Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : first series : births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people, Vol XIII, Part 20

Author: Arnold, James N. (James Newell), 1844-1927
Publication date: 1891
Publisher: Providence, R.I. : Narragansett Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 630


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Charles, at Newport, at an advanced age. Gazette of


Jacob W., drowned on the Orleans beach, of the schooner Farmer. Gazette of


John, Esq., bookseller, at Edinburgh, Scot- land. Gazette of


Mrs. Mary Ann, at Calcutta, India,


Mr. . -, house carpenter, drowned in at- tempting to rescue a person who had fallen into the river, near Bloomingdale, N. Y. Gazette of


Shubael, Esq., at Boston, aged 53 years ; dep- uty sheriff and keeper of the prison there, William, mason, at Boston, aged 70 years. Gazette of


Major John, U. S. Army, aged 40 years, at Henrietta, N. Y. ; was with Major Long in his tour across the Rocky Mountains and Gen. Jackson in Florida. Gazette of


BELLINGHAM John, the murderer of the British prime minister, executed at London, BELLOWS Hezekiah, in 37th year,


Dr. Eleazer, Jun., in this town, aged about 40 years,


BELT William B., an officer of the bank at Georgetown, at Barbadoes; his servant died next day.


BELZONI Mr. G., the celebrated traveler, at Gato, Africa. Gazette of


BENBRIDGE Richard M., aged 16 years ; mid- shipman on board U. S. ship Peacock ; grandson of Com. Truxton, at Key West,


Feb. 7, 1820 March 15, 1820


March 11, 1823


March 26, 1823


Sept. 23, 1784


Feb. 20, 1796 March 7, 1801


. Jan. 14, 1804


Dec. 20, 1806 Dec. 30, 1809


Sept. 7, 1816


May 30, 1819


March 22, 1823


May 4, 1825


May 18, 1812 Sept. 14, 1819


Jan. 29, 1821


Nov. 10, 1810


June 5, 1824


Sept. 13, 1823


172


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BENCHLEY Lieut. Arnold, aged 72 years, at Smithfield, an officer in the Revolution,


BENDIX Dr. Andrew, native of England, in this town,


May 1, 1812 May 10, 1813


BENEDICT Uriah, at Albany, aged 47 years, John Gano, infant son of Rev. David, aged 2 months, at North Providence,


Rev. Joel, D. D., at Plainfield, Ct., aged 72 years,


Feb. 13, 1816


Amos S., aged 26 years, at Montezuma, N. Y., fell into a salt well, 104 feet. Gazette of BENEZET Anthony, at Philadelphia, in 77th year, of Society of Friends,


Daniel, at Philadelphia, in 74th year,


Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Daniel, at Philadel- phia, in 77th year,


April 25, 1797


July 7, 1804


BENEDIX Isaac, postmaster at Savannah, aged 43 years, native of Amsterdam. Gazette of BENHAM Capt. E., late of New Haven and master of schooner Wellington; murdered . by the crew of the schooner. Gazette of BENJAMIN Mrs. - -, at Canterbury, Ct., fell into a well and was drowned,


July 20, 1816


Jan. 7, 1764


Miss Eliza, only daughter of Mrs. Eliza, at Boston, aged 12 years, from her clothes taking fire the evening previous,


Jan. 1I, 1817


Thomas, of this town, in 33rd year, in Bay of St. Louis,


BENNER Abraham, his house burnt and two of his children perished, at Hilltown, Penn.,


John, carpenter, killed by a fall of a scaffold on which with others he was at work, at New York. Gazette of


Aug. 23, 1817


Feb. 11, 1763


Sept. 7, 1767


March 5, 1774


Aug. 21, 1784 Jan. 7, 1797


Mrs. , wife of Thomas. Gazette of Patience, widow of Job, Esq., in 75th year, at Newport. Gazette of


