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Oct. 7, 1813 July 6, 1814
Joseph, at Scituate, in 65th year,
Joanna, eldest daughter of David, at Paw- tucket, in 15th year. Gazette of
Feb. 11, 1815
Oziel, at North Providence, in 72d year, late president of the Manufacturers Bank,
Joab, at Cumberland, in 76th year,
Benjamin, Esq., at Cumberland, in 73d year, Lydia, daughter of Jeremiah, in 32d year, at Cumberland,
Simon, at Cumberland, aged 76 years,
William, at Glocester, in 84th year, son of Joseph, of Scituate, and the youngest and last of 15 children,
Gen. Joseph, at Huntington Co., Md., in 67th year,
Oct. 23, 1815 March 2, 1818 March 25, 1818
May 6, 1818 July 7, 1819
Aug. 21, 1819
June 28, 1820
July 1, 1803
William, Jr., eldest and only surviving son of William, Esq., of this town, drowned from ship Baltic on her outward passage to Can- ton,
Sept. 9, 1807
426
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILKINSON Joseph, of this town, recently from Mobile, at Claibourne, Ala., aged 18 years. Gazette of
Israel, of Smithfield, at Mendon, Mass., aged 31 years, leaves wife and two children,
Amey, daughter of the late Capt. Joseph, at Smithfield, in 25th year,
Miss Marcy, daughter of the late Capt. Jo- seph, at Smithfield, in 21st year,
March 4, 1822
Samuel S., in 36th year, native of Smithfield, formerly resident in Maine and graduate of B. U., at Portsmouth, Ohio,
Oct. 12, 1822
Oct. 27, 1822
July 30, 1823
George, Esq., aged 35 years, formerly of Smithfield, at Montgomery, Ala.,
Oct. 23, 1824
Mrs. Clorine, wife of Rhodes, at Woodstock, Ct., in 64th year. Gazette of
Oct. 27, 1824
Dec. 11, 1824
April 23, 1825
March II, 1797 Feb. 24, 1798
Oct. 6, 1798
Dec. 26, 1777
May 22, 1787
Sept. 25, 1804
March 28, 1 807
Sept. 14, 1811
June 6, 1814
Mrs. Deborah, in this town, in 5Ist year, sud- denly,
Hezekiah, aged 50 years, an ingenious me- chanic,
Dr. Abijah, son of the late Dr. Samuel, at Uxbridge, in 35th year,
Aug. 10, 1820
Oct. 18, 1820
Dec. 10, 1820
Varnum Russell, only son of Varnum, in this town, aged 1 year 6 months,
Mrs. Martha, widow of Capt. Joseph, at Smithfield, in 56th year,
George, Esq., aged about 35 years, late of Ludlow, and formerly of North Providence, at Montgomery, Ala. Gazette of
Anthony, this inscription was found on an old tombstone unearthed, at Philadelphia, "Anthony Wilkinson, London, died 1748." Gazette of
WILL a lame Cherokee Indian, murdered while hunting on the reservation. Gazette of Col. William, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
Mrs. -, widow of Col. Will, at Philadel- phia. Gazette of
WILLARD John, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23, 1776, and
Dr. Nahum W., of South Kingstown, at Ux- bridge,
Rev. Joseph, D. D., President of Harvard College, at New Bedford,
Rev. John, D. D., pastor of First Church, at Stafford, Ct., and brother of the late Presi- dent Willard. Gazette of
Dr. Samuel, at Uxbridge, aged 63 years. Ga- zette of
Mrs. Susannah, wife of Nathan, in this town, in 36th year,
Sept. 16, 1815
Jan. 13, 1816
April 12, 1816
427
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WILLARD Caleb, in this town, suddenly, at an advanced age,
Mrs. Amey, widow of Dr. Levi, of Mendon, and daughter of the late Col. Daniel Til- linghast, of this town, at Sunderland, Mass., in 68th year. Gazette of
May 28, 1823
Rev. Joseph, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H., late rector of Trinity Church, Newark, N. J., at Marietta, Ohio. Gazette of
