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1. Williun, 1712. Nov. 18. 2. Mercy, 1714. Apr. 11. 3. Relu cca, 1716. Jun. 20. 4. Maty, 17:0. (21 wife, no issuc.)
of
1b.
( b. 1681, Nov. 8.
,
300
die before children are twenty-one, the amounts are to go into the hands of the overseers. As hishand Zachariah Rhodes aut not dispose clearly lol daughters, she provides that any daughter dring, the others shall possess! their sisters' part of her or her hitsband's legacies, and if any sou die the others shall have his portion.
1681. Oet. 26. On petition of Joanna Reape, wife of Samuel Reape, of Paw .! faxet, the Assembly considering " the deplorable estate of said Joanna. bring left destrute by her said husband Samuel Respe," &c., order that all rotate of Sanou I Reape be sequestered for use of Joanna for her life, and appointed her son-in-law Daniel Williams, and son John Rhodes, feofees in trust to take possession in her behalf and receive rents for her use.
1687, Sep. 1. Joanna Reape taxe is.
1687. Her ratabie estate : 3 acres orchard, 6 acres planting land, 20 acres pasture, 15 Jeres meadow.
109%, Feb. 11. Joanna Reape and her son Peleg Rhodes sold John Fowler. of Providence, an eighth of a thirteruth right in land west side of Pauchasset River, for a valuable sum.
No relationship is known to exist between Zachariah Rhodes and Walter Rhodes who was carly of Providence for a period.
1676. Aug. 14. Ito was one of those " who staid and went not away " in King Philip's War, and so, Inut a sonre in the disposition of the Indian captives whose services were sold for a term of years,
1 GNN. Constabk.
1700-1. Attorney General.
1702-3-4-7. Deputy.
1.07. Clerk of Assembly.
1713. Feb. 21. Will-proved 1710, Ang. 23. Exx. wife Waite. To eldest son Zachariah, all my meadows, land and riglas on north side Prawsavet River, and halt a right at Westquadman's. To son John, a right of land at Westquandmoich. To con Joseph, a right of land at Westpatria k. To son William, two lots south side of Pawtuvet and privilege to make use of boggy meadow at the Fond, for twenty five years after he is of age, and then to revert to my son Resolved, also trivier to cut five loads of hav, half swamp and hast upland, for fifteen years after he is of age of this farm i where I now dwell, and a quarter right at Westquadnaick. For son Resolved , at age, all my home. I stend where I now duell, de. To daughter Phobe Rhodes, CO, at eighteen or marriage, and like legacy to daughter, Wait Rhodes, To five sans, Zachariah, John, Joseph, William and Resolved, all right in linds of Quiniphore. To wife Wait, all movable estante to bring up children, and all incomir i of farm till son Resolved is of age, and then a third income and privilege of half the house at ber choice for lite.
Inventory, £732. 10s Sd., viz : brass, iron, pewter, rum, cider, furs, 1; saw mill, shop goods £159. 174. 15d., yoke of oxen, 0 cows, 3 horses, 3 guns, book debts £113, 10%. 5d., beds, wearing apparel, &c.
Providence, R. I.
VIEL (PELEG, f b. d. 1724, Oct. 6.
m. (SARAD,
5 b. d. 1731, Jan. 29. of
1710, May 2. He was appointed to build the bridge at Pawtuzet Falls, and in regard to that one and also the one at Weybossett, and at Pawtucket Falls, he was to "appoint the bridges in the most convenient places."
1710-11. Deputy.
1718, May 2. He petitioned the Assembly on behalf of Providence, to consider the great damage that hath by them been sustained in having Weybossett bridge destroyed by an unusual and violent flood. The Assembly allowed £30, to coable them to repair some.
1724. Town Council.
1720, Jun. 15. Will-proved 1724, Dec. 7. Ext. daughter Mary, To wife Sarah. best room, a thin! of household goods, and income of $500, for life, all in lieu of dower. To daughter Elizabeth Arnold, wife of James, rights in land west side of Pausehvert' Hiver, two lots in Pastuxet Nerk. and £100, at death of wife To daughter Exdia, all homestead lands eastward of road testing to Providence on north side of the Pawuurvet River war the Falls (with some exception), and CiOD To daughter Mary, my mansion house, a third of household goods, all my mills adjoming on said Pawtuxet River, all lands on west side of roud le uling to Providence, and all other lands, goods and chattels.