Thomas, at an advanced age, in this town. Gazette of


Mr. - -, drowned in the great storm, at Boston,


Lois, wife of John, at Rochester, Mass., of the fever. Gazette of


Jan. 19, 1823


June -, 1821


Jan. 7, 1816


BENNETT ,at Coventry, killed by the falling of a tree. Gazette of


Mary, consort of Col. John, at Newport, in 48th year,


William, late of Newport, at Providence, in 25th year,


Job, Esq., at Newport, in 67th year, last week. Gazette of


Aug. 25, 1798


Sept. 24, 1803


Oct. 9, 1804


April 27, 1816


May 25, 1815


Feb. 11, 1824


May 3, 1784 April 24, 1797


173


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


BENNETT Ezekiel, in Coventry, in 81st year. Gazette of


Mrs. Patience, widow of Christopher, at Newport, aged 79 years. Gazette of Weaver, at Johnston, in 64th year,


Miss Lydia, at Warwick, in 37th year ; was thrown from a carriage, survived 10 days,


, child of Andrew, at Newport, from its clothes taking fire. Gazette of


BENSLEY William, at Smithfield, aged 86 years, BENSON Gardiner, late of Newport,


William, son of Martin, Esq., in 16th year. Gazette of


Capt. Martin, of Newport, at Goree Island, Africa, aged 71 years,


John C., lost from board of brig Cynthia ; had served in the U. S. Navy. Gazette of Elder John, at Pomfret, Ct., in 75th year and 55th of his ministry,


Dec. 28, 1818


James R., second son of William P. R., of this town, in the hospital at Hamburg,


July 1, 1822


James, killed in an affray with John McClel- land, at New Orleans,


Nov. 10, 1822


Sarah C. D., youngest daughter of William P. R., in this town, in 12th year,


Jan. 24, 1824


BENTICK William, Esq., British Vice Admiral of the Blue, at St. Petersburg. Gazette of Gov., in Berbice. Gazette of


May 15, 1813 Jan. 31, 1821


March 8, 1777


Sarah, wife of Capt. James, in 25th year ,in this town. Gazette of


Capt. James, in this town, in 31st year. Ga- zette of


Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Christopher, late of this town, at Woodstock, Ct.,


Nathaniel, of Newport, aged 26 years, at sea, on passage from Havana,


Capt. I. T., of the army, at New Orleans. Gazette of


Dec. 2, 1809


Mrs. Mary, widow of Capt. William, of East Greenwich, in this town, in 87th year,


Capt. Christopher, in this town, aged 64 years, a well known sea captain from this port, July 4, 1818


Rev. William, D. D., at Salem, at an advanced age, suddenly,


Amey, wife of William, at Exeter, in 58th year. Gazette of


Aug. 17, 1816


Aug. 28, 1819 May 2, 1820


July 25, 1823 Jan. 31, 1824 Sept. 30, 1811 Jan. 23, 1796


Oct. 8, 1803 Dec. 24, 1811 Sept. 16, 1815


BENTLEY Thomas, late of Newport, in 60th year, at Providence. Gazette of


Sept. 21, 1793 March 21, 1801 July 24, 1807 July 14, 1809


Aug. 11, 1815


Dec. 29, 1819


Aug. 31, 1825


174


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BENTLEY Nancy, wife of Jacob, and daughter of Gideon Northrup of North Kingstown, at Pittsfield, Mass., aged 70 years. Gazette of


BENTON Mrs. Mary, daughter of William Al- bertson, of this town, in 28th year,


Oct. 9, 1809


Mr. -, a student in physic, at Tyring- ham, by upsetting of a canoe,


July 23, 1812


BENSON John Jacob, grandson of John J. Aster, drowned on the Tiber, near Wash- ington, aged 8 years,


Feb. 2, 1818


BENTZ Rev. Peter, pastor of the Lutheran Church, at Cocalico, Penn. ; hung himself on a tree, about two miles from his resi- dence. Gazette of


