Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : first series : births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people, Vol XIII, Part 28

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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Jan. 29, 1803


Sept. 25, 1805


Aug. 15, 1807


Nov. 21, 1808


Mrs. Eliza, wife of Capt. John, formerly of Newport, at New York. Gazette of


Mrs. Sarah, wife of Gideon, at Little Compton, in 43rd year,


June 1, 1813


Ebenezer, at Rochester, Mass., of fever. Ga- zette of


Jonathan, brother of Ebenezer, at Rochester, Mass., of the fever. Gazette of


Lois, wife of Ebenezer and daughter of John Bennett, at Rochester, Mass., of the fever. Gazette of


.April 27, 1816


April 28, 1816


Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Benjamin, aged 75 years,


Sept. 23, 1818


Capt. Israel, at Tiverton, aged 83 years ; sol- dier of the Revolution,


Oct. 21, 1818


Feb. 3, 1819


Sept. 30, 1820


Oct. 10, 1820


Mrs. Mary, widow of Col. Thomas, at Well- ington, Mass., aged 86 years,


Oct. 10, 1820


Miss Sarah, daughter of Col. Galen, aged I year, in this town,


Aug. 21, 1821


Sept. 3, 1821


Oct. 14, 1821


Benjamin, son of William, Esq., in this town, aged 18 months,


May 8, 1822


Sophia, eldest daughter of Kenyon, at Rich- mond, aged 3 years. Her clothes caught fire. Gazette of


Benjamin Thomas, infant son of Capt. Ed- ward, at Bristol. Gazette of


May 22, 1822


Oct. 19, 1822


Mrs. Hannah, widow of Isaac, at Newport, in 43rd year. Gazette of


,of Fall River, drowned near Bristol Ferry,


March 31, 1810


April 27, 1816


April 27, 1816


Samuel, Esq., merchant, at Little Compton, in 35th year,


Miss Elizabeth, at Newport, aged 66 years, Mrs. Mary, wife of Gamaliel, Esq., formerly of Dighton, in this town,


Benjamin G., second son of William, Esq., in 18th year ; a graduate of B. U. last com- mencement,


Miss Abigail, at Taunton, aged 13 years,


Col. Peter, at Bristol, in 84th year ; was a direct descendant from Col. Benjamin, the conqueror of Philip, of Pokanoket,


Capt. William, Jun., of brig Agenora, of this port, aged about 21 years, at Havana, of the fever. Gazette of


Dec. 15, 1821


271


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


CHURCH Nathaniel, at Bristol, aged 73 years. Gazette of


Jan. 29, 1823


Rev. Aaron Church, native of Springfield, aged 77 years, at Hartland, Ct. Gazette of


May 7, 1823


Othello, murdered by David D. Howe ( who was executed April 19, 1824 ),


Dec. 19, 1823


Miss Ann, found dead in the field ; supposed to have become benumbed and frozen to death, at Vernon, Oneida Co., N. Y. Ga- zette of


Rhoda, at Cranston, in 44th year,


William, at Cranston, in 87th year,


Lucy, infant daughter of Major John, in this town,


Jan. 27, 1825


Capt. Ebenezer, at Little Compton, aged 100 years 6 days,


Feb. 11, 1825


March 9, 1825


June 15, 1815


Dec. 26, 1777


Aug. 25, 1821


Mrs. Ann, widow of Joseph, of Salem, at Bristol, aged 77 years,


July 13, 1822


Caroline Electra, daughter of Benjamin K., of Salem, Mass., aged 4 years, at Paw- tucket,


Oct. 17, 1823


Sept. 15, 1824


Sept. 21, 1805


Sept. 21, 1799


Dec. 21, 1805


Feb. 10, 1816


Aug. 2, 1816


Oct. 26, 1804


Jan. 25, 1823 Oct. 27, 1824 Dec. 6, 1824


Col. Nathaniel, at Little Compton, aged 94 years ; a Revolutionary soldier. Gazette of


Benjamin, first mate of the Francis Gladding ; lost overboard at sea. Gazette of


CHURCHILL Caleb, died at Halifax a pris- oner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and Clarrissa, wife of Capt. B. K., of Bristol, at Trinidad, W. I. Gazette of


Capt. Stephen, at Plymouth, aged 82 years. He lived to see 13 children, 84 grand and 40 great-grandchildren. Gazette of