Mrs. Rebecca Cady, wife of Hezekiah, and daughter of the late John Adie, in this town, in 32d year,
Sept. 4, 1824 Aug. 13, 1825
Elijah, at Bristol, aged 46 years. Gazette of WILLETT Francis, Esq., at North Kingstown. in 85th year. Gazette of
Feb. 17, 1776
WILLES Rt. Rev. Dr., Lord Bishop of Bath and Welles, aged 80 years, in England. Gazette of
March 19, 1774
WILLEY Mr. -, while going down the Pis- cataqua river from Durham, in a small boat in which were Mr. Willey, his wife, his wife's sister and brother, the boat upset, and Mr. W. and his wife's sister were drowned. Gazette of
Mrs. Phebe, wife of Capt. J -- Willey, at Elizabethtown. Gazette of
John, from a wound he received while load- ing a gun,
May 20, 1817
Mrs. Esther, wife of John, in this town, aged 50 years, leaves 7 children,
March 15, 1821
WILLIAMS Lucy, wife of Samuel, dau. of Hon. Hezekiah Huntington, Esq., of Norwich, Dr. -, drowned on Lake Erie,
, only dau. of Benjamin, drowned,
Jeremiah, Jr., of Cranston, his house de- stroyed by fire,
Oct. 8, 1767
Feb. - , 1772
Charles, Esq., naval officer of His Majesty's Customs, at New York. Gazette of
July 10, 1773
March 19, 1774
July 29, 1-775 March 17, 1781
Thomas, at Cranston. Gazette of
Col. William, at Pittsfield, in 75th year. Ga- zette of
Jan. 9, 1773
Oct. 24, 1795
Oct. 1, 1763 Nov. 18, 1763 June 28, 1767
Mrs. - , at Cambridge, Mass., aged 102 years,
Josiah, aged 25 years, eldest son of Jonathan, merchant, at Boston. Gazette of
Aug. 22, 1772
Capt. Nathaniel, at Roxbury. He command- ed a company at Louisburg, in Sir William Pepperill's regiment ;
Mrs. -, wife of Jeremiah, at Cranston. Gazette of
May 28, 1785
Oct. 24, 1816
Nov. 15, 1823
428
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAMS Hannah, widow of Capt. Stuteley, in 33d year. Gazette of
Penelope, wife of John. Gazette of
Hannah, wife of Silas, Esq., at Glocester, in 72d year. Gazette of
Robert, at Johnston, in 78th year. Gazette of
John, killed at Fort St. Clair,
Abisha, at Tarborough, N. C. Gazette of Gen. Otho H., in Virginia, in 45th year,
Nov. 2, 1793
July 15, 1794
James, at Southborough, Mass., in 48th year; was a very heavy man ; his height was about six feet, and weighed 430 pounds, in March last ;
John, Esq., at Pomfret, at an advanced age. Gazette of
Rhoda, wife of Peleg, Jr., in 50th year, at Foster. Gazette of
Oct. 8, 1796
Jonathan, Sr., Esq., formerly an eminent merchant of Boston, at Mt. Pleasant near Philadelphia. Gazette of
Nov. 5, 1796
Polly, daughter of Dr. John, in this town, aged 19 years,
Jan. 18, 1798
Mrs. Tabitha, wife of Col. Caleb, at Cranston, aged 44 years. Gazette of
March 17, 1798
Jonathan, at Newport, in 31st year. Gazette of
Nov. 16, 1799
John, seaman of the U. S. Frigate Constella- tion, in action with a French ship,
Feb. 1, 1800 April 20, 1800
May 31, 1800
June 21, 1 800
Nov. 1, 1800
Aug. 22, 1801
March 6, 1802
Dec. 18, 1802
Feb. 8, 1803
Dea. David, at Woodstock, Ct., in 81st year, William H., midshipman of the U. S. Essex, youngest son of Major Elijah, of this town, at sea in the Straights of Sonda, of putrid fever, in 20th year,
Elizabeth, widow of Thomas and daughter of Thomas Pollock, of Newbern, N. C., at Newport, in 35th year. Gazette of
Joseph, Esq., Brigadier General 3d Brigade Conn. Militia, at Norwich. Gazette of
Mrs. - wife of Mathewson, in this town. Gazette of
Ann Eleanor, at Baltimore, in 104th year. Gazette of
