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Sept. 26, 1778 Sept. 27, 1806
July 21, 1781 Oct. 26, 1793
July 9, 1825
April 19, 1775 April 19, 1775
Feb. 8, 1806
Reuben, shipwright, in 57th year. Gazette of Job, of Warren, found drowned in the river, near India Point,
. Dec. 9, 1795 May -, 1798
Feb. 8, 1811
Oct. 4, 1811 Feb. 10, 1816
May 28, 1817 June 4, 1820
438
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WINSLOW :
with a string set to a gun to kill bears ; the gun discharged its contents and killed him. Gazette of
Dea. Ebenezer, aged 88 years, at Berkeley, Mass.,
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Job, in this town, aged 1 year, 9 months,
WINSON Capt. Abraham, eldest son of Rev. Joseph, late of Glocester, aged 74 years, at said place, leaves wife and 10 children ; his horse ran away and upset his wagon,
WINSOR Mary, widow of Rev. Samuel, in 89th year,
Mrs. Mercy, wife of Rev. John, at Smithfield, in 49th year,
June 4, 1776
Deborah, wife of Rev. Joseph, at Glocester, in 71st year,
Aug. 23, 1785 June 27, 1787
Abraham, at Smithfield, in 32d year,
Sarah, wife of Christopher, also the next day their only daughter, in 20th year, at Mari- etta, Ohio,
March 3, 1790
Col. Abraham, at Smithfield, in 78th year. Gazette of
April 21, 1798
Mrs. Zelota, wife of Benjamin, and daughter of the late Job Angell, of Smithfield, at Johnston,
James, at Johnston, in 42d year,
Rev. Joseph, at Glocester, aged 88 years, II months,
Sept. 4, 1802
Mrs. Sarah, widow of Col. Abraham, at Smithfield, in 78th year. Gazette of
Nov. 13, 1802
Rev. Samuel, at Johnston, in 81st year,
Jan. 26, 1803
Abigail, wife of Dutee, at Smithfield, in 45th year,
Jan. 5, 1804
Olney, son of Isaac, at Johnston, in 20th year,
Jan. 16, 1804
Rev. John, at Dudley, Mass., aged 85 years; had been an elder of a Baptist Society in Smithfield upwards of 50 years. Gazette of
Mrs. Barbara, wife of Elisha, at Glocester, in 49th year,
William, son of Dutee, Esq., of Smithfield, in this town, in 29th year,
Dec. 10, 1823
Sept. 20, 1824
Sept. 22, 1825
Nov. 1, 1813
Dec. 21, 1771
Freelove, wife of Olney, in her 28th year,
Feb. 17, 1783
Dea. Joshua, at Glocester, in 88th year. Ga- zette of
Dec. 31, 1796
. Dec. 11, 1800 Dec. 12, 1801
Simeon, son of Isaac, at Johnston, aged 13 years, (the second son lost within 4 days), Isaac, at Johnston, in 56th year,
Jan. 20, 1804 Jan. 1, 1805
April 9, 1808
June 30, 1812
Jan. 4, 1815
439
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE DEATHS
WINSOR Mrs. Anne, widow of Rev. Samuel, at Johnston, in 78th year,
July 13, 1816
Miss Zelota, only daughter of Benjamin, at Johnston, aged 17 years,
Feb. 23, 1818
Sally, aged 19 years ; Amey, aged 10 years ; Adire, aged 16 years; Freeborn, aged 22 years ; children of Stephen, at Foster, of throat distemper. Gazette of
Ira, in this town, aged 55 years,
Elisha, at Glocester, in 61st year,
June 15, 1820
Dec. 30, 1820
June 17, 1823
Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Joseph, of Glocester, at Scituate, aged 105 years, 9 months and a few days ; professed religion in early life ; her maiden name was Taylor, and she was born a mile from where she died ; her first husband was Joshua An- gell by whom she had 7 sons and 5 daugh- ters, of whom 4 followed her to the grave ; married, second, Joseph Potter, of Provi- denee, and third, at the age of 70 years, Mr. Winsor, with whom she lived 15 years ; was a little deaf, but eyesight good to the last ;
Mary, wife of Hon. Samuel, at Glocester, in 63d year,
