'s son, Nathan Jr., was born in South Kingstown in 1747. Not much is known about his vocation; it is assumed he was a yeoman. He held the commission of Major in the Kings County militia in 1767, and was surveyor of South Kingstown highways as early as 1797 and as late as 1801. He married Mary Johnson; their children were Malbone, Nathan, Niles, and Katharine. Nathan Jr. died in South Kingstown in 1802. Nathan and Katherine are buried in the Nathan Gardner Lot, SK #114. (Miller & Stanton, 1937) [113] [114]

(5g) Caleb Gardner[edit]

Caleb, the son of Nicholas Gardner and Mary Littlefield, was born c. 1710, d. S. Kingstown 22 Nov 1796, and m. S. Kingstown 20 Feb 1734 [/5?] Isabel SHERMAN, b. S. Kingstown 9 April 1719, died by 1796, the daughter of Abiel Sherman and Dorcas Gardner. Caleb appears on a number of South Kingstown censuses and lists, including those in 1747, 1774, 1777, and 1782. In the 1790 census he is shown in a household with 3 males 16 and over, 4 females, 4 free blacks, and 7 slaves (18 total). Children, all b. in S. Kingstown: [115] [116] [117]

  • Sarah, b. 29 April 1736, m. SK 4 April 1756 Peter BOSS, b. Charlestown, RI 30 Sep 1732, d. SK 6 Jan 1821, son of Jeremiah Boss (c.1697-c.1774) and Martha Spencer (8 Sep 1700-1774). Peter appears on a 1777 census in Richmond, RI, then in 1782 was in Charlestown, but in 1787 and 1790 was in Richmond again. He died in South Kingstown. [118] [119] [120]
  • Dorcas, b. 16 Mar 1739, m. 1758 Silas SPENCER, b. EG 18 Nov 1735 (VR), and poss. died 1815 (one online acct.), the son of John and Lydia Spencer. He appears in E. Greenwich in 1760, 1774, 1777, and 1782. In the 1790 census for E. Greenwich, his household includes 3 males under 16, 2 males 16 and over, 5 females, and 3 others (13 total).
  • Nicholas, b. 8 Dec 1744, d. 1784, m. SK 29 May 1766 Sarah REYNOLDS, b. SK 9 Nov 1748, the daughter of Col Elisha-3 Reynolds (Henry-2, James-1) and Susannah-4 Potter (Robert-3, Ichabod-2, Nathaniel-1). Sarah was the aunt of Rhode Island congressman Hon. Elisha R. Potter, Sr. (Sarah's older sister, Elizabeth, was Potter's mother). Nicholas and Sarah's sons were Warren, Caleb N., and Elisha R. Gardner. Warren Gardiner was an apprentice to his uncle, Joseph Perkins. Elisha R. Gardiner was a sheriff of Washington County. He eventually moved to New York after having to auction his property due to debt, and died in 1825. Caleb N. may have been a farmer. [121]
  • Tabitha, b. 8 April 1748, nothing more. (m. a Browning according to DNA matches)
  • Experience, b. 1 November 1751, m. Pardon MAWNEY, son of John Mawney and Amey Gibbs. They are buried in the Pardon Mawney Lot, E. Greenwich. [122]
  • Mary, b. (? 24 Sep 1754--this date is NOT on grave stone; it appears on FAG memorial, but its source is not given), d. 7 Mar 1809, m. (1) 16 June 1776 Joseph PERKINS, b. 24 Sep 1749, d. 6 Sep 1789, the son of Edward Perkins and Elizabeth Brenton (dau of Major Ebenezer Brenton, a grandson of Gov. Wm. Brenton). Joseph was a silversmith, goldsmith, and merchant, and by one account was, in 1781, a member of the Kingston Reds during the Am. Revolutionary War; this could not, however, be confirmed on the Fold-3 website. Following his death, she m. (2) 7 November 1790 Elisha Reynolds POTTER, b. 5 Nov 1764, d. 26 Sep 1835, the son of Col. Thomas Potter and Elizabeth Reynolds. Mary had no children with either husband. Following Mary's death in 1809, her husband m. 9 July 1810 Mary's niece, Mary Mawney, the daughter of Pardon Mawney and Experience Gardner. Elisha Potter and both of his wives are buried in a locked family vault in the Col. Thomas Potter Cemetery in South Kingstown. Joseph Perkins is buried in a single-grave lot in S. Kingstown. [123] [124] [125] [126] [127] [128]

(8g) John Tefft[edit]

GDRI (1887):392-393; RIGR 1(1979):193; RI Roots (1992)18:76-80

John Tefft was born say 1615, died Jan 1676, and married say 1640 Mary, b. say 1620, living in 1679, who is called Mary Barber in many accounts, but I have seen not a shred of evidence suggesting that this is so. He may have been a brother of William Teffe of Boston who in his will dated 1 May 1646 gave a legacy to the eldest child "of my brother Teffe". William was in New England as early as 1638, so if he is the brother of John, then the latter was in New England in 1646, and possibly years earlier than that. The first record of John is when he appeared on a list of Portsmouth (RI) freemen in 1655. On 22 Nov 1662 he and his wife Mary sold 7 acres of land to Robert Spink of Newport. Within the next few years he had resettled on the other side of the Narragansett Bay in an area known as Pettaquamscutt, that would later become the town of South Kingstown, RI, and in May 1671 he was on a list of inhabitants there. He drafted a will, dated 30 Nov 1674, naming son-in-law Samuel Wilson as executor, naming wife Mary, and naming children Samuel Tift, Joshua Tift, and Tabitha Tift. He had died by 26 Jan 1675/6, the date of a letter written by Capt. James Oliver, writing from the house of Richard Smith in Narragansett [Wickford]. Oliver wrote that Tefft had gone to Providence to recover [the body of] his son Joshua when he was apparently attacked and beheaded by Indians. On 19 Nov 1679 the widow Mary Tefft signed an agreement concerning the estate of her husband, with her signature witnessed by daughter Tabitha Gardiner. Children: [129]

  • Mary, b. say 1640, m. say 1660 Sanuel WILSON, b. 1622, d. c. 1682. They had five known children, born from c. 1661 to 1674. Samuel was one of the seven Pettaquamscutt purchasers.
  • Samuel, b. 1643 (aged 77 on 20 March 1721), d. 1725, and m. Elizabeth JENCKES, b. Lynn, Mass. 1658, d. 1740, the daughter of Joseph Jenckes and Esther Bullard, and sister of Joseph Jenckes who was the Deputy Governor of the Rhode Island Colony for many years. Samuel was a freeman in 1677, likely in Providence, but was in Kingstowne by 1687 when taxed there. On 28 June 1709 he and 26 others bought a tract of land called Swamptown, being part of the vacant lands in the Narragansett country (Kingstowne). His will dated 16 March 1725 was proved nine months later on 29 Dec 1725. The will of widow Elizabeth, dated 4 July 1738, was proved 12 May 1740. They had ten children, born 1676 to say 1700.
  • Joshua, b. say 1645, d. 18 Jan 1676, m. c. 1671 Sarah _______, b. say 1650. On 14 Jan 1675/6 Joshua was taken captive by the colonial authorities and brought to Providence, based on a letter written to Gov. Leverett of Mass. by Roger Williams. During the interrogation, he was asked why he was found among the Indians [during this time of King Philips War], and he gave an answer that obviously did not satisfy the authorities, as he was executed on 18 Jan 1676. Joshua and Sarah had one known child, Peter, whose birth was recorded at Warwick 14 March 1672.
  • Tabitha, b. 1653, m. George GARDINER, Jr., son of George Gardiner and Herodias Long.

(10g) Francis Littlefield[edit]

NEHGR 67(1913):343-6

Francis Littlefield was born c. 1565 and buried at Titchfield, Hampshire, England on 22 Oct 1618. He m. (1) Mary _______, bur. Titchfield 29 Oct 1605; and m. (2) Titchfield 14 July 1606 Annis (______) Wigg, a widow with two children who is likely the Anne Littlefield buried at Titchfield 5 July 1619. Francis was a clothier, and prospered, leaving a good estate. While his parents have not been identified, he had two brothers, James Littlefield of Droxford, and Richard Littlefield, and a sister Mary who m. 25 Jan 1606/7 John Beane. Children with first wife, baptized at Titchfield:

  • Edmond, bapt. 27 June 1592
  • Nicholas, bapt 24 July 1595, bur. Titchfield 12 Aug 1595
  • James, bapt. 18 June 1598, m. Titchfield 17 Jan 1618/9 Joane JEFFERY.
  • Anne, bapt. 8 Apr 1601, bur. Titchfield 10 Apr 1601
  • Frances, bapt. 6 Oct 1605; bur. Titchfield 29 Oct 1605

Children with second wife Annis, baptized at Titchfield:

  • Nicholas, bapt. 28 Aug 1608, buried with the name Nicholas Little of Huntley 23 May 1677. He was a clothier who married, and had two known children.
  • John, bapt. 13 Jan 1610/1, m. (1) Jone _______, bur. Titchfield 22 Dec 1649; m. (2) _______. He had children with both wives.

(9g) Edmund Littlefield[edit]

TAG 75(2000):18-25; GDMeNH 437-8; NEHGR 67(1913):343-8

Edmond, the son of Francis Littlefield, was bapt. Tichfield, Hampshire 27 June 1592, d. probably at Wells, ME Dec 1661, m. Titchfield 16 Oct 1614 Annis/Anne/Agnes AUSTIN, bapt. Titchfield 1 Feb 1596/7, d. winter 1677/8, the daughter of Richard Austin of Titchfield. Richard Austin left a 1623 will, mentioning his daughter, her husband, and their three children "Edward", Francis, and Anthony Littlefield. Edmond arrived in New England probably in 1637 or early in 1638 with two sons, Francis and Anthony, and then in May 1638 his wife, six children and servants arrived on the ship Bevis. Anne gave her age as 38, though she was actually 41. Edmond was first of Boston, then went to Exeter where he signed the Combination of 5 June 1639, but by July 1643 he was in Wells. He was a cloth dealer in England, but in Wells had a saw and gristmill, and headed a large and prominent family. His will was dated 11 Dec 1661, and inventory dated 24 Dec 1661, showing an estate of 588 pounds. The will of widow Annis was dated 12 Dec 1677, with inventory dated 7 March 1677/8. Children, all baptized in Tichfield, except for Mary; note that there are two sons named Francis, and they both survived and left records: [130]

  • Anne, bapt. 11 Feb 1615/6, bur. Titchfield 2 Jan 1616/7
  • Edward, bapt. 17 Feb 1617/8, bur. Titchfield 13 June 1635
  • Francis, bapt. 17 June 1619, d. winter 1712/3, m. (1) Jane HILL who d. Woburn, Mass. 20 Dec 1646, daughter of Ralph Hill; (2) c. 1647 Rebecca _______, living in 1683; (3) Mary (WADE) Symonds. Francis "Sr." was an innkeeper, living primarily at Wells, where he took the Massachusetts oath of allegiance in 1653. He had one child with first wife, Mary, b. Woburn 14 Dec 1646, and had six more children with second wife.
  • Anthony, bapt. 7 Oct 1621, m. Mary PAGE (see below).
  • John, bapt. 1 Nov 1624, d. 9 Feb 1696/7, m. c. 1650 Patience _______, b. say 1630 and living in 1701. John remained in Wells (now in Maine) where his father had settled, and he served as a constable and held the titles of lieutenant and captain. They had ten children.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 22 July 1627, m. John WAKEFIELD of Wells.
  • Mary, b. c. 1630, m. Lt. John BARRETT of Wells.
  • Thomas (twin), bapt. 10 Aug 1633, d. c. 1689, m. (1) c. 1667 Ruth _______; (2) Sarah _______. He took the oath of allegiance at Wells in 1653.
  • Anne/Hannah (twin), bapt. 10 Aug 1633, m. c. 1663 Peter CLOYES of Wells, Salem, and Framingham, Mass.
  • Francis, bapt. 24 March 1635/6, d. 6 Feb 1674/5, m. c. 1668 Maribah WARDWELL, b. Boston 14 May 1637, living in 1675, daughter of William Wardwell. Though still a minor, he took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts at Wells on 5 July 1653. His will, dated 5 Feb 1674/5, was proved 6 April 1675. They had nine children.

(8g) Anthony Littlefield[edit]

Anthony, the son of Edmund Littlefield and Annis Austin, was baptized at Tichfield, Hampshire, England on 7 Oct 1621, d. 1662, and m. c. 1652 Mary PAGE, b. say 1630, the daughter of Thomas Page. He likely came to New England in 1637 or early 1638 with his father and brother Francis. His father settled in Wells (now in Maine), and this is where Anthony took the oath of allegiance to Massachusetts on 5 July 1653. His inventory was recorded in July 1662. Widow Mary was in Saco on 13 March 1662/3. Children: [131]

  • Edmund, b. c. 1653, d. Braintree (now Randolph) 9 April 1718, m. (1) wife, name unknown; m. (2) Braintree, Mass. 30 Dec 1690 Elizabeth MOTT, daughter of Nathaniel Mott and Hannah (Niles) Shooter. He had three known children with his first wife and eleven more with the second.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1656, d. 8 Dec 1688, m. 4 Dec 1686 Mary COLE.
  • Caleb, b. c. 1660, d. c. 1742, m. prob. (1) Mary ALLEN; m. (2) Lydia (Mott?)
  • possibly James

(7g) Caleb Littlefield[edit]

NEHGR 86(1931):71-77

Caleb, b. Wells, Maine c. 1659, d. New Shoreham, RI c. 1742 (living 4 Sep 1741, but died shortly thereafter), was the son of Anthony Littlefield and Mary Page of Wells, Maine. Besides in Wells, Caleb lived in Braintree, Mass.; and Kingstowne and New Shoreham, Rhode Island. A web source gives his birth date as 4 Sep 1659, but this is not found in a scholarly article published about him. He was likely brought up by his mother in Wells, Maine, but was in Portsmouth, NH on 4 June 1679 when mentioned in a court case. While apprenticed to Nehemiah Partridge in Portsmouth, NH in 1681, Caleb had a relationship with a woman named Mary ALLEN, and she bore his child (see below). He was in court on 17:8mo:1681 (17 Oct 1681) for committing fornication.

Caleb next appears in Weymouth, Mass. in March 1685/6, where he was warned out, but living in Braintree in July 1692 when his son Caleb was born. He married c. 1684 Lydia MOTT, b. Braintree 12 July 1666, the daughter of Nathaniel Mott of Block Island. Circumstantial evidence suggests that he had a daughter, Mary, before Caleb was born, and that she married Nicholas Gardner of Kingstowne, RI. Since Mary had a child in 1704, she was likely born not much later than 1685, which makes Caleb's marriage to Lydia as early as 1684, while Caleb was still "wandering." Mary's inclusion in this family is not an easy fit, but Mary did have two children named Caleb and Lydia, names not previously found in the Gardner family.

