Vital record of Rhode Island : 1636-1850 : first series : births, marriages and deaths : a family register for the people, Vol XIII, Part 40

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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Miss|Esther, in this town, in 38th year,


William, clerk in the Treasury Department, in Maryland. Gazette of


Oct. 15, 1823


Giddings, Capt. Joseph, of Newburyport; died in the hospital and was buried with Masonic honors; was one of the prisoners of war on board the U. S. Cartel Persever- ance from Barbados,


GIEN Viscount Ponteves, commander of the French Squadron, at Mistonico. Gazette of


GIFFORD Mrs. Sarah, in 49th year. Gazette of


Capt. Josiah, in 48th year. Gazette of


Henry of this town, at Charleston, S. C., in 23d year. Gazette of


Aug. 13, 1796


Sept. 23, 1797


Sept. 30, 1797


Sept. 30, 1797


Maria, aged 9 years, daughter of Capt. Josiah and Mary. Gazette of


Sept. 30, 1797


Mary, widow of Capt. Josiah, in this town, aged 47 years. Gazette of


Samuel, son of Capt. Josiah and Mary, aged II years. Gazette of


Joseph, at New Bedford, aged 100 years. Gazette of


Joseph, at Little Compton, in 7Ist year,


Enos, Esq., at Little Compton, in 81st year, Miss Judeth, daughter of the late Joseph, at Little Compton, aged 50 years,


Ephraim, at Little Compton. Gazette of


April 24, 1822 July 18, 1822


July 31, 1813


Oct. 2, 1790


Jan. 26, 1793


July 18, 1795


Mrs. - -, widow of Josiah, in this town; also three of her children and a servant of the family. Gazette of


John, aged 17 years, son of Capt. Josiah and Mary. Gazette of


Louisa, aged 4 years, daughter of Capt. Josiah and Mary. Gazette of


Sept. 30, 1797


Sept. 30, 1797


Nov. 3, 1810 March 27, 1811 Nov. 20, 1820


Aug. 22, 1821 July 27, 1822


419


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GIFFORD David, eldest son of Sylvester,


drowned at Little Compton, aged 16 years, Seth, at Uxbridge, aged 70 years. Gazette of


Aug. 13, 1822


June 16, 1824


David, at Newport, aged 26 years. Gazette of


Gilbert , of East Haddom, drowned at


sea. Gazette of


William, at New York. Gazette of


George C., son of George, aged 11 years, at Norton, Mass. Gazette of


Col. Samuel, at Hebron, Ct., in 84th year, GILCHRIST Mr. -, at Philadelphia. Ga- zette of


Capt., killed in action in Ohio. Gazette of GILES Nathan, merchant. Gazette of


Col. William, at his seat in Ameline Co., Va. Gazette of


Oct. 4, 1794


William, at Newport, aged 84 years. Ga- zette of


Jan. 15, 1803


Mrs. Abigail, widow of Samuel, of this town, at Cranston, aged 85 years,


Aug. 22, 1819


Oct. 6, 1824


Aug. 5, 1771


Oct. 31, 1771


March 21, 1778


April 18, 1778 Aug. 26, 1785


Oct. 8, 1823


Nov. 15, 1817


Nov. 29, 1817


Aug. 10, 1771 Sept. 30, 1797


Dec. 30, 1815 April 21, 1818


Oct. 12, 1793 Oct. 3, 1812 March 20, 1773


Miss Susan, in 47th year, at Cranston, at the house of Peter Howard,


June 5, 1807


Rev. John, senior pastor of the Second Presbyterian church and society, at New- buryport, aged 68 years. Gazette of


GILL Sarah, wife of Moses and daughter of Rev. Thomas Prince, aged 43 years, at Boston, Rev. John A., London, Eng., Baptist pastor; buried at Bunhill Fields,


William, of Lynn, died from the hardships endured as a prisoner of war, at Newport. Gazette of


William, of schooner True Blue, from hard- ship, as a prisoner of war, at Newport, at the Gen. Hospital, Bristol. Gazette of Capt. John, aged 54 years, at Boston,


Mrs. Rachal, at Philadelphia, aged 71 years; inany years in charge of the Female Insti- tution of the Society of Friends for sup- port of the distressed. Gazette of


GILLAUME a Frenchman, suicide, at the Steamboat Hotel, near Trenton, N. J. Gazette of