CHURCHMAN John, the ingenius philosopher, at sea, on board ship William Murdock on passage from London to Philadelphia. Ga- zette of


CILLEY General Joseph, at Nottingham, N. H. He early distinguished himself in the Rev- olutionary war; aged 60 years. Gazette of CIST Charles, of Philadelphia, printer, at North- hampton, Penn., in 68th year. Gazette of CLAFLIN Lester, son of Darrill, at Attleboro, of the fever. Gazette of


CLAGGETT Rt. Rev. Thomas John, Protestant Bishop of Maryland, at Croom, in Prince George county, CLAIBORNE Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of the Gov- ernor, at New Orleans,


272


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CLAIBORNE Dr. John, late member of Con- gress from Virginia, at Brunswick county, Va.,


Mrs. - -, wife of Hon. C. C., Governor of the Territory, at New Orleans. Gazette of William C. C., Esq., late Governor of Louis- iana and Senator-elect to Congress, at New Orleans,


CLAN Robert, a seaman ; drowned near Fox Point,


CLANNING Edward, at Newport, aged 69 years ; Revolutionary pensioner. Gazette of


April 27, 1825


CLAPP Thomas, Rector and President of Yale College, at New Haven, in 62nd year,


Benjamin, blacksmith,


Isaac, in this town, in 55th year,


John, a teamer ; his horses became unman- ageable ; he was thrown and so injured that death ensued; at Boston, aged 23 years,


Miss Naby, in this town, in 25th year. Ga- zette of


John, Esq., at Warwick, in 64 year,


Samuel, at Dorchester, aged 78 years. Ga- zette of


Jan. 29, 1823


Capt. David, at Norton, aged 79 years, an officer in the Revolution. Gazette of


Sept. 13, 1825


Rebecca, daughter of Russell, in this town, aged about 6 months,


July 8, 1823


CLAPPER Peter, aged 16 years, drowned while bathing, near Albany, N. Y.,


June 18, 1810


John, aged 17 years, of Medford, an appren- tice of Capt. Samuel Howard, severely in- jured in the Boston Massacre,


Elisha, drowned while washing sheep, at South Kingstown,


June 5, 1773


James, died at Halifax a prisoner of war be- tween Nov. 23, 1776, and


Dec. 26, 1777


James, 2nd, died at Halifax a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and


Dec. 26, 1777


Samuel, died at Halifax a prisoner of war be- tween Nov. 23, 1776, and


Dec. 26, 1777


Betsey, daughter of the late Latham, Esq., of Newport, at Providence, in her 18th year, Sherman, at Newport. Gazette of


Oct. 9, 1808 Jan. 13, 1810


Nov. 23, 1817


Dec. 17, 1787


Jan. 7, 1767 Oct. 22, 1779 April 28, 1810


July 27, 1811


Nov. 5, 1814 Sept. 19, 1817


CLARKE Abel, at Norwich, Conn., killed by a chain hitched to the yoke and other end wound round his body, the oxen starting suddenly in a fright,


Sept. 9, 1763


March 5, 1770


Aug. 30, 1777 Aug. 26, 1780


273


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


CLARKE Ann, wife of Jonathan, and daughter of David Wilkinson, in 38th year, Ensign G. -, of Lt. Col. Fletcher's regi- ment, killed in action at Annes. Gazette of


Ensign G. B., of the 14th regiment, killed in action at Annes. Gazette of


Nancy, murdered by Daniel Yewell, at Cul- pepper, Va.,


Hon. Joseph, at Newport, at an advanced age, for 40 years general treasurer of the State. Gazette of


Gen. Thomas, late of the Continental Army, at Wilmington, N. C. Gazette of


John Innes, son of John Innes. Gazette of Polly, daughter of Capt. Stephen, at Plain- field, in her 21st year,


Dr. John, late of North Providence, at Eliza- bethtown, N. J.,


Abraham, member of Congress from New Jersey, at Elizabethtown, N. J. Gazette of


Dea. Ezekiel, at Rochester, Mass., aged 69 years. Gazette of


Thomas M., only son of John Innes, at New York, in 21st year,


Mrs. Catherine, widow of Capt. Shearman, at Newport. Gazette of


, daughter of Samuel, aged 6 years, murdered by a negro servant at Pomfret, Ct.,


Stephen Hopkins, son of Dr. John, aged 17 years, washed overboard and drowned at sea from ship Charlotte, Capt. Almy. Ga- zette of