June 6, 1818


BERBANK Mrs. Huldah, wife of John, at Paw- tucket, in 27th year, 1


April 1, 1821


BERNARD Shute, 4th son of the governor of Mass. Bay, at Boston, in 16th year,


April 5, 1768


BERNON Miss Eve, at an advanced age, daugh- ter of Gabriel, deceased, the Huguenot re- fugee, at Providence,


Sept. 16, 1775


BERRIAN Major John, at Savannah, Ga., a Re- volutionary veteran,


Nov. 15, 1815


James, a rigger, drowned in the river,


Miss Betsey, at Boston. Gazette of


Miss Elizabeth, at Boston. Gazette of


Sept. 29, 1798


Mrs. , at Boston. Gazette of


Sept. 29, 1798


June 12, 1802


Sept. 27, 1817


Nov. 26, 1823


Dec. 21, 1822


William, lieutenant U. S. Navy, at Washing- ton, D. C., of Portsmouth. Gazette of


Charles, at North Kingstown, in 9Ist year, a Revolutionary pensioner ; was in 5 cam- paigns in Canada, in the French war ; was at Crown Point, Montreal, Ticonderoga and at Rhode Island, 1778,


BETHIER Gen. Victor Leopold, General of Di- visions and one of the commanders of the Legion of Honor, at Paris. Gazette of


Oct. 11, 1777


Oct. 29, 1783


Sept. 29, 1798


William E., of Maryland, at Newport, aged 22 years. Gazette of


Amasa B., of Hallowell, Me., on board the brig Mary, on her passage from Charles- ton, S. C., to this port, of the strangers fever. Gazette of


Sylvester, formerly of Yarmouth, Mass., at Pawtucket, in 43d year, leaves wife and 9 children,


William, at Newburn, N. C., stabbed by a Spaniard. Gazette of


Aug. 4, 1824


June 8, 1825


June 13, 1807


BERRY Mrs. - , wife of James. Gazette of


Oct. 1, 1825


175


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


BETHIER Prince of, supposed a suicide, by de- liberately jumping out of a window. Ga- zette of


Aug. 5, 1815


BERTON James, seaman, killed on board frigate Chesapeake in action with the Shannon,


June 1, 1813


BERWICK Robert, shot while conducting a pris- oner to jail. Gazette of


July 8, 1797


BESGRAY James, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23, 1776, and


Dec. 26, 1777


BETHUNE Divie, Esq., merchant, at New York, in 54th year,


BETSEY, a worthy black woman, at Rehoboth, aged 92 years. Gazette of


Dec. 22, 1810


BETTS Mrs. Rachel, wife of Benjamin, at Wil- ton, Ct., aged 100 years 10 months, from a fall on the ice,


Feb. 28, 1805


BETTES Miss Candace, daughter of Capt. Na- thaniel, at Smithfield, Mass., aged 16 years, from her clothes taking fire,


BEVAN Lyman. Gazette of


BEVERIDGE David, at Philadelphia, in 82nd year,


BEAVERLY Anna, wife of John, Esq., in 44th year,


George, in 61st year. Gazette of


Mary, eldest daughter of John, in this town, in 39th year,


Anne, second daughter of John, in 37th year, Mrs. Alice, in this town, aged 81 years,


John, Esq., in 72nd year,


Ambrose Page, son of Stephen, aged 5 years, from a fall of a stick of timber,


Eliza, daughter of Stephen, in 16th year, John, son of Stephen, in 27th year,


Mary, daughter of Stephen, in this town, in 17th year,


BEVOIS Charles, Esq., in 88th year, at Brook- lyn, N. Y.,


BEY Ali, the traveller, near Damascus in Syria. Gazette of


BIAS David, seaman, killed on board frigate Chesapeake in action with the Shannon,


BIBB William W., aged 40 years, governor of Alabama, at Fort Jackson, Ala. Gazette of BICKFORD John, aged about 97 years, at Reading, Mass.,


