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Col. Ebenezer, at Attleboro, aged 72 years, Moses, at Barrington, aged 77 years,
Mrs. Mehitable, wife of William, in 72d year, in this town,
Warren, at Smithfield, formerly of Milford, Mass., in 22d year,
William, in this town, in 85th year,
Mrs. Alsebeth, wife of John, in this town, in 88th year. Gazette of
April 3, 1819
Jan. 29, 1823
Feb. 8, 1823 Sept. 26, 1824
June 24, 1771
June 3, 1771
Aug. 6, 1821
March 10, 1824
July 21, 1824
Oct. 13, 1804 Jan. 31, 181I Sept. 16, 1811
June 25, 1812
Oct. 6, 1815 Nov. 2, 1816
Rev. John, rector of Christ Church, at Nor- wich Ct. Gazette of
Rev. John, at Norwich, rector of Christ Church, aged 86 years. Gazette of
Miss Hannah, in this town, in 75th year,
TYNG John Alfred, Esq., aged 42 years, Lieut. Colonel of the Second Regiment, at Dun- stable,
TYRON Lady, mother of William, governor of New York, and Miss Tyron, one of the maids of honor to the Queen, at Stan- more, Middlesex, Eng.,
TYSON John, native of Carlisle, Eng., at Oxford, Mass.,
Elisha, at Baltimore, of Society of Friends ; his funeral was attended by more than 4,000 people. Gazette of
Joseph, at Hillsboro, N. C., bled to death from cutting his leg with a scythe. Ga- zette of
May II, 1775
Oct. 17, 1791 Sept. 17, 1796
Mr. -- , at Brooklyn, Ct., aged 101 years. Gazette of
364
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U
ULLERY Capt. - -, killed in action, in Ohio. Gazette of
Oct. 3, 1812
UNDERHILL Isaac D., shot by U. S. soldiers. Gazette of
June 10, 1809
UNDERWOOD Daniel, late of Jamestown, at North Kingstown, in his 72d year. Ga- zette of
May 17, 1777
John, at Nossenton, Eng., ordered a singular funeral. Gazette of
Aug. 20, 1785
William J., at Boston, aged 25 years. Ga- zette of
Feb. 12, 1823
Joseph, formerly of Massachusetts, at Smith- field, aged 32 years,
June 18, 1824
Joseph, son of the late Joseph, of Smithfield, at Blackstone Village, aged 19 months,
Sept. 3, 1825
UNION Miss Freelove (colored), at Wickford, in 85th year,
Nov. 4, 1820
UNKNOWN A young man at the north end of this town, killed by his axe striking against his head in splitting a log of wood. Ga- zette of
March 5, 1763
June 26, 1763
A young man thrown from his horse and killed, at Rahway, N. J.,
Oct. 1, 1763
UPDIKE Mrs. Catharine, aged 87 years, at North Kingstown. Gazette of
Sept. 14, 1782
Mrs. Ann, wife of Capt. John, in 46th year. Gazette of
Sept. 20, 1788 Dec. 11, 1790 March 30, 1799
Oct. 1, 1803
Capt. John, president of the Marine Society, in this town, in 75th year,
Jan. 3, 1804 June 6, 1804
Richard, at Wickford, aged about 70 years,
Feb. 25, 1805
Capt. Richard E., formerly of this town, at New York, in 38th year. Gazette of
Feb. 1, 1806
John S., son of Daniel E., Esq., at Wickford, in 17th year,
Aug. 10, 1809
John, son of John C., aged 2 years 5 months, John Crawford, in 35th year,
Aug. 4, 1817 Dec. 9, 1819
The body of a woman came ashore at Sachu- est Beach near Newport,
Polly, daughter of Capt. John. Gazette of Miss Elizabeth, aged 71 years. Gazette of Mrs. - -, at New York, of the fever. Ga- zette of
Lodowick, at South Kingstown, in 80th year, (The next issue says North Kingstown, and buried June 8, 1804.)