Caleb was likely raised by his mother in Wells, and then apprenticed out to Nehemiah Partridge at Portsmouth, NH. He is mentioned in a Portsmouth court case on 4 June 1679 and he testified in court on 7 June 1680. Then on 117:8mo:1681 (17 Oct 1681) he was before the court for committing fornication with a young woman who had a child by him. He next appears at Weymouth, Mass. where in March 1685/6 he was warned out of town, and then he appears in Braintree, Mass in July 1692 when his son Caleb was born.

After this, records for Caleb are lacking for nearly two decades, but he and others were granted land by the town of Wells (Maine) on 18 March 1713/4, with the provision that they settle there. He likely declined, for on 1 June 1714, John Sands of New Shoreham (Block Island) sold land there to Caleb Littlefield of Kingstowne, RI. Caleb soon moved to the island, and was called of New Shoreham on 6 June 1715 when he bought additional land of John Sands. On 14 June 1716 Caleb bought land at New Shoreham from Rev. Samuel Niles of Braintree, Mass. Caleb was appointed constable in 1717 and on 1 April 1718 was overseer of the common land on the island. On 4 June 1722 Caleb and Thomas Mitchell (likely the father of his future daughter-in-law), both of New Shoreham, bought land in the part of N. Kingstown that later became Exeter, RI. Caleb was still living 4 Sep 1741, but left no probate, having conveyed his estate during his lifetime. He was dead by 5 March 1743/4 when called deceased in a deed between his sons Caleb Jr. and Nathaniel. [132]

child with Mary Allen:

  • Jane, b. 1681, d. c. 1702, m. Nathaniel NILES, Sr., and with him had one son, Nathaniel, Jr., prior to her death. Nathaniel Sr. then married Tabitha Gardner, the daughter of George Gardner and Tabitha Tefft. [133]

children with wife Lydia Mott:

  • Mary, b. c. 1685, d. 1771, m. c. 1703 (child born 1704) Nicholas GARDNER, the son of George Gardiner and Tabitha Tefft. I do not find hard evidence that Mary is the daughter of Caleb and Lydia, but there is circumstantial evidence. Two of Mary's six children were named Caleb and Lydia, and the name Caleb was not previously found in the Gardner/Gardiner family. Putting Mary here is a bit of a squeeze, but still realistic. This is because Mary's presumed mother was born 1666, and Mary's son born 1704. For a woman to become a grandmother at the age of 38, there were probably two teen marriages involved, and the most comfortable arrangement is to have Mary's birth exactly half way between the birth of her mother and the birth of her son. That middle date would be 1685, and it is highly likely that Mary was born within a year or two of 1685. Mary and Nicholas are likely buried in the cemetery by their old homestead, where their son Nathan has an extant grave marker. [134]
  • Caleb, b. Braintree July 1692 (VR), d. New Shoreham 1769, m. in New Shoreham 1 July 1714 Mercy MOTT, b. c. 1694, d. New Shoreham 3 April 1761, aged 66, the daughter of John Mott and Mercy Tosh. Caleb was of Kingstowne, RI when he was married in 1714. He appears in a few land transactions in New Shoreham, the latest being on 18 April 1752 when he sold 200 acres east of the Mausam River to Anthony Littlefield of Wells, Maine. Caleb's will, dated 14 Feb 1767, was proved 18 Dec 1769. He and Mercy had four known children, born 1715 to 1724.
  • Lydia, b. 1695, m. (1) New Shoreham 14 June 1716 Robert GARDINER, b. c. 1684; m. (2) before 20 Feb 1757, William WILLIS, when called his wife in a deed executed by her brother Nathaniel Littlefield.
  • Samuel, b. c. 1700, d. by 25 Jan 1750/1, m. New Shoreham 30 Sep 1731 Sibel WILCOX. They had three children, born 1731 to 1735.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1705 (on 25 Sep 17650 he deposed, aged about 55 years), d. c. 1795, m. c. 1727 Margaret MITCHELL, b. say 1705, living in 1780, the daughter of "the second" Thomas Mitchell of New Shoreham. Nathaniel was made a freeman of New Shoreham on 2 May 1721. In May 1731 he was ensign of the New Shoreham company of the First Regiment of the Newport County Militia. In 1754 he was a New Shoreham Deputy in the Rhode Island General Assembly. He was a member of the New Shoreham Town Council in 1759 and again in 1763. His will was dated 26 May 1780 and proved 9 April 1795, mentioning wife Margaret, many sons, and several grandchildren. He and Margaret had eight children, born 1727/8 to c. 1744, of whom only one was a daughter who died young.

(10g) Richard Austin[edit]

We Relate website, citing the 1996 ancestry of Walter G. Davis, and WikiTree website which gives more detail, but provides no acceptable sources.

Richard Austin was born say 1565, bur. Titchfield, Hampshire, England 15 Feb 1622/3, and m. there "20 Dec 1585" Annis _______, named as sole executor in her husband's undated will, proved 4 July 1623. His inventory in the amount of 123 pounds was taken 20 Feb 1622/3 by Peter Faythfull, Stephen Pearcy, Daniel Austin, Edmund Littlefield, and Richard Austin. Children:

  • Daniel, b. c. 1591, married and had a son Richard and a son Francis, both of whom were given two sheep each in their grandfather's undated (but c. 1622) will.
  • Alice, b. (bapt.) Titchfield 18 Nov 1593
  • Elizabeth, b. London c. 1596
  • Annis, bapt Titchfield 1 Feb 1596/7, m. Titchfield 16 Oct 1614 Edmund LITTLEFIELD (see above). She was given a cow and a bullock in her father's undated (but c. 1622) will, and her three (unnamed) children were given three 2-year old bullocks. Son in law Edmond Littlefield was given a colt of three years in the will.
  • Peter, b. Titchfield "1 Feb 1596", d. there 1623, given a bullock in father's undated will, and his unnamed children were given a sheep apiece.
  • Richard, b. c. 1598, poss. d. Charlestown, Mass. 13 July 1642, m. c. 1626 Elizabeth _______. He was given 20 pounds in his father's undated (but c. 1622) will. They sailed to New England aboard the Bevis, arriving in Boston on 16 May 1638. In the Great Migration Directory (2015), Anderson writes "Claimes that he settled at Charlestown lack supporting evidence..."
  • Joan, b. c. 1601, given five pounds in father's undated (but c. 1622) will. Her (unnamed) child was given a sheep in the undated will of Joan's father.
  • Ellen, b. c. 1602, given five pounds in father's undated (but c. 1622) will.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1605, d. 27 June 1661
  • Elizabeth, b. (bapt.?) 11 May 1606, d. (bur.?) Titchfield 16 May 1606.
  • Elizabeth, b. say 1608, given 12 pounds in her father's undated (but c. 1622) will.

(9g) Thomas Page[edit]

GM 5(2007):336-339

Thomas Page, b. 1605 or 1606 (aged 29 on 13 April 1635 ship passenger list), d. by 21 Oct 1645, m. St. Martin Legate, London, England 20 Aug 1628 Elizabeth FELKIN, bapt. St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London, England 19 Oct 1606, likely dead by 1645 when her children were apprenticed out, daughter of Christopher Felkin. Thomas was a tailor in England, and "made free of the Drapers' Company of London on 3 Sep 1628, his master having been Christopher Felkin, tailor, of Fenchurch Street." On 13 April 1635, Thomas, wife Elizabeth, two children and two servants were enrolled at London as passengers for New England aboard the Increase, with a certificate of conformity from "All Saints Staynings, Marklane." He was a member of the church of Saco (now Maine) on 7 Sep 1636 and on the grand jury there 25 June 1640. He was dead by 21 Oct 1645 when several of his children were apprenticed out. Children:

  • Katherine, bapt. St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London 13 Feb 1628/9, apparently died soon thereafter.
  • Thomas, bapt. St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London 1 Aug 1631. It seems he may have died young, because he was not apprenticed out in 1645 with his other siblings.
  • Katherine, b. c. 1633 (aged 1 on 13 April 1635 when she sailed with family for New England, but not heard from again).
  • Mary, b. c. 1635, apprenticed to "John Smyth...for the term of five years" on 21 Oct 1645; m. c. 1652 Anthony LITTLEFIELD, son of Edmund Littlefield and Annis Austin.
  • Christopher, b. c. 1638, apprenticed to "Henry Waddocke...for ten years" on 21 Oct 1645. On 20 June 1667 the goods of Christopher Page at Stratton's Island were appraised at L35 5s. 6d.
  • Sylvester, b. say 1640, apprenticed to "Thomas Williams...for thirteen years" on 21 Oct 1645. On 29 June 1654 Sylvester Page, servant to Thoms Williams of Winter Harbour, was presented at York court for breach of the Sabbath, and on 17 Aug 1655 he was recalled to court for the same breach. No further record.
  • George, b. say 1642, m. Sep or Oct 1664 Mary EDGECOMB, daughter of Nicholas Edgecomb.

(10g) Christopher Felkin[edit]

TAG 71(1996):216-219

Christopher Felkin (or Philkin), son of Hugh Felkin, b. say 1566, d. c. 1644, and m. (1) St. Peter's upon Cornell, London, 30 Nov 1589 Frances LIDLEY, daughter of Edmond Lidley. He m. (2) Margaret _______, bur. St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London 11 Oct 1595. He then married a third and possibly a fourth time. Christopher was a member of the Drapers' Company, having been freed by John Goodwin, tailor, in Fenchurch Street, London on 10 July 1587. He was married two years later. Administration of his estate was granted by the Commissary Court of London to his daughter, Ann Felkin in June 1644. Ann may have been his only living child still living in London. Children, baptized at St. Gabriel Fenchurch, London; first four with first and or second wife/wives; remainder of third and/or later wives:

  • Arthur, bapt. 28 April 1591; he may have been the unnamed child buried the same day
  • Humphrey, bapt. 8 April 1593, bur. 28 Aug 1603
  • Henry, bur. 1 Aug 1593, likely a twin of Humphrey.
  • Edmund, bapt. 13 April 1595, bur. 6 Aug 1595.
  • Henry, bapt. 10 Dec 1600, bur. 11 Sep 1603
  • Elizabeth, bapt. Aug 1603, bur. 14 Sep 1603
  • Sarah, bapt. 7 Oct 1604, bur. 26 Aug 1605
  • Robert (twin), bapt. 19 Oct 1606, prob. d.y.
  • Elizabeth (twin), bapt. 19 Oct 1606, m. St. Martin Legate, London 20 Aug 1628 Thomas PAGE.
  • Edward, bapt. 29 Sep 1608, bur. 9 Oct 1610
  • Christopher, bapt. 21 Sep 1610
  • Anne, bapt. 4 March 1611, unmarried in June 1644
  • Robert, bapt. 17 April 1614, may have married Mary Goodow.
  • George, bur. 28 Sep 1620

(8g) Nathaniel Mott[edit]

GDRI: 135; TAG 19(1943):228-9;39(1963):3

Nathaniel Mott, b. c. 1620, d. Braintree, Mass. 23 Feb 1675/6, m. Braintree 25:10mo:1656 (25 Dec 1656) Hannah (_______) Shooter, the widow of Peter Shooter (he d. Braintree 15 July 1654, per NEHGR). Online accounts say that Hannah was the daughter of John and Jane Niles. Nathaniel was in Scituate, Plymouth Colony, as early as 1643, on a list of those able to bear arms. In 1645 he was one of the Scituate men satisfying the Plymouth Colony quota of men going against the Narragansetts. On 22 Dec 1663 he was living on Mr. Parker's farm, possibly referring to Richard Parker, a merchant of Boston. On 21 June 1664 he was in jail for selling liquor to the Indians and petitioned the Cambridge Court for release as he was poor and had a wife and four small children [the list of his children, below, only accounts for two on that date]. Nathaniel was one of four men killed at Braintree, Mass. during King Philips War. Child of Hannah with first husband, Peter Shooter: [135]

  • Hannah, b. 3 March 1653/4

Children of Nathaniel and Hannah, births recorded at Braintree:

  • Nathaniel, b. 28 Dec 1657, d. 13 March 1660/1.
  • John, b. 19 Aug 1659. He was a freeman at New Shoreham in 1684, but on 27 March 1693 he sold land there calling himself "formerly of Block Island but now of Lyme, Conn."
  • Nathaniel, b. 30 Aug 1661
  • Mary, b. 15 Dec 1664
  • Lydia, b. 12 July 1666 per Moriarty; 5 Feb 1666/7 per Pope, m. Caleb LITTLEFIELD.
  • Samuel, b. 25 Jan 1668/9, d. 1753, m. (1) Lyme 6 April 1692 Mary _______; (2) Margaret _______ who survived him. Samuel's will, dated 20 Aug 1751, was proved 16 April 1753.
  • Elizabeth, b. 17 May 1671, m. Braintree 30 Dec 1690 Edmund LITTLEFIELD of Wells and Braintree
  • Experience, b. 24 Dec 1672 per Moriarty; d. this date per Pope
  • Edward, b. 11 May 1673, m. Penelope _______, living at Westerly 29 April 1751. He was a freeman of New Shoreham in 1696, but of Kingstown in March 1713 when he sued for trespass. He was a freeman at Westerly on 1 May 1730.
  • Ebenezer, b. 16 Sep 1675 per Moriarty; 7 Dec 1675 per Pope, d. 1 June 1736, m. 19 Feb 1699/1700 Grace Vinall.