GILLELAND John, in Pendleton District, S. C., aged 116 years, 85 of which he had lived in America; he left descendants upwards of one hundred. Gazette of


Aug. 31, 1825


420


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GILLETT John, a native of Ireland; over 70 years a resident of Augusta, Me., aged 124 years; his youngest son is in his 25th year, GILLIAM Lieut. Henry, at Thompson's Island; was in the first cruise of the Constitution; in the second cruise he was the man who from one of the tops of the Constitution gave Capt. Lambert his death wound. Ga- zette of


GILLISPIE Andrew, at Boston; his child fell into a tub of water and drowned, aged about 4 years,


James, Esq., member of Congress from North Carolina, at Washington. Gazette of


GILLMAN Daniel, of the house of Nicholas and Daniel Gillman, of Boston, and brother of the Governor of New Hampshire, at Boston, in 34th year. Gazette of


John T., only son of Gov. Gilman, of New Hampshire, at Charleston, S. C. Gazette of


Thomas, of New Hampshire, at Boston, aged 20 years. Gazette of


Charles Frederick, only son of the late Hon. Nicholas, of New Hampshire, in Spain. Gazette of


Rev. Tristam, A. M., pastor of First Church, at North Yarmouth, Me., in 74th year,'


Daniel, of Capt. Welsh's Co., wounded (since died) at battle of Tippecanoe,


Nov. 7, 1811


May 2, 1814


Sept. 6, 1823


Nathaniel, in this town, in 71st year,


Mrs. Nancy, wife of Sidney, at Taunton. Gazette of


. March 16, 1822


GILLON Alexander, member of Congress, at Charleston, S. C. Gazette of


GILLSON Charles Potter, infant son of Oliver, Jun., in this town,


July 9, 1813


Nov. 15, 1823


Aug. 21, 1771 Jan. 26, 1805


Jan. 21, 1804


March 19, 1808


April 23, 1808


Dec. 31, 1808


April 1, 1809


Hon. Nicholas, U. S. senator from New Hampshire, on his way home, at Phila- delphia,


Joseph, aged 31 years, eldest son of Benjamin Ives Gilman, Esq., of Philadelphia; from Marietta, O .; died at Louisville, Ky .; graduate of Harvard College. Gazette of GILMORE Mrs. - ---- , wife of Nathaniel. Ga- zette of


March 9, 1793 Dec. 26, 1805


Benjamin Brooks, son of George W., in this town, aged 19 mos.,


Nov. 16, 1824


Nov. 8, 1794


July 25, 1823


421


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GILPIN Joseph Sims, second son of John Ber- nard Gilpin, Esq., H. B. M. Consul, at Newport, in his 18th year; was killed in Basque road in action. Gazette of


Sept. 7, 18II


Gideon, aged 88 years, at Birmingham, Dela ware Co., Penn .; was at battle of Brandy- wine. His grandparents Joseph Gilpin and wife Hannah came to Pennsylvania with William Penn in his second visit,


GILT John, Esq., attorney-at-law, in South Carolina. Gazette of


July 7, 1804


GINNADO Daniel, at South Kingstown, aged 28 years,


Dec. 27, 1817


GIRARDIN Mrs. and two children, perished in the burning of the theatre, at Richmond, Va.,


Dec. 26, 1811 Oct. 30, 1821


GIVENS William, in this town, aged 75 years,


Mrs., widow of William, formerly of this town, at the home of her son, at Schenec- tady, N. Y. Gazette of


Sept. 15, 1824


GLADDING Mrs. Prescilla, widow, late of New- port. Gazette of


April 3, 1779


Mrs. Susannah, wife of Jonathan. Gazette of


Aug. 20, 1791


Nathaniel, Jun., of this town,


Dec. 19, 1792


Oct. 1, 1795 Dec. 26, 1795 Sept. 23, 1797


Charles, in 47th year. Gazette of


Jonathan, in this town. Gazette of


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


Aug. 4, 1798 Aug. 25, 1798


Sally, daughter of Benjamin. Gazette of Mrs. Mary, widow of Nathaniel, aged 68 years, in this town. Gazette of