365
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UPDIKE Crawford, son of the late John C., in this town, aged 14 months,
Thomas Wall, infant son of Richard S., Mrs. Dorcas, wife of Capt. Alfred, at Wick- ford, aged 36 years, UPHAM Rev. Edward, at West Springfield, was born 1710; had been pastor of a church at Newport;
Hon. Joshua, one of the Judges of the Su- preme Court for the province of New Brunswick, in England. Gazette of
Hon. Jabez, at Brookfield, Mass., formerly member of Congress, and of the General Court,
UPSHUR Dr. John, at Northampton, Va., aged 26 years. From grief at the loss of a wife to whom he had been married but a short time, he laid down on a bed, put a loaded gun to his breast and with a yardstick dis- charged the contents, killing him instantly. Gazette of
USHER Rev. John, 50 years minister of church, at Bristol. Gazette of
Mrs. Ann, wife of Hezekiah, at Bristol, in 7Ist year. Gazette of Capt. Hezekiah, of Bristol, on the coast of Africa, aged 34 years. Gazette of Capt. George D., of Bristol, at Garee, Africa, Hezekiah, Esq., at Bristol, in 76th year. Ga- zette of
Rev. John, pastor of St. Michael's Church, Bristol; was a graduate of Harvard and grandson of Lieut. Governor Usher of Massachusetts, at Bristol, in 85th year, James, at Smithfield, in 18th year, suddenly, Sheldon, at New York, in 30th year, native of Dublin, Ireland, mineral water manu- facturer,
Mrs. Harriet, wife of Noble, Esq., manager of the Louisville Theatre, aged 30 years. Gazette of
Sally, widow of Capt. Hezekiah, in 52d year, at Bristol. Gazette of
Susan Maria, wife of George F. and daugh- ter of Bishop Griswold, aged 29 years, at Bristol. Gazette of
USTICK Rev. Thomas, at Philadelphia. Ga- zette of William, at New York, at an advanced age. Gazette of
Jan. 30, 1821 Nov. 2, 1821
Aug. 9, 1822
Oct. 5, 1797
April 8, 1809
Nov. 8, 181I
June 6, 1818
May 6, 1775
Dec. 14, 1793
Jan. 30, 1796 May -, 1798
March 13, 1802
July 5, 1804 April 5, 1809
July 5, 1811
April 30, 1814
May 15, 1820
Aug. 3, 1825
April 23, 1803
May 10, 1806
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UTTER Mrs. Mary, widow of Zebulon, at War- wick, in 83d year,
June 20, 1806
V
VALENTINE Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of William, merchant, in 4Ist year,
July 10, 1804
Mrs. - , in this town, at an advanced age. Gazette of
Dec. 12, 1807
William and his wife Martha, aged 74 years ; were born within two months of each other, lived together 54 years in a married state to a day, and died within 10 days of each other, at Hopkinton, Mass. Gazette of
May 21, 1825
Elizabeth, eldest daughter of William, of this town, at Fall River, aged 32 years,
Sept, 1, 1825
Hannah, daughter of William, in this town, aged 24 years,
Sept. 25, 1825
VALIDE the Sultana, mother of the present Grand Seignior, in Constantinople. Ga- zette of
May 3, 1806 July 27, 1821
VALLI Dr. - -; he came to this country to know whether the yellow fever was con- tageous, and died a victim of it, at Hav- ana. Gazette of
Nov. 23, 1816
VANCE Mrs. -, at Wilmington, N. C. ; a high wind blew the gable end of the house off, and killed her instantly. Gazette of VANDASHAM Joshua, merchant, at Bristol. Gazette of
VANDERLIGHT Mrs. Mary, at the seat of her brother, Moses Brown, on Providence Neck,
May 26, 1795
June 15, 181I
Michael, of Schenectady, N. Y., killed by Indians,
March -, 1787
VANDYKE Hon. Nicholas, late President of Delaware, aged 51 years. Gazette of March 28, 1789 VANEMAN Mr. , at Wilmington, Del., aged 91 years. Gazette of Aug. 15, 1801
VANGILST James, Esq., at Newport. Ga- zette of
Oct. 17, 1772
VALLETT David, at Glocester, in 82d year, Matthew, in England, aged 91 years, chemist and mathematician. Gazette of
Nov. 29, 1823
May 1, 1820 April 29, 1797