Silas, Esq., at Glocester, aged about 90 years. Gazette of
Mrs. Sarah, wife of David R., one of the pro- prietors of the Charleston City Gazette, and daughter of Nicholas Power, Esq., of this town, at Charleston, S. C., aged 28 years,
Nov. 22, 1788 April 4, 1789
May 28, 1791
Aug. 11, 1792 Nov. 6, 1792
Oct. 21, 1795
Sept. 24, 1796
429
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WILLIAMS James, formerly of this town, in 31st year. Gazette of
Mrs. Patience, wife of Rev. William Wil- liams, at Wrentham, suddenly,
Caleb, Jr., of Groton, perished in a snow storm, Mrs. Sarah, wife of Nathan, at Killingly, Ct. Gazette of
Capt. Ephraim, at Stonington, suddenly,
Mrs. Lydia, wife of Andrew, in this town, in 64th year,
March 1, 1805
Sept. 23, 1805
Dec. 2, 1805
April 8, 1806
July 23, 1806
Oct. 6, 1806
Aug. 1, 1807
Sept. 13, 1807
Oct. 18, 1807 Nov. 28, 1897 Sept. 28, 1808
Oct. 1, 1808
Mrs. Ruth, wife of Benjamin, at Scituate, aged 76 years. Gazette of
Zachariah, at Cranston, aged about 22 years, drowned by breaking through the ice, in crossing a pond,
Nathaniel, at Cranston, in 79th year, by a falling tree,
Peleg, Esq., great-grandson of Roger, at Johnston, in 91st year,
Waterman, at North Providence, in 55th year, Mrs. Roby, wife of Caleb, merchant, of this town, aged 39 years,
Solomon, bookseller, at New York, in 39th year,
March 26, 1803
June 18, 1803 Feb. 24, 1804
May 26, 1804 July 6, 1804
Mrs. Jerusha, widow of Col. Ebenezer, for- merly of Pomfret, Ct., at Hudson, N. Y., aged 75 years,
Christopher, housewright, at Hudson, N. Y .; was from Cranston,
V., the reigning Prince of Nassau, Orange, the former heir stadtholder of the United Batavia Provinces, at Brunswick, Ger., in 58th year,
Gen. John, formerly member of Congress, and of the Legislature, at Salem, Wash- ington Co., N. Y., aged 53 years,
Israel, son of Dr. John, formerly of this town, at Cambridgeport, suddenly, aged 16 years, Mrs. Joanna, wife of Dr. Aaron C., at New Shoreham, aged 32 years. Gazette of
Mrs. Anne, widow of Robert, at Johnston, aged 70 years,
Israel, formerly of Woodstock, Ct., at Frank- lin, N. Y.,
Joseph, at Havana. Gazette of
Nathaniel, Jr., at Taunton, in 23d year,
Mrs. -, a widow, in this town. Gazette of
Mrs. Elizabeth, in 85th year, in this town. Gazette of
Oct. 8, 1808
Dec. 10, 1808
Dec. 10, 1808
Dec. 20, 1808
Jan. 31, 1809 Feb. 17, 1810 June 21, 1810 Oct. 5, 1810
430
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAMS Stephen G., formerly of this town, at Scituate. Gazette of
Hon. William, at Lebanon, Ct., aged 80 years; was the only surviving member of Con- gress from Connecticut who signed the Declaration of Independence,
Mary, eldest daughter of Caleb, in this town, in 19th year,
Dec. 25, 1811
Aug. 29, 1812
Alice, third daughter of Caleb, Esq., in this town, in 18th year,
Dec. 13, 1812
Andrew, seaman, killed on board Frigate Chesapeake, in action with the Shannon,
June 1, 1813
Abner, private, killed on board the Lawrence, on Lake Erie, in action,
Sept. 10, 1813
Samuel, Esq., son of Joseph, Esq., of Rox- bury, Mass., at Baltimore, aged 44 years,
Oct. 13, 1813
Mrs. Nancy (colored), aged 46 years. Ga- zette of
April 22, 1815
John, at Cranston, in 56th year, suddenly; he leaves wife and 9 children,
May 5, 1815
Josias, son of John, at Cranston, in 16th year, wounded from the discharge of a gun, lived two days. Gazette of
May 6, 1815