Inventory, (933, 34., viz : silver money £9, 14s. 4d, plate Ett. Mffs., pewirr, tin, 3 cases hetfle, cider, 2 rows, hore, heifer call, his part of saw mill, 3 old gans, wool cards, worsted combe, 13 fowis, 4 fenther beds, books, bonds E551, INa. 42., &c.
1731, Feb. 9. Administration on estaic of widow Sarah Lo son-in-law James Arnold. Jarentory. £103, 34. 6d.
(Br 2D HUSBAND, no issue.)
.
1
I
1712
1713 Jul. : His son William diel at Providence.
Mitnate. Town Council.
17:3. Apr. 4. He derdel dengh'er Rrheres and her husband William Shelton, for love, &c., northerly part of homestead in Westqu : Innid.
1710, Mar. 5. Administration to ride daughter Merry Shellon, his widow Mary refusing. Inventory, D'ex7, 199 &t, viz : books 02, wearing apparel (R), 10m. fl. money 57. 2. 67. 3 feather tools, that bad, churn, wod'en wheel, & fish wheels. 2 tables, poster, carpenter's tools, worsted conte, laer Ru., cider 1%, Sa, mare, horse, Joke of exen, pair el steers. 7 cows, 3 yearlings, 2 calves, 26 sheep, Aswine, &c.
( b. 1129. Nov. 20
II. ( MERCY, { d. yonag.
III. [JOHN, 4 h. 1601. Nov. 20.
Warwick. t. 1. 1 1. Wait, 1714, Dec.
g. John, 1216, May 3.
| in. ( 0) 1714, Apr. 29.
3. Catherine, 1717. Aug. 1.
4. Charles. 1:19. Sep. 200 m. (2) James
: 1 b. UMARY WHIPPLE ww. of)A.
5. Mercy, 1:21. Mar. 20.
17.6. Freeman.
1781-3542-43-41-51-55-54. Deputy.
He hold the other of Major for many years.
1774. Jul. 16. Will-proved 1726. Jmd. 21. Ex. son Charles. To daughter Wait Lippitt's children, two Spanish milled dollars. Toson John Rhodes' | (Od wile ) children, two dollars. To daughter Catherine Barton, house where she dwells and 9 acres, and a third of household goods. To son Joseph, a third | 10. James, of household goods and bit of stock and tackling. To grandson Holden Rhodes, 918. To children and grandchildren of son Anthony Rhodes, SIN. 1 that is to Mary Billings, 96, and to may grandson William Rhodes' children, 512. To son Charles, rest of estite. Inventory. C.A. ISa. 22 /. viz : 6 silver spoon CS. He. 6 best silver spoons 15, 8%, old coat and jacket buttons, 71 oz. 220. Re. 4d., silver porringer and 2 spoons 23. de. Add. silver tankard 59, 6 ton spoons les. pair of gold buttons $1, 48., 4 wine glasses, warming pan, staff, scales, 5 old chairs, 3 books, 2 shoats, 2 heifers, " rows. 15 sheep, linen wheel, woolen wheel, &c.
IV. ( JosFIH,
m. 1721, Sep. 10. 7d. 1738, Sep. 17.
j b. 1696, Dec. t2.
MARY ARNOLD, 1.1. 1245. May 2. of Stephen & Mary (Sheldon) Arnokl.
1738. Aug. 15. Will-proved 178. Sep. 27. Exx. wife Mary. To son Joseph, dwelling house, slaughter house, my half part of wharf and warehouse. 200 acres lately bought of brother Resolved, decease I, and other land. To daughter Penelope, 300 acres and 9:30, at eighteen. To daughter Phetc. 280 meres and G20, at eighteen. To three children Joseph, Penelope and Plebe, any third part of still and still house, and rest of personal. To brother Resolved's three youngest children, viz: Resolved. Deliverance and Mary, 4090, to be divided equally. To wife Mary, a third of income of house and landis for life and a third of morabhs.
Inventory, £1.4-8, 134. 8d., riz : pair of over. 3 cows. 2 hicifers, borse, negro man $100, store goods, cider mill, silver tankard £46, books CL, 12s., 21 oz date £27, Ge, bonds 91,988, 2. id .. 15 warres ciser. 4 barrels beer, spinning wheel, scale, dividers, ink horn, &c.