(11g) Henry Sherman Sr. (1 of 2)[edit]

see sandbox 7a

(10g) Henry Sherman Jr. (1 of 2)[edit]

(9g) Samuel Sherman (1 of 2)[edit]

(8g) Philip Sherman (1 of 2)[edit]

see other line, sandbox 7a

(7g) Samson Sherman[edit]

Samson, the son of Philip Sherman and Sarah Odding, was b. Portsmouth, RI April 1642, d. Portsmouth 27 June 1718, and m. Portsmouth 4 March 1674/5 Isabel Tripp, b. Portsmouth 1651, died by 1716 when not mentioned in the will of her husband, the daughter of John Tripp and Mary Paine of Portsmouth. Samson's will was dated 5 Nov 1716, and proved at Portsmouth 14 July 1718, naming sons Philip, Abiel, and Job, and daughters Sarah Chase, Alice Tibbits, and Isabel Baker. Of Samson's surviving sons, Philip and Job remained in Portsmouth, RI, while Abiel moved across the Narragansett Bay to S. Kingstown. All three of his daughters married men from Bristol County, Mass. Children, all b. Portsmouth, RI: [136]

  • Philip, b. 16 Jan 1676, m. (1) 12 April 1699 Mary ANTHONY, b. Portsmouth 2 Jan 1679/80, d. there 21 July 1716, the daughter of Abraham-3 Anthony (John-2-1) and Alice Wodell/Wardwell. Philip m. (2) 11 March 1716/7 the Quaker widow Hannah (WILCOX) Clark. This Hannah may have been the daughter of Stephen Wilcox and Hannah Hazard, and the widow of Samuel Clarke, the son of Jeremiah Clarke and Ann Audley.
  • Sarah, b. 24 Sep 1677, d. Swansea, Mass. 19 Sep 1748 per online accounts (I find no record), m. (1) Portsmouth, RI 28 Feb 1693/4 Joseph CHASE, b. Yarmouth, Mass. c. 1673, d. Nov or Dec 1724, the son of William Chase (and Abigail Hale?). Sarah and Joseph had 14 children together, born 1695 to c. 1718. She m. (2) Freetown, Mass. 3 Oct 1737, as his third wife, John READ, b. c. 1668, d. c. 1751, the son of John Read and Hannah Peabody. The will of Joseph Chase was dated 8 Nov 1724, and his inventory was dated 22 Dec 1724, so he died between those two dates. His will was probated a month after the inventory, on 19 Jan 1724/5. John Read married first Mary Pearce, with whom he had twelve children, and married second Susanna Brownell. His will, dated 25 June 1750, was probated 2 July 1751. He was 82 when he died.
  • Alice, b. 12 Jan 1679/80, d. c. 1724, m. (1) Portsmouth, RI 19 Oct 1701 Isaac HOWLAND, b. Freetown, Mass. c. 1682, d. Portsmouth, RI 11 Jan 1705 (internet record), the son of Samuel Howland and Mary Sampson. Alice m. (2), by about 1719, as his second of three wives, George TIBBITTS, b. c. 1676, d. 1746, the son of Henry Tibbitts and Sarah Stanton. George had married (1) Mary _______. Alice was living on 15 Jun 1723 when she and her husband George Tibbitts gave a receipt to her brother Job Sherman for a legacy from the estate of her father, Samson Sherman, deceased. Alice had died by 30 Dec 1725 when her husband married his third wife, Sarah Bliven, daughter of John Bliven. Alice appears to have had two children with her first husband: Job and Mary Howland, and then she had a daughter Alice Tibbitts, b. 27 July 1720, with her second husband. [137]
  • Samson, b. 28 Jan 1682, probably d. young
  • Abiel, b. 15 Oct 1684, m. 20 Nov 1712 Dorcas GARDNER.
  • Isabel, b. 1686, , d. Portsmouth 1742 (online account), and m. (Dighton, Mass. or Newport, RI 20 April 1711--online account only) Joseph BAKER, b. Yarmouth, Mass. 1679 (online account), d. Swansea, Mass. 21 Oct 1729 (online), the son of Daniel Baker and Elizabeth Chase. Isabel and Joseph had six to eight children, born 1713 to 1725.
  • Job, b. 8 Nov 1687, d. Portsmouth, RI 16 Nov 1747, and m. (1) 23 Dec 1714 Bridget GARDNER, b. say 1690, d. c. 1731, the daughter of Benoni Gardner and Mary (Eldred?). Job m. (2) at the Newport Friends Meeting 1 June 1732 Amy SPENCER, b. E. Greenwich, RI 14 March 1697/8, the daughter of Benjamin and Martha Spencer. Job had eight children with his first wife, born 1715-1730, and had seven more with second wife, born 1734-1744.

(6g) Abiel Sherman[edit]

Abiel Sherman, the son of Samson Sherman and Isabel Tripp, was born in Portsmouth, RI on 16 October 1684 and died in S. Kingstown in 1742. He m. 20 Oct 1712 Dorcas GARDNER, b. Kingstowne, RI c. 1690, d. 1762, daughter of William Gardner and Elizabeth [Wilkinson?]. In his will, dated 28 June 1741, and proved in S. Kingstown on 12 April 1742, he names his wife, Dorcas, and all nine living children having surname Sherman except for daughter "Isable", wife of Caleb Gardner of SK. (RIGR 6:88). He was mentioned in the will of Ephraim Bull, dated SK 14 Feb 1720/1 (RIGR 6:80), and witnessed the will of Alice Knowles in SK on 7 Oct 1732, and of Nathaniel Gardner in SK on 31 Jan 1733/4 (RIGR 6:85). On 17 Feb 1746, Dorcas Shearman of S. Kingstown, widow, who was the wife of "Abial Sherman, late of S. Kingstown, Yeoman, deceased, was in a Washington County court case against James Shearman, yeoman, and Amey Sherman "an infant spinster" both of S. Kingstown, over dower. (RIGR 10:337) The will of Abiel's wife, Dorcas, was written 7 Dec 1760 and proved in S. Kingstown on 12 April 1762. In this will she names son James; six daughters Hannah Brown, Izable Gardner, Alice Shearman, Experience Taylor, Sarah Brown, and Ruth Shearman; and granddaughter Amy Shearman. (notes 4:69) Children, first four b. Kingstowne, remainder b. S. Kingstown (all the same place): [138] [139]

  • Hannah, b. 28 October 1713 (in S. Kingstown, but found in N. Kingstown records), d. S. Kingstown 9 October 1804 in her 91st year, m. in RI 9 December 1742, Jeremiah BROWN, b. Kingstowne, RI 29 Oct 1707, d. S. Kingstown 30 Aug 1796 in his 89th year, the son of Samuel Brown and Mary (Brownell?). Hannah is called "Hannah Shearman" in her father's 1741 will and Hannah Brown in her mother's 1760 will. They are buried in the Jeremiah Brown Lot, SK #103. [140] [141]
  • Ezekiel, b. 13 Apr 1717, died young.
  • Isabel, b. 9 Apr 1719, d. by 1796, m. Caleb GARDNER.
  • Dorcas, b. 16 June 1721, called Dorcas Shearman in her father's 1741 will, but not mentioned in her mother's 1760 will; died unmarried.
  • Abiel, b. 6 April 1723, d. S. Kingstown 1 Sep 1746, and m. S. Kingstown 30 Jan 1744/5 Susannah BOSS, b. c. 1724, (d. 16 June 1778 per FAG memorial), the daughter of Peter Boss and Amy Gardner. He and Susanna had a daughter, Amie, who married Beriah Brown. A Washington Co., RI court case on 17 Feb 1746/7 is abstracted in RIGR 10:337 as follows: "Amey Shearman of SK spinster an infant by Susannah Shearman of SK widow her mother & guardian vs James Shearman of SK yeoman." Abiel is not mentioned in his mother's 1760 will, but his daughter "Amy Shearman" is mentioned.(notes 4:69) The burial location for Abiel and Susanna is not known, but Find-a-grave memorials have been created for them. [142]
  • Alice, b. 13 Mar 1724/5, m. S. Kingstown 14 Feb 1743/4 her first cousin, Philip SHERMAN, b. Portsmouth, RI 12 Dec 1715, son of Job Sherman and Bridget Gardner. Alice and Philip Sherman are thought to be buried in a small Sherman Lot in N. Kingstown, RI. They had eleven children. [143]
  • James, b. 30 June 1727, d. S. Kingstown 21 Aug 1805, and m. (1) Jamestown, RI 8 Sep 1748 Penelope FRANKLIN, b. Jamestown 26 July 1730, d. 1752, daughter of Abel Franklin and Sarah Remington. They had one son together, Abiel, who d. 1788. James m. (2) in E. Greenwich, RI (also recorded in S. Kingstown) 6 Feb1755 Hannah Fry, b. E. Greenwich 16 Apr 1730, d. S. Kingstown 1760. They had seven children together. James m. (3) in S. Kingstown 19 Nov 1761 Elizabeth REYNOLDS of Exeter, who died S. Kingstown Nov 1809. He is called "Capt James Shearman" in his will, dated 14 May 1802, proved 14 October 1805 in which he names wife Elizabeth Shearman, and several children and grandchildren.(RIGR 8:3:261-2)
  • Experience, b. 2 Jan 1729/30, d. likely in November 1809, m. S. Kingstown 6 April 1749 Joseph TAYLOR, b. Portsmouth, RI 27 Jan 1726[/7?], d. 1 Sep 1802 in 76th year, the son of William Taylor and Anne Goodbody. She was called Experience Taylor in her mother's 1760 will. Joseph was active in civic and military affairs in N. Kingstown, and bore the title of Colonel. In 1762 he bought 40 acres of land in N. Kingstown and built a dam and factory for manufacturing wooden goods. He was one of four men who were given a charter in 1777 to form a company for the defense of Wickford. The death notice for Experience appeared in the Providence Gazette on 11 Nov 1809. Joseph has one of only two inscribed markers in the little Taylor Lot, N. Kingstown Hist Cem. #67. Experience is likely buried there as well, but has no inscribed marker. [144]
  • Sarah, b. 1 Feb 1732/3, m. S. Kingstown, RI 16 May 1753 as his second wife, Robert BROWN, b. N. Kingstown 26 July 1718, (d. 1762?), the son of William Brown and Elizabeth Robinson. Robert had married first in Jamestown, RI on 29 Aug 1745 Sarah Franklin, b. Jamestown 25 Aug 1725, d. S. Kingstown 31 May 1750, the daughter of Abel Franklin and Sarah Remington. Robert had four children with his first wife, born 1746 to 1750, and he had two children with Sarah Sherman. She was called Sarah Brown in her mother's 1760 will.
  • Ruth, b. 12 Nov 1735, m. after 7 Dec 1760 Thomas GARDNER. She was called Ruth Shearman in her mother's 1760 will, so had not yet married by then.

(11g) John Lawrence[edit]

NEHGR (Jan 2013) pp 39-44

John Lawrence was born say 1500, and living say 1552, roughly when his youngest child was born. He may have had two wives, based on the presumed gap between the first and later children. Children, order of birth uncertain:

  • John, of Fressingfield, Suffolk, gent., b. say 1525, d. 2 Jan 1610/1, bur. Fressingfield 3 Jan 1610/1; m. (1) say 1647 Anne Sammes. b. say 1530, bur. St. James, South Elmham, Suffolk 24 Aug 1580; (2) Alice (Vesey) Gunville, b. say 1538, bur. Fressingfield 22 May 1590, daughter of Thomas Vesey and Elizabeth Gardner, and widow of Henry Gunville whom she married in 1562; (3) Mary (Coker) (Garrington) (Turner) Pellett, daughter of John Coker and widow of ______ Garrington, Thomas Turner, and Richard Pellett, respectively.
  • Alice, b. say 1538, m. William Garrard
  • James, b. say 1540, held lands in Dedham on 30 April 1593. In 1600 he alienated the rectory of Syleham, Suffolk, to his brother Thomas Lawrence.
  • Margaret, b. say 1543, m. Richard Elmye.
  • Thomas, b. say 1545, m. (1) Priscilla Alabaster; m. (2) Mirable _______.
  • Susan, b. say 1548, m. Henry Sherman, the younger
  • (daughter), b. say 1552, probably m. Gilbert Hills.

(9g) John Tripp Sr.[edit]

source: the "Resolution of John Tripp [Jr.]"

John Tripp, b. say 1684, d. after about 1629, m. Horkstow, nothern Lincolnshire, England 30 Jully 1609 Isabel Moses/Moyses, b. say 1689, d. after 1629. Children, baptized Horkstow:

  • John, bp 8 Sep 1611
  • Robert (twin), bp 1612
  • Grace (twin), bp 1612
  • Francis, bp 1614
  • Elizabeth, bp 1616
  • Dorothie, bp 1618
  • Anne, bp 1621
  • Bridgett, bp 1629

(8g) John Tripp, Jr.[edit]

GDRI (1887):208-9; The Genealogist 4(1)(Spring 1983):59-68

John Tripp was baptized at Horkstow, Lincolnshire, England 8 Sep 1611, d. Portsmouth, RI 1678, and m. Portsmouth c. 1639 Mary PAINE, b. c. 1620, d. 12 Feb 1687, the daughter of Anthony Paine. Following John's death, Mary m. (2) 4 April 1682 Benjamin Engell. John was a ship's carpenter, and an inhabitant of Boston in 1636 when he was indentured to Robert Jafra [Jeffries?]. He was then sold to Randall Holden of Portsmouth where he completed his indenture, and where he was listed as an inhabitant in 1638. On 30 April 1639, after several Portsmouth settlers left to found the town of Newport, he was one of 29 Portsmouth inhabitants who stayed and signed a compact. On 27 Oct 1649 he and wife Mary gave a receipt to his wife's step-mother, Rose Weeden, the widow of Anthony Paine. He held several important positions in Portsmouth, and served as deputy for many years between 1648 and 1672, was commissioner in 1655, and served as assistant for a few years from 1670 to 1675. His will, dated 6 Dec 1677, was proved 28 Oct 1678. Children, all born in Portsmouth: [145]

  • John, b. c. 1640, d. S. Kingstown 20 Nov 1719, m. Portsmouth 7 Sep 1665 Susanna ANTHONY, b. c. 1645, living in 1716, daughter of John Anthony and Susanna Potter of Portsmouth. John's will, dated 7 Sep 1716, was proved 14 Dec 1719 naming wife Susanna and children. They had six children born from 1667 to 1684.
  • Peleg, b. c. 1642, d. 13 Jan 1714, m. Anne SISSON, living in 1713, daughter of Richard and Mary Sisson. Peleg was a member of the Portsmouth Town Council and a Deputy from there during the 1680s. The will of Peleg was dated 6 Nov 1713 and proved 8 Feb 1713/4 with wife Anne as executrix and kinsman William Sanford overseer. Peleg and Anne had nine children born from c. 1666 to c. 1683.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1644, d. Dartmouth, Mass. 17 Nov 1718, m. Dartmouth 6 Aug 1667 Mehitable FISH, daughter of Thomas and Mary Fish of Portsmouth. Joseph was a Dartmouth freeman in 1668, on the Court of Trials there in 1677, deputy in 1685 and selectman from 1686 to 1690. He was title Lieutenant in 1697. Joseph's will was dated 29 Dec 1713 and proved 6 Jan 1718/9. They had 13 Children born from 1668 to 1691.
  • Mary, b. c. 1646, living in 1716, m. (1) Gershon WODELL, b. Portsmouth 14 July 1642, son of William and Mary Wodell; m. (2) Portsmouth 5 March 1683 Jonathan GATCHELL; and m. (3) 1692 William WODELL, d. 1693, father of her first husband, his will dated 8 Sep 1692 and proved 2 May 1693. Mary had eight children with her first husband and two more with her second.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1648, living in 1701, m. Zuriel HALL, d. 5 Sep 1691, son of William and Mary Hall. They had four known children born from 1677 to 1692
  • Alice, b. c. 1650, m. Portsmouth 26 Jan 1670/1 William HALL, d. 1698, son of William and Mary Hall. They had nine children born 1672 to 1690.
  • Isabel, b. c. 1651, dead by 1716, m. Portsmouth 4 March 1674/5 Samson SHERMAN, b. Portsmouth April 1642, d. there 27 June 1718, son of Philip Sherman and Sarah Odding.
  • Abiel, b. c. 1653, d. Portsmouth 10 Sep 1684, m. Portsmouth 30 Jan 1679 Deliverance HALL, d. Portsmouth Feb 1720/1, daughter of William and Mary Hall. Abiel operated the ferry between Portsmouth and Bristol, establishing "Abiel's Wharf". Abiel had one known child, Abiel, jr., born in 1684. Following his death, Deliverance m. (2) Thomas Durfee who died Portsmouth July 1712. Deliverance left a will dated 8 April 1718 and proved 13 Feb 1720/1, naming son Abiel as executor. She also made bequests to daughter Patience (Durfee) Tallman and daughter Deliverance Durfee.
  • James, b. c. 1656, d. Dartmouth, Mass. 30 May 1730, m. (1) Portsmouth 19 Jan 1681/2 Mercy LAWTON, d. 1682, daughter of George Lawton and Elizabeth Hazard; m. (2) c. 1684 Lydia _______; m. (3) Dartmouth 12 Aug 1702 Elizabeth CUDWORTH, b. Scituate, Mass. 4 March 1677, daughter of James and Mary Cudworth. James was a Dartmouth freeman in 1686 and selectman there in 1688 and again in 1699. He was commissioned Ensign in 1690. His will, dated 10 May 1729, was proved 21 July 1730. James had five children with his second wife born 1685 to 1700 and six children with his third wife, born 1705 to 1716.
  • Martha, b. c. 1658, living in 1717, m. Portsmouth 23 Feb 1680/1 Samuel SHERMAN, b. Portsmouth 1648, d. there 9 Oct 1717, son of Philip Sherman and Sarah Odding. They had nine children born from 1682 to c. 1705.