Oct. 23, 1824


Aug. 13, 1767


May 1, 1819


June 1, 1813


Aug. 17, 1820


March 13, 1771


BESSON Lieut., the oldest naval officer but one in the British service, at Greenwich Hospi- tal,


Sept. 20, 1822


Sept. 18, 1824


Jan. 2, 1815 Sept. 27, 1794


Feb. 27, 1812


Sept. 6, 1783 May 7, 1796


April 22, 1804 Sept. 22, 1804 Oct. 3, 1809 May 19, 1811


Feb. 15, 1815 Feb. 5, 1818 Sept. 24, 1818


176


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BICKNELL Joshua, Esq., at Barrington, in 59th year,


Winchester, from ill-treatment on board the British prison ship,


Capt. Thomas, of Cumberland, aged 67 years, at Johnston, while on a visit at the house of Henry P. Franklyn,


Joshua, Jun., of this town, merchant, at Hon- duras. Gazette of


Mrs. Sarah, widow of Capt. Thomas, of Cum- berland, in this town, in 73rd year,


Dec. 17, 1823


BIDDLE Hon. James, Judge of the First Dis- trict Court of Common Pleas for Pennsyl- vania, at Philadelphia. Gazette of


June 24, 1797


March 30, 1799


BIDWELL Mrs. Mary, wife of Hon. Barnabus, at Stockbridge, Mass., in 44th year,


BIGELOW Thomas, Esq., merchant, at Provi- dence, in 24th year,


Joseph, formerly of Hartford, Ct., at Nassau, N. Y., aged 67 years,


Leonard, son of Joseph, at Nassau, N. Y., aged 42 years,


Feb. 20, 1813


Mary, widow of Joseph, at Nassau, N. Y., aged 64 years,


Feb. 22, 1813


Polly, daughter of Joseph and Mary, at Nas- sau, N. Y., aged 34 years,


Feb. 22, 1813


Henry, merchant, late of this town, now resi- dent at Baltimore, from a blow from a horse. Gazette of


Aug. 19, 1815


Rev. Jacob, at Sudbury, Mass., pastor of the church at that place,


Sept. 12, 1816


Ezra, went over the dam at Grass river and was drowned,


Hon. Timothy, at Medford, Mass., in 55th year ; was Speaker of the House 8 years, member of the Senate, and at death one of the Governor's Council,


Mrs. Anna, widow, aged 65 years, late of Petersham, Mass., mother of Hon. Lewis Bigelow, late member of Congress from Massachusetts, at Columbus, O., of a fever, Dr. Daniel, at Columbus, O., of a fever,


BIGLEY John N., eldest son of Capt. John, of Newport, in 18th year, at sea, drowned from on board sloop Sally, Capt. Cogges- hall, on passage from Lisbon to Newport. Gazette of


Nov. 23, 1781


July 20, 1782


March 30, 1816


March 28, 1821


Owen, at Philadelphia, in 62nd year. Gazette of


Feb. 1, 1808


Jan. 10, 1774 Feb. 19, 1813


April 9, 1818


May 18, 1821


July 16, 1825 July 17, 1825


Feb. 22, 1812


177


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


BIGNELL Benjamin, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23rd, 1776 and


BIG TREE, an Indian chief, at Philadelphia, BILLINGS Elijah, of this town, in the West Indies. Gazette of


Mrs. Eliza, wife of William, in 30th year. Ga- zette of


June 8, 1799


Dec. 8, 1810


April 10, 1812


June 19, 1813


July 31, 1813 Nov. 21, 1816


Dec. 14, 1820


Sept. 24, 1822


Joseph S., in this town, in 34th year; was married the Sunday before,


Dec. 16, 1824


March 16, 1825 Aug. 18, 1821


Sept. 15, 1798


Sept. 15, 1798


Sept. 15, 1798


June 6, 1801


Henry, son of Col. William T., in this town, aged II months,


BINKES Henry, aged 101 years, at Merrissoun- nia,


BINNEY Barnabus, at Franklin County, Penn. Gazette of


John, son of Dr. Barnabus deceased, late of Philadelphia, aged 10 years, at Wortown. Gazette of