Brig. Gen. Jonathan, at Philadelphia, aged 64 years, native of Boston, head of the U. S. Engineer Corps, member-elect of Con- gress. Gazette of
Andrew, in this town, in 78th year,
Mrs. Rebecca, widow of Peleg, at North Providence, in 81st year,
Feb. 16, 1816
Aug. 10, 1816
Oliver, at Johnston, in 70th year,
Benoni, formerly of this state, at Boston, aged 72 years,
Nov. 2, 1817
John, at Woodford Co, Ohio ; in attempting to rescue a slave from the violence of his son, he received blows which caused his death the next day. Gazette of
Isaac, bitten by a rattlesnake, at Pendleton District, S. C.,
James, at Petersburg, Va. ; served through the Revolution. Gazette of
June 3, 1815 Jan. 31, 1816
Peter, clerk, drowned by hitting his head against a log under water, at Charleston, S. C. Gazette of
Rev. Samuel, LL. D., professor of mathe- matics and natural philosophy and author of history of Vermont, at Rutland, Vt. Gazette of
Jan. 18, 1817 Sept. 17, 1817
April 18, 1818
July 4, 1818
Aug. 15, 1818
May 18, 18II
July 2, 1811
John, at Baltimore, from a wound received by one of the late mob. Gazette of
431
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WILLIAMS Samuel, at Foster, in 44th year,
John, executed at New York, for piracy and murder. Gazette of
Feb. 20, 1819
Mrs. Mary, widow of Gen. John, aged 49 years, at Salem, Washington Co., N. Y. Gazette of
Sept. 1I, 1819
Benjamin, at Mansfield, in 76th year,
Sept. 27, 1819
Mrs. Prudence, at Burrillville, aged 52 years,
Dec. 29, 1819
Anna, widow of Nathaniel, at Cranston, in 80th year,
July 26, 1820 Sept. 12, 1820
Mrs. Sally, widow, in 46th year, in this town, Christopher, at Cranston, in 89th year,
Jan. 21, 1821
Derry (colored), many years sexton of St. John's Church,
Nov. 1, 1821
Amasa, drowned on the Charles river. Ga- zette of
July 3, 1822
Joseph Stevens, son of Rev. Thomas, in this town, aged 16 months,
William J., i 19th year, son of the late Capt. Howell, formerly of this town, at St. Jago de Cuba, of the fever,
Aug. 5, 1822
Jonathan P., at Taunton, aged 25 years,
Benajah, at Cranston, aged 74 years,
Jeffrey B., at Chelsea. Gazette of
Feb. 8, 1823
Capt. Frederick, Sr., at Cranston, in 80th year,
Feb. 18, 1823
Feb. 21, 1823
Mary Appleby, daughter of Capt. William E., at Newport, aged 4 years, -
Mrs. - - at Milledgeville, Ga., murdered by her husband in a jealous rage; she leaves 4 children, the youngest 10 days old. Gazette of
David, at Newport, in 54th year, of Society of Friends,
Mrs. Dorothy, wife of the late Capt. Howell, in this town, aged 56 years, suddenly,
Nathaniel, Esq., collector of customs for Dighton,
Rev. William, at Wrentham, pastor of Baptist Church in that town, a native of Pennsylvania ; was one of the two sur- viving members of the first class of B. U., the other being Dr. Rogers, Mr. - -, executed before the time ap- pointed to prevent him committing suicide, at Georgia. Gazette of
June 7, 1823
June 29, 1823
July 14, 1823
Sept. 19, 1823
Sept. 22, 1823
Dec. 10, 1823
July 22, 1822
Mrs. Roxana, wife of Amasa, Jr., in this town, in 23d year,
Aug. 8, 1822 Nov. 20, 1822 Jan. 23, 1823
Susan Winsor, only daughter of the late Samuel, Esq., at Olneyville, in 9th year,
April 18, 1823
Feb. 1, 1819
432
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILLIAMS Cyrus, aged 32 years, drowned in Randall's pond. Gazette of
Sarah Jane, daughter of Stephen, in this town, Mrs. Lydia, at Cranston, aged 41 years, Lydia, widow of John, of Cranston, in 94th year, at Warwick,
. Jan. 31, 1824.