WINTER Jacob, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and
Capt. Francis, of schooner Murre, of this port, at Washington, N. C., native of Bath, Mass.,
WINTERS Thomas, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war between Nov. 23, 1776, and
WINTHROP Basil, at New Lordon. Gazette at
Hannah, widow of Hon. John, Esq., at Cam- bridge. Gazette of
Thomas Lindall, Jr., at Philadelphia, late of Boston, aged 22 years,
Mrs. - , wife of Francis B., Esq., and youngest daughter of Moses Rogers, Esq., at New York, aged 25 years. Gazette of Hon. James, LL. D., at Cambridge, in 70th year,
Hon. William, at Cambridge, aged 71 years. Gazette of
Oct. 12, 1823 April 28, 1825
Dec. 26, 1777
Oct. 14, 1811
Dec. 26, 1777
Feb. 2, 1771
May 15, 1790
Jan. 12, 1812
April 23, 1814
Sept. 26, 1821
Feb. 16, 1825
Anan, formerly of Glocester, and son of Rev. Joseph, at Norwich, N. Y., aged 71 years, Daniel,. Esq., President of the Smithfield Exchange Bank, at Smithfield, in 61st year,
Dec. 26, 1818 April 19, 1819
440
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WINTHROP Mrs. Elizabeth Bowdoin, wife of Hon. Thomas L., at Boston. Gazette of WIRT Robert Gamble, son of William, Attorney General of the U. S., at Havre de Grace, France,
July 27, 1825
Oct. 31, 1824
March 6, 1822
Aug. 3, 1805
WISNER John, at Willistown, Penn., aged 23 years ; on account of missing money from his desk, he fixed a revolver so to discharge if the desk was opened; he was the first victim. Gazette of
WISTAR William, at Philadelphia, merchant. Gazette of
Daniel, of Philadelphia, at Germantown, Penn. Gazette of
Nov. 9, 1805
Jan. 22, 1818
Feb. 13, 1819
Jan. 15, 1774
WITHY Mrs. Mary, at Chester, Penn., aged 76 years. Gazette of
Jan. 27, 1810
WITMAN William, Democratic candidate for Congress from Berks Co., Penn., very sud- denly. Gazette of
Oct. 22, 1808
Oct. 5, 1805
Oliver, son of the late Capt. John, at Cumber- land, in 20th year,
Aug. 4, 1820
WOLFF Henry Robert, executed for piracy, at Charleston, S. C.,
May 12, 1820
WOOD William, aged 113 years, at Landgate, Northumberland, Eng. Gazette of
Oct. 7, 1769
Dr. James, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23, 1776, and
Ensign -, of the 15th regiment, killed in action at Annes. Gazette of
Dec. 26, 1777
July 21, 1781
WISE John, at Warwick, aged about 90 years ; was born in the landgrave of Hesse Cas- sell, Ger .; left there 1756; was a soldier under Wolfe, at Quebec; became a resident of East Greenwich, and served in the Rev- olution. Gazette of
WISEMAN Don Joseph, His Catholic Majesty's vice Consul for Rhode Island, aged 49 years, (obituary in next number). Ga- zette of
April 13, 1820
Aug. 22, 1801
Casper, M. D., professor of anatomy, Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, aged 56 years, at Philadelphia,
WISWELL Mrs. Mary, at Whiting, Vt., aged 84 years ; her gown caught fire. Gazette of
WITHRELL Joshua, at Salem, aged 89 years, grandson of Rev. William, one of the first ministers at Plymouth. Gazette of
WOLCOTT Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Hon. Oliver, at Litchfield, Ct. Gazette of
441
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WOOD Mary, wife of Capt. Peleg. Gazette of Mrs. Hannah, at Bristol, in 84th year. Ga- zette of
Sept. 18, 1790
Sept. 6, 1794
Royal, of Little Compton, at Surinam, in 2Ist year. Gazette of
March 29, 1800
Capt. Godfrey, of Newport, at sea on his pas- sage from the Havana, in 29th year. Ga- zette of
July 30, 1803
Mrs. Ruth, at Philadelphia, in 100th year. She remembered when the forest trees stood in Walnut street from Fourth to the Delaware. Gazette of