(9g) Anthony Paine[edit]

GDRI (1887):142

Anthony Paine was born c. 1585, d. Portsmouth, RI 1649, and m. (1) say 1619 Alice _______, b. say 1599, d. bef. 1643; m. (2) 1643 Rose (_______) Grinnell, living in 1673, widow of Matthew Grinnell. Following Anthony's death, Rose m. (3) 1650 James Weeden. Anthony was admitted as an inhabitant of Portsmouth, RI in 1638, and the following year joined others in signing a compact for governance of the town. On 10 Nov 1643 he entered into an agreement with Rose Grinnell prior to their marriage. His will, dated 6 May 1649, was proved in 1650, certainly early in the year, as his wife had already remarried by 18 March 1650 when called Rose Weeden in a receipt. Rose was still living in Portsmouth on 17 Dec 1673 when she sold 53 acres to her son Matthew Grinnell. Children: [146]

  • Mary, b. c. 1620, m. (1) John TRIPP; m. (2) Benjamin ENGELL. Mary's first child was born c. 1640.
  • Alice, b. say 1625, d. 1690, m. Lot STRANGE, b. c. 1623, d. 30 July 1683. The will of Anthony Paine dated 5 May 1649 mentions "my daughter Alce ... shee or hur husband". On 27 Oct 1649, "Lott Strainge" signed a receipt for "a legasie dew vnto Alce Paine now wife vnto Lot Strainge from Anthony Paine hur father Deceaste".
  • child, d. young

(8g) George Gardiner[edit]

see other line

(7g) William Gardner[edit]

William, the son of George Gardiner and Herodias Long, was born about 1650, died about February 1710/1, and married c. 1676 Elizabeth [Wilkinson?], born about 1655, died 1736/7, perhaps the daughter of Lawrence Wilkinson. On 21 Jan 1671, William called himself "son of George Gardiner of Newport" when he bought 200 acres of land from John Porter, of Pettaquamscutt, and Horod, his wife (they being his step-father and mother). On 29 July 1679, he signed a petition to the King. He lived his entire adult life in the Narragansett country of Rhode Island (west of the Narragansett Bay), which became the town of Kingstowne. A decade after his death (1722), the town was split into North and South Kingstown. William was the Constable of Kingstowne and served on the grand jury there in 1688. His will, dated 18 Jan 1710/1, was proved 12 March 1710/1, and his inventory was valued at 368 pounds. Elizabeth's will, dated 23 or 24 Feb 1736/7, was proved 9 May 1737 naming only grandchildren, other than her son William as executor (RIGR 6:86). Children, b. Kingstowne, RI: [147]

  • William, b. c. 1677, d. 1748, m. (1) Mary _______, b. c. 1688, d. 19 Oct 1726; m. (2) Alice _______, b. c. 1690, living in 1748. William was the executor to his mothers 1736/7 will. On 10 June 1723, William Gardiner was listed as a member of the South Kingstown Town Council (RIGR 5:193), but two other William Gardners (following) were also contemporary residents of the town. He is not the William Gardner who married Abigail _______, or the William Gardner who married Margaret Eldred, because these two men died in S. Kingstown in 1733 and 1732 respectively (see their wills, RIGR 6:84). This William's will was dated 6 Feb 1748 and proved 13 March 1748. His mother, in her 1737 will, names four Gardner grandchildren: William, John, Thomas, and Desire, which all must be his children, because all of his siblings were sisters.
  • Ann, b. c. 1680, d. 12 Sep 1710, m. c 1701 Joseph HULL, b. c. 1679, living in 1758, the son of Joseph Hull and Experience Harper. Joseph and Ann Hull were deeded 204 acres of land for love, etc. by her father on 23 May 1701, and this deed was very likely on the occasion of their marriage, as their first child was born in 1702. William Gardner also made a gift of land to his daughter Elizabeth, following her marriage in 1706. Following Ann's death, Joseph m. (2) Kingstowne, RI "1d 11mo 1712/13" (1 Jan 1713) Susanna Green, b. Warwick, RI 27 May 1688, d. Westerly, RI 25 Sep 1748, the daughter of James Green and Elizabeth Anthony of Warwick. The marriage record of Joseph and Susanna is found among the Narragansett Friends records, transcribed by Arnold in the Vital Record of RI. Joseph was a constable in Kingstowne in 1703. He bought land in Westerly in 1714, and was a member of the town council there from 1724 to 1726. Ann and Joseph had three children together, after which Joseph had four more with his second wife. Joseph was still living on 29 Nov 1758 when mentioned in the will of his son-in-law, Robert Knowles.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1684, d. c. 1735, m. Kingstowne 6 Jan 1705/6 John GOULD, b. Salem, Mass. 31 Jan 1679/80, (d. 11 April 1763 in Dutchess Co., NY per web account), the son of Adam Gould and Rebecca Cooper. John and Elizabeth Gould were deeded 20 acres of land for love, etc. by her father on 18 Jan 1706, very shortly after their marriage. John was a blacksmith. Following Elizabeth's death, John m. (2) N. Kingstown, RI 27 May 1736 Mary Barker, b. 10 Jan 1698, daughter of William Barker and Elizabeth Easton of Newport. John's will was proved at Dutchess Co., NY 2 Feb 1764. Elizabeth and John had five children born 1707 to c. 1716.
  • Dorcas, b. c. 1690, d. 1762, m. 1712 Abiel SHERMAN.
  • Tabitha, b. c. 1692 d. c. 1755 by a web account, and married c. 1714 Joseph AVERY, b. Groton, CT 9 Aug 1691, d. Norwich, CT 27 June 1753, the son of Capt James Avery and Joanna Greenslade. They had five known children born 1715 to 1722. Their daughter, Tabitha Avery, was named in the 1737 will of Tabitha's mother, Elizabeth Gardner. Tabitha and Joseph have Find-a-grave memorials, though their burial location is unknown. [148]
  • Susanna, b. c. 1694, m. 1717 William KING. In a deed acknowledged on 9 Nov 1713 in N. Kingstown, RI, Susanna Gardner, daughter of William Gardner, deceased, with the consent of her brother, William Gardner, sold land for 40 pounds in Kingstown to George Thomas of Kingstown (RIGR 7:275). Susanna had at least one child, Susanna King, named in the 1737 will of Susanna's mother, Elizabeth Gardner.
  • Rachel, b. 25 March 1696, d. 7 Feb 1756, and married c. 1716 Joseph HAMMOND, b. England 16 Nov 1690, d. 24 June 1776. I question the birth year as found on the grave marker, as Rachel was not called under age 18 in her father's will, as was her sister Rebecca. They had five known children, born 1717 to 1731. Rachel and Joseph share a monument in the Hammond Lot in N. Kingstown, Hist Cem #38. [149]
  • Rebecca, b. c. 1698, was under 18 in her father's 1711 will. She married c. 1718 Thomas-4 POTTER, b. c. 1697, d. S. Kingstown April 1785, the son of Ichabod-3 Potter (Icabod-2, Nathaniel-1) and Margaret Helme. Thomas Potter was a blacksmith. Administration of the estate of Thomas Potter was given to son Rouse Potter in 1785. Rebecca had four Potter children named in her mother's will of 1736/7: Marberry, Thomas, Susannah, and Mary Potter. Altogether, Rebecca and Thomas had ten children (see RIGR 1:166 and 3:318).

(6-10g) Arnolds[edit]

see sandbox 6

(5g) Joseph Arnold[edit]

see sandbox 6

(4g) Josiah Arnold[edit]

Josiah Arnold, son of Joseph Arnold (b 1710) and Hannah Gifford (ba 1720), was b. Exeter, RI 31 Dec 1743, d. ca 1831, and m. N. Kingstown 9 Jul 1775 Freelove CASE, b. ca 1752 (based on last child b. 1796), living in 1820, dau of John Case (b 1723) and Freelove Niles (b ca 1725) of W. Greenwich. Josiah was still alive on 21 Jan 1828 when he deeded land to each of his three sons. He may have been alive in 1830, as a male aged 80-90 was living with his son Benedict Arnold in the census for that year; however, this may also have been his wife's father. Josiah is assumed to have died by 8 March 1832 when his son Josiah (with wife Patience) is no longer called Josiah, Jr. There was no like-aged female (aged 80-90) with Benedict in 1830. The Arnold Memorial says Freelove died at the age of 88, but this cannot be supported because she hasn't been found on the 1830 census. The only time I find her name in a public record after her marriage is on 25 Dec 1810 when she cosigned a deed with her husband. She does not cosign a deed with him in 1817, but she is likely living in 1820 when Josiah appears on the 1820 census in Exeter, aged 45+, with a like-aged female. If her husband was living with their son Benedict in 1830, then she was likely dead by then, as she does not appear on the census. She is called Freelove Arnold in the will of her maternal grandfather Nathaniel Niles, dated 25 Mar 1784. Josiah and Freelove are buried in the Josiah Arnold Cemetery in Exeter, which was described by Harris in 1880, but is now lost (see Cem A9 in Exeter Cem. book). Their graves were marked with field stones: [150]; their Quidnessett cenotaph: [151]

  • Benedict, b. N. Kingstown, RI 23 Nov 1781, d. Exeter, RI 14 Jan 1864, and m. Mary (or Polly) LAWTON, b. ca 1780, d. 26 Jun 1860, aged 80. The provenance of Mary has not been learned. It would seem reasonable that she would be the daughter of Edward Lawton and Ann Green who have a modern marker in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery, but this couple had a daughter Mary b. c. 1796, d. 1814. Benedict appears on the 1830 census in Exeter with wife, children, and elderly man, aged 80-90, who is likely either his father, or his wife's father. He and wife Mary are also in the 1850 census in Exeter enumerated with likely daughter Mary C., aged 35, Martha R. Gardner, 54, and Albert G. Gardner, 47. Benedict and Mary are buried in the Chestnut Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Exeter. [152]
  • Catherine, b. 15 Mar 1784, d. 6 Jun 1859, m. 1802 Arnold SHERMAN, b. 15 Sep 1785, d. 4 Jan 1838. They are bur. in the Shearman Cem., Wolf Rock Rd., Exeter, RI (Hist Cem #84). [153]
  • Josiah, b. 1786, living 1850, m. say 1812 Patience LAWTON, b. RI 1787, living 1850, a sister of Mary Lawton, wife of Benedict, above. Josiah appears on the 1840 census in N. Kingstown, aged 50-59, with like-aged female and likely two sons and a daughter, all in their teens. They were living in N. Kingstown on 27 Nov 1843 when they both signed a deed, and appear on the 1850 census there with Alice Lawton, aged 72 (a sister of Patience?), and Josiah and "Patience C." Arnold both aged 63. The Find-a-grave memorial for Josiah gives his birth as Sep 1786 and death as N. Kingstown 5 Dec 1861, but I do not find the source of these claims. I can find six children: (1) Clarke, b. say 1813; (2) William, b. say 1815; (3) Stephen, b. say 1817; (4) Perry, b. 1819; (5) Samuel Clarke, b. 1823; (6) Mary, b. c. 1826 (in 1830 and 1840 censuses), m. _______ Lawton, and lived in Lafayette, RI (this from obit of Josiah's sister, Betsey Mawney). Josiah, Patience, and their first three sons are buried in the Josiah Arnold Cem. in Exeter, now lost, and their graves were only marked by field stones. [154]
  • Abigail, b. 1788, d. Richmond, RI 12 Sep 1854, in her 67th year, m. c. 1710 the widower Ichabod PETERSON, b. 1771, d. Richmond 10 April 1847. According to the obituary of Abigail's sister, Betsey Mawney, Abigail had no children. Ichabod had married first c. 1802 Elizabeth _______, b. 1782, d. Feb 1809 in her 27th year. The Ichabod Peterson on the 1777 military census and on the 1790 census in Richmond appears to be of an earlier generation, and perhaps the father of this Ichabod. Ichabod and Abby were living in Richmond in 1820, he aged 45+, she one of the three females aged 26-44, with two other females aged 10-15. In 1840 they were in Richmond, he aged 60-69, she aged 50-59, with another female aged 60-69. That other female is named in the 1850 census when just the two older women, Rhoda Peterson, aged 76, and Abby Peterson, aged 60, appear together as a household, living in the same dwelling as Eber S. and Sarah James (aged 39 and 44) and family. In his will, dated Richmond 10 March 1835, Ichabod calls himself "far advanced in years," which seems pretty odd for someone aged about 63. His will names wife Abigail Peterson, daughter Sally Clarke, widow, and two sisters Mary Peterson and Rhoda Peterson. Also named are two grandchildren, Albert Peterson Clarke and Benjamin F. Clarke, presumably sons of Sally Clarke. Sally is named as sole executrix, but on the day the will was proved, Eber S. James of Richmond was appointed as administrator, so it appears that the widow Sally Clarke had married Eber James before the will was proved. (see RIGR 8(1):48) In 1860 Rhoda [Ichabod's sister], aged 86, was living with Sarah James [Ichabod's daughter], and in 1865 she was aged 91, and still living with Sarah James in Richmond. Abby, Ichabod, and his first wife are all buried in the little Ichabod Peterson Lot, RI Hist Cem Richmond #39, but Rhoda has no gravestone there, and it is unknown where she is buried. Child of Ichabod with wife Elizabeth: Sarah "Sally" Peterson, b. 1806, m. (1) Samuel Clarke; m. (2) Eber S. James. [155]
  • Elizabeth (Betsey), b. Exeter 7 Dec 1791, d. 5 Oct 1884, m. Nov 1816 Moses MAWNEY, son of Pardon Mawney and Experience Gardner. After having three children, Elizabeth was widowed, and she appears on the 1850, 1865, and 1870 censuses in E. Greenwich with her two unmaried children, Robert and Eliza. See Mawney line, sandbox 7. [156]
  • William, b. N. Kingstown 1 Dec 1796, d. N. Kingstown 15 Jan 1880, m. about 1817 Elizabeth "Betsey" SWEET, b. Exeter 1797, still living in 1884 when mentioned inthe obituary of her sister-in-law, Betsey (Arnold) Mawney. William appears with family in N. Kingstown, RI on each federal census from 1850 to 1870, and on the RI state census in 1875. His widow is on the 1880 census in N. Kingstown, living with her son, Henry G. Arnold. In 1860 his post office was Lafayette, RI, and in 1870 it was Wickford. The burial location for William and Elizabeth has not been determined. Children: (1) Ruth, b. 1818, m. John Fitts. She was still living with her parents in 1850; (2) Josiah (called Joshua in the Arnold Memorial), b. 1820, d. 1886, m. Lucy Lovell; (3) Elizabeth Susan, b. 1823, d. 1887, m. a second cousin, James Burrill Arnold, the son of Oliver Arnold and Dorcas Phillips. Elizabeth and James are buried in the Elm Grove Cemetery, N. Kingstown, RI; (4) Pardon Mawney, b. 1826, d. 1909, married four times. He is buried with his last wife in the Hathaway Cemetery in Exeter, RI; (5) Nicholas., b. 1828, m. Martha R. Wilcox. He is on 1850 census with his parents; (6) William T., b. 1831, d. 1898, married three times. He is on 1850 census with his parents; (7) Henry G., b. 1833, d. 1906, m. about 1869 Mary Elizabeth Tisdale, b. 1847; at least three children; (8) Amos Whitford C., b. 1835, d. 1900, m. Annie Birch. A FAG memorial has been created for him. [157]