VANDERVOORT Peter, at Newtown, L. I. Gazette of
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VANUXEM Mrs. Rebecca, wife of James, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
VAN ALLEN John E., Esq., formerly a mem- ber of Congress, at Greenbush, N. Y. Gazette of
VAN ANDEN Mrs. , wife of Stephen, drowned at Auburn, N. Y. Gazette of
VAN ANTWERP James, at New York, mer- chant. Gazette of
VAN BIBBER Abraham, Esq., at Baltimore, aged 61 years. Gazette of
Aug. 31, 1805
VAN CORTLAND Capt. aged 33 years, son of old Capt. Van Cortland, of Cortlands Manor, N. Y., killed in action in Portugal; belonged to the 23d regiment, had been in 23 engagements. Gazette of Dec. 28, 1811 VAN CORTLANDT Major Nicholas B., form- erly Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Sullivan, in New Jersey. Gazette of June 8, 1782 Sept. 4, 1802
VAN DAM Ithoven, at Amsterdam, a cele- brated Dutch literateur. Gazette of
VAN DAMM Anthony, formerly a merchant, of New York, at London, Eng., aged 77 years. Gazette of
VAN DOORN Martha, at Bristol, in 22d year. Gazette of
Mrs. Phila, wife of Joshua, at Bristol, aged 25 years. Gazette of
VAN DUZER Ashbel, of Palmyra, N. Y., drowned by upsetting of a boat,
VAN HOOK Arendt, at New York. Gazette of VAN HORNE Aaron, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
Philip, a printer, at New York. Gazette of Rev. William, at Pittsburgh, Penn., in 61st year, Mrs. -, at Bergen Point, N. J., near quarantine ground, of the fever,
VAN LOFFETT Dr. I. I., physician to the Dutch East India Company, at Macao, China,
VAN MURRAY William, at his seat in Dor- chester Co., Md., formerly minister to The Hague and the French Republic. Ga- zette of
VAN NESS Peter, Esq., at Kinderhook, N. Y., many years a Senator in the Assembly. Gazette of
Hon. William W., 15 years one of the judges of the Superior Court, N. Y., at Charles- ton, S. C. Gazette of
May 7, 1808
March 14, 1807
Sept. 14, 1816
Nov. 17, 1804
Dec. 31, 1808
Aug. 4, 1792 July 9, 1825
Oct. 30, 1822 Sept. 22, 1798
Oct. 26, 1793 Sept. 28, 1799 Oct. 31, 1807 Sept. 24, 1823
June 28, 1816
Dec. 24, 1803
Jan. 5, 1805
March 12, 1823
368
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
VAN RENSSALAER Philip, in New York State. Gazette of
John, at Clavarack, aged 35 years. Gazette of
Col. John, brother of the Lieut. Governor, at Hamilton Village, near Albany, in 58th year. Gazette of
Maj. Gen. Robert, at Clavarack, N. Y.,
Eliza Bayard, daughter of Col. John I., at Albany, after a short illness. Gazette of Jeremiah, formerly Lieut. Governor of New York; served in the Revolution, at Albany, aged 69 years, 6 months, 23 days,
Sept. 3, 1808
Feb. 19, 1810
Sept. 9, 1816
Oct. 2, 1824
Sept. 7, 1822
July 20, 1805
July 20, 1805
Nov. - , 1802
June 27, 1818
Sept. 17, 1823
VARNUM Maj. General James Mitchell, late of East Greenwich, at Marietta, Ohio,
James M., son of Hon. Joseph B., aged 36 years, at Washington, D. C., clerk in gen- eral postoffice,
Hon. Joseph B., at Drocut, aged 72 years; had been both in the State and National
March 24, 1798
March 14, 1801
July 17, 1802 Sept. 11, 1802
Gen. K., at Albany, in 73d year; served in the Revolution and received a severe musket wound, the effect of which he never recovered from entirely, and the ball was not extracted until after his death, a period of 40 years;
Hon. Philip S., at Albany, N. Y., in 59th year, many years mayor of the city. Ga- zette of
VAN SWEARINGEN Thomas, Esq., member of Congress from Virginia, at Washington, D. C., very suddenly. Gazette of
VAN VOORHIS Daniel, of New York, at Port- au-Prince, of the ship Sampson. Gazette of
John R., chief officer of ship Sampson, at Port-au-Prince. Gazette of
VAN WYCK Theodorus, merchant at New York, of house of Sebring and Van Wyck, at Paris, France,