Aug. 8, 1801


Nov. 7, 1801


Nov. 12, 1803


Aug. 18, 1804 Nov. 25, 1807


April 19, 1808


June 18, 1808 June 18, 1808 Nov. 6, 1808


Charles, formerly of this state, at Charles- ton, S. C., aged 27 years. Gazette of Benjamin, Jun., only son of Benjamin, of this town, at Surinam. Gazette of Mrs. Sarah, widow of Charles, in this town, in 55th year. She was a descendent from an elder brother of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and remembered in his will. Gazette of Mary, daughter of Nathaniel, in 23d year, Mrs. Penelope, widow of Jonathan, in 55th year,


Eliza, wife of Capt. John, of this town, in 30th year; leaves five children,


Mrs. Eliza, wife of Capt. John, in 30th year, Timothy, in this town, in 68th year,


Aug. 20, 1825


Betsey, daughter of Benjamin,


Dec. 23, 1791


Jonathan, merchant, in 26th year, buried under arms,


422


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GLADDING Mary, wife of Benjamin, in this town, aged 62 years,


Mrs. Mary, wife of John and daughter of John Perrin, all of this town, in 30th year, Capt. Nathaniel, in 60th year,


Oct. 12, 181I March 6, 1814


Mrs. Ann, wife of George W., and daughter of Abel Jacobs, Esq., of Thompson, Ct., in 19th year, in this town, May 16, 1814


Mrs. Hannah, widow, aged 75 years; in a fit of derangement she fell from a bridge into the water below, at Saybrook, Ct.,


June 12, 1815


Jan. 27, 1819


Sept. 25, 1819


Sept. 25, 1820 - Oct. 12, 1820


Mrs. Rebecca, at Bristol. Gazette of


Mrs. Cynthia W., wife of Col. Abraham S., in 32nd year,


July 28, 1821


Nancy, eldest daughter of Capt. Nathaniel, at Bristol, aged 12 years,


Oct. 3, 1821


George, Jun., only child of George, aged 7 years, at Barrington,


Nov. 2, 1821


Mrs. Freelove, widow of Hale, in this town, in 44th year,


March 7, 1822


William, at Bristol, a Revolutionary pension- er, aged 70 years. Gazette of


Allen Tillinghast, infant son of Capt. John, in this town, aged 3 mos.,


Aug. 3, 1824


Henry, at Newport, aged 79 years,


Feb. 24, 1825


Mrs. widow of Henry; was found dead on the shore of Coaster's Harbor Island, Newport; drowned herself while in- sane. Gazette of


June 4, 1825


Capt. John, in this town, aged 73 years,


GLAYSON Capt. Thomas, of the army of the Revolution, at Beaufort. Gazette of


Oct. 15, 1808


Simeon, at Dana, Mass., aged 43 years, sud- denly. Gazette of


GLENN Sir Robert, Bart., at London., Eng.,


Robert, native of Ireland, aged 106 years; had resided upwards of 60 years in Frank- fort Co., Penn. Gazette of


July 9, 1808


Feb. 3, 1810


Jan. 8, 1773


Nov. 15, 1794


Mrs. Sarah, wife of Capt. Joshua, aged 61 years,


Mrs. Margaret, wife of Capt. John, formerly of this town and daughter of the late Dr. Philip Padelford, at Taunton. Gazette of John, Sen., at Bristol, in 81st year; he has left 6 children, 40 grand and 40 great grandchildren,


Oct. 21, 1809


Nov. 23, 1822


GLASSIER John, Jun., at East Greenwich, in 31st year. Gazette of


June 3, 1809 Aug. 10, 1820


GLEASON Amasa, member of the Mass. Gen. Assembly, at Lenox, suddenly. Gazette of


423


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GLENTWORTH Dr. George, at Philadelphia. Gazette of


Dr. P -- , at Philadelphia. Gazette of GLISSON Mrs. Sarah W., wife of John, at New- port, aged 38 years,


GLOCESTER His Royal Highness the duke of, brother to the King of England, aged 62 years,


Aug. 25, 1805


Dec. 26, 1777


March 19, 1791


General -- , at Marblehead, a Revolution- ary general. Gazette of


Feb. 4, 1797


GLYNN Sergeant -, a celebrated character, in England. Gazette of


Jan. 15, 1780


GLYSSON Dr. William, in this town, aged 42 years,


April 6, 1793


GOAT William, at New Orleans, suddenly; he had been given permission to roam the streets but forbidden under pain of death to enter any dwelling or building; what reasons for passing such a singular decree as this in 1823 was not given; he had sub- sisted on what he could get in the streets. Gazette of