Oct. 12, 1824 Feb. 20, 1825
Feb. 27, 1825 March II, 1825
Major Elijah, in this town, in 81st year, Rev. John, Sr., pastor of Baptist Church, Oliver street, N. Y.,
May 22, 1825
WILLIAMSON Henrietta L., daughter of Matthias, Jr., Esq., at Elizabethtown, N. J., in 25th year. Gazette of
Sept. 29, 1804
Matthias, at Elizabethtown, N. J., in 88th year. Gazette of
Feb. 20, 1808
Col. Charles, late British Commissioner of the Island, at sea on passage from Havana to England. Gazette of
Dec. 17, 1808
May 13, 1821
Aug. 31, 1805
WILLING Mrs. Ann, widow of Charles, Esq., at Philadelphia, in 8Ist year,
June 23, 1791 Oct. 12, 1793
Richard, Esq., at Richland, Penn. Gazette of Charles, Esq., at his seat in Chester Co., Penn. Gazette of
Feb. 17. 1798
July 27, 1799
Mrs. Maria, wife of George, merchant, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
Aug. 17, 1799
Thomas Matthew, of Philadelphia, merchant, at Boston,
Oct. 9, 1822
Mrs. Jane, widow of Thomas M., Esq., at Philadelphia. Gazette of
May 14, 1823
WILLIS John, of New Shoreham, drowned near Block Island by the oversetting of the boat, Dr. Francis, the English insane physician. He had had under his care the King of England and Queen of Portugal; at Ret- ford, Eng., in 90th year. Gazette of
Martha, wife of George, in 31st year (colored),
Mr. -- , also his wife, at Natchez, of the fever,
William, at Newport, aged 91 years,
Feb. 9, 1797
Feb. 13, 1808 July 7, 1818
Aug. 26, 1823 Sept. 21, 1824
Rev. David, at New York, aged 58 years, a native of Fifeshire, Scotland, and upwards of 30 years pastor of the Associate Con- gregation, Whitehaven, England,
WILLICK Dr. A. F. M., in Russia, author on works on diet and regimen. Gazette of
Hon. Thomas. at Philadelphia. Gazette of
Thomas, Esq., at Philadelphia, many years president of old United States Bank. Ga- zette of
Jan. 27, 1821
433
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WILLIS Mrs. Abigail, widow of William, at Newport, aged 82 years,
Elisha, at Taunton, aged 50 years. Gazette of
WILLISTON Ebenezer, of Privateer Active, from hardship as a prisoner of war at New- port, at Gen. Hospital, Bristol. Gazette of Rev. Noah, at New Haven. Gazette of
WILLOBER John, drowned in the mill pond, at Hunter, N. Y.,
WILMARTH Timothy, Esq., at Glocester. Ga- zette of
Olive, youngest daughter of Daniel, at Reho- both, in 20th year,
Dec. 18, 1810
Jan. 7, 1815
June 7, 1815
March 25, 1822
July 28, 1815
May 10, 1822
Feb. 26, 1825
Jan. 1, 1774 April 29, 1774
April 19, 1775
Dec. 26, 1777 Sept. 2, 1778
July 21, 1781
Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of John, at Hopkinton, Mass. Gazette of
Rt. Rev. Christopher, Lord Bishop of Bristol, Eng. Gazette of
Hannah, daughter of the late William, in her 17th year,
Mrs. of the American company of comedians, in this town. Gazette of
Feb. 2, 1825 Feb. 19, 1825
April 18, 1778 Nov. 23, 18II
July 12, 1822
May 5, 1781
Mrs. Hannah, wife of Samuel N., at See- konk, in 30th year. Gazette of
George, son of Abel, of Lyndon, Vt., in 22d year,
Mrs. Susannah, wife of Daniel, at Rehoboth, in 69th year,
Timothy, Esq. He commanded a company in Sullivan's expedition to Rhode Island, and was in the action ; had been judge of the County Court and member of Assem- bly, and State Senator; at Glocester, in 72d year,
Lucy, eldest daughter of Daniel, at Reho- both, aged 51 years,
Mary, widow of Nehemiah, of Seekonk, in 187th year, in this town. Gazette of
WILSON Thomas, alias John Hurrin, executed at Philadelphia, for the murder of William Hewitt, in 1768,
Daniel, executed at Providence,
Capt. Jonathan, of Bedford, killed at Lexing- ton,
Isaac, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, be- tween Nov. 23, 1776, and
John, executed at Philadelphia, for desertion, Surgeon killed in action, at Annes. Gazette of
March 7, 1789
June 23, 1792
March 17, 1795
Jan. 2, 1796
434
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILSON James, Esq., one of the associate
justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, at Edenton. Gazette of John, seaman of the U. S. frigate Constella- tion, in action with a French ship,
Hannah, widow of William, in 47th year. Gazette of
John, of this town, at sea. Gazette of John, at Baltimore,
James, at Walkill, N. Y., in 17th year, from a bite of a mad dog bitten 4 months since, William, at Newport, at an advanced age. Gazette of
Feb. 7, 1804
March 17, 1804 July 20, 1805
April 19, 1806
John, late of New York, at Nassau, New Providence, one of the editors of the Ba- hama Royal Gazette. Gazette of
July 22, 1809
Miss Emily, daughter of the late Judge Wil- son, at Norristown, near Philadelphia. Ga- zette of
Nov. 25, 1809
Daniel, at Killingly, Ct., aged 66 years, after one hour's illness. Gazette of
Nov. 3, 1810
Capt. Henry, late of the Hon. East India Company's Service, at his home in Colyton, Devonshire, Eng. ; he is noted by his pub- lished narrative of the rescue of the crew of the ship Antelope, on the Pellen Islands, in 1783 ; he served with honor in the navy. Gazette of
Capt. Alexander, of sloop Liberty, frot New York, drowned in the Potomac with three seamen, by a squall overturning the boat. Gazette of
Mrs. Thomas, perished in the burning of the theatre, at Richmond, Va.,
William M., in this town, in 49th year,
Robert, late editor of the Royal Gazette and Bahama Advertiser, formerly of New York, at Nassau, N. P.,
Mrs. Mary, wife of Thomas, at Bristol, in 67th year,
Rev. Andrew, pastor of the Associate Re- formed Church, in Senaca ; was a native of Ireland and educated at the University of Glasgow, at Geneva, Vt. Gazette of Mr. -, shot by Mr. Bell in a turkey hunt, in the dusk of the woods, accidentally, near Raleigh, N. C. Gazette of
Nov. 17, 1810
Nov. 9, 181 1
Dec. 26, 1811 Feb. 15, 1812
March 2, 1812
May 24, 1812
July 25, 1812
June 15, 1816
Sept. 22, 1798
Feb. 1, 1800
Dec. 13, 1800 April 10, 1802 July 19, 1802
James, merchant, at Alexandria. Gazette of Mrs. Sarah, widow of the late John, in 49th year,
435
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WILSON John, only son of John, in this town, aged 9 months, 26 days,
David, of Port William, Gallatin Co., Ky., is now 78 years old ; has had four wives and 42 children; his oldest child is 16 years younger than himself ; his second wife had five children at two births in II months ; he is a native of Pennsylvania, and a laborer. Gazette of
John, at Jamaica, W. I., while bathing was devoured by a shark. Gazette of
Oct. 12, 1816
Robert, a seaman, belonging to the brig Attorney, from Savannah, at the Marine hospital, in this town,
Thomas, late Mayor of Richmond, Va., (Ma- sonic honors). Gazette of
Thomas, drowned, in Ohio. Gazette of
John, of the brig William Henry, killed in an action with pirates,
Feb. 16, 1820
Patrick, a slave dealer, murdered by negroes. Gazette of
Henry, son of Rev. James, in this town, in 13th year,
Dec. 6, 1820 Feb. 16, 1821
Mrs. Sabra E., at Pawtucket, in 22d year,
Ann, killed accidentally by discharge of a gun in hands of her brother Peter, at Co- vert, Seneca Co., N. Y.,
William, son of George, in this town, in 6th year,
George, in this town, in 36' h year,
Midshipman Mason, U. S. Navy, at New Or- Jeans. Gazette of
Dec. 4, 1822
Robert, his wife and two children, at Natchez, of the fever,
Aug. 26, 1823
Charles, of Ashford, Ct., aged 38 years, at Beckett, Mass., had been absent four days when found frozen and dead. Gazette of John, of Joy, Me., aged about 30 years, burnt to death, at Brooks, Me.,
Dec. 13, 1823
Feb. 7, 1824
William, uncle of Rev. Mr. Wilson, of this town, president of Bank of Baltimore, and long a successful merchant, in that city. Gazette of
Gen. James Jefferson, editor of "Trenton True American." Had been U. S. Sena- tor several times, member of Assembly for
July 14, 1816
Aug. 17, 1816
July 16, 1817
May 16, 1818 May 1, 1819
Nov. 16, 1820
Aug. 6, 1821
Sept. 24, 1821 May 28, 1822