Mrs. Mary, widow of Peleg, at Newport, in 85th year. Gazette of


Richard, baker, at Newport. Gazette of


Mrs., wife of John, late from Newport, in this town. Gazette of


Mary, wife of James, Esq., formerly of New- port, at Halifax, N. S. Gazette of


Mrs. Ann, wife of Daniel, of Smithfield, and daughter of Obadiah Olney, in 55th year, at Smithfield. Gazette of


Mrs. Anna, wife of. Ethan, merchant, and daughter of the late Hon. Samuel Ward, Esq., formerly Governor of the State, at Newport, in 48th year. Gazette of


May 3, 1781


July 21, 1781


July 21, 1781


Sept. 30, 1792


Oct. 13, 1792


Feb. 9, 1793 Sept. 14, 1793


April 12, 1794


April 27, 1794


Sept. 27, 1794


Jan. 10, 1795


Jan. 20, 1795


June 13, 1795


Nov. 17, 1795


Jan. 23, 1796


Jan. 21, 1797 July 8, 1797


July 28, 1798


Sept. 2, 1797


March 17, 1798


Dec. 29, 1798


274


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CLARKE Samuel Ward, eldest son of Ethan, of Newport, in 21st year, at sea on board the ship Simiramis, on the coast of China. Ga- zette of


Capt. Elijah, at Norwich, aged 34 years. Ga- zette of


Sept. 28, 1799


Seth, of this town, on coast of Africa. Ga- zette of


May 3, 1800


July 24, 1802


Henry, at Newport, in 32nd year. Gazette of James, Esq., formerly of Newport, at Halifax, N. S. Gazette of


Nov. 27, 1802


William, Esq., first judge of Indian Territory, at St. Vincennes. Gazette of


Jan. 1, 1803


Mrs. Bathsheba, widow of Stephen, at New- port, in 92nd year. Gazette of


Nov. 26, 1803


Dec. 17, 1803 ..


March 3, 1804


Mrs. Abigail, wife of Capt. Phineas, at New- port. Gazette of


Mrs. Mary, widow of Peleg, at Newport, in 68th year. Gazette of


April 21, 1804


Mrs .- -, widow of Capt. Peter, of the British Navy, and neice of Dr. Franklin, in England. Gazette of


June 1, 1805


Nancy, daughter of Capt. John, aged 20 years ; a victim of Dr. Hall, a noted quack and imposter, at Ashford, Ct. Gazette of Arnold, cashier of the Washington Bank, at Westerly. Gazette of


Nov. 9, 1805


Dec. 28, 1805


Mrs. Mary, wife of John Pitman Clarke, and eldest daughter of Rev. John Pitman, of this town, at Boston,


Sept. 22, 1806


Capt. Caleb, at Charlestown, R. I., aged 92 years. Gazette of


Aug. 6, 1808


John Innes, Esq., formerly of this town, at the house of Capt. William Trotter, at Bradford, Vt., after a severe and painful illness, aged 63 years. His remains were brought to Providence and interred in St. John's Churchyard.


Ensign Thomas H., of Boston, aged 20 years ; drowned in Lake Champlain by the upsetting of a canoe. Three privates who were with him drowned also.


Nathaniel, at New York, aged 77 years, mem- ber Society of Friends,


Miss Harriet, at Westerly, in 25th year. Ga- zette of


Sept. 30, 1808


Nov. 27. 1808


Aug. 22, 1809


Nov. 18, 1809


Peleg, at Newport, in 70th year. Gazette of Mrs. Rebecca, widow of Joseph, Esq., for- merly treasurer of the State, at Newport, at an advanced age. Gazette of


May 18, 1799


March 17, 1804


275


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


CLARKE Capt. Samuel, of Clavarack, formerly of Providence, at Wilkesbarre, Penn., aged about 55 years. Was at work on the road and shot by a hunter mistaking him for a deer. He left five children to mourn his loss. Gazette of Miss Elizabeth, in this town,


Lieut. Winlock, at New York ; in stepping from brig Pizarro he fell between the wharf and brig and was drowned,


Rev. Abraham L., at Newtown, L. I., aged 42 years, formerly rector of St. John's Church, in this town,