VARIAN Malaki P., corporal in the 2d infantry, killed in a duel with another corporal, named Hunney, at the Madison Barracks, near Sackett's Harbor. Gazette of
VARICK James, aged about 20 years, fell over- board at sea and devoured by a shark. Ga- zette of
VARS Capt. Christopher, at Westerly, formerly of Middletown, in 29th year,
July 3, 1811
Jan. 10, 1789
Sept. 11, 1821
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VARNUM :
Legislatures; held a military commission through the Revolutionary War; at his death was major general of militia,
Sept. II, 1821
Aug. 12, 1797
Nov. 25, 1797
May 21, 18II
June 28, 1778
June 27, 1778 Oct. 5, 1793 Oct. 26, 1793
John, at Philadelphia. Gazette of (unfounded)
Caleb, Jr., at Coventry, suddenly. Gazette of
Sept. 9, 1797
Christopher, at East Greenwich, in 23d year. Gazette of
March 10, 1798
Daniel, at Newport, in 57th year. Gazette of
March 8, 1800
Rev. Joshua, pastor of the Baptist Church, at Brandywine, Penn.,
Aug. 30, 1808
Christopher, at East Greenwich, aged 76 years,
Jan. 31, 18II
Mrs. Hannah, wife of Daniel, and daughter of Capt. Henry Tew, of Portsmouth, R. I., at Charleston, S. C.,
Sept. 16, 1812
Sarah, wife of Samuel, of Society of Friends, in this town, in 63d year,
May 3, 1814
Alexander, eldest son of Samuel, in this town, in 43d year,
May 14, 1815
Benjamin, of Society of Friends, in this town, in 33d year,
Samuel, in 79th year,
Mrs. Sarah, wife of John, at North Kings- town, in 82d year,
Boone, in this town, in 59th year,
Miss Joanna, aged 16 years, at Pomfret, Ct .; was attempting to cut up a hog that had been killed that day, made a misstep and fell upon the knife she had in her hand; she pulled it out of the wound, attempted to walk towards the house, fell and expired. Gazette of
Jan. 5, 1819 Sept. 13, 1820
Oct. 9, 1820 Jan. 14, 1821
Dec. 14, 1822
VASA Gustavus, the celebrated African, at London. Gazette of
VASSALL John, Esq., formerly of Cambridge, Mass., at Bath, Eng. Gazette of
VASSAR John G., brewer, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. His brewery had been destroyed by fire Saturday; Monday in entering one of the ale butts he was suffocated by the gases and died next day, VAUGHAN Lieut. - -, of the Royal Artil- lery, killed at Monmouth, N. J., in battle of -, a Tory, killed in an attack on the Shore Guards, at Narragansett. Gazette of
370
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
VAUGHAN John, at North Kingstown, in 84th year,
John B., Esq., planter, killed by being thrown from his horse in South Carolina. Gazette of Mrs. Nancy, wife of Stephen, and daughter of the late Isaac Waldron, of Bristol, at this town, aged 44 years,
Miss Nancy, at Newport, aged 37 years, daughter of John. Gazette of
April 27, 1825
VEAZEY Rev. Henry, at Bow, N. H., aged 39 years, pastor of Baptist Church in that town. Gazette of
April 16, 1825
John, at Portsmouth, N. H., drowned by up- setting of a boat. Gazette of
June 29, 1825
VEAZIE Benjamin, a native of Boston, in 72d year, in this town, where he had resided for the last 30 years,
Benjamin, in this town, suddenly, in 45th year,
John, in this town, in 39th year, suddenly, from drinking freely of cold water,
Aug. 1, 1821
VEIL William, a suicide, at Danbury, Ct., aged 20 years,
June 8, 1816
VENERABLE A. B., president of the bank, perished in the burning of the theatre, at Richmond, Va.,
VERCHILD Hon. James, Esq., late President of Island of St. Christophers,
VERNON Jane, wife of Thomas, Esq., in 43d year, at Newport,
Thomas, at Newport, in 66th year. Ga- zette of
Mrs., widow of Thomas, Esq., at Newport. Gazette of
William, merchant, at Newport, in 87th year, Samuel, Sr., Esq., at Newport, aged 64 years, Miss Mary, daughter of Samuel, at Newport, in 20th year,