Dec. 26, 1777 April 19, 1792


March 26, 1796


Benjamin, of Newport, at Norfolk, Va., in 45th year. Gazette of


Patience, daughter of the late Richard, of Newport, in this town, in 20th year,


William, formerly of this town, at Pawtucket, suddenly, in 46th year,


Mrs. Abby, wife of Capt. John B., of Tren- ton, N. Y., and daughter of Nicoll Fosdick, Esq., of New London, at Trenton, N. Y., aged 23 years,


Marcy, widow of Capt. Ichabod, in 75th year, Woodman, at Newport, in 84th year. Gazette of


Mary, widow of Wood, at Newport, in 73rd year,


Elizabeth, wife of William, in this town, aged 67 years,


Feb. 5, 1823


Samuel, at Newport, aged 85 years. Gazette of BILLINGTON Elisha, aged 80 years, drowned near Rose Island,


BINGHAM Mrs. wife of Capt. Elijah, dec., at Norwich, Ct. Gazette of


Miss Polly, at Norwich, Ct., aged 22 years. Gazette of


Sluman, at Norwich, Ct., aged 26 years. Ga- zette of


Mrs. -- , wife of Hon. William, of Phila- delphia, at Bermuda. Gazette of


Hon. William, of Philadelphia, at Bath, Eng., aged 52 years, late a member of the U. S. Senate,


Feb. 6, 1804


July 12, 1825


Dec. 5, 1771


Aug. 11, 1787


July 5, 1794


178


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BINNEY Mrs. Mary, at Boston, aged 62 years, James L., at Boston, aged 35 years. Gazette of


BINNINGER Abraham, at New York, of the fever. Gazette of


BINNS Pemberton, aged 13 years, son of Alder- man John, editor of the "Democratic Press", at Philadelphia ; while skating on the river broke through the ice and was drowned,


Feb. 8, 1823


BIRCKET , son of Robert, president of the Petersburg branch of the Virginia Bank, drowned while crossing the Potomac river in a stage,


BIRCKFECK Morris, Esq., Secretary of State, of Illinois, drowned in crossing a stream of water. Gazette of


BIRD Benjamin, a soldier in Col. Angell's regi- ment, in Kickamuet river while in bathing, Col. Ottoway, collector of the port, at Nor- folk, Va. Gazette of


John, Esq., at Troy, N. Y. Gazette of


Nathan, of Stoughton, stage driver, drowned in the great pond, at Middleboro. Gazette of


Capt. James, on his passage from the West Indies, aged about 45 years. Gazette of Samuel, of Massachusetts, at Charleston, S. C., aged 24 years. Gazette of


Mrs. Hannah, widow of Nathaniel, at New- port, aged 87 years. Gazette of


Deacon Nathaniel, at Walpole, Mass., aged 38 years, from burns received at the burn- ing of his shop,


BIRDSEYE Rev. Nathan, at Stratford, Ct., aged 103 years, 5 months 9 days ; the whole number of his descendants was 258, 206 of whom are now living ; he had 12 children, 76 grand, 163 great-grand and 7 great-great-grandchildren; of his 12 child- ren, 6 were sons and 6 daughters, a daugh- ter being born after a son in every in- stance, 9 of whom are now living. He was married but once and lived with his wife 69 years, she dying aged 88 years;


BIRGE Rev. Benjamin, of the Episcopal Church, at Lexington, Ky.,


BIRKETT Major Thomas, of this town, aged about 54 years, died last week. Gazette of John K., in this town, in 39th year,