GODBOLT John, of Boston, drowned. Gazette of


Nov. 4, 1764


GODDARD Thomas, at Newport, died from the effects of a blow delivered by Har- vey. Gazette of


Mrs. Sarah, widow of Dr. Giles, and daughter of Lodowich Updike, late of Providence, at Philadelphia,


John, at Newport. Gazette of


Stephen, at Newport, in 41st year. Gazette of


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


Aug. 22, 1807


William, at Newport, aged 75 years; 40 years member of 2nd Baptist church,


Miss Mary, at Newport, in 59th year,


Townsend, eldest son of Thomas, at Newport, in 20th year,


Rev. Edward, former pastor of Congrega- tional church, at Swanzey,


Miss Mary Catharine, was for several years editress of Maryland Journal and post- mistress of Baltimore,


Aug. 27, 1825


Aug. 25, 1764


Jan. 5, 1770 July 16, 1785


June 23, 1804


May 3, 1810 July 2, 1811


Oct. 10, 1811


Oct. 13, 1811


Aug. 12, 1816


Nov. 24, 1792 Oct. 26, 1793


Oct. 16, 1821


GLOVER James Millings, died at Halifax a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and Brig. General John, late of the Continental army, at Marblehead. Gazette of


424


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GODDARD William, Esq., first editor of this paper, which he commenced October 20, 1762, there being before that no printing press in this town. He has published news- papers successively in New York, Phila- delphia and Baltimore; he had just com- pleted his 77th year and departed after a long illness (buried in north burial ground),


11 James W., son of Thomas, at Newport, in 26th year,


Feb. 19, 1821


Anna Eliza, eldest daughter of the late William, Esq., in 3Ist year,


Oct. 9, 1821


Miss Rebecca, daughter of Thomas, at New- port,


Sept. 15, 1822


Eliza, daughter of William G., editor of the American, in this town, aged 9 mos.,


Jan. 13, 1823 March 22, 1823


Isaac, at Boston, aged 41 years. Gazette of Edward V., son of Henry, in this town, aged I year, from a severe cold,


Jan. 20, 1824


GODDEN William, a matross in the Royal Artillery, drowned at Turtle Bay near New York,


Aug. 3, 1766


GODFREY Thomas, son of Thomas the mathe- matician, at Wilmington, N. C. Gazette of


Oct. 8, 1763


Capt. William, of Newport, died at St. Nicholas Mole, W. I.,


Richard, barber,


Mrs. Patience, wife of Capt. Samuel. Ga- zette of


Jan. 28, 1786


-, driven on shore and perished in the late storm. Gazette of


Dec. 23, 1786


Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Samuel. Ga- zette of


Aug. 3, 1793 June 6, 1795


Eunice, daughter of Capt. Samuel. Gazette of


Feb. 13, 1796


Polly, of this town, died of the fever. Ga- zette of


Sept. 27, 1800


Capt. Christopher, in this town, in 4Ist year, after a short illness. Gazette of


Oct. 9, 1802


Mrs. , wife of Major Benjamin, at Milford, aged 42 years. Gazette of


Dec. 22, 1804


Mrs. Sarah, wife of Nicholas, at Newport, in 29th year. Gazette of


Sept. 21, 1805


Benjamin, Jun., eldest son of Col. Benjamin, at Milford, Mass., in 20th year. Gazette of


Capt. Richard, in 37th year,


Dec. 25, 1817


Nov. 8, 1806 Jan. 9, 1809


-


March -, 1771 Dec. 23, 1773


Mrs. Mary, wife of Caleb. Gazette of


425


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GODFREY Dr. John, at Taunton, aged 70 years. Gazette of


Mrs. Jemima, wife of William, aged 38 years, at Taunton. Gazette of


Penelope, at Newport asylum, aged 72 years, Capt. Isaac, at Taunton, in 87th year. Ga- zette of


Feb. 19, 1825


Sally Granger, daughter of Christopher C., in this town, aged 15 months,


April 20, 1825


Capt. Caleb, in this town, in 89th year, in this town,


Aug. 1, 1825


GODWIN Mrs. -. more generally known as Miss Wolstonecraft, the authoress of "Rights of Women," in England. Ga- zette of


Nov. 11, 1797


GOELSON Hon. Thomas, member of Congress from Virginia. Gazette of


July 20, 1816


Nov. 17, 1804 Aug. 26, 1797 June 1, 1819


July 3, 1819


Joseph, at Rehoboth, in 95th year; Patience, wife of Joseph, in 89th year; they had lived together 71 years; had 14 children, 57 grand and 71 great grandchildren. Gazette of