1745, May 15. Will-proved 1745. Jun. 10. Widow Mary. Exs. daughter Penelope and brother John Potier. To son Joseph, bed, mare, silver tankard, &c. To daughters Penelope and Phebe Rhodes, all household goods. To Phebe, £100. To three children, rest of estate. Inventory, £3,0G, 9s. 1.d.
V. ( WILLIAM. 6 b. 1605. Jul. 14.
Providence, Cranston, R. I.
1. Waitstill, 1222, Feb. 18.
. m. 1721, Dec. 18. d. 1772. Nov. 11.
( MARY SHELDON,
1 d. 1767. Nov. 24. of Nebeminh & Rachel (Mann) Sheldon.
1724. Dec. 29. The sum of £20, was allowed by Assembly for repairing Pawtuset bridge, on the prayer of James Arnold and William Rhodes.
1731-35-37. Deputy.
1745-40-47. Assistant.
Hle beld the title of Captain at his death.
1772. Jul. 13. Will-proved 1772. Nov. 25. Exe. sons William. Joseph and Nehemiah. To son William, half my farm in Scituate, where Thomas Hazard dwells, 7 acres with briniings To son Joseph. 60 acres in Scituate. To son Nehemiah, farm and buildings cast of highway, an't 140 acres, &c. To grandson Willjam. son of Nehemiah, land at twenty-one. To daughter Waitstill Corliss, certain land. "To son Joseph, a farm, dwelling house, &c., bonnding south on Pawinxet River, two dwelling houses, cooper's shop, still house, &c., but privilege reserved for Nehemiah of use of old wharf. To daughter Waitstal. your bandred Spanish milled dollars. To daughter Eunice Hazard, half of a farm in Scituate, and two hundred ! dollars, and another form till ber son Thomas Hazard is of age. To daughter Waitstill Corliss, half of a farm in Scituate. To grandson Josepit Rhodes, half the house my son William dwells in. To granddaughter Mary Howell, £10. To sons William and Nehemiab, 200 acres in Cumberland County, New York. To three sons and my daughter, rest of estate.
VI. ( PHEBE, 1 b. 1099, Nov. 20.
{ m. (1)
6 b.
+ d. 1720. May 13. of Charles & Catharine (Greene) Holden.
Aborn.
5. Phebe. 1:30, Jul. 11. 6. Wait, 1:02, Sep. 23.
7. James, 1:34, Sep. 28.
8. Anthony, 1704, Aug. 20.
9. Mercy, 1739, Feb. 17.
VII. ( RESOLVED,
§ b. 1702, May 22 { d. 1708. Aug. 8.
1. Resolved,
m. 1724, Jan. 23.
( b. 1703. Sep. 25.
7 d. of James & Mary (Fones) Greene.
The recorded marriage is to Phobe Greene upon town book, but the clerk seems to have made an error in the name, and the family account is sus- tained by the fact that Resolved and wife Mary signed receipt for legacy from her great aunt Isabel Burton's will
1738, Sep. 5. Inventory, spinning wheel, apples on trees £2, 1a .. case of bottles, cane, 2 silver cups, 4 silver spoons, 2 broks, warming pan, pewter, table, settle, chairs, punch bowl and glasses, bond £38, &c.
[ b. 1703, Dec. 16.
VIII. ( WAITE, 7 d. m. 1730. Jul. 13. ( ABRAHAM SHELDON, id. of Nebeminh & Rachel (Mann) jb.
Sheldon.
(2.1 WIFE, no issue.)
I. ( ELIZABETH,
j b. d. 1.67, Jul. 30. 5 b. 1689.
2. Barbara, 1715, Dec. 31.
3. Anna. 1718, Mar. 2.
JAMES ARNOLD,
{ d. 1777, Feb. 1. of Israel & Mary (Barker)
Aroold.
4. Elizabeth, 17:1. Jun. 9.
IT. (LYDIA,
18. i d.
6. Sion, 1726. Jun. 19.
7. Rhodes,
1733, Mar. 19.
III. ( MARY.
1. Israel, 1727, JAN. 13.
₹m. 1725, Jan. 14.