Aug. 25, 1787 Dec. 22, 1806 Dec. 1, 1809
July 16, 1811
Feb. 17, 1816
Mrs. Hannah, wife of Dea. William W., at Newport, aged 38 years. Gazette of
Daniel, son of Daniel, at Newport. Ga- zette of
VERPLANCK Gulian, Esq., President of the bank of New York,
William B., Esq., at Fiskkill, New York, aged 34 years. Gazette of
VIALL John and Lydia Brown, daughter of David, of Johnston. Gazette of
Feb. 1I, 1823
Nov. 26, 1823
Dec. 15, 1824
June 28, 1814
Sept. 20, 1819
Dec. 26, 1811
Sept. 12, 1769
April 27, 1765
May 8, 1784
Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel, at New- port, in 21st year. Gazette of
Sept. 11, 1819
Oct. 15, 1823
Nov. 19, 1799
Jan. 12, 1805
Jan. 24, 1781
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VIALL Joseph, in 78th year, at Barrington, Rebecca, daughter of John. Gazette of John, of this town, at an advanced age. Ga- zette of
John, in this town, in 82d year, Mrs. , widow of John, in this town, at an advanced age. Gazette of
Samuel, at Newport, aged 101 years. Ga- zette of
May 18, 1811 June 17, 18II
Betsey, eldest daughter of Dea. Sylvester, at Barrington, aged 21 years,
Dea. Sylvester, at Barrington, of the fever,
Mrs. Abigail, wife of Dea. Sylvester, at Bar- rington, of the fever,
May 5, 1816
Dea. Sylvester and his wife, at Barrington, of the fever. Gazette of
May 11, 1816
Ruth, daughter of the late Dea. Sylvester, in her 18th year, at Barrington,
July 23, 1817
Samuel, son of the late Dea. Sylvester, at Barrington, aged 21 years, the fifth death within 2 years in this family. Gazette of Benjamin, at Seekonk, in 89th year,
Mrs. Bebee, wife of Samuel, at Seekonk, in 36th year,
April 13, 1819
Feb. 13, 1820
Feb. 17, 1820
March 2, 1820 July 23, 1822
Mrs. Elizabeth, widow, in this town,
Mrs. Abigail, daughter of the late Dea. Syl- vester, at Barrington, in 20th year ; this is the 5th death in this family all under 22 years of age,
Mrs. Susan B., wife of John, at Johnston, in 26th year ; left three children,
VICTS Rev. R., at Digby, N. S., aged 74 years, where he had been a missionary for 24 years ; was a native of Connecticut. Ga- zette of
VICKERE Benjamin, Jr., aged 17 years ; Lois Thomas, aged 3 years ; Deborah, aged 14 years ; all children of Benjamin
May 14, 1788 Dec. 8, 1787
July 28, 1792 Oct. 2, 1803
Oct. 8, 1803
Miss Mary Ann, at Johnston, in 21st year, Allen, at -Barrington, at an advanced age, drowned,
Sept. 23, 1815
Nov. 4, 1815 May 2, 1816
Sept. 27, 1817 March 22, 1819
Stephen, son ot the late Dea. Sylvester, of Barrington, in 22d year, at Chester, Orange Co., N. Y.,
Mrs. Ruth, widow of Samuel, at Seekonk, in 87th year; had professed religion 70 years, Mrs. Mary, widow of Samuel, at Newport, aged upwards of 100 years; had been a member of Second Baptist Church in that town for 50 years. Gazette of
Jan. II, 1823
March 12, 1825
Sept. 28, 1811
372
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
VICKERE :
and Jerusha ; Mrs. Jerusha, wife of Benja- min, at Merrimack, of spotted fever, all of his family. Gazette of
VICKERIE Mrs. Mary, widow of Joseph, at Newport, aged 77 years. Gazette of
July 13, 1816
Nov. 25, 1821
VICKERY Mrs. Hannah, wife of John, in this town, aged 43 years,
Oct. 24, 1808
, child of James, fell into the cistern and was drowned,
Aug. 19, 1818
Capt. David, at Taunton, aged 72 years. Ga- zette of
July 10, 1824
Mrs. Ann, widow of Hugh, at Newport, aged 45 years,
Dec. 22, 1824
VICTOR Emanuel, King of Sardinia and Duke d'Aoste, at an advanced age; he had but just been restored to his dominions ; in Savoy. Gazette of
Aug. 5, 1815
June 13, 1799
VILIDE the Sultana, mother of the present Grand Seignior, at Constantinople, aged 51 years,
Sept. 8, 1817
VILLETTES Gen. William Anne, Lieut. Gov. and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of Jamaica,