Levi, Jun., at Rehoboth, aged 50 years. Ga- zette of


Mrs. Meriam, widow of Squire, at Rehoboth, in 90th year,


Mrs. Mary, at Dublin, Ire., in 76th year; she was born, married, had 21 children and died in the same room. Gazette of


Leonard, formerly of Rehoboth, at Honarilia, N. Y., aged 23 years,


GOLDSBOROUGH George W., purser U. S. Navy, at Norfolk, Va. Gazette of


Robert, killed by a piece of timber flying in the air during a tornado, at Cambridge, Md.,


GOLDSMID Benjamin, brother and partner of Abraham Goldsmid, in London; he is said to have left a fortune of £600,000 sterling; he died very suddenly. Gazette of


Feb. 28, 1820


Feb. 28, 1820


Oct. 15, 1820


Nov. 19, 1823


Jan. 25, 1825


May 4, 1811


June 21, 1817


May 28, 1808


GOELET Peter, merchant, at New York, aged 85 years. Gazette of


Nov. 2, 181I


GOETSCHINS John M., formerly a merchant of New York, late consul general at Genoa, at Cadiz. Gazette of


GOFF Mrs. Gazette of


Miss Olive, daughter of Lovell, at Rehoboth, Elder Nathan, at Rehoboth, aged 69 years. Gazette of


Sept. 11, 1813


June 1, 1822 Nov. 3, 1822


426


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GOLDSMITH Mr. -, a suicide, in England. Gazette of


Jan. 19, 1811


GOLDTHWAITE Ebenezer, of Danvers, killed at Lexington,


April 19, 1775


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


Dec. 26, 1777


Mrs. Amey, wife of Samuel and daughter of Charles Bardin, Esq., all late of Newport, at Baltimore, after a long illness, in 61st year,


Mrs. Sarah, at Baltimore. Gazette of


Winkles B., druggist, at Baltimore. Gazette of


July 26, 1 806


William, at Baltimore, aged 39 years,


Aug. 19, 1806


Samuel, merchant, formerly of Newport, at Baltimore, aged 73 years. Gazette of


Oct. 1I, 1806


GOLTZ Count, Russian minister to France, at Paris. Gazette of


Nov. 30, 1822


GOMEZ Esther, wife of Moses, at New York, daughter of the late Aaron Lopez, of New- port,


Jan. 3, 1811


Oct. 5, 1799


Sept. 11, 1804


GOODALE Samuel W., late of this town, mer- chant, in 2Ist year, at Baltimore. Ga- zette of


March 3, 1798


GOODGEON Robert Blake, son of the late John, at sea, on board ship Franklin, in 16th year,


May 14, 1825


GOODHUE Hon. Benjamin, U. S. senator from Massachusetts, at Salem, aged 66 years. Gazette of


Timothy, aged 2 years, 8 months, July 17; Addison, aged 8 years, July 23; Elizabeth, in 17th year, July 30; Jonathan B., in 13th year, Aug. 6. All children of Daniel, late of Rumney, Grafton Co., N. H., being 4 out of 7 children, at Pawtucket. Gazette of


Charles Treadwell, infant son of Daniel T., in this town, aged I year,


GOODING Samuel, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and


Bartholomew, of the Hawke, from hardship as a prisoner of war, at Newport, at the General Hospital, Bristol. Gazette of


Aug. 11, 1821


Jan. 20, 1822


Dec. 26, 1777


April 18, 1778


July 23, 1797 July 19, 1806


GONSOLVE John, Jun., of this town, at sea on passage from St. Marks. Gazette of Sally, daughter of John, in this town, in 18th year,


Aug. 13, 1814


427


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GOODMAN Elizabeth, Laura, Louisa and Eu- genia, daughters of Luke, Esq., and Miss Goodman his sister, all natives of South Carolina, at Charleston, S. C., of the fever. Gazette of


GOODRICH Lois, at Manchester, Ct., aged 16 years, suoffcated by charcoal,


Elihu Chauncey, Esq., of Clavarock, N. Y., attorney-at-law, at Niagara. Gazette of