SOURCES: 1. Arnold, James N., Vital Record of Rhode Island, v 5, pt 3, b. of Josiah Arnold; pt 1, p 6, mar. of Josiah to Freelove (3:56, 68). 2. Exeter, RI Deeds 10:260 (4:144) 3. Exeter Deaths, v. _, p 3, d. rec. of Benedict Arnold (4:148). 4. NK Deaths, v. 3, d. rec. of William Arnold (4:151). 5. Sterling, John E. & James. E. Good, Exeter Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries, 1994, Cems 22, 84, and A9.

(8g) William Case, Sr.[edit]

GDRI (1887):272-5; TAG 20(19xx):462 (son James)

William case, b. say 1620, d. by 1676, m. say 1650 Mary _____, b. say 1630, living in 1680. I do not see any evidence that Mary was the daughter of Emanuel and Katharine White of Watertown and Yarmouth (both now in Massachusetts), though it is possible that William lived in Yarmouth before appearing in Newport. William appeared on the 1655 list of Newport freemen, and in 1658 he sold to Caleb Carr of Newport all his interest in Conanicut Island (Jamestown) and Dutch Island, calling himself William, Sr. He was a Newport deputy for a few years between 1667 and 1675, and a juryman in 1671. He was dead by 18 Oct 1676 when his widow brought suit agains Lawrence Turner, and won a judgment of 4 pounds. Children, likely born in Newport:

  • William, b. say 1651, m. (1) wife, name unknown; and (2) say 1690 Abigail _______.
  • Joseph, b. 1653 (aged 68 on 17 March 1721/2), d. 1741, m. c. 1677 Hannah SMITH, b. say 1657, d. 1712, the daughter of John and Margaret Smith. Joseph was taxed in Portsmouth in 1680, but taxed in Kingstowne in 1687. His will, dated 21 Feb 1734 with codicil 24 July 1738, was proved 8 June 1741. Joseph and Hannah had seven children born from 1678 to 1699.
  • James, b. say 1655, d. by 1 May 1719, m. say 1685 Anna _______, b. say 1665. On 7 May 1677, James "brought into Court a negro and was released from bonds". He was taxed in Portsmouth in 1680, but in 1682 was living illegally in Puncatest in the Plymouth Colony. This may have been what later became Little Compton, RI, because that became his residence, and he bought land there of Benjamin Church in 1689. The first of his many children was born in 1686.

(7g) William Case, Jr.[edit]

GDRI (1887):272-5

William, the son of William and Mary Case, was born say 1651, probably in Newport, RI, d. E. Greenwich, RI 1713, and m. (1) say 1685, a wife, name unknown, and m. (2) say 1690 Abigail _______, who died 1736. The birth year given comes from the assumption that William was older than his brother Joseph, born in 1654. William died intestate, so a will was made for him by the (East) Greenwich Town Council, dated 26 Sep 1713. The will names wife Abigail and sons John and William, John being called a "son-in-law" (meaning step-son) of Abigail. Abigail's will, dated 22 Oct 1729, was proved 6 Nov 1736, naming friend John Manchester as executor, and otherwise only naming her three grandchildren, Mary, Abigail, and Margaret Case, all children of her son William. The children of subject William: [158]

with first wife, name unknown:

  • John, b. say 1685, m. c. 1719 Abigail FISH, b. c. 1696, d. c. 1749, daughter of John and Joanna Fish. The birth year is a crude approximation based on John being older than his brother, and of a different mother, and therefore perhaps about five years older.

with second wife, Abigail:

  • William, b. say 1690, m. (1) c. 1714 Margaret _______; m. (2) 17 June 1725 Frances DAVIS, daughter of William and Frances Davis. William's birth year is based on his having his first child in 1715. William had three children with his first wife, b. 1715 to 1720, all named in his mother's will, and had two more children with his second wife, born 1727 and 1730, not named in her 1729 will.

(6g) John Case, Sr.[edit]

GDRI (1887):272-5

John Case, the son of William Case, was born, say, 1685 and m. Abigail FISH, b. c. 1696, d. c. 1749, the daughter of John Fish (1657-1742) and Joanna [Knowles?] (c.1670-1744).[15] On 4 April 1737, Abigail had a legacy of 50 pounds from the will of her father, John Fish of Dartmouth. It appears that this is the John Case who married (2) in W. Greenwich 13 June 1750 Elizabeth, the widow of Henry Joslin. A birth year of roughly 1685 is assigned to this John, because he had a younger half-brother, William, who had a child born in 1715. Thus, William is given a rough birth year of 1690, and John would be a few years before that, since he was of a different marriage. My understanding, is that the West Greenwich town records, this John and his family members were given the spelling CASS for their surname, to distinguish them from the family of his first cousin, John Case, the son of William. Children, all born in Greenwich, RI, and recorded in the E. Greenwich town records: [159]

  • Mary (twin), b. 7 April 1720
  • Martha (twin), b. 7 April 1720, d. c. 1760. She is the Martha Cass, of John who m. EG 12 Nov 1739 William SWEET, Jr. (VRRI NS 7:79), b. EG 14 Feb 1715, d. WG 9 Jan 1796, the son of William Sweet and Thankful Hamilton. After Martha died, William married 3 May 1761 Sarah (King) Briggs. William had six children with Martha, and three more with Sarah. William Sweet is buried in the Sweet Burial Ground in West Greenwich, RI, with his second wife, but there is no marker for his first wife. Online sources give Martha's death year as 1757 or 1758. [160] [161]
  • Jemima, b. 29 Sep 1721. She is the Jemima Cass of EG who m. W. Greenwich 15 April 1739 Benjamin ROGERS.(VRRI NS 7:79), b. Charlestown or Westerly 1715, d. 20 Oct 1751, son of Jeremiah and Mary Rogers. They had six known children.
  • John, b. 23 April 1723, m. (1) Freelove NILES, b. c. 1725, living 1784 when called Freelove Case in the Will of her father, daughter of Nathaniel Niles (ba 1702) and Abigail Dolover. He m. (2) W. Greenwich 1753 his second cousin Hannah CASE, daughter of John of Joseph. He m. (3) WG 3 Nov 1785 Anna Wells, a widow.
  • Sarah, b. 19 Feb 1725/6. She is the Sarah Cass, of John, who m. E. Greenwich 9 Nov 1739 Joseph NILES. She would have been quite young. (VRRI NS 7:79) He was b. c. 1715, d. WG 24 May 1791, and is buried in the Niles-Nichols-Congdon Lot in West Greenwich. [162]

(5g) John Case, Jr.[edit]

John, the son of John Case (son of William) and Abigail Fish, was born in West Greenwich, Rhode Island on 23 April 1723 (James N. Arnold gives the surname as Cass in his Vital Record of Rhode Island), and m. (1) in W. Greenwich 8 April 1743 Freelove NILES, b. c. 1725, d. c. 1753, the daughter of Nathaniel Niles and Abigail Dolover. He m. (2) c. 1754 in W. Greenwich his second cousin Hannah CASE, b. roughly 1735, d. c. 1784, the daughter of John Case (son of Joseph Case). John m. (3) in W. Greenwich 3 Nov 1785 Anna Wells, widow of Thomas Wells of E. Greenwich. Freelove was called Freelove Case in the 1784 will of her father, but the wording isn't clear that she was long deceased. Known children of John, first two with first wife, remainder with second wife: [163]

with first wife, Freelove Niles:

  • Abigail, b. c. 1745, called Abigail Case in the 1784 will of her grandfather, Nathaniel Niles, and called Abigail Case, spinster, in the 1802/1803 settlement of her father's estate.
  • Freelove, b. c. 1752, d. c. 1840, aged 88, m. N. Kingstown, RI 9 July 1775 Josiah ARNOLD, b. Exeter, RI 31 Dec 1743, d. c. 1830, the son of Joseph Arnold and Hannah Gifford. Freelove was called Freelove Arnold in the 1784 will of her grandfather, Nathaniel Niles, and was included in the division of her father's estate in 1802/3. The birth year of 1752 was chosen for Freelove because her last child was born in 1796. This year makes her age 44 at last child birth. Every year older than 44 becomes increasingly unlikely for childbirth. The 1752 year still allows for her father to remarry about 1754, and have his first child with new wife in 1755. Freelove and Josiah are buried in the Josiah Arnold Lot in Exeter, #A9, cemetery now lost. [164]

with second wife, Hannah Case:

  • Elizabeth, b. W. Greenwich 6 Aug 1755, d. 15 Aug 1833 (VRRI NS 7:77), m. June 1783 Simeon WHITFORD. She mentions her father John Case in her will dated W. Greenwich 23 July 1831, proved 28 Sep 1833 (RIGR 5:62) While she is not mentioned specifically as an heir during the division of her father's estate in 1802/3, her husband is the person to whom the other heirs sold the land. Elizabeth and Simeon are buried in the Simeon Whitford Lot, W. Greenwich #27. [165]
  • John, b. W. Greenwich, c. 1758, living 1802/3, m. W Greenwich 10 Aug 1786 Amey BAILEY, b. 21 Aug 1762, daughter of Thomas Bailey and Mary Havens of E. Greenwich. In 1800 John Case appears on the federal census in Stephentown, NY with 2m<10, 2m 10-15, 1m 26-44, 1f 10-15, and 1f 26-44. He has not been found on any other census. John was living in Stephentown when his father's estate was divided in 1802/3.
  • William, b. say 1761, was living in Canaan, NY on 8 Nov 1795, when his land was mentioned in a deed between Nehemiah Gale and Asa Evans. William appears on the 1800 census for Canaan, NY with a very large family of eleven members; he and wife both aged 26-44. He resided in Canaan, NY at the time of the division of his father's estate in 1802/3.
  • Thomas, b. W. Greenwich 1764, d. 14 Aug 1825, m. 26 Nov 1790 Elizabeth RHODES, b. 27 July 1769, d. 30 Oct 1840, daughter of John and Eunice Rhodes. Inexplicably, Thomas is not mentioned during the division of his father's estate in 1802/3, while all of his siblings were, so perhaps he had his share of his father's estate before his father died. Thomas and Elizabeth are buried in the Thomas Case Lot, WG #72; he still has a standing grave marker, but that of Elizabeth has been shattered, and is illegible. [166]
  • Hannah, b. say 1766, m. c. 1785 (had two children in 1790) Beriah AUSTIN. Beriah appears on the 1790 census for W. Greenwich with presumed wife and two children, but has not been found elsewhere. Hannah and Beriah lived in N. Kingstown in 1802/3 when her father's estate was divided.
  • Mary, b. say 1770, d. roughly 1825, m. Gideon MYERS, b. say 1750, d. Pownal, VT 1837. They were living in Pownal, VT when her father's estate was divided in 1802/3. Gideon was a Revolutionary War soldier and pensioner. He appears on the 1777 census in W. Greenwich, then on the 1800, 1820, and 1830 censuses for Pownal, Bennington, VT. In 1800 he and wife were 26-44, with seven younger people in the household. In 1820 he and wife were both 45+, and in 1830 he was living alone, aged 80-89. In 1776 and 1777, for at least nine months, Gideon served as a soldier in Capt Elijah Lewis's company, Col James Mitchel Varnum's regiment, from Rhode Island, according to a statement made 10 Oct 1818 by John Bowles who was in the same unit. Gideon received a pension for his service, and the final payment was made third quarter, 1837. There was a Gideon Myers who served from 19 June to 20 Aug 1779 as an ensign in Capt Thomas Sawyer's company of Vermont Militia, raised for the defense of the northern frontiers, but it is not known if this is the same person.
  • Jesse, b. 1773 (based on 1850 census, but maybe a little later based on 1800 census), and living in 1850. He was married about 1805 to Tabitha HOPKINS, b. WG 9 Feb 1782, living in 1850, the daughter of Samuel Hopkins and Phebe-6 Arnold (Wm-5, Elisha-4, Israel-3, Stephen-2, William-1). Jesse appears on the 1800, 1810, and 1820 censuses of W. Greenwich, and the 1840 and 1850 censuses of East Bloomfield, Ontario Co., NY. In 1800 he was alone and aged 16-25; in 1810 he and apparent wife are aged 26-44 with two young children, and in 1820 he is over 45 with wife aged 26-44, and four younger people. Jesse was still living in Rhode Island in 1824 when his daughter Hannah was born, but in New York by 1840. He is not found on the 1830 census.