May 10, 1813


Feb. 8, 1823


Sept. 21, 1805


July 28, 1814


July 6, 1 825


June 22, 1779


Sept. 20, 1800 Feb. 15, 1806


Feb. 15, 1806


Nov. 12, 1808


May 19, 1810


Nov. 30, 1816


March 13, 1821


Jan. 28, 1818 March 29, 1820


May 30, 1778 Oct. 2, 1815


179


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


BISHOP Mrs. - -, wife of Capt. Lemuel, of this town,


John, son of Samuel, Esq., at New Haven, Ct., aged 36 years. Gazette of


Aug. 13, 1803


Aug. 20, 1803


May -, 1805


Mrs. Eunice, wife of Phanuel, at Rehoboth, in 31st year. Gazette of


Sept. 7, 1805


Mrs. -, wife of Comfort, at Rehoboth. Gazette of


June 7, 1806


Lemuel, son of Capt. Lemuel, of this town, aged 25 years, at St. Domingo. Gazette of


Demas, in this town,


Miss, of Cumberland, at Smithfield, in 61st year. Gazette of


April 16, 1808


June 10, 1809


Jan. 6, 1812


Sept. 2, 1813 Jan. 28, 1816


Feb. 10, 1816 July 23, 1818


Sept. 19, 1818


Sept. 7, 1820


March 7, 1821


Oct. 12, 1822


, son of Caleb, at Lisbon, Ct .; killed by a stick of timber falling upon him,


Thomas, of Pittsfield, aged 20; drowned in the Housatonic,


Mrs. Ann, wife of William, at Boston. Ga- zette of


Frances, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel, in this town, aged 14 months,


Jan. 15, 1823


Aug. 8, 1823


Lorenzo, son of Capt. Zephaniah, of Attle- boro, in 24th year, at Norton, at the house of Laban Wheaton, Esq., in 24th year, graduate of R. I. College. Gazette of


Hon. Phanuel, at his seat at Rehoboth, in 73rd year ; a soldier of the Revolution ; 20 years member of the general court of Massachusetts and 8 years a member of Congress,


Thomas, in this town, in 29th year, from wounds received the night before,


Comfort, at Seekonk, in 49th year,


Capt. Naman, at Attleboro, of the fever. Gazette of


Charlotte, daughter of George, in 5th year, Nathaniel, at Middletown, Ct., aged 30 years ; was injured by a carriage being driven against him. Gazette of


Sarah, daughter of the late Capt. John, at Seekonk, in 59th year,


Capt. Lemuel, at Seekonk, aged 71 years, formerly a nautical commander, from this port,


Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Hon. Penuel, at Seekonk, aged 79 years. Gazette of


May 10, 1823


July 15, 1823


Samuel, Esq., collector of the customs, at New Haven, aged 80 years. Gazette of Henry, of this town, son of Demas, at St. Croix, in 22d year,


March 24, 1796


Dec. 27, 1806 May 2, 1807


180


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BISHOP Lemuel, at Attleboro, aged 50 years. Gazette of


Bebee, wife of George, and daughter of Robert Daggett, in this town, in 37th year. Gazette of


April 3, 1824


Richard, at Boston; he deliberately put a loaded pistol to his breast and fired, caus- ing instant death,


John, at Cumberland, in 52d year,


June 7, 1824 Aug. 16, 1824


BISSELL Mrs. Phebe, wife of Thomas, and daughter of the late John Congdon, Esq., of North Kingstown, at Edenton, N. C., in 39th year. Gazette of


Feb. 16, 1799


Hezekiah, Esq., at Windsor, Ct., aged 59 years. Gazette of


Jan. 23, 1802


Hezekiah W., surgeon and lieutenant in U. S. Army, at Hartford, Ct., in 30th year. Gazette of


Nov. 20, 1802 Nov. 8, 1817


Job, at Newport, aged 42 years. Gazette of Martha, widow of Job, at the asylum, New- port,