Oct. 20, 1824


Dec. 15, 1791


Sept. 18, 1802


Aug. 4, 1810


Olney, second in command of gunboat 146, aged about 23 years; stabbed by John B. Burnham of Lyme, a mutinous seaman on board the said gunboat at Washington, N. C .; he was a son of Capt. Isaac, of Weathersfield, Ct.,


March 22, 1813


Aug. 26, 1815


May 4, 1824


GOODRIDGE Mrs. Mary, widow of Joseph, at Beverly, Mass .; watching with a sick friend she took by mistake several drops of prussic acid. Gazette of


Sept. 15, 1824 Feb. 17, 1817


June 24, 1772 Oct. 13, 1772


Dec. 26, 1777


William, midshipman U. S. Navy, drowned with three other men at Newton Creek, Long Island. Gazette of


July 9, 1808


Henry, of Newport, at Cuba, a graduate of Brown University. Gazette of


Jan. 11, 1812


Miss Mary, at Portsmouth, N. H., burnt by her clothes taking fire. Gazette of


Feb. 29, 1812


Thomas, at Plymouth, aged 48 years. Ga- zette of


Dec. 4, 1822


Jason, son of George, at Hartford, aged 27 years. Gazette of


James A., aged I year, son of James S., Esq., of Columbia, S. C., in this town,


May 14, 1823


July 29, 1823


Mrs. - -, wife of Capt. Oliver, at Weathers- field, Ct., from her clothes taking fire. Ga- zette of


Chauncey, Lieut. Governor of Connecticut, in 57th year. Gazette of


Mrs. Julia Ann N., wife of James and daugh- ter of the late William Lawton, at Nan- tucket, in 22nd year,


GOODSON John, in this town, in 31st year, GOODWELL Nathaniel, son of Joseph, of Graf- ton, Mass., aged 24 years; had been to a wedding the night before and supposed to have rode several miles after being stricken with death; his last words "I am going," GOODWIN Soloman, executed at Falmouth, James, died at Halifax a prisoner of war be- tween Nov. 23, 1776, and


Henry, Esq., late attorney general of this state, at Bristol. Gazette of


June 13, 1789


428


VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GOOLSEY William, at Albemarle, Va., aged 108 years; his sight was so good he could read without spectacles; his beard was white but was turning black; his wife sur- vives him, with whom he has lived 80 years. Gazette of


GORDON Hon. Peter, captain in the 70th regi- ment. Gazette of


July 23, 1768 May 21, 1770


Alexander, in 104th year, at Voluntown. Gazette of


Aug. 13, 1774


Lord George, at Newgate, London. Gazette of


Jan. 25, 1794


Hon. William, attorney general of New Hampshire, of Amherst, at Boston. Ga- zette of


May 15, 1802


John, a child of, was drowned purposely by a girl 13 years old, who acknowledged the fact, at Sullivan, Mass. Gazette of


June 27, 1807


Rev. Dr. William, author history of the American Revolution, in England. Ga- zette of


Feb. 27, 1808


Gen. James, at Ballston, N. Y., aged 71 years. Gazette of


Feb. 10, 1810


Capt. Charles, commander of the U. S. ship Constellation, at Messina, Italy; buried with honors due his rank; died


Sept. 6, 1816


Charles, surgeon, in England, aged 105 years. Gazette of


June 14, 1817


GORE Capt. of the Ist grenadiers (British); killed at battle of Monmouth, N. J.,


June 28, 1778


Capt. J., of H. B. M. ship Scorpion, in the West Indies in attempting to save a sea- man from drowning. Gazette of


GORHAM Benjamin, suddenly, at an advanced age, at Providence. Gazette of Mrs. -, wife of Jabez. Gazette of


Bethiah, daughter of the late Jabez, Jun. Gazette of


July 15, 1786


Nathaniel, Esq., at Charlestown, Mass., aged 59 years. Gazette of


June 18, 1796


Major Jabez, after a long illness, in 42nd year; leaves a wife and eight children,


Mrs. Sarah, wife of Samuel, in 33d year,


Mrs. Catharine, widow of Jabez, in this town, in 45th year,


Benjamin, in this town, in 24th year. Ga- zette of


Samuel, at Cranston, in 54th year. Gazette of


Aug. 15, 1812


Dec. 28, 1771 Nov. 27, 1773


May 27, 1802


Nov. 8, 1804


March 30, 1807


Nov: 18, 1809


Sept. 27, 1817


May 2, 1818


James, aged 77 years, at Boston,


429


PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS


GORHAM Mrs. Amey, wife of Capt. Jabez and Esq., youngest daughter of Samuel Thurber, in 26th year,