The following is from Allen Niles:

The land deeds naming the heirs of John 4 Case, Jr. (John 3 Cass, Wm 2-1) are dated 18 Feb 1802 & 18 Feb 1803 (they are both on the same page, so the "1802" may actually be 1803 depending on how it's read. These two deeds are not on-line. My copy isn't easy to read. You might want your own copy. The LDS church has the microfilm No. 0929541, on pp 266-268. Anyway, the names below are mentioned: I threw in some sources and lineages to help place them in the Case family.

1. Josiah Arnold & wife Freelove Arnold of N.Kingstown RI. She was a Case by John 4's first wife Freelove Niles

2. Abigail Case. Called a spinster in the deed. She is by John's 1st wife.

Children by Hannah Case (John 3, Jos 2, Wm 1 Case) his 2nd wife:

3. John Case. He married 10 Aug 1785 W. Greenwich RI Amey Bailey [Arnold VR 2: 198]. Residing Stephentown NY

4. William Case. Residing New Caanan NY

5. Hannah Case. She married Beriah Austin. Residing N. Kingstown RI

6. Mary Case. She married Gideon Myers. Residing Pownal VT

7. Jesse Case. He married Tabitha Case. Tabitha, a cousin, born 25 Jun 1751 [Arnold 1:92] daughter of John 4 (John 3, Jos 2, Wm 1) Case & Mary Hill [This cannot be true based on 1850 census]

(10g) Thomas Fish[edit]

NYGBR (1922):63-64; Fish Gen:11-12

Thomas Fish lived in the parish of Market Harborough in Leicestershire, England. The name of his wife is not included in the parish register giving the baptisms of his children. His children, all baptised at Market Harborough:

  • Thomas, bapt. 10 March 1585/6
  • John, b. say 1588, bur. Market Harborough 14 July 1594
  • Austin, bapt. 22 April 1590, bur. Market Harborough 22 May 1590.
  • Robert, bapt. 12 Aug 1593, m. Alice FISH (below).
  • William, bapt. 16 Nov 1595, bur. Market Harborough 16 Nov 1595
  • William, bapt. 27 March 1597
  • Jeffrey, bapt. 28 Oct 1599

(9g) Robert Fish[edit]

NYGBR (1922):64; Fish Gen:11-12

Robert, the son of Thomas Fish of Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, was baptised there 12 Aug 1593, buried at Great Bowden, Leicestershire on 20 Dec 1639, and m. at Market Harborough 24 Feb 1617/8 Alice FISH, the daughter of John and Margaret Fish of Great Bowden. Robert was a mercer by trade. Following his untimely death, his family disappears from the records of the two parishes he frequented. Children:

  • Thomas, baptised Great Bowden 1 Jan 1618/9, m. Mary _______, and lived in Rhode Island (below).
  • John, bapt. Market Harborough 21 Jan 1620/1, d. Mystic, CT 1689, m. (1) Mary Ireland or Eland; m. (2) Martha (Stark?); m. (3) Hannah Steery.
  • Ruth, bapt. Market Harborough 1 Sep 1622
  • Mary, bapt. Great Bowden 24 Jan 1623/4, bur. Market Harborough 14 May 1624
  • Mary, bapt. Market Harborough 24 April 1625
  • Joseph, bapt. Market Harborough 17 Sep 1626
  • Nathan, bapt. Market Harborough 7 March 1629/30; Nathaniel bur. Market Harborough 4 Oct 1631
  • Tabitha, bapt. Market Harborough 8 May 1630; Tabitha Fish bur. Great Bowden 23 March 1657/8.
  • Hannah, bapt. Market Harborough 24 Nov 1633
  • Christian, bapt. Great Bowden 10 Dec 1637
  • Benjamin, bapt. Great Bowden 11 Aug 1639

(8g) Thomas Fish[edit]

Savage; GDRI (1887):78; NYGBR (1922):64

Thomas, the son of Robert and Alice (Fish) Fish, was baptized at Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England 1 Jan 1618/9, d. RI 1687, and m. say 1644 Mary _______, b. say 1625, d. 1699. James Savage, in the 1870s, called Thomas the son of Robert and Alice (Fish) Fish of Great Bowden, Leicestershire, England, but John O. Austin in his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (1887) does not appear to accept this claim. John D. Fish, in an article published on the family in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record in 1922, produced a plethora of records on the family, and resurrected the assumption that Thomas is a son of Robert and Alice, and that is the assumption made here. Thomas did name two of his children Robert and Alice. Thomas was of Portsmouth, RI as early as 1643 when he had land granted to him. In 1655 he was on the list of freemen from Portsmouth. In 1674 he was on the Portsmouth Town Council, but other than that, the only records of him involve a few land transactions. His will, dated 9 Feb 1687 [1686/7], was proved 18 Dec 1687. Mary's will, dated 9 Sep 1697 with codicil 12 July 1699, was proved in 1699. Children: [167]

  • Thomas, b. say 1645, d. 1684, m. Portsmouth 10 Dec 1668 Grizzle STRANGE. They had five children born from 1671 to 1684.
  • Mehitable, b. say 1647, m. 6 Aug 1667 Joseph TRIPP, b. c. 1644, d. 27 Nov 1718, the son of John Tripp and Mary Paine. They had 13 children born from 1668 to 1691.
  • Mary, b. say 1650, d. 4 April 1747, m. 18 March 1671 Francis BRAYTON, b. say 1645, d. 30 Jan 1718, the son of Francis and Mary Brayton. They had six children born from 1676 to 1695.
  • Alice, b. c. 1654, d. 1734, m. c. 1674 William KNOWLES, b. 1645, d. 1727, the son of Henry Knowles. They had ten children born from 1675 to c. 1695.
  • John, b. 1657, d. 1742, m. c. 1690 Joanna _______, b. say 1670, d. 1744.
  • Daniel, b. c. 1659, d. 16 Sep 1623, m. 1 May 1682 Abigail MUMFORD, b. say 1662, d. by 1717, the daughter of Thomas Mumford and Sarah Sherman. They had eight children born from 1683 to c. 1702.
  • Robert, b. c. 1662, d. 1730, m. 16 Sep 1686 Mary HALL, b. c. 1665, d. 8 June 1735, the daughter of Zuriel Hall and Elizabeth Tripp. Robert was a Portsmouth freeman in 1686 and held several minor offices in the town. He was a lieutenant at the time of his death. His will, dated 12 Dec 1728, was proved in 1730. The will of Mary, dated 28 April 1735, was proved 11 June 1735. They had nine children born from 1690 to 1710.

(7g) John Fish[edit]

GDRI (1887):78

John Fish, the son of Thomas Fish and Mary (AYRES?) of Portsmouth, RI, was born 1657, d. 1742, and married c. 1690 Joanna [Knowles? or Munson], b. say 1670, d. 1744. They lived in Portsmouth, RI and nearby Dartmouth, Mass. John's will, dated 4 April 1737, was proved 20 April 1742. Joanna's will, dated 5 April 1744, was proved 10 Dec 1744. One of their daughters had married a Wickham at some point, because Joanna's 1744 will names grandson John Wickham. Children: [168]

  • Mehitable, b. c. 1691 (first child born 1711), m. c. 1710 William CORNELL, b. Dartmouth, MA c. 1686, d. there 1755, the son of Stephen-3 Cornell (Thomas-2-1) and Hannah Mosher (this per Cornell Genealogy, but Hannah might be too young to be mother of William). I do not trust the birth date of 22 July 1684 given for Mehitable in the Cornell genealogy, which is full of errors. Mehitable and William had eight children born 1711 to 1728.
  • Hope, b. c. 1694 (first child b. 1718), d. 1755, m. c. 1717 James PHILLIPS, b. Portsmouth, RI 1695, d. Middleton, RI c. 1750, son of William Phillips and Christiana Barker. They had four known children born 1718 to 1729.
  • Abigail, b. c. 1696 (first child b. 1720), d. c. 1749, m. c. 1719 John CASE, b. say 1685, the son of William Case of W. Greenwich.
  • Patience, b. say 1698, d. by 4 April 1737, m. New Shoreham, RI 20 Dec 1720 John RATHBONE, b. New Shoreham 29 Dec 1693, d. Exeter, RI 1752, the son of John Rathbone and Ann Dodge of New Shoreham. Patience was called deceased in the 1737 will of her father, but her son Joshua Rathbone was named in the will. A Find-a-grave memorial has been created for John Rathbone in the Ira Wilcox Lot, Hist Cem #74, in Exeter. [169]
  • Alice, b. c. 1700, d. by 4 April 1737, m. c. 1722 John PHILLIPS, b. c. 1690, d. 1760, the son of William Phillips and Christiana Barker. Following the death of Alice, John m. (2) Susanna _______. Alice and John had four known children, Sarah, William, John, and Thomas Phillips, all named in her father's 1737, where she is called deceased. Her children were born. c. 1723-1729.
  • Ebenezer, b. c. 1702, likely in Portsmouth, d. Tiverton, RI Aug 1774, and m. (1) c. 1725 Hannah GIFFORD and m. (2) in Tiverton, RI 1770 Sarah (_______) Grinnell. In his second marriage record, Ebenezer was called of Tiverton, RI, and Sarah was called a widow of Little Compton, RI. Ebenezer and Hannah had four children born in Dartmouth 1726-1732, and likely others. He was the executor of the wills of both of his parents
  • Mary, b. say 1704, m. William POTTER, b. 11 Nov 1696, the son of William Potter and Ann Durfee.
  • Joanna, b. say 1706, m. John FISHER. They were mentioned in the 1737 will of her father and the 1744 will of her mother. They had a son, John Fisher, named in the 1744 will of her mother, but I find no other record of this family.
  • John, b. Dartmouth 14 Jan 1707/8, m. 29 Jan 1729 [/30?] Remember You__. I've looked at three different hand-written transcripts of the marriage record for John, and personally cannot decipher the surname of his wife. Various transcribers have given the surname as Youin, Youis, Young, Hervia, Jovin, and Yonior. I find no names anywhere in the Dartmouth vital records that might match this name. John and Remember had at least four children born 1732 to 1738, with births recorded in Dartmouth.
  • Sarah, b. c. 1710, m. Dartmouth, Mass. 20 Oct 1731 Anthony ARNOLD, b. Providence 12 March 1704, the son of John-3 Arnold (Richard-2, Thomas-1) and Mary Mowry. Anthony's birth appears in the "Narragansett Friends Records." The family apparently moved to Duchess Co., NY.
  • Susanna, b. c. 1712 (first child b. 1734), m. c. 1733 Benjamin BOYCE. Many web sources talk about Benjamin being from Salem, Mass., but I find nothing to substantiate this. They had three known children born 1734 to 1737.
  • Elizabeth, b. c. 1714 (first child b. 1738) m. c. 1737 (but after the 4 April 1737 date of her father's will when she was called Elizabeth Fish) Seth HUDDLESTONE, b. c. 1715, likely in Dartmouth, and d. 1787 per a web source, the son of Henry Huddlestone and Sarah Case. They had four known children born 1738 to 1744.

(10g) John Fish[edit]

NYGBR (1922):57-63; Fish Gen:3-11

John Fyshe of Great Bowden (Bowden Magna), Leicestershire, England was born say 1550, bur. Great Bowden 19 Feb 1622/3, and m. c. 1577 Margaret _______, b. say 1557, bur. Great Bowden 28 April 1630, who by some accounts was a Craddock, but this has been disputed. It is possible that John was the son of Augustine Fyshe who was buried at Great Bowden 26 Jan 1579/80, and the grandson of Edward Fyshe who died in 1518. John's will was dated 2 Jan 1623 [actually, 2 Jan 1622/3] and proved two months later on 9 March 1622/3 by his relict and executrix. Witnessses were Augustine Fish and William Halick. Margaret's will was dated 1 March 1629/30 and proved on 23 July 1630, with son John Fish as executor and sons [sons-in-law] John Johnson and Maurice Dixe as overseers. Children, all baptised at Great Bowden:

  • Augustyne, bapt. 11 June 1578, bur. Great Bowden 29 April 1646, m. c. 1602 Christian _______, b. c. 1582, d. 1657. His will was dated 7 April 1646, and proved 23 Sep 1647 by Christian, relict and executrix. Her will was dated 6 Oct 1656, and proved 2 Jan 1657/8, she being called of Thorpe in the county of Rutland. Augustine was called Austin in his father's will. In his own will he gives 5 pounds to his son William should he return to his home land. William was in Windsor, CT in 1642. Augustine and Christian had eleven children baptised at Great Bowden from 1602/3 to 1625.
  • William, bapt. 9 March 1580/1, bur. Great Bowden 13 Sep 1658. He m. (1) c. 1605 _______ _______ (possibly Katherine who was bur. Great Bowden 8 Aug 1618), and m. (2) Great Bowden 1620 Anne/Agnes PARSONS of Carlton, Northamptonshire. He had five children with his first wife baptised 1606 to 1617, and seven children with his second wife, baptised 1621 to 1636, all twelve baptised at Great Bowden. His will was dated 24 May 1658 and proved 22 April 1659.
  • Katheryne, bapt. 15 April 1582, living in 1629/30 when called "my daughter Katherine Garvoise" in her mother's will.
  • Thomas, bapt. 8 May 1584, possibly the one bur. St. Mary, Warwickshire 12 Jan 1673/4, m. Lubbenham, Leicestershire 1609 Mary SPRIGGE, bapt. Lubbenham 24 Jan 1585/6, daughter of William Sprigge. They lived in the parishes of Lubbenham, East Farndon, and Great Bowden, having children baptised in all three. They then later, by 1643, lived in Wedgnock Park, Warwickshire. Thomas was the father of Jonathan, John, and Nathaniel Fish, all three of whom settled in Sandwich in the Plymouth Colony about 1639.
  • Sara, bapt. 11 April 1586, m. Great Bowden 6 Aug 1604 John JOHNSON. She was called "my daughter Sarah Johnson" in her mother's 1629/30 will.
  • Ambrose, bapt. 6 July 1588, d. c. 1628, and married and had several children. He was a clergyman, educated at the Harborough School and at Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1608/9; MA 1612). He was ordained Priest in London 1616/7 and on 16 June 1619 was instituted as rector of the parish of Raunds, Northamptonshire. Administration of his estate took place in 1628, he being called of Carlton, Northamptonshire. Perhaps his mother was not aware of his death, because in her will dated 1 March 1629/30 made a bequest to "my son Ambrose, his children, 40s. Perhaps she meant "to the children of Ambrose".
  • Mary, bapt. 20 Dec 1589, bur. Great Bowden 27 Feb 1590/1.
  • Elizabeth, bapt. 15 Nov 1591, m. Great Bowden 6 Feb 1616/7 Edward MARSTON. Neither Elizabeth nor Edward, nor any Marston children are named in the 1629/30 will of Elizabeth's mother.
  • Francis, bapt. 29 Oct 1593, had three daughters baptised at Great Bowden, after which he lived in the parish of Gumley, Leicestershire.
  • Anne, bapt. 2 June 1596, not named in mother's 1629/30 will, and may have died young.
  • Alice, bapt. 6 Nov 1597, m. Robert FISH, son of Thomas Fish of Great Bowden. She was called "my daughter Alice Fish" in her mother's 1629/30 will. Her mother also made a bequest to "Robert Fish's children an aker of barley and an aker of peas."
  • Mary, bapt. 8 Dec 1599, m. Maurice DIX. She was called "my daughter Mary Dix" in her mother's 1629/1630 will.
  • John, bapt. 26 Jan 1601/2, had four children baptised at Great Bowden from 1626 to 1633/4, then probably went to Wroxhall, Warwickshire, close to his brother Thomas in Wedgnock Park.