1b. 1 d.
j b. 1:01, Jol 19. d. of Israel & Elizabeth (Smith)
Arnold.
4. Rusanos, 173, Dec., 27.
i
2. William, 1:25. Aug. 26. 3. Joseph. 1:2%, Mar. 15- 4. Nelimiab, 1231, Aug. O. 5. Eunice, 1:41, Dec. 13.
1. Catherine, 1717, Oct. 13. (By 2d husband.) 2. Mary. 1124, Feb. 26.
ANTHONY HOLDES,
3. Samuel, 1726, Mar. 3.
m. (2)
5 b. 1697.
4. John, 1729, Apr. 9.
SAMUEL ABOEN, { d. 1761, Mar. 16. of
Providence, R. L
2. Deliverance,
MARY GREENE,.
3. Mary,
1. Sarab, 1713, Aug. 31.
m. 1711, Oct. 25.
5. James, 1724. Jul. 11.
2. Pelcg, 1728. Oct. 18.
(ISRAEL ARNOLD,
3. Mary, 1730, Dec. 27.
367
CATHARINE HOLDE X. 7 d. 1731, Jul. 25. of Charles & Cath wrinc (Greene)
6. Anthony, 1721, Mar 1. 7. Joseph.
8. Zach ir th. 1727. Sep. 2. 9. Hohlen. 1231, May 10.
17.1. Mar. 31.
Providence. I. I.
1. Joseph. 2. Penelope, 3. Phehe,
1 b 1:0 ;.
.
368
( JAMES,
1 b.
d. 1676.
Newport, R. I.
(MARY,
7 d. 1678 +
(She nı. (2) 1677 ± Juhu Pentruly.)
He was a miller.
Hle may have been son of Thomas Rogers, who came in the May Flower in 1620, with son Joseph, and thed next year. Bradford ways ; " the rest of his children enme over, are married, and have : 1650) many children." John Rogers of Duxbury was probably a son of Thomas, and perhaps James should! be added.
1638, May 20. His name was in the list of inhabitants admitted since this date.
1640, Sep. 14. Freeman.
1043-19-60-01-62-63-64-05-46-47-08-09-70-71-72-73-74-73-76. General Ser- geant.
1648. Jan. 16. Ile deeden Richard Knight for a valuable consideration 40 acres in one parcel and & 2 acre lot. (The next month Richard Knight deeded this and other land to wife Sarah and her heirs forever, especially to cidest son nt twenty-one, and in failure of such issue to chiest daughter at sixteen. Should be decease, wite Sarah to have a third for life. )
1655. Freeman.
1657-58-50. General Solicitor.
1650. Aug. 23. He complained that being both General Sergeant and Town Sergeant and also being infirm in body, &c., therefore desireth the court to allow him to constitute a deputy upon occasion for executing some writs belonging to his office of General Sergeant, he being responsible for the deputy. The application was granted by Assembly.
1660, May 13. His bill for paying Grand Jurymen's dinners four times. which comes to £3. 7s., was approved and ordered paid, as also another bill for £8. 18s.
1669, Jul. 20. Hle was ordered to apprehend the Indian sachem Ninecraft and bring him before the Governor and Council on Thursday next at cight o'clock in the morning, to answer the charge of a plot among the Indians to cut off the English. He was empowered to take assistance of a boat and two men for transportation, and also two men and three horses in the King's Province.
1871. Jan. 30. He was allowed £1. 10a., for disbursements about Thomas Flounders (who had been executed for the murder of Walter House).
1673, Oct. 29. It was voted that " forasmuch as the debts of the colony are i very much by reason of the Sergeant's great wages, and thereby the inusbit- ! ants greatly oppressed and grieved, and his the said Sergeant's sums | amount very high," &c., he haring great fees at the Court of Trials, and As., & day also, &c ; therefore it was enacted by the Assembly that said Sergeant for attending the Assembly shall have 3s , per day, and for Court of Trials no day wages but only such fees as set by law.
1676, May 3. It was voted for the future that " the General Sergeant's fee for the attending the jury is doubled."
1676, Auz. 24. He attended at the trial of certain Indians before a court martial held at Newport. The Indians were charged with being engaged in King Philip's designs and several were executed.