Jonathan, at Nantucket, aged 40 years. Ga- zette of


Dec. 4, 1822


Benjamin, infant son of Capt. Jabez, in this town,


Dec. 5, 1823


GORR John, native of Holland; he entered the Thames river, opposite New London, while intoxicated, to bathe and was drowned,


May 25, 1823


Oct. 3, 1788


GORTON Marcy, wife of William, in 76th year, Elder John, at Warwick, in 70th year. Ga- zette of


June 16, 1792


Samuel, in 31st year, at Warwick; member of Society of Friends,


May 5, 1793


Samuel, grandson of Samuel, one of the first settlers of Warwick, died at Warwick, aged 90 years, I month,


Feb. 16, 1796


May 12, 1796


Job, formerly of Cranston, at Norway, N. Y. Gazette of


Jan. 28, 1804


Mrs. Hope, wife of John, in 52nd year, at Charlton, Mass.,


Feb. 22, 1812


Amey, daughter of the late Job, at Johnston, in Ioth year,


May 11, 1814


Mrs. Sarah, wife of Jonathan, at Warwick, in 76th year,


Feb. 8, 1816


Mrs. Hannah, wife of Thomas, and daughter of Thomas Manchester, of East Greenwich, at West Greenwich, in 28th year,


Jonathan, Esq., at Warwick, in 83d year,


Samuel, in this town, in 78th year,


Mrs. Phebe, of East Greenwich, at Tiverton, in 84th year,


Edward, at Newport, aged 74 years. Ga- zette of


Feb. 20, 1822


March 5, 1822


Dec. 22, 1822


Dec. 23, 1822


March 24, 1823


.


Mr. -, of Warwick, struck on head with a boom, at sea. Gazette of


July 27, 1799


Sept. 19, 1816 Oct. 23, 1820 Nov. 25, 1820


Nov. 21, 1821


John, at Warwick; had taught school in the neighborhood 51 winters,


Capt. Benjamin E., son of the late Benjamin, of Warwick, in this town, in 57th year, suddenly,


John, late member of General Assembly, at New Shoreham,


Mrs. Cindrilla, wife of Oliver, at Warwick, in 24th year,


Nov. 26, 1820


William, son of John, of Warwick, lost over- board in the British Channel, in his 20th year,


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VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND


GORTON Mrs. Cynthia, wife of James, Jun., and daughter of Russell Burlingame of Coven- try, at Jewett City, Ct., in 29th year,


Capt. Clarke, of this town, master of brig Robert Cochran, in 46th year, at Kingston, Jamaica,


GOSS John, aged 30 years,


Mrs. Esther, widow of John, in this town, in 3 Ist year,


Jan. 13, 1812


GOUGH Rebecca, wife of John, of Charleston, S. C., at Newport. Gazette of


May 7, 1785


Harry Darsey, of Perry Hall, near Baltimore. Gazette of


May 21, 1808


GOUGHHENOR Jonas, shot by his brother David, while hunting deer, at Conemaugh, Penn.,


Nov. 21, 1824


GOULD Capt. Thomas, a slaver, killed by his crew in West Indies. Gazette of


March 16, 1765


John, merchant, at Boston, in 72nd year,


Jan. 8, 1772


Mrs. Sarah, widow of Thomas, at Middletown, in IOIst year. Gazette of


March 3, 1798


Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Daniel, at Middle- town, in 68th year. Gazette of


, Dec. 3, 1803


Dr. William, at Bradford, Ct., an aged citizen. Gazette of


Aug. 10, 1805


David, of Newport, at Savannah, Ga., in 24th year. Gazette of


Nov. 28, 1807


John K., Sen., editor of the Western Reposi- tory, at Canandaigua, N. Y. Gazette of John, Esq., at Middletown, R. I.,


April 16, 1808 Sept. 3, 18II


Nov. 30, 1816


Aug. 30, 1817 Dec. 3, 1819


Timothy, accidently killed by a wheel of his wagon, at Dorchester,


Jan. 20, 1821


Mary Jane, youngest daughter of David, in this town, aged 18 months,


Benjamin, at Newport, in 87th year,


Mrs. Catharine, at Newport, aged 99 years. Gazette of


July 10, 1822


Horace H., son of Jacob C., in this town, aged 15 months, 8 days,




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