Aug. 4, 1804
Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. Peleg, Jr., and eldest daughter of the late Oliver R. War- ner, Esq., at Newport. Gazette of
Aug. 10, 1805
Capt. Thomas, at Glocester, aged about 70 years. Gazette of
Aug. 29, 1807
Benjamin, at Havana. Gazette of
Nov. 28, 1807
Joseph, late of the custom house, at New York, aged 22 years. Gazette of
Feb. 2, 18II
Brig. Gen. Abiel, at Wiscassett, Me., aged 67 years; a firm patriot,
Aug. 12, 1811
William, at Warwick, in 78th year, a soldier of the Revolution,
Oct. 8, 1812
Miss Elizabeth, at Newport, daughter of the late Capt. Peleg, in 16th year,
March 11, 1813
July 3, 1813
Ehrick John Matthias, only son of Major J. B. Wood, aged 8 months,
Oct. 26, 1815
Jonathan, at Warren, in 23d year. Gazette of
Sept. 9, 1816
Jeremiah, of Lancaster, Eng., on board the brig Mary, on her passage from Charles- ton to this port, of the stranger's fever. Gazette of
Jeremiah and Sylvanus, sons of Sylvanus, at Middleboro, Mass., broke through the ice while skating and were drowned,
Thomas Winfield, infant son of Thomas, in this town,
Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of William, at War- wick, in 8ust year,
Capt. Joseph, of Newport, master of schooner Venus, of this port ; was drowned in Rio
Sept. 27, 1817
Feb. 10, 1818
March 17, 1818
Dec. 30, 1818
Capt. Peleg, at Newport, in 44th year. Ga- zette of
Jan. 6, 1810
Gen. James, an officer of the Revolution, and formerly Governor of Virginia, at Rich- mond, Va. Gazette of
Ephraim, Judge of the County Court, at Con- cord, aged 81 years,
April 8, 1814
442
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WOOD :
Janeiro river, leaves wife and two daughters, (See issue of Jan. 27, 1820.)
Joshua Crocker, son of Col. J. B., in this town, aged 3 years,
March 2, 1820
July 28, 1820
Thomas, a native of this town, at Savannah, Ga., aged 30 years,
Noah Mason, at Swanzey, aged 33 years,
Oct. 18, 1820
Jane Canady, daughter of Joseph, at Paw- tucket, in 6th year. Gazette of
Oct. 31, 1821
Capt. -, of Pulteneyville, N. Y., lost on Lake Ontario,
Dec. 19, 1821
J. - -, of Providence, died at sea on board brig Pocahontas. Gazette of
March 23, 1822
Mrs. Margaret, widow of Cap'. Peleg, at Newport, aged 73 years. Gazette of
May 4, 1822
John, native of Scotland, for more than 20
years resident of the United States, at Richmond, Va .; was a profound mathema- tician, and a fine draughtsman; had nearly completed a map of Virginia by counties. Gazette of
May 29, 1822
July 3, 1822
July 20, 1822
Aug. 14, 1822
Oct. 30, 1822
Nov. 3, 1822
Betsey W., wife of Hon. Wilkes, at Middle- boro,
Mrs. Mary, wife of Dr. William, aged 55 years, at Dighton,
Isaac, at Taunton, a Revolutionary pensioner, Isaac, at Taunton, aged 73 years, a Revolu- tionary pensioner. Gazette of
May 9, 1823 Sept. 14, 1823 Sept. 20, 1823.
Rev. Abraham, pastor of church, at Chester- field, N. H., aged 75 years and 51st of his ministry, a graduate of Harvard, 1767, and ordained Dec. 31, 1772. Gazette of
Rufus, at South Bridgewater, aged 14 years. Gazette of
Edward Whiting, child of Col. J. B., aged 2 years 6 months, in this town,
Sept. 10, 1819
Oliver W. W., of Newport, aged 23 years, on board U. S. Ship Macedonian,
Midshipman O. W. W., of the Macedonian, of the fever. Gazette of Mr. -- , at Boston, master of South Bos- ton School, and Congregational preacher there. Gazette of
Burrell, son of Stuteley, at Warwick, in 20th year, of the fever,
Dec. 12, 1822
ยท Oct. 29, 1823.