1076, Sep. 1. An Indian servant of his was examined before a court martial, and it was voted that Sergeant Rogers shall have his Indian home with him provi led that said Indian shall be brought torth if required, which Rogers engages to do,
1676.
He bought the terms of service of two Indian captives for twenty-two bushels of Indian coro, said Indians having been taken by Providence meu.
1676, Oct. 25. A petition having been made by Mary Rogers, executrix of Jate deceased James Rogers, General Sergeant, for moneys due said sergeant in his lifetime ; a committee was appointed by Assembly to audit the peti- tioner's account
1678. Jun. 12. A petition having been presented to Assembly by John Pea- body, and Mary Peabody, late wife to the deceased James Rogers, General Sergeant, concerning accounts between the colony and deceased, and said accounts having been diligently examined by the late General Audit, they were found so iuiperfect that they could neither allow or disallow same. By agreement it was settled there is a clear balance of all accounts between James Rogers and the colony and to be a final issue of all differences, &c.
ROGERS (JAMES).
1. ( SARAH. im. 1049 ± { RICHARD KNIONT.
1 b.
1 3. 168% + 1 b.
1 d. 1080.
of
Kulght.
II. ( THOMAS, m.
( SARAN,
3 d. 1716 +
of
1608. Freeman. 1080 Taxed 19s., 4l
1696, Sep. 8. He bought of Thomas Earle, for $110. land in Dartmouth. He is called of Porte- mouth at this date, but he was not there long probably, his residence being chiedy nt Newport. 1703, Feb. 4. Hle was a proprietor in common lands at Newport.
1716. Nov. 18. Will-proved 1719, Dec. 12. Ex. son Samuel He calls himself aged seventy seven years. To wife Sarah, half of dwelling house and land. To son Samuel, half of uw ching hone.' and land. To son James, 5+, Fo son Thomas, 67. To daughter Sarah, wife of Thomas Wells, S. 1 -To son John Rogers, 54. To daughter Ehzabeth, wife of Samuel Bailey, £5. To son Jeremih. £3, To son Joseph, £6. To gon Dunici, E6 .. To daughter Abigail Rogers, unmarried, £12. To grandson Edward Rogers, 108.
1
Newport, R. L
HIL (JOHN,
m.
ELIZABETH,
5 b 1641: Ocz .
1 d. 1716, Mar. s.
§ b.
14 1076 Oct 24.
of
1608.
Freeman.
1678-1701-3-4-5. Deputy
1090.
Taxel £1. 58., Ka
1701.
Captain.
1701-2-3-4.
Justice of the Peser
1702, Mar. 4. He was a proprietor in the common lands. 1703. Jun. 22. Ile was on a cominil ce to audit the debt of the colony.
-
Newpart, IL. I.
1 b. 16:39.
1 4. 1719, Nov. 23.
1 b.
٠
ROGERS (JAMEA).
369
1. Joha, 9. Jonathan,
8. David,
Newport, R. I
L. ( JAXEL ni. ELIZABETH,
1704. Mar. 10. Hle and wife Elizabeth, sold for £100, to Joseph Weatherhead, of Newport, 20 acres given me out of his farm at Newport by father Thomas Rogers.
He may have gone to Westerly (like his brother Thomas) and have been identical with that James Rogers who died intestate at Providence, 1719, Apr. 4, being then called late of Westeriv. {This latter James lelt a widow Elizabeth, and a son James of Westerly, who look administration on his father's estate with consent of his mother.)
IT. ( THOMAS, 6 b
7 d. 1736. Aug. 29.
nı. ( AXX TRIPP, 4 b.
{ J. 173G. of Peleg & Anne (Sisson) Tripp. 1700, Dec. 30. He bought of Peleg Tripp, 12 acres in Portsmouth. (He was of Dartmouth at this date, but was at Newport in 1709.) 1:00, Jan. 29. He bought of Samuel Bailey, of Newport, 16 acres for £50. (Ile was called Thomas Rogers, Jr.) 1713. Jau. 1. Hle sold Job Sherman, for £140, the 13 acres, " which I purchased of my father-in-law Peleg Tripp, of Portsmouth." His wife Anne, released her dower.