Mrs. Rebecca, wife of Rev. Pitt, of Norton, Mass., and youngest daughter of the late John Jones, of Hopkinton, at Norton, in 44th year,


Capt. Stephen, at Smithfield, in 35th year, California, wife of Benjamin, and daughter of the late William Albertson,


Lewis, at Hopkinton, aged 22,


Major Thomas, at North Kingstown, in 70th year,


Mrs. Sarah, widow of Rev. Abraham L., formerly rector of St. John's Church, Prov- idence, in this town, in 44th year, sud- denly,


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


John, midshipman, killed on board the Scor- pion, on Lake Erie, in action,


Daniel, Esq., merchant and late member of Congress, at New Orleans. Gazette of


John P., at Boston, cashier of State Bank, aged 34 years,


James, at Baltimore, merchant, aged 80 years, Mrs. Catherine. widow of Capt. John, at Newport, in 76th year. Gazette of


Mrs. Mary, wife of Capt. Joseph, and daugh- ter of Jesse Foster, at Smithfield, in 38th year,


Gideon, Esq., aged 78 years, many years a State senator and one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington Co., at South Kingstown,


Stephen, of Sanborntown, N. H., in 26th year, drowned in Pemigewassett River, in Salsbury,


Thomas, son of Capt. Thomas, in this town, aged 6 years, 3 months,


Dec. 9, 1809 Feb. 27, 1810


March 30, 1810


Dec. 31, 1810


March 2, 18II April 17, 1811


Aug. 5, 181I July 26, 1812


April 20, 1813


May 19, 1813


June 1, 1813


Sept. 10, 1813


Oct. 2, 1813


March 13, 1814 April 30, 1814


Nov. 11, 1815


March 12, 1816


April 4, 1817


April 19, 1817


May 18, 1817


276


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CLARKE J __ , in England. He was convey- ing a load of iron rails with spike ends ; he fell upon them and so wounded as to cause death. Gazette of


Audley, at Newport, in 89th year. Gazette of Capt. Daniel, of Berwick, drowned in Ports- mouth Harbour, N. H. Gazette of


Samuel, at Smithfield, in 74th year. He had retired to rest and during the night the house caught fire; he was putting the fire out before the hearth in which was a kettle of boiling water ; the floor gave way carrying him to the cellar and the water overturning scalded him so severely as to cause his death. He leaves a wife and six children;


Gen. George Rogers, at Locust Grove, near Louisville, Ky., aged 66 years. Gazette of Eliza, near Ernestown, N. C., drowned. Ga- zette of


George, executed for piracy at Charleston, S. C.,


Henry F., formerly of this town, at New Albany, Ind., aged about 30 years. Ga- zette of


James, at New Haven, aged 29 years ; he was one of the sufferers with Capt. Rilley, of brig Commerce, wrecked on the coast of Africa. Gazette of


Joseph C., native of Cambridge, Mass., at Sa- vannah, Ga., aged about 40 years,


Capt. Joseph, late of this town, at Havana, W. Í.,


George, at Newport, in 73rd year,


Thomas, shipwright, from a fall in the ship- yard ; lived three hours,


Feb. 14, 1821


Feb. 18, 1821


April 7, 1821 May 10, 1821


John, Esq., late Governor of Delaware, at Smyrna, Del. Gazette of


William, at Smithfield, in 78th year,


Nov. 5, 1821


Joseph, at Newport, in 35th year,


Pardon, son of Pardon, aged 18 months,


Mrs. Martha, near Sumterville, S. C., in 105th year. She was so bent that in walk-


Aug. 23, 1817 Oct. 25, 1817


Dec. 13' 1817


Jan. 6, 1818


April 4, 1818


Sept. 25, 1819


May 12, 1820


June 26, 1820


Aug. 17, 1820


Dec. 2, 1820


Aug. 12, 1820 Jan. 12, 1821


Miss Catherine F., daughter of Widow Clarke, in this town, in 31st year,


Dr. Alexander S., at Northfield, aged 51 years. He fell asleep in a close room where there was a kettle of burning char- coal. Gazette of


Stephen Merrill, executed at Salem,


Sept. 8, 1821


Nov. 20, 1821


Feb. 2, 1822


277


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


CLARKE:


ing her forehead was within a few inches of her toes, but what is remarkable before her death she straightened and could stand erect and lay on her back. She has left a numerous progeny. Her brother, George Colter, died about a year ago, aged 107 years. Gazette of