Nov. 29, 1823
Dec. 19, 1823
Sarah, wife of Cyrus, at Cranston, aged 39 years,
Oct. 13, 1820
Mrs. Anna A., wife of Sumner, in this town, aged 45 years,
443
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WOOD Asa C., artificer of Co. B, Ist regt. U. S. Artillery, at Newport, aged 43 years, formerly of Walpole, N. H. Gazette of Jillson, at Cumberland, in 46th year,
Rev. Asahel, pastor of Baptist Church, at Putney, Vt., aged 55 years. He gave the whole of his estate to the Baptist Mission- ary and Education Societies after his wife's death. Gazette of
Jonathan, at Ashburnham, aged 52 years ; suffocated in a well,
WOODARD Jacob, in this town, in 85th year, WOODBRIDGE Hon. Enoch, Chief Justice, State of Vermont, at Virgennes, Va. Ga- zette of
May 25, 1805
Jan. 13, 1806
Nov. 26, 1808
July 5, 1825
Washington, aged 4 years, 8 months, son of John and Mehitable, at Londonderry, N. H.,
Mary Ann, aged 3 years, 5 months, daughter of John and Mehitable, at Londonderry, N. H.,
July 11, 1825
June 1, 1813
Mrs. Eliza, wife of Capt. Manley G., formerly of New London, Ct., at Norwich, Vt., aged 37 years. Gazette of
WOODCOCK Nathaniel, at Attleboro, aged 64 years, suddenly,
Mrs. Rebecca, formerly of Attleboro, wife of Nathaniel, at Thomastown, Me., aged 56 years. Gazette of
June 19, 1813
Dec. 25, 1772
Oct. 1, 1803
Dec. 12, 1805
Henry Sampson, 40 years editor of the Pub- lic Advertiser in which the celebrated "Junius Letters" first appeared, in Lon- don, aged 67 years,
March 24, 1824 Sept. 5, 1824
Dec. 8, 1824
Sept. 1, 1825 Aug. 5, 1822
Frances Ann, daughter of Samuel, aged 20 years, at Norwich, Ct.,
Mrs. Jane Robbins, wife of D-, Jr., Esq., at Marietta, Ohio, aged 18 years, daughter of Benjamin Ives Gilman, Esq. Gazette of
WOODBURN Charles, aged 1 year, 8 months, son of John and Mehitable, at London- derry, N. H.,
July 5, 1825
WOODBURY James, second master, killed on board frigate Chesapeake, in action with the Shannon,
March 5, 1823
Dec. 27, 1770
WOODFALL George, printer, at Craigs Court, Charing Cross, Eng., Mr. -, the reporter of the parliamen- tary debates, in England. Gazette of
444
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WOODHALL Rev. Dr. John, pastor of Presby- terian Church, at Freehold, N. J. Ga- zette of
WOODHOUSE Washington, printer, at Phila- delphia. Gazette of
Dr. James, at Philadelphia, in 39th year, professor of chemistry in University of Penn.,
WOODHULL Rev. Nathan, at Newtown, L. I., pastor of the Presbyterian Church, in 54th year. Gazette of
WOODLEY William, Esq., Captain General and Comma der-in-Chief of the British Leeward Carribean Islands, at St. Kitts. Gazette of
WOODMAN Miss Elizabeth, daughter of the late Capt. Richard, at Newport, in 34th year. Gazette of
Mrs. Temperance D., wife of Job, in 23d year,
Dec. 30, 1815
Mrs. Mary, wife of Job, at Little Compton, in 22d year,
March 29, 1820 Jan. 1, 1821
Job, at Newport, in 57th year,
Miss Susan, eldest daughter of the late Capt. Richard, at Newport, in 61st year,
April 5, 1821
Job, at Louisville, Geo., formerly of this town, in 32d year,
Hon. Charles, speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives of New Hampshire, and can- didate for Congress, at Dover, N. H. Ga- zette of
Nov. 6, 1822
Sept. 26, 1812
Nov. 5, 1813
WOODS Benjamin, Esq., United States District Attorney for North Carolina, at Newbern, N. C. Gazette of
Gen. John, of Pittsburg, Penn., member of Congress of that state, at Brunswick Co., Va. Gazette of
John, at Gostnagally, near Dungannon, Ire- land, aged 122 years ; his wife had died about two years since at the age of 82 years. Gazette of
WOODWARD William, of Francis, fell while carrying a log of wood and died instantly near Annapolis, Md.,
Dec. 18, 1824
Oct. 12, 1793
June 4, 1809
March 17, 1810
July 13, 1793
March 17, 1804
July 13, 1822
WOODRUFF Mrs. Abigail, formerly of Phila- delphia, at residence of her sister, Mrs. Manning, in this town, in 69th year,