1716, Feb. 16. He, still calling himself Thomas Rogers, Jr., sold Captain James Clarke, of Portsmouth, 30 acres in Newport, bonuded northerly on land of Thomas Rogers, for SOUL
1:25, Fcb. 1. Westerly. He and wife Anne, for love to son Peleg of Newport, cordwainer, deeded him all their right of lands in Portsmouth. 1736, Feb. 20. Will-codiell-1:36, Aug. 3. proved 1736, Ang. 30. Exx. daughter Leah. Overseer, friend John Hovic. To wife Anna, all estate. real and personal, while widow To soon Peles, 5s., he having had. To sop Job, 5s. To daughters Anna George and Mary Richmond, $5, catch. To daughter Elizabeth Wheeler, 30 acres. To grandson John Mason, son to daughter Sarah Mason. deceased. 10 acres, be paying 20s., each to brothers and sisters, viz : Robert, simcon, Margaret, Elizabeth and Sarab. To grandchildren, children of daughter Ruth Wilcox, viz : Thomas, Stephen. John und Anne, 5s., cach. To daughter Leah Rogers, 30 acres. To daughters Priscilla Hill, Rebecca Rogers and Penelope Macknear, rest of land equally. The codicil gives daughter Elizabeth Wheeler, $20, daughter Ann George, $15, granddaughter Mary George, £5, and to daughter Leah, rest of movables. Leahi was now made sole executrix. ber mother who had been named with her as executrix at tirst having evidently died. Inventory, £254, 9s., 9d., viz : wearing apparel £10, bible and other books 10s., cash and a bond £43, 10s., gun £3, 10s., 2 spinning wheels, warming pan, silver spoon, 4 young oxen, 3 cows, 2 yearlings, 8 hogs, mare, &c.
IIL ( JONATHAN, í b.
m. 1701, Jun. 18. ¿ d. 1716 (-) MARY SAWDEY, ( b.
1 d.
01
Bawdey.
At the time of bis marriage he was called son of Thomas.
IV. ( SARAH,
m.
( b. 1669, Scp.
Wells.
V. ( JOHN. m.
5 b. 1677.
Newport, R. I.
1. Sarab,
2. Martha, 1703.
3. Elizabeth,
4. John.
5. Thomas,
8. James,
7. Jonathan,
1747. Jun. 25. Will-proved 1761. Ex. son Jonathan. He orders a highway fifteen feet wide to be laid through land where he lives. To son James Rogers, part of the home lot. To sou Thomas, part of the home lot. The rest of home lot which lies west of aforesaid highway with three dwelling houses thereon, &c. (excepting two lower rooms in westward of house I now dwell in) to be let out, and profits arising therefrom to be for wife Jane, for Ler life, as also two rooms aforesaid and use of all household goods. To grundson Joun Rogers, son of John, deceased, part of home lot with two dwelling houses thereon, at decease of wife June, he paving his brother Thomas, £100. To son Jonathan, part of home lot with the dwelling house thereon, at decese of wife Jane, be paying his brother Thomas and three sisters cach £100. To daughters Sarah Gardiner, wife of Benoui, Martha Reynolds, widow, and Elizabeth Pike, each £100, as above. To grandsou Thomas, £100, paid as above. To daughters Sarah | Gardiner, Martha Reynolds, and Elizabeth Pike, all household goods, equally, at her mother's decease. To sons Thomas and James, all my working tools, equally. To sons Thomas, James and Jonathan, all wearing apparel, equally. To granddaughter Mary Russell, my maple desh. To three sons, two-thirds of rest of estate, and to three daughters, the other third.
He sod his wife were buried in the Newport Cemetery. ..
VI. ( ELIZABETE,
SAMUEL BAILEY, 1b.
of William & Grace (Parsons)
Balley.
VIL. ( JEREMIAH,
VIIL ( JOSEPH,
‘ b. id
Newport, R. L.
LX. ( DANIEL,
X. ( SAMUEL,
Newport, R. I.
1718. Freeman.
He was called " Samuel Rogers, Jr.", to distinguish him from his cousin of same name.
XL. ( ABIGAIL.
I. ¡ JonN.
. ( b. 1608. Aug. 26. ¡d. 1727. Aug. 11.
Newport, R. I.
1. William, 1700, Jul. 1L
m. 1693. Nov. 4. SARAH LAWTON,
1 b. 1670, Oct. 25.