Mrs. Martha, near Sumterville, S. C., in her 105th year ; her brother George Colter died the week before, aged 107 years. Gazette of


Aug. 3, 1822


Samuel, at Newport, aged 76 years. Gazette of


Spooner, Jun., at Warwick, aged 48 years,


Mrs. Susannah, wife of Thomas, daughter of


the late Caleb Lyndon, at Newport, aged 42 years,


Mrs. Sarah, widow of William, at Smithfield, in 74th year,


Oct. 25, 1823


Nov. 9, 1823


Alba, at Hampton, Mass., aged 20 years, from a blood cancer. Gazette of


Eugene, son of John H., Esq., at Cranston,


Eunice, widow of Nathaniel, at Newport, in 8Ist year,


Sept. 19, 1824


Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Jeremiah, at Ports- mouth, aged 81 years,


Weston, at Middletown, in 76th year. Ga- zette of


Stephen, son of Enoch, aged 10 years, from bursting of a pistol which he with other boys were using as a cannon ; he being matchman a piece entered his breast killing him on the spot ; in Greenland, Mass. Ga- zette of


Horace, aged 20 years, drowned off Cape May, -, daughter of John H., in this town, aged 9 months,


Hulet, at Minisink, N. Y. ; has lost five of his seven children by dysentery. Gazette of CLARKSON Dr. Gerardus, at Philadelphia, aged 52 years. Gazette of


Mrs., wife of Matthew, Mayor of the city, at Philadelphia. Gazette of


Matthew, formerly Mayor of Philadelphia. Gazette of


Gen. Matthew, at New York, in 67th year,


June 22, 1822


April 30, 1823 May 7, 1823


May 14, 1823


Mrs. Abigail, at Ashford, Ct., aged 81 years, Henry, Jun., formerly of Hopkinton, at Brookfield, N. Y. Gazette of


Jan. 14, 1824


Feb. 7, 1824 Aug. 28, 1824


March 10, 1825


March 16, 1825


May II, 1825 June 4, 1825


Aug. 13, 1825


Sept. 17, 1825


Oct. 9, 1790


Oct. 26, 1793


Oct. 11, 1800 April 25, 1825


278


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CLASSEN Rowliff, drowned in Calf Island Cove, near Boston,


CLAUSS John, aged 77 years, the New Haven sexton ; since Dec., 1791, he had buried 2098 persons ; in that town. Gazette of CLAXTON Thomas, aged 19 years, from wounds received on board the Lawrence in Lake Erie, Sept. 10; he was son of the messenger of the national House of Representatives. Gazette of


Thomas, doorkeeper of the House of Repre- sentatives, which position he has filled for 32 years, at Washington,


Dec. 1, 1821


Aug. 3, 1798


Aug. II, 1798


Jan. 19, 1805 Sept. 11, 1809


Jan. 1I, 18II


Aug. 27, 18II


Dec. 26, 1811


May 27, 1815


July 12, 1823


July 24, 1788 Oct. 26, 1793


Oct. 27, 1798


Aug. 25, 1798


April 19, 1775


July 23, 1777


CLEMMENCE Mrs. Amey, widow of Ephraim, in 7Ist year,


CLEMMENS Warren, shipwright, found drowned in pond near Friends School. Gazette of


May 24, 1824


Nov. 6, 1813


Nov. 6, 1813


CLAY Capt. James, at Putney, Vt., in 82nd year ; was formerly of Rehoboth ;


Mrs. -, widow of Capt. James, formerly of Rehoboth, at Putney, Vt., in 76th year, Hon. Joseph, an officer in the Revolution, and late judge of the Inferior Court, at Savan- nah, Ga. Gazette of


Curtis, at Philadelphia, merchant, in 63rd year, Rev. Joseph, at Boston, late pastor of First Baptist Church,


Hon. Joseph, formerly member of Congress, First District of Pennsylvania, at Philadel- phia,


Miss daughter of Hon. Mr. Clay, member of Congress, perished in the burn- ing of the theatre at Richmond, Va.,


Hon. Matthew, member elect of Congress from Virginia, at Halifax Court House, Va., Lucretia Hart, daughter of Hon. Henry, at Lexington, Ky. Gazette of