Isaac, drowned off Fire Place, Brookline, L. I.,
May 14, 1808
Jan. II, 1817
June 27, 1818:
Jan. 4, 1767
445
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WOODWARD Hannah, wife of William, in this town. Gazette of
Warham, at Charleston, S. C., aged 39 years, a native of Massachusetts. Gazette of John, merchant, at New London, aged 53 years. Gazette of
Nov. 14, 1801
Aug. 11, 1804
Jan. 12, 1805 May 4, 1816
John, at Seekonk, aged 63 years. Gazette of Noadiah Watson, aged 24 years, son of Jon- athan and late preceptor of the 3d District school in this town,
Jonathan, aged 56 years, (Masonic honors),
Dr. Edward, at Norfolk, Va., aged 25 years, late surgeon of frigate United States, lately returned from the Mediterranean in the frigate Constellation. Gazette of
Charles Sabins, infant son of William, Jr., aged 8 months, 23 days,
Sept. 25, 1820
Mrs. Sarah R., wife of Elkanah, at Taunton, aged 27 years. Gazette of
Nov. 10, 1821 Aug. 17, 1822
Samuel, at Seekonk, in 78th year,
Susannah S., daughter of Luther, in this town, in 6th year,
May 14, 1823
George, at Taunton, aged 77 years. zette of
Ga-
Robert, in this town, aged 27 years. Ga- zette of
Dec. 27, 1823
Mrs. Susannah, wife of Luther, in this town, aged 25 years,
Feb. 9, 1824
WOODWORTH Caleb, of Norwich, Ct., at Cranston, aged about 50 years,
Nov. 28, 1823
Selah, killed by the bursting of a swivel, at Johnstown, N. Y. Gazette of
July 27, 1825
WOOL Jeremiah, Esq., at New York, in 92d year, many years an alderman of that city. Gazette of
May 2, 1807
WOOLCOT Hon. Roger, formerly Governor of Connecticut, at Windsor,
May 17, 1767
WOOLS Stephen, of the Company of Come- dians, at New York, in 70th year. Ga- zette of
June 29, 1799
WOOLEY James, at Trenton, N. J., of Society of Friends. Gazette of
Feb. 27, 1813
WOOSTER Major General David, died of wounds received in the Danbury Expedi- tion,
Mrs. Mary, widow of Gen. David, who fell in defence of his country during the late Revolutionary struggle, at New Haven, Ct. Gazette of
May 2, 1777
June 20, 1807
July 26, 1817 Aug. 8, 1817
Feb. 7, 1818
Dec. 27, 1823
446
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WORCESTER Rev. Samuel, D. D., of Salem, aged 50 years, at Brainerd, Cherokee Nation,
June 7, 1821
WORDEN Peter, formerly elder of a Baptist Church at Coventry, R. I., at Adams, Mass., in 80th year, to where he and his company removed in 1764-5. Gazette of WORGINS Mrs. Mary, at Newport, at a very advanced age. Gazette of
March 5, 1808
July 30, 1791
WORMLEY John Taylor, member of Senior Class, R. I. College, at sea, on his passage to Norfolk, Va. Gazette of
Feb. 28, 1801
WORMELEY Hon. Ralph, in Virginia, aged 64 years. Gazette of
Feb. 15, 1806
WORONZOW . Count, the Russian Imperial Chancellor, in Russia. Gazette of
March 22, 1806
WORTHINGTON Midshipman -, of the U. S. frigate Constitution, killed in a duel with Midshipman Guillard of the same ship, at Port Mahon,
Feb. 4, 1822
WRAITH Robert, an engineer; was at work on the engine of the steamboat Sciota, when his foot got caught in the machinery and was so crushed that he died at once ; leaves wife and four children, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Gazette of
March 23, 1825 July 1, 1822
WRAY David, executed at Augusta, Me.,
WRIGHT Mr. - -; he had whetted his son's scythe after which the son not observing his father's position swung at the grass but in so doing cut his father's left leg so se- verely that he bled to death in a few min- utes, at Westford, Mass.,
Elizabeth, aged 78 years, at Northfield ; she was the mother of 14 children, 21 grand and 56 great-grandchildren, of whom 50 fol- lowed her to the grave; she had been mar- ried 58 years. Gazette of
Aug. 22, 1771
George, at Newport. Gazette of
Ann, wife of Capt. Benjamin and daughter of the late Charles Barden, Esq., at New- port, in 49th year. Gazette of