William, at Vernon, N. J., went out to catch a mess of fish, slipped, fell into the river and was drowned, leaves wife and 5 chil- dren,
June 8, 1823
April 7, 1824
436
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WILSON :
several years, and at death postmaster of Trenton, N. J. Gazette of
William T., son of William, in this town, aged 14 months,
Oct. 4, 1824
April 27, 1825
June 1, 1825
Oct. 2, 1813
April -, 1782
April 7, 1792
WINCH Mrs. Ann, widow of Henry, at New- port, aged 42 years. Gazette of
Oct. 27, 1824
WINCHELL James M., A. M., formerly of this town, and pastor of First Baptist Church, Boston,
Feb. 22, 1820
June 15, 1820
Oct. 5, 1825
Dec. 26, 1777
Rev. Elhunan, at Hartford, aged 46 years, preacher of the Doctrine of Universal Res- toration. Gazette of
William, Esq., at Baltimore, in 62d year,
WINDER William, Esq., in Maryland. Ga- zette of
Levin, late Governor of Maryland, a short time since. Gazette of
Gen. William H., at Baltimore, member of Maryland bar,
Aug. 4, 1824
Frederick, son of George, in this town, aged I year, I month, 17 days,
Thomas, at Dumfries, Eng., aged 74 years. For 63 years he rang the bell seven times on Sunday, and three times other days, with occasional ringings amounted to about 100,000 times. He was blind but a very ingenious turner. Gazette of
WILTSHIRE Moses, an Englishman, found in open action on an American privateer and executed. Gazette of
WIMBLETON Lieut. -, of the Valiant, killed in action, off Monserrat,
WIMS Thomas, at Luam, Ireland, aged 117 years. Gazette of
Mrs. Tamma, widow of Rev. James M., late pastor of First Baptist Church Boston, at North East, N. Y., in 30th year,
William, aged 9 years, died Aug. 25 ; Seldon, aged 8 years, died Aug. 31 ; Norman, aged 7 years, Sept. 8 ; Jason, aged 5 years, Sept. 8, and Alfred, aged 3 years, Sept. 10, all sons of Capt. Norman, of Berlin. Gazette of
WINCHESTER Nathan, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23, 1776, and
son of Deacon Winchester, of Brook- line, in the Androscoggin river,
May -, 1795.
April 29, 1797 April 23, 1812
July 23, 1808
Nov. 27, 1819
May 23, 1824
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PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WING Sylvanus, at Rehoboth, in 44th year. Gazette of
David, Jr., Esq., secretary of state for Ver- mont. Gazette of
WINGS Ensign - -, of Lt. Col. Fletcher's Regiment, killed in action, at Annes. Ga- zette of
WINKHOUSE Rev. - -, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
WINMAN William, son of the late Philip, of this town, aged 20 years, at sea, on passage from Port-au-Prince to Havana,
Feb. 28, 1817
WINNE Mrs. Mary, murdered by negroes, at Edenton, N. C. Gazette of
Jan. 22, 1823
WINNS Gen. Thomas, at Hertford Co., N. C., aged 65 years, soldier of the Revolution ; had served many years in the Legislature and Congress. Gazette of
WINSHIP Jason, of Menotomy, killed at Lex- ington,
Thomas, wounded at Lexington,
Anna, widow, at Charlestown, Mass., aged 100 years. Gazettte of
WINSLOE Thomas, Esq., aged 146 years, at Tipperary, Ireland ; he was a captain in the reign of Charles I, and came with Oliver Cromwell, a lieutenant colonel into Ireland; WINSLOW Hon. John, in 71st year, at Hing- ham,
Aug. - , 1766
April 17, 1774 Feb. 21, 1795
Abner, of Bristol, at Garee, Africa,
Gilbert, of Providence, at sea, on board the brig Eliza. Gazette of
June 28, 1800
Joshua H., son of the General, of Boston, at sea, aged 20 years. Gazette of
Oct. 5, 1805
Mrs. Catharine, wife of Thomas, of New York, at the Pennsylvania Hospital, where she had been insane upward of 27 years ; buried in St. Paul's Church Yard, Phila- delphia, Feb. 10th, 1811, died
Mrs. Mary, widow of Reuben, in this town, in 70th year,
Mrs. Mary, wife of John L., in 38th year,
Mrs. Mary, wife of John I .. , at Tiverton, in 24th year,
Jeremiah, suddenly, in 41st year,
Benjamin, in North Carolina ; had been hunt- ing deer, by accident he came in contact
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