CLAYPOOLE Mrs. Mary, wife of David C., of Philadelphia, at Bloomsbury, N. Y.,


George, at Philadelphia. Gazette of


Septimus, one of the editors of the American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, at Maryland. Gazette of


CLAYTON Hon. Joshua, U. S. Senator from Delaware, near Middlesex, Del. Gazette of CLEAVES Nathaniel, of Beverly, wounded at Lexington,


CLEMENS Mrs. wife of Zebedee, at Johnston, ( burst a blood vessel ),


May 9, 1817


Nov. 5, 1823


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279


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


CLEMENT Andre, a Frenchman, found mur- dered, supposed by John Lamacde, another Frenchman, at Baltimore,


CLEMENTS Ephraim, in this town,


Abel, executed for the murder of his wife and children at Morgantown, Va.,


July 3, 1806


CLEMMENTS J. M., Lieutenant of Marines on board the Macedonian, of the fever. Ga -. zette of


Aug. 14, 1822


CLEVELAND Capt. Joseph, late of this port, in North Carolina. Gazette of


Dec. 6, 1788


John, Esq., at North Kingstown, in 81st year. Gazette of


Sept. 16, 1797


Rev. Ebenezer, at Glocester, N. J., aged 80 years, formerly pastor of a church at Boston; was a native of Canterbury, Ct., educated at Yale ;


July 4, 1805


Nov. 23, 1806


Elizabeth, widow of John, at North Kingston, in 80th year,


Sarah Ann, daughter of Seth, in 11th year, Mrs. Mary, widow of Dr. John, and daughter of the late Gen. Daniel Larned, at Thomp- son, Ct., in 53rd year,


Dec. 4, 1824


June 3, 1797


Elizabeth, widow of John, in this town, in 56th year. Gazette of


Miss Sally, in 27th year,


Ann, daughter of Benjamin, in this town, aged 3 years, 6 months,


July 26, 1818


CLIFTON William, Jun., at Philadelphia, in 28th year. Gazette of


CLINTON Joseph, killed at Fort St. Clair,


Martha Washington, daughter of Governor Clinton, at Greenwich, N. Y., in 13th year, George, Jun. Esq., at New York,


Feb. 20, 1795 Sept. 16, 1809


Dec. 22, 1812


July 14, 1824


Sept. 7, 1799


Jan. 17, 1821


Oct. 3, 1812 March 27, 1819


CLIFFORD John, of this town, at Surinam. Ga- zette of


Abraham, at Newport, drowned in the har- bour. Gazette of


Dec. 22, 1804


Dec. 3, 1808 Dec. 10, 1809


Dec. 7, 1799 Nov. 6, 1792


Gen. James, at Orange Co., N. Y., in 76th year, an officer in the Revolution,


Lieut. James, son of Hon. De Witt, at sea on board U. S. schooner Spark. Gazette of CLASS Abraham, at New York, merchant. Ga- zette of


CLASSON William ; while out gunning he was standing at rest and fondling his dog when the dog struck the lock with his paw which discharged the gun ; at New Jersey. Gazette of


Oct. 28, 1817 June 25, 1804


Gen. Moses, at Canterbury, Ct., suddenly. Gazette of


280


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CLOUGH Simeon ; his wife at North Yarmouth, Me., was delivered of three healthy child- ren, weighing 7}, 6} and 52 lbs., total 19} lbs. Gazette of


CLOW Andrew, at Philadelphia. Gazette of Benjamin, at Boston, aged 27 years. Ga- zette of


Oct. 9, 1819 Oct. 5, 1793


Jan. II, 1823


CLYMER George, Esq., president Bank of Penn- sylvania, at Morrisville. Penn.,


Jan. 23, 1813


COAN Charles, near Schenectady, N. Y., was thrown from a stage by the breaking down of a wheel and so injured as to cause death, COATS Jonathan, died at Halifax a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and


May 22, 1822


Dec. 26, 1777


Martin, at Newport, aged 57 years. Gazette of


Feb. 5, 1803


Benjamin, fell from the mast head, lived but a few minutes,


, drowned in the Chesapeake,


Thomas, drowned on the Orleans beach, of the schooner Farmer. Gazette of


Mrs. Catherine, widow of Martin, at Newport, in 59th year. Gazette of


Aug. 17, 1805


Capt. Daniel, of this town, at Jamaica. Ga- zette of


William, boatswain, executed for mutiny on board H. M. Ship Columbine, at Halifax, Mrs. Catherine, at Staten Island, N. Y., aged 75 years. She was formerly for upwards of 30 years a resident of this town. Ga- zette of