July 13, 1808
VILLIERS Hon. William, Earl of Jersey, Vis- count Villiers of Dartford and Baron of Hoo, member of the Privy Council,
Thomas Clarenden, at Athens, N. Y., in 29th year, manager of a theatre at Charleston, S. C. Gazette of
Sept. 17, 1803
July 23, 1785
May 29, 1802
Caleb, at Johnston, aged 96 years, Samuel, at Boston. Gazette of
VINING Mrs. Anna Maria, wife of John, Esq., and daughter of the late William Seaton, Esq., of New York, at Dover, Del., in 27th year. Gazette of
Aug. 29, 1769
VINCENT William, found dead in Peeks Slip, N. Y. Gazette of
Alpheas, at the State prison, New York, the Modern Herostratus. He set fire to the city of Albany and having been in this town during the dreadful conflagration of 180I was strongly suspected of having caused it. Gazette of
Laban, at Fearing, O., in 70th year, formerly of this town,
July 22, 1820 Dec. 4, 1822 July 16, 1825
Aug. 23, 1800
VICTOIRE Madame, daughter of Louis XIV, at Trieste, of the dropsy,
May 14, 1814
Sally, daughter of John, of Rehoboth, at Coventry,
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373
VINNICEME John, at Warren, in 51st year, leaves wife and 7 children,
Jan. 29, 1825
May 18, 1805
Aug. 23, 1800
Ann Downing, eldest daughter of David, in this town, in 15th year,
May 19, 1825
VINTON Mrs. Eliza, wife of Lemuel, in 32d year,
June 7, 1807
Ruth Paget Olney, infant daughter of David, aged 4 months,
May 20, 1812
Mrs. Nancy, wife of Oliver, in this town, in 28th year,
July 12, 1819
Charles D., son of Oliver, in this town, aged 13 years,
Aug. 3, 1825
VON KATZEBUE the German dramatic writer, in Germany. Gazette of
Aug. 27, 1808
VON MACK -, brother of the unfortunate General Von Mack; was court jeweller of the Austrian court; he left a fortune of 3,000,000 florins. Gazette of
Feb. 20, 1808
VON MULLER Johannes, the Swiss Historian, at Cassel, Westphalia,
May 29, 1809
VOSE Solomon, at Augusta, Me., aged 41 years, very suddenly, son of Col. Joseph, of Mil- ton, Mass .; was formerly a member of the Legislature and a well-known politician,
Ebenezer, Jr., of Newport, lost at sea. Ga- zette of
Mrs. Phebe, at Newport, aged 52 years. Ga- zette of
Henry, at Boston, aged 56 years,
Frances, daughter of the late Admiral Vose, of the British navy, at New York. Ga- zette of
Dec. 29, 1810
Jan. 19, 1811
Reuben, at Westford, aged 58 years, from appearances the jury's verdict was a wil- ful murder. Gazette of
Edward, at Newport, aged 69 years, sud- denly, VOUX Robert, fish merchant, at Boston,
July 11, 1809
June 19, 1773
April 20, 1805 March 26, 1808
Capt. Thomas, an officer of the Revolution, at Thompson, Me., aged 58 years. Gazette of
Aug. 3, 1822
Oct. 17, 1822 Aug. 20, 1767
VINRO Norbert, at Charleston, S. C., in 38th year, a native of Newport. Gazette of VINSON James, late of Newport, merchant, at sea on passage from Charleston for Boston, aged 31 years. Gazette of
374
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
W
WADDELL Rev. James, of Albemarle Co., Va. Gazette of
Nov. 9, 1805
WADDLE James, at Columbia, Penn .; was in- stantly crushed to death by a stick of tim- ber rolling over him. Gazette of
July 6, 1822
Henry, killed in a duel with Dr. Mitchell, near St. Louis. Gazette of
Aug. 27, 1823
WADE Capt. - -, of Lt. Col. Fletcher's reg -. iment, killed in action at Annes. Gazette of
July 21, 1781
Ebenezer, on board ship Columbus, at the Havana, in 26th year, son of Capt. Ichabod, of Rehoboth. Gazette of
Jan. 2, 1802
Abner, at Elizabethtown, N. J., drank a quart of rum on the evening of April 13 (died the next morning),
April 14, 1803
Col. Francis, at Philadelphia, in 78th year, Capt. Ichabod, at Rehoboth, in 70th year,
Jan. 4, 1810 Jan. 5, 1810