(9g) John Niles[edit]

GM 5(2007):260-2; NEHGR 85(1931):145-147;153(1999):339-343; TAG 75(2000):16-25,149-150

John Niles, b. c. 1610, d. Braintree, Mass 8 Feb 1693/4, aged about 91 (likely exagerated), m. (1) c. 1636 Jane _____, b. c. 1615, d. Braintree 15 May 1654; m. (2) by 1658 Hannah (______) Ames, d. 31 Jan 1702/3, widow of William Ames who d. Braintree 11 March 1653/4. John received a grant of land in Dorchester, Mass. on 1 Sep 1634, and was among several other young, single men receiving such grants, and was therefore likely born closer to 1610 than the year suggested by his approximate age at death. John was a weaver. At some point John left Dorchester to settle in Braintree where he was made a freeman in 1647. However, only his first child's birth is recorded in Dorchester, where the birth record is fairly complete, so he likely left Dorchester by 1638. Children with first wife, first born in Dorchester, last two born Braintree, and others likely born in Braintree as well:

  • Hannah, b. 16 Feb 1636/7, no further record. Online accounts say she m. (1) Peter Shooter and (2) Nathaniel Mott.
  • John, b. 4 March 1638/9, d. New Shoreham, RI c. 1687, m. c. 1669 Abigail _______. b. say 1648, living in Lyme, CT in 1718. Following the death of John Niles, Abigail m. (2) John-1 Banning, b. say 1645, d. Lyme, CT 1717 (will proved early Oct 1717). John and Abigail had four known children, born c. 1669 to 1683, birth place of first two unknown, and last two born New Shoreham.
  • Joseph, b. 15 Aug 1640, m. Braintree 15 Nov 1661 Mary (FARR) Mycall, daughter of James? Farr and widow of James Mycall.
  • Nathaniel, b. 16 Aug 1642, d. Braintree 22 Dec 1727, m. New Shoreham 14 Feb 1671/2 Sarah SANDS, daughter of James Sands. In 1692 he bought about 1000 acres in Lyme, CT from William Ely for 70 pounds., and mortgaged it immediately to Samuel Sewall of Bsoton. He was living in Kingstown, RI by 1699.
  • Samuel, b. 12 May 1644, m. Braintree 20 April 1680 Mary (BILLINGS) Belcher, daughter of Roger Billings and widow of Samuel Belcher.
  • Increase, b. 16 Dec 1646, m. Braintree 4 Dec 1677 Mary PURCHASE.
  • Benjamin, b. 11 March 1650/1, d. Lyme, CT 1712, m. c. Dec 1682 Ruth _______. He was of record at Block Island in Dec 1681, but in 1691 he bought land at Lyme, CT and moved there with his family. He and Ruth had three daughters born in New Shoreham c. 1681 to c. 1684.

Child with second wife:

  • Isaac, b. Braintree 2 April 1658, d. there 30 Jan 1659/60.

(8g) Joseph Niles[edit]

Joseph, the son of John Niles and Jane (Reed?) was b. Braintree, Mass. 15 Aug 1640, m. Braintree 15 Nov 1661 Mary (FARR) Mycall, the widow of James Mycall. The parentage of Mary is unknown. Children, b. Braintree:

  • Hannah, b. 15 Feb 1663/4
  • Joseph, b. 21 Sep 1666, m. Patience _______. He was a freeman in Rhode Island in 1709, but witnessed a deed of Benjamin Niles at Lyme, CT in 1710. His will, dated at Lyme in 1731, left all his property to wife Patience.
  • Mary, b. 8 Jan 1668/9
  • John, b. c. 1671, d. 6 Jan 1749[/50?], m. 1696 Catherine _______. They lived in the south precinct of Braintree, now the town of Randolph. They had nine children born at Braintree from 1696/7 to 1714.
  • Peter, b. c. 1673, d. Braintree 16 March 1691/2.
  • Benjamin, b. 2 Jan 1674/5, d. 27 Feb 1724/5, m. (1) 19 May 1698 Ruth SCANT; m. (2) 17 Jan 1715/6 Lydia SEACUM.
  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1678, below

(7g) Nathaniel Niles, Sr.[edit]

TAG 75(2000):16-25

Nathaniel, the son of Joseph Niles and Mary (Farr) Mycall of Braintree, Mass., was b. c. 1678, probably in Braintree, d. W. Greenwich, RI 1758, and m. (1) c. 1700 Jane LITTLEFIELD, b. 1681, d. c. 1702, the daughter of Caleb Littlefield and Mary Allen; m. (2), c. 1705 Tabitha GARDNER, b. 2 Feb 1687, d. 1771, the daughter of George Gardner and Tabitha Tefft. At the Court of General Sessions of the Peace held in Boston, Mass. the first Thursday of Oct 1700, the following was recorded: "We present Nathaniel Niles and Jane Littlefield now Jane Niles both of the Town of Braintrey for fornication she being delivered of a living child about four months after marriage Witness, Sarah Gurney, Midwife." The child was never named, nor its sex given, but evidence is clear that it was Nathaniel, Jr. Nathaniel Sr., called the son of Joseph, was living in Kingstowne, RI on 29 Oct 1712 when he purchased 100 acres of land in E. Greenwich. He may have come to Kingstowne directly from Braintree, or else via Block Island like other members of the Niles family. His will, dated 9 Feb 1743/4, was proved 1 July 1758, naming wife Tabitha and several children. The will of his widow, Tabitha, was dated 27 Dec 1759 and proved 13 April 1771, mentioning several children, but not Nathaniel, who was of a different mother. Children: [170]

with first wife, Jane Littlefield:

  • Nathaniel, b. c. 1700, m. (1) Abigail Dolover; (2) Ruth Sweet

wife second wife, Tabitha Gardner:

  • Tabitha, b. c. 1706, d. W. Greenwich c. 1795, m. E. Greenwich 24 Feb 1725/6 Samuel DYRE, b. N. Kingstown c. 1703, d. March 1760, son of Edward Dyre and Mary Greene of N. Kingstown. Samuel's will, dated 5 March 1760, was proved 5 April 1760. Tabitha and Samuel had nine children born c. 1726 to c. 1751.
  • John, b. c. 1708, d. Vermont c. 1778, m. (1) E. Greenwich 13 Aug 1732 Mary BRIGGS, b. c. 1712, d. c. 1747, daughter of Philip Briggs of N. Kingstown; m. (2) E. Greenwich 7 May 1748 Elizabeth SPENCER, b. E. Greenwich 1 Dec 1727, d. c. 1760, daughter of William Spencer and Elizabeth Rice;; m. (3) c. 1762 Hannah _______; and m. (4) W. Greenwich 4 Nov 1773 Mrs. Freelove (_______) Hill of Exeter. John was made a freeman of (East) Greenwich on 1 May 1738. He had five known children with second wife, Elizabeth, born 1749-1757, and one child with third wife Hannah, born 1763. He may have moved to Shaftesbury, Vermont.
  • ? Nathan, b. c. 1712, m. E. Greenwich 18 Nov 1739 Freelove Sweet, daughter of Richard Sweet.
  • Joseph, b. c. 1715, d. W. Greenwich 24 May 1791, m. (1) E. Greenwich 9 Nov 1739 Sarah CASS (CASE), b. 19 Feb 1723/4, daughter of John-3 Cass/Case (Wm-2-1) and Abigail Fish; m. (2) W. Greenwich c. 1756 Jemima (CASS) Rogers, b. 29 Sep 1721, d. c. 1760, sister of Sarah, and widow of Benjamin Rogers. Joseph m. (3) W. Greenwich c. 1761 Mary _______. Joseph was made a freeman of (East) Greenwich on 15 Feb 1736/7. He owned a mill known as Niles Mill. He had four known children with his first wife Sarah, born 1741-1748, and one source gives him five additional children with his last wife, Mary. He is buried in the Niles-Nichols-Congcon Lot, Hist Cem. W. Greenwich #54, and has a crude marker with his initials. His three wives are also likely there, but without markers. [171]
  • Samuel, b. E. Greenwich 8 Feb 1719/20, d. W. Greenwich 3 Oct 1778, m. c. 1740 Martha PITCHER, b. E. Greenwich 20 Oct 1720, d. in Otsego Co., NY, the daughter of Jonathan Pitcher and Phebe Hopkins. They had nine known children born 1742-1763. Samuel is buried in the Niles-Nichols-Congdon Lot, Hist Cem W. Greenwich #54, and has a crude marker with his initials on it. Martha moved to Richland Springs, Otsego Co., NY, and is likely buried there. [172]

(6g) Nathaniel Niles, Jr.[edit]

Nathaniel Niles, the son of Nathaniel Niles and Jane Littlefield of W. Greenwich, RI, was born c. 1702, died 1785, and m. (1) E. Greenwich 29 Oct 1724 Abigail DOLOVER, b. c. 1705, d. c. 1730, the daughter of Joseph Dolover and Rachel Rice. Nathaniel m. (2) N. Kingstown on 3 ___ 1731, Ruth SWEET, b. c. 1710, living in 1785, the daughter of Jeremiah Sweet and Ruth Albro. Ruth, the wife of Nathaniel, was mentioned in the 1756 will of her father, Jeremiah Sweet. She was named in her husband's 1784 will, and was living on 22 Nov 1785 when she witnessed the will of Samuel Spencer of W. Greenwich. Nathaniel's will, dated 25 Mar 1784, was proved 28 May 1785, naming wife Ruth Niles, sons Nathaniel and Jeremiah Niles, daughter Freelove Case; probable daughters Abigail Rogers, wife of Thomas Rogers; Isabel Eldred, deceased wife of Thomas Eldred; Ruth Niles, deceased wife of Benjmin Niles; and granddaughters Abigail Case and Freelove Arnold, daughters of Freelove Case. Children, first three with first wife, other three with second wife: [173]

Abigail had a child with _______ King before she married Nathaniel:

  • William King, b. c. 1722

children of Nathaniel with wife Abigail Dolover:

  • Freelove, b. c. 1725, living in 1784, m. W. Greenwich 8 Apr 1743 John CASE, Jr., the son of John Case and Abigail Fish. Their daughter, Freelove Case, married Josiah Arnold of Exeter, and she was mentioned in the will of her grandfather, Nathaniel Niles.
  • Nathaniel, b. W. Greenwich 25 Feb 1728, d. NY 2 Feb 1816, m. W. Greenwich 26 Nov 1752 Martha JOSLIN, b. W. Greenwich 14 Feb 1729/30, d. NY 12 Dec 1820, daughter of Henry Joslin and Elizabeth Matteson. Quoted from a website: "Nathaniel and family resided at Exeter RI until about 1763 when they removed to Butternuts (now Gilbertville) Otsego Co NY. Their daughter Jane was born there according to Jane's biographer. They did not stay long at Butternuts (then a frontier) perhaps because of hostile Indians close by. In 1765, they were at Milan Dutchess Co NY where their son Nathaniel, Jr., was born. In 1776, while of the town of North East, Dutchess Co, Nathaniel refused to sign the Oath of Allegiance to New York State, in keeping with his Quaker faith to bears arms for no nation. In 1791, Nathaniel was one of the purchasers of land for a Quaker meeting house in Beekman Precinct, Dutchess Co. In 1799, while at Pine Plains, Dutchess Co., NY, he purchased the farm of Abner Mack, famous for its apple orchard, in Otego, Otsego Co, NY. Nathaniel's home was one of the outstanding residences of Otsego Valley; it was known as "Ancestral Acres," and remained in the family for many years. Its large living room was used to hold the Society of Friends "Fisrt Day" services until about 1882. Two grandsons of Nathl were on the CA Supreme Court during the late 1800's at different times; Niles Searls, Chief Justice, and Addison Niles, Associate Justice. Other descendants were members of Paliament, Canada." Children of NATHANIEL NILES and MARTHA JOSLIN are: i. WILLIAM NILES, b. December 14, 1753, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. Unknown. ii. FREELOVE NILES, b. May 25, 1755, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. Bef. 1813; m. UNKNOWN CRANDALL iii. ABIGAIL NILES, b. January 14, 1757, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. Unknown; m. UNKNOWN MARTIN iv. ELIZABETH NILES, b. May 24, 1759, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island; v. HENRY NILES, b. April 20, 1761, Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island; d. December 18, 1812, Coeymans, Albany Co., New York. vi. JANE NILES, b. May 15, 1763, Butternuts (now Gilbertville), Otsego Co., New York; d. February 12, 1856, Adolphustown, Ontario, Canada. vii. NATHANIEL NILES, b. August 16, 1765, Milan, Dutchess Co., New York; d. August 27, 1850, West Oneonta, Otsego Co., New York. [174] [175]
  • Abigail, b. c. 1730, d. before 1784, m. Thomas ROGERS, possibly a son of Samuel

children of Nathaniel Niles with wife Ruth Sweet:

  • Ruth, b. c. 1732, d. by 1784, m. W. Greenwich 24 Dec 1749 Benjamin-5 NILES of Middleboro, MA, the son of David-4 Niles (Benjamin-3, Joseph-2, John-1) and Hannah Secomb, baptized in Braintree, MA 26 Aug 1733, d. before 1784.
  • Jeremiah, b. c. 1734, living in 1784, m. (1) Exeter, RI 8 Dec 1755 Mary AYLESWORTH, b. Exeter 12 June 1739; m. (2) N. Kingstown 29 Dec 1778 Mercy COBB of N. Kingstown. They had a son, Jeremiah Niles, b. 1785, d. 1858.
  • Isabel, b. c. 1736, d. c. 1772, m. W. Greenwich 17 Mar 1754 Lt Thomas ELDRED, b. NK c. 1734, d. Hancock, Berkshire, MA 7 Mar 1812, the son of John-4 Eldred (John-3, Thomas-2, Samuel-1). Following Isabel's death, Thomas married W. Greenwich 24 Sep 1773 Mary Niles, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Niles. Four known children, b. W. Greenwich. Records show that Thomas 5 Eldred (Eldridge) and his father John obtained a certificate from Exeter on April 20, 1754 which was accepted by the Town Council of Scituate on September 9, 1754. A deed dated January 30, 1755 shows Thomas in West Greenwich. He was a Lieutenant of the First Company of Militia in West Greenwich in 1765-1766. He enlisted in September 1777 from Hancock in Captain William Douglas's Company, Colonel Benjamin Simond's Regiment, Massachusetts Line. He was discharged on the 30th of the same month, after being marched to Pawlet, seventy miles from home. [176]

(8g) James? Farr[edit]

"In our sketch of George Farr of Lynn, we erroneously identified his daughter Mary as wife of James Mycall and Joseph Niles [GMB 3:2077-79]. Rogers demonstrates that this Mary Farr married Matthias Farnsworth, and that no parentage can currently be assigned to the Mary Farr who married Mycall and Niles." Great migration newsletter: Volume 8, Issue 1 - Volume 10, Issue 1. It has been suggested that the father of our Mary Farr could have been James Farr/Fars/Farce, who had land next to that of John Niles, Sr.