Jan. 21, 1822


BIXBY Noadiah, at Thompson, Ct., aged 37 years,


Feb. 16, 1821


BIXLER Joseph, at Clarence, N. Y .; he fell with an adze in his hand and cut him- self so bad as to cause his death. Gazette of


BLACK Alexander, merchant,


Capt. Samuel, aged 57 years. Gazette of


James, Esq., in this town, at an advanced age,


Sept. 1, 1802


Mrs. Mehitable, widow of James, in this town, aged 77 years,


John M., in this town, in 28th year,


J -, died at sea on board brig Poca- hontas. Gazette of


Timothy, in this town, in 54th year,


BLACKBURN Henry, executed at Salem, for the murder of George Wilkinson,


Jan. 14, 1796


George, formerly professor of mathematics, in College of South Carolina, at Columbia, S. C.,


BLACKINGTON Pentecost, at Attleboro, in 78th year. Gazette of


Deacon William, at Wrentham, in 57th year, Mrs. Mary, wife of Deacon William, at Wren- tham, in 48th year,


Deacon William, at Attleboro, of the fever. Gazette of


Sept. 13, 1823


Aug. 13, 1823


Jan. 25, 1794 Jan. 30, 1816


Feb. 4, 1816


Feb. 10, 1816


July 3, 1819 Sept. 17, 1767 Oct. 17, 1795


June 8, 181I March 28, 1818


March 23, 1822 Oct. 29, 1822


181


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


BLACKINGTON Mrs. -, at Attleboro, in 30th year, of the fever. Gazette of


BLACKMAN Nancy, murdered by Martin Man- uel, at Boston. Gazette of


Nathan, editor of " Indiana Centinel," form- erly of Worcester, Mass., at Vincennes, Ind. Gazette of


John, at Boston, aged 29 years. Gazette of BLACKMAR Benjamin, aged about 15 years ; in a fit fell into the Ponagansett river and was drowned,


March 2, 1825


April 27, 1816


July 2, 1823


Feb. 15, 1806


BLAGGE Capt. Paschall S., of New York, in the Mississippi territory. Gazette of


Oct. 27, 1810


BLAIR Capt. -, of the Anson, killed in action, off Monserrat,


Rev. Dr. Hugh, in Scotland. Gazette of


Henry, at Brompton Plains, N. J., suicide. Gazette of


Dec. 15, 1821


Rev. Asa, at Georgetown, S. C., in 38th year, pastor of Congregational Church, Kent County. Gazette of


BLAKE James, at Rehoboth, aged about 80 years, Ebenezer, at Wrentham, aged 87 years. Ga- zette of


March 22, 1794


April 22, 1810


Nathan, at Keene, N. H., aged 99 years 5 months; one of the first settlers of the town; came from Wrentham, Mass., in 1736 ; was taken captive by the Indians in 1745. and carried to Canada, where he re- mained two years ; married at 30, lived with his wife about 63 years, married at 94 a widow, aged 60 years ; was able to walk to meeting until a few weeks of his death; two of his brothers lived to be 90 and a sister to 99. Gazette of Aug. 24, 1811


Louisa G., wife of Rev. John L., and daugh- ter of William Richmond, Esq., of this town, in 26th year,


Hon. Francis, Esq., clerk of the County Court, of Worcester, aged 43 years,


Feb. 10, 1816


March 17, 1821


Oct. 27, 1821 Jan. 18, 1823


BLACKWELL Caleb, at Rochester, Mass., of the fever. Gazette of


Gen. John, aged 68 years, at Fanquier County, Va .; believed to be the last remain- ing officer of the Revolution in Virginia. Gazette of


BLADEN Rev. Thomas D., at .Charleston, S. C., aged 38 years. Gazette of


April -, 1782 March 21, 1801


Dr. Charles, at Montreal, Can .; a descendant of the Admiral,


Feb. 8, 1823 Jan. 19, 1765


Jan. 3, 1816 Feb. 23, 1817


182


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


BLAKE Henry Judson, infant son of Judson, in this town,


BLAKENEY Lieut .- Colonel, in Scotland ; he was severely wounded at Bunker Hill. Ga- zette of