( d. 1731. Feb. 20.
of Isaac & Elizabeth (Tallman)
1702. Mar. 4. Hle was & proprietor in common landı
1700-14. Deputy. Enaigu.
1727. Jan. 20. Hlin wife had a legacy of Sis , frian will of her father. Ile was a Dearon in the First Baptist Church, under Rev. William Peckham's pastorale. Ifr and his wife were buried in Newport Cemetery.
Newport, Westerly, R. I.
1. Peleg, 2. Job,
9. Anns.
4. Mary,
5. Elizabeth,
6. Sarah,
7. Ruth,
8. Leah,
9. 1'riscilla,
10. Rebeccs,
11. Penelope,
1. Peter,
THOMAS WELLS,
d. 1727, Oct. 16.
of Peter
{ d. 1761, Apr. 28.
1 b. 1477.
JANE BROWN,
} d. 1769, Sep. 20.
of William
Brown. 1701, Oct. 29. He and bis wife gave receipt for legacy to her of $10, from will of her grandfather Nicholas Brown. He held the title of Major at the time of his death.
Newport, R. L.
Newport, R. J.
Lawton.
8. Isaac,
2. James, 1714. 1716, Apr. 4.
47
.
Newport, R. J.
1
3.0
-
1705. Speaker of the House of Deputies.
1705-7-8-9-10-11-19. Assistant, 1708, Apr. He and three others were chosen and empowered to proportion and amx rates of grain and other specie for a tax. They appointed Indian corn to be accepted at 2s, per bushel, barley 18., &. rye 2e., (f., onts 14d, wool Od., per pound and wheat 3d., per bushel. Re was buried on the homestead farm. The Holy Cross Chapel in Middletown, R. L., occupies part of this homestead, and luis gravestone may still be seen in the churchyard, to which place this and several other stones were moved a few years since from another part of the farm not far distant
SAYLES.
JOHN, @ 1650 ±
j b. 1633. { d. 1691.
Providence, R. I.
(MART WILLIAMA,
§ b. 1633, Aug.
1 d. 1681. 1
Williams.
1651, Jan. 27. He bought a house and lot of John Throckmorton. 1652, May 12. He bought land of Ralph Earle, near West River.
1653-33-57-58-59. Assistant
1655. Freeman.
1655-59. Commissioner.
1655-57. Town Clerk.
1656, May 10. He entered an anker of liquor.
1657, Mar. 4. He wrote a letter on behalf of Providence to town of War- wick, in regard to the illegal arrest of Richard Chasmore, by Massachusetts authorities.
1658 Warden.
1659-60. Town Treasurer.
1660, May 26. He sold William Hawkins, for a valuable sum of money, all rights in land lying between Pawtucket and Pawtuxet Rivers, "beginning at the end of seven miles upon a west line from the hill called Foxe's Hill (the Town of Providence having the same for a boundary), and so to go up the streams of those rivers unto the end of twenty miles from the said Foxes' Hill."
1665, Feb. 19. He had lot 24 in a division of lands.
1666, May $1. He took oath of allegiance.
1660-71. Grand Jury.
1660-70-71-74-76-77-73. Deputy.
1670. Hay 4. He and three others were appointed to audit the colony's accounts.
1670. Jun 24. He sold to Stephen Arnold, a thirteenth of the island called the vineyard, at Pawtuxet " which my father-in-law Mr. Roger Williams gare me."
1670-71. Town Council
1671, Aug. 21. He and Thomas Roberts were appointed to prize and trans- port the horse belonging to the town to Rhode Island, and deliver to Joseph Torrey for payment of debt due from this town.
1625. May 24. He drew lot 19 in division of lands.
1677. May 7. He (called John Sayles, Sr.), was fined 20s., for not attending Grand Jury.
1679, Jul. 1. Taxed 1s., 3d. (bis " right ").
He may have had a daughter Deborah. identical with that Deborah who married Caleb Carr" (Caleb'), and who had a son named Sayies Carr. Perhaps one or two of the children accredited to his daughter Mary by her wcond husband, were born by said busuand's carlier wife ( Frances Hoiden). Ele and his wife, and their son-in-law William Greene, are buried in the Easton Burial Ground, Middletown, R. L, near Sachuest Beach.
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