Sept. 21, 1811


Dec. 18, 1823


Nov. 14, 1772


Sally, youngest daughter of Hon. David, in 15th year, at Taunton,


Oct. 24, 1794


Mrs. -, wife of Hon. David, at Taunton. Gazette of


Meriam, widow, at Attleboro, in 92nd year, Freeman, of Williamson, N. Y., lost on Lake Ontario,


Nathan, at Taunton, in 86th year,


Dec. 19, 1821 Feb. 15, 1823


March 31, 1824


Sept. 19, 1818


April 29, 1809


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Hon. Matthew, formerly of Massachusetts, at Portland, Me., aged 67 years. Gazette of COBELL Col. Samuel Jordan, a soldier of the Revolution, and former member of Con- gress, at Nelson Co., Va. Gazette of


COBENTZEL General, at Vienna, Aus., aged 56 years, the well known treaty negotiator. Gazette of


July 3, 1776 Feb. 22, 1793


Jan. 14, 1804


June II, 1808


Sept. 18, 1809


Samuel W., at New York, in 32nd year, for- merly of this town,


COBB Capt. Richard, at Taunton, from the burst- ing of a gun. Gazette of


Jan. 14, 1809 April 20, 1809


281


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


COBURN Marcy, wife of William and daughter of Daniel Warner, at Mendon, in 30th year, Hiram, at Boston, aged 50 years, fell through a scuttle,


COCHE Midshipman Robert, son of Butler, at sea of the Yellow fever. Gazette of


Feb. 7, 1814


June 13, 1825


July 9, 1823


COCHERFER John, at Jamaica, L. I. ; said he was so old that he had forgot his age or where born ; said he was a soldier in Gov- ernor Leysner's time; had been a man grown several years before he enlisted, and when a young man had shot squirrels, rab- bits and quails, on and near Pot Baker's Hill, New York City, then a wilderness. Ga- zette of Dec. 3, 1763 Dec. 26, 1777


COCHERING Samuel, died at Halifax a prison- er of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and COCHRAN James, of Horton, N. S., broke his leg, a few days after died. Gazette of


March 2, 1771 -. 1781


Major , killed at Yorktown, Va. Dr. John, at Palatine, N. Y., aged 79 years; was a director of a Military Hospital in the Revolutionary War. Gazette of


Robert, Esq., a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Revolutionary War, at Fort Edward,


William, Esq., aged 40 years, at Boston,


Dr. John, aged 84 years, at Pembroke, N. H .; was at Louisburg, and one of the few who escaped the massacre of Fort Anne, in the Old French war. Gazette of


Dec. 25, 1822


Oct. 26, 1811


June 25, 1823


Aug. 12, 1825


CODLING Rev. John, in England, aged 32 years ; while preaching he fell to the floor and died instantly, in England. Gazette of CODDING Elisha, late of this town, aged about 25 years, at Savannah, Ga. Gazette of


CODDINGTON William, at Newport, in 70th year. Gazette of Mary, daughter of the late John, at Newport. Gazette of


April 25, 1807


July 3, 1812 July 17, 1821


COCHRANE Robert, printer, late member of Congress, at Philadelphia. Gazette of John, a passenger on board the boat " Maid of the Mill ", near Whitesboro, N. Y. ; was instantly crushed to death between the boat and the abutment of a canal bridge ; was leaning over the side of the boat wash- ing his hands when the accident happened. Gazette of


John Dundas, of the British Royal Navy, at Valencia,


May 30, 1812


Oct. 2, 1820 Oct. 18, 1780


March 26, 1791


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VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


CODDINGTON Mrs. Mary, widow of John and daughter of Hon. Joseph Wanton, formerly governor of the colony, at Newport, in 65th year,


Miss Mary, at Newport, aged 74 years. Ga- zette of


William, late of Newport, at Beaufort, S. C., aged 25 years. Gazette of


Dec. 8, 1810


Capt. Edward, at Newport, in 76th year ; had been for many years an officer in the cus- toms department, was adescendant of Gov. William, one of the early settlers of the town,


John, at Newport, aged 43 years. Gazette of




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