BLAKEY Smith, at Richmond, Va., suddenly. Gazette of


BLANCH Col. Thomas, in New Jersey, aged 85 years, a soldier of the Revolution. Ga-


zette of


June 21, 1823


BLANCHARD Mrs. Mary, wife of Capt. Wil- liam, aged 33 years,


Madam, the female aeronaut ; killed in mak- ing a descent from her balloon, at Rome, Italy,


Oct. 7, 1811


April 18, 1812


May 4, 1813


Dr. George, at Bristol, Vt., aged 81 years, very suddenly. Gazette of


Margaret, wife of Isaac, at Charlestown, Mass., aged 39 years. Gazette of


Dec. 4, 1822


BLAND Elias, in 60th year, at New York, Major -, in England, aged 77 years ; had been in 42 battles. Gazette of


May 1, 1813


BLANDING Sylvanus, at Rehoboth, aged 25 years,


July 25, 1809


Robert, son of the late Col. Christopher, of Rehoboth, at sea on board the brig Ab- eona of this port, on her passage from Savannah, Ga., to Nassau, N. P.,


Mrs. Mary, wife of Christopher and daugh- ter of Sebra Lawton, Esq., at Rehoboth, in 20th year,


Lephe, youngest daughter of William, at Rehoboth, in 3 Ist year,


Edward Martin, youngest son of the late Col. Christopher, at Rehoboth, Mass., in 23rd year,


BLANEY Charles, from a blow on the head from a plank, at Boston. Gazette of


BLASDELL Mrs. Polly, wife of Daniel, at Portsmouth, aged 46 years, of the dropsy ; she had been tapped since November 1805, more than 200 times and more than 8,900 pounds of water, equal to II hogsheads, drawn from her. Gazette of


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Oct. 10, 1813


Oct. 17, 1823


June 9, 1825


Nov. 22, 1823


April 17, 1819


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Oct. 9, 1822


Feb. 16, 1805 Oct. 27, 1804


Sept. 23, 1810


Thomas, native of Boston, formerly a mer- chant at Norfolk, Va., at his seat at Arm- istead, near Natchez, Miss. Gazette of Samuel, Esq., formerly member of Massa- chusetts Legislature, at Wenham,


Sept. 26, 1818


Mrs. Lucia, widow of Reuben, at Glocester, in 85th year,


Oct. 26, 1823 Dec. 1, 1780


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BLASHFIELD Major Chester, in 32d year, BLATCHFORD Rev. Henry, eldest son of Rev. Dr. Blatchford, of Lansingburg, aged 34 years, at Princess Ann, Md. Gazette of BLATCHLEY Joshua, at Guilford, Ct., aged 93 years ; the oldest person in the town; his wife is still living ; had lived together 64 years,


BLAY Ruth, executed at Portsmouth, N. H., for child murder,


BLEECKER John, at New York. Gazette of BLINN Robert, in this town. Gazette of Robert, in this town, in 37th year,


Capt. James M., master of the brigantine Radius, of this port, at Kingston, Jamaica, in 39th year,


BLISS Daniel, of Rehoboth, has lately buried 5 of his children viz : Daniel, aged 22 years, his eldest son ; Hezekiah, aged 20 years, his second son ; Sarah, aged 15 years; Comfort (son), aged 10 years, and his youngest daughter Esther, aged 16 months and all died very near together. Gazette of


Sarah, widow of George, at Freetown, aged 100 years and 14 days. Gazette of


Capt. Thomas, at Newport. Gazette of


Capt. Jonathan, at Rehoboth, in 6rst year, Henry, at Newport, aged 84 years. Gazette of


Zenus, at Rehoboth, in 27th year. Gazette of


Elder William, pastor of the Sabbatarian Church, at Newport, aged 81 years. Ga- zette of




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