Jane, perished in the burning of the theatre, at Richmond, Va .;
Dec. 26, 1811
Comfort, son of Capt. Ichabod, deceased, of Seekonk, at sea on passage from New Or- leans to New York, in 28th year,
Aug. 24, 1815
Miss -, aged 12 years, drowned in New York Harbor. Gazette of
Sept. 9, 1815
Mrs. Mary, widow of Capt. Ichabod, at See- I onk, aged 71 years,
Nov. 10, 1815
William, merchant, formerly of this town, at St. Croix, W. I., in 27th year,
Aug. 14, 1817
Mrs. Esther, wife of Dudley, at Johnston, in 33d year,
Oct. 23, 1820
Roswell, at New London, drowned in the harbor. Gazette of
Dec. 11, 1820
Mrs. Sarah, wife of Charles, and daughter of Jonathan Pray, of Foster, at Glocester,
Sept. 11, 1822
WADSWORTH Hon. Jeremiah, at Hartford, Ct., in 61st year. Col. Wadsworth served in the Revolution and represented his state in Congress, late a member of the council. Gazette of
Gen. Elisha, at Canfield, O., aged 70 years, a native of Hartford, Ct., and a soldier of the Revolution. Gazette of
George, Esq., aged 45 years, of the Treas- ury Department, Washington, D. C.,
May 12, 1804
Feb. 14, 1818
Sept. 23, 1823
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WADSWORTH Joseph, aged 23, member of B. U., son of John, at Barre, Mass.,
Capt. Joseph, formerly of Duxbury, Mass., at Winslow, Me., aged 74 years. Was five years in the Revolution. In 1770 he was wounded in the lip by a musket ball, which wound never healed; three years since it grew more troublesome, formed a rose cancer and ended his days,
March 18, 1824
June 4, 1824
Feb. 14, 1824
May 13, 1821
WAINWRIGHT William, mariner on board of brig Polly, Capt. Crawford, near Graves- end, London. He belonged near New Haven, Ct.,
Oct. 14, 1775
Sept. 21, 1805
Jan. 18, 1794
Sept. 15, 1798
Rev. Benjamin, M. D., at South Kingstown, in 85th year; was born in North Kings- town, but removed to South Kingstown in early life, where he afterwards lived; was 45 years pastor of a Baptist Church near his place of residence,
Horace, son of Gad, of Ashfield, Mass., aged about 18 years, in this town, drowned by upsetting of a boat in the harbor,
Benjamin, son of Col. Beriah, at North Kingstown, in 24th year; was sitting in his chair with a book in his hand in apparently good health. He faintly said, "How my head turns round," dropped on the floor and died. Gazette of
Feb. 4, 1815
Dec. 16, 1816
Mrs. Dorcas, at South Kingstown, aged 90 years, widow of Rev. Benjamin, M. D. Ga- zette of
Col. John, at South Kingstown, aged 76 years, a soldier of the Revolution and for- merly a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington Co.,
Alvira, daughter of Timothy, aged 3 years, at Northampton; her clothes took fire, lived ten hours. Gazette of
Nov. 21, 1811
Aug. 6, 1814
Mr. - -, a chocolate maker, of Boston, his two sons scalded to death by the explosion of a steamboat boiler, at New York,
Oct. 11, 1817
Oct. 19, 1817
Nov. 22, 1817
WAGNER Capt. -, killed by pirates. Ga- zette of
WAGNON Mrs. wife of Daniel, mur- dered by her husband, in Georgia,
Francis, merchant, at New York, of the fever. Gazette of
WAITE Ann, widow of Lemuel, of Exeter, at Cumberland. Gazette of
-, daughter of Marvin, at Norwich, Ct., aged 16 years. Gazette of
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VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WAITE Col. Beriah, at North Kingstown, aged 62 years, an officer in the Revolution; had been member of General Assembly in both branches, and sheriff of the county,
Abbie S., daughter of Col. John, at Paw- tucket, in 5th year,
Mary, wife of Col. Joseph, and daughter of the late Capt. Charles Cahoone, of New- port, at Wickford, aged 35 years,
WALCOTT Mr. , killed in a duel with Mr. Pease, at Barbadoes,
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