(11g) Francis Littlefield[edit]

(10g) Edmund Littlefield[edit]

(9g) Anthony Littlefield[edit]

(8g) Caleb Littlefield[edit]

see above

(11g) Richard Austin[edit]

see above

(10g) Thomas Page[edit]

see above

(11g) Christopher Felkin[edit]

see above

(9g) Charles Allen[edit]

GDMeNH, p 62

Charles Allen was b. c. 1627, living 28 Aug 1706, and m. (1) a wife, name unknown, b. say 1642, d. by c. 1668; m. (2) c. 1668 Susannah Huggins, daughter of John and Bridget Huggins. Charles was living in Greenland, NH in 1657. In 1705 he deeded his farm to his son Daniel, for life support. Child with first wife:

  • Mary, b. c. 1663, had an illegitimate child with Caleb Littlefield in 1681; then m. (1) Edward Fox; m. (2) 18 Oct 1716 Hance Wolford. She was living in Greenland, NH in 1740.

Children with second wife, Susannah:

  • Daniel, b. 1669, d. 22 Jan 1745/6, m. 1699 Hannah Berry
  • Charles, b. 1670, living in Wells 1747
  • Susannah
  • Martha, was the wife of John Bickford of Dover Neck in 1741
  • John, m. Mary Burnham, daughter of Samuel Burnham of Durham, where he settled. He was living Rochester, NHY from 1734 to 1743. He had six children baptized in Durham
  • Jude, d. 16 June 1738; m. bef. 1710 Deborah Locke; will dated 17 Sep and proved 23 Sep 1753

(9g) Robert Dalyber[edit]

Putnam's Magazine 6(1896):157-68; Cutter 2:625-6; Hist Marblehead (1880):17-19,22,26

Robert Dalyber, born say 1570, d. 1633, wife's name unknown. A William Daliber buried at Stoke Abbott on 9 June 1608 would be a good candidate for Robert's father. He resided at Sellettes in the parish of Stoke Abbott, Dorsetshire, England. His will, dated 20 March 1632, was probated 27 May 1633, and mentions unnamed wife, eldest son Robert, second son Tristram, sons Samuel and Joseph, and daughters Sara and Rebecca and two sons in law and their children. Robert directed that he be buried in the churchyard of Stoke Abbott "before the church porch there, near the place where my father was buried". Robert has, or at least had until recently, an extant gravestone in the St Mary the Virgin churchyard in Stoke Abbott. Children: [177]

  • Robert, b. say 1596. The will of a Robert Dallier was proved in 1674 in the "Archdeaconry Court of Dorset, of the late Diocese of Bristol".
  • Tristram, bapt. Stoke Abbot 28 May 1598, d. Gloucester, Mass. 3 July 1664, and m. (1) Mary _______, d. Salem, Mass. 3 July 1644 (VR); and (2) Stoke Abbot 31 Aug 1657 Sarah PEAVIE. He came to Salem, Mass. before 1641, was in the fishing business at Marblehead and Gloucester, and buried his first wife in 1644. He then returned to Stoke Abbot where he wrote a letter on 20 April 1648 to John Balch about accounts due him. He remarried while there in 1657, then ultimately returned to New England where he died. The Joseph Deliver who died 1669 aged 40 may be his son.
  • Sara, b. say 1600
  • Rebecca, b. say 1603
  • Mary (?), b. say 1606
  • Samuel, bapt. Stoke Abbot 1608
  • Joseph, b. c. 1610, m. Margaret _______, possibly a daughter of John Peach, Sr. of Marblehead, was in Salem, Mass. by 1639. He later settled at Marblehead where he was constable in 1648 and collector of church rates. Seven known children.
  • Dau, m. Walter Burt (may be one of above)
  • Dau, m. John Lestry (may be one of above)

(8g) Samuel Dolliver[edit]

Samuel Dolliver, the son of Robert Dalyber, was baptized at Stoke Abbott, Dorsetshire on 5 Feb 1608 [1608/9, based on position within transcript from Dorset Record Office], d. Gloucester, Mass. 22 July 1683 (VR). He m. (1) wife's name unknown and (2) Gloucester 1 or 15 Aug 1654 (both dates are found in the Gloucester Vital Record) Mary ELWELL, b. say 1634, d. 1686, daughter of Robert and Joan Elwell. "Samuel Doliber" is first of record in New England when on 2 May 1649 he was named as one of the town's seven selectmen in the incorporation document of Marblehead. However, he had likely already been there for some time, and was likely of Salem with his brother Joseph before that. He soon moved to Gloucester, where on 29 June 1652 he bought a 40-acre farm with 10 acres of marsh from Thomas Mailward of Newbury, formerly of Gloucester. Following Samuel's death, his widow Mary m. (2) Gloucester 16 Dec 1684 (VR) James Gardner, but she died soon thereafter. Children with first wife: [178]

  • Dorothy, b. say 1635, m. Marblehead Nov 1653 (VR) John WALDRON.
  • Rebecca, b. 1640, d. 28 April 1726, aged 86, m. Gloucester 7 Aug 1667 Richard DIKE, b. 1640, d. 6 May 1729, aged 89, a grandson of Walter Tybbot. Rebecca was accused of witchcraft during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, being called about age 52. She was acquitted. Richard and Rebecca had ten children born from 1668 to 1692, which means she was about 52 years old when her last child was born. Her age at death may have been exaggerated, perhaps by five or more years.
  • Joseph, b. say 1643, m. (1) wife's name unknown; m. (2) Rachel (Rice?) Everett. He went to Rhode Island.

Children with second wife, born Gloucester:

  • William, b. 17 Aug 1656 (VR), m. 4 Oct 1682 Ann HIGGINSON, b. c. 1658, daughter of Rev. John and Sarah Higginson. William was a mariner. Ann was accused and arrested during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but she survived the ordeal. Narratives of her life point to a woman with several children who was abandoned by her husband, she and her children living with her father and step-mother. Her answers to questions during the witch trial point to a rather gloomy and troubled life.
  • Samuel, b. 9 July 1658 (VR), witnessed a deed of Peter Duncan in 16__, but not mentioned in the 1684 settlement of his father's estate.
  • Mary, b. 26 March 1662 (VR)
  • Richard, b. 18 April 1665 (VR), m. Gloucester 5 Nov 1697 (VR) Agnes BENNETT. They had children born from 1699 to
  • Sarah, b. 24 Dec 1667 (VR)
  • John, b. 2:7mo:1671 (2 Sep 1671, VR), m. (1) 1 Nov 1700 Susanna MARINER, d. Gloucester 28 Feb 1704/5; two children 1702 and 1704; m. (2) Elizabeth WOOD and had six children born 1708 to 1724. They moved to North Falmouth, then a part of Massachusetts, but now in Maine.

(7g) Joseph Dolover[edit]

GDRI (1887):67

Joseph Dolover, the oldest son of Samuel Dolliver of Marblehead and Gloucester, Mass with his unknown first wife, was born say 1643 (he was on a jury in 1670) and died in 1731. He married (1) say 1670 a wife, name unknown, and m. (2) after 1699 the widow Rachel (Rice?) Everett, b. Dedham, Mass. 2 Sep 1664, d. E. Greenwich, RI c. 1733, possibly the daughter of John Rice and Ann Hackley, and the widow of Jedediah Everett, b. 1656, d. Dedham, MA 1699, the son of Richard and Mary Everett. In 1670 Joseph was living in the Narragansett country, an area deeply disputed between the colonies of Rhode Island and Connecticut. In that year he was on the jury in the murder trial of Walter House, the jury being called together by Connecticut. Because of the territorial dispute and animosity arising from the territorial claims, on 29 July 1679 he was one of 42 signers of a petition to the King to resolve these differences. By 1685, Joseph Dolover was living in E. Greenwich when he signed a receipt in the settlement of the estate of his father, Samuel, as "eldest son, formerly of Gloucester, now of Narragansett." In his will, dated 5 July 1729 and proved in E. Greenwich 27 March 1731, Joseph calls himself very ancient, and mentions wife Rachel and several children. Children, all likely with unknown first wife, except for Abigail: [179]

  • Joseph, b. say 1673, d. May or June 1709, m. Elizabeth AYLESWORTH, b. say 1680, the daughter of Arthur Aylesworth and Mary Brown. Joseph's will, dated 1 May 1709, was proved 13 June 1709. Elizabeth was still his widow on 7 Nov 1725 when called Elizabeth Dolover in the will of her father. Elizabeth eventually married the widower of Joseph's sister Rebecca, Peleg Card.
  • John, b. say 1675, named in his father's 1729 will. In 1716 he sold half of 40 acres to William Hamilton of E. Greenwich.
  • Rebecca, b. say 1677, d. by 23 Nov 1727, m. by 1709 Peleg-3 CARD, b. N. Kingstown c. 1681, d. N. Kingstown 1764/5, the son of James-2 Card (Richard-1) and Ruth Havens. Sister Rebecca Card, wife of Peleg, was named in the 1709 will of her brother Joseph. Following Rebecca's death, Peleg married her sister-in-law, Elizabeth (Aylesworth) Dolover, widow of her brother Joseph.
  • Lydia, b. say 1679, m. probably in Jamestown, RI c. 1700 Thomas PARKER, b. Shrewsbury, NJ c. 1675, living in 1711, the son of Peter Parker and Sarah Cooke. A Thomas Parker died in Providence 22 Dec 1730, but may not be this person. Lydia was called sister Lydia Parker in the 1709 will of her brother Joseph, and also named the same in her father's 1729 will. Lydia and Thomas had three known children born 1703 to 1707.
  • Sarah, b. say 1681, m. by 1709 Joseph JOHNSON, b. Rehoboth, Mass. 3 Oct 1677, d. 1731, son of John and Mary Johnson. She was called sister Sarah Johnson, wife of Joseph Johnson of Rhode Island in the 1709 will of her brother Joseph. She was not mentioned in her father's 1729 will.
  • William, b. say 1684, was the executor of the 1709 will of his brother Joseph, and he was named in his father's 1729 will
  • Mary, b. say 1688, m. after 1709 _______ JOSLING/JOSLIN (NOTE: In his Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, John O. Austin gave the surname as Huling, but this is an error); she was called sister Mary Dolover in the 1709 will of her brother Joseph, and was named Mary Josling in her father's 1729 will. A Henry Joslin was an early inhabitant of E. Greenwich, RI.

with second wife, Rachel:

  • Abigail, b. c. 1704, d. c. 1730, had a child with _______ KING (the child was William King b. c. 1722). It appears they were not married, because in her 1724 marriage record she was named Abigail Dolover. She m. E. Greenwich 29 Oct 1724 Nathaniel NILES, b. c. 1702, d. 1785, the son of Nathaniel Niles and Jane Littlefield. The 1729 will of Abigail's father, Joseph Dolover, leaves a legacy "after both our deaths [Joseph's and Rachel's] to grandson William King, son of daughter Abigail, wife of Nathaniel Niles." This strongly suggests that Rachel is the mother of Abigail. Following Abigail's death, Nathaniel m. 1731 Ruth Sweet.

children of Rachel with her first husband, Jedediah Everett:

  • Tabitha, b. 15 April 1681; on 18 May 1699 she was called aged about 18 when her uncle John Everett was appointed as her guardian
  • Ebenezer, b. 7 June 1682; on 18 May 1699 he was called aged about 17 when his uncle John Everett was appointed as his guardian
  • Timothy, b. 12 Aug 1685; on 18 May 1699 he was called aged about 14 when his uncle John Everett was appointed as his guardian
  • Abigail, b. 31 Aug 1690
  • Rachel, b. 11 March 1692, m. Joseph Sweet, b. E. Greenwich 7 May 1687, d. 1747 (web account), the son of John and Mary Sweet. Rachel and Joseph were residing in E. Greenwich, RI on 20 Oct 1717 when they settled a legacy concerning her grandfather, Richard Everett.

(8g) John Rice[edit]

John Rice was b. c. 1624, d. Dedham, Mass. 1689, and m. Dedham 27 Nov 1649 Ann Hackley, b. c. 1628, d. Dedham 8:6mo:1683 (8 Aug 1683). Children, b. Dedham:

  • John, b. 26 Oct 1650, d. by 1656
  • Mary, b. 6 Sep 1652
  • Sarah, b. 2 June 1654
  • John, b. 18 Aug 1656, d. Needham, Mass. 23 June 1742
  • Rachel, b. 2 Sep 1664, d. Ashford, CT 9 Feb 1744, m. Arthur Humphrey OR m. (1) Jedediah Everett, b. Dedham 11:5mo:1656 (11 July 1656), d. by 1699 and (2) Joseph Dolover.
  • Ann, b. 1666, d. Pomfret, CT 1 Dec 1712

References[edit]

  1. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1234–1236.
  2. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1354–1357.
  3. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1327–1332.
  4. ^ a b Anderson 2007, pp. 336–339.
  5. ^ Anderson 1995, pp. 1670–1673.
  6. ^ Anderson 1995, p. 1347.
  7. ^ see NEHGR 167:47
  8. ^ see NEHGR 167:43
  9. ^ see NEHGR 167:47
  10. ^ Austin 1887, pp. 424–426.
  11. ^ Austin 1887, p. 272.
  12. ^ Austin 1887, p. 78.
  13. ^ Anderson 2007, pp. 260–262.
  14. ^ Austin 1887, p. 67.
  15. ^ Austin 1887, p. 273.
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