Benjamin, Jr., youngest son of Capt. Benja- min, at Newport,
Mr. -, limner, at Philadelphia. Ga- zette of
Capt. Benjamin, late of Newport, at Jamaica. Gazette of
Charles B., at Newport, in 23d 'year. Ga- zette of
Nov. 14, 1772 May 17, 1788
Aug. 28, 1790
April 7, 1791
Sept. 21, 1793
Jan. 10, 1795
April 9, 1796
447
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
WRIGHT Amey, wife of Asahel, and daughter of the late Christopher Jenckes, at Smit- hfield. Gazette of
Samuel, of New Shoreham, drowned near Block Island by the oversetting of a boat, Asabel, a native of this town, at Savannah, Geo. Gazette of
May 14, 1796
Feb. 9, 1797
Aug. 4, 1798
David, Esq., at Norwich, Ct., aged 42 years. Gazette of
Betsey, daughter of Aaron, in 18th year. Gazette of
Nov. 9, 1799
Miss Cornelia, daughter of Aaron, formerly of this town, at Boston, aged 18 years,
May 9, 1807
D-, daughter of the late Joseph, at Hub- berdson, Mass., aged 14 years ; was drowned in attempting to cross a pond on a raft which separated. Gazette of
Polly, only daughter of Aaron, for several years a resident of this town, at Boston, aged 29 years,
Mrs. Ruth, wife of Amos, and daughter of Jonathan Peck, at Warren, in 33d year,
Feb. 1, 18II
Samuel, from an encounter in a duel, at Baltimore. Gazette of
May 4, 181I
Rachel, of Newport, aged 70 years, widow of George, formerly of St. Christopher's, in this town,
July 5, 1813
Mrs. Lucy, wife of Potter, and only daughter of Eliphalet Fuller, of Dedham, in 27th year,
May 19, 1816
Griffith, in England, aged 87 years; he es- tablished Wrights Leeds Intelligence, in 1751. Gazette of
Rev. Job, at Barnardstown, Mass., aged 85 years. Gazette of
Mrs. Jerusha, widow of Capt. John, of New- port, in this town, in 84th year, -
April 9, 1823
Benjamin, Jr., executed at Chardon, Ohio, for murder. Gazette of
June 7, 1823
Charles, at New York, aged 70 years, of Society of Friends. Gazette of
Oct. 23, 1824
Mrs. Susannah, wife of Alanda, at Coven- dish, Vt., aged 27 years,
Jan. 30, 1825 Feb. 1, 1825
Alanda, at Covendish, Vt., aged 29 years, WURMSER General --- , at Vienna, Austria. Gazette of
Nov. 4, 1797
WYATT Capt. Standfast, at Newport, in 79th year. Gazette of
Lemuel, at Rehoboth, aged 83 years. Ga- zette of
Oct. 18, 1800
March 21, 1807
Sept. 15, 1798
May 28, 1808
March 26, 1809
Jan. 30, 1819 Feb. 8, 1823
448
VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
WYATT Samuel, at Middletown, in 7Ist year, murdered by James Bone, at Cheraw, S. C.,
WYER William, at .Boston, aged 28 years,
WYKOFF Edward, at Conhecton, N. Y., aged about 40 years ; in taking honey from a tree, he was stung by a bee on the ear ; he instantly became faint, in six minutes speechless, and died within an hour. Ga- zette of
WYLEY Mrs. , at an advanced age, at New York. Gazette of
Sept. 26, 1795
WYLIE Nathaniel W., of Philadelphia, printer, at Baltimore, in 27th year. Gazette of
June 11, 1808
WYLLYS Major -, killed. Gazette of
April 9, 1791
Hon. George, Secretary of State of Con- necticut, at Hartford, in 86th year,
April 24, 1796
George, Secretary of State of Connecticut, at Hartford, in 86th year. Gazette of
April 30, 1796
Mrs. Mary, wife of Gen. Samuel, at Hart- ford, Ct. Gazette of
Sept. 12, 1807
Mrs. Amelia, wife of Col. Hezekiah and daughter of the late Judge Dyer, of Wind- ham, at Hartford, Ct., in 68th year,
Jan. 15, 1818
June 21, 1823
April 19, 1775
April 19, 1775
Aug. 24, 1816
Dec. 16, 1816
Dec. 3, 1792
Henry, of Philadelphia, merchant, at New York. Gazette of
WYTHE George, Chancellor of Virginia. The judge had a nephew who lived with him who had forged checks on the bank, and to avoid detection administered poison in the coffee which caused the judge's death and several others. He lived long enough to discover the fraud, and to change the legacy left him in his will; at Richmond, Va.,
George, Esq., Judge of the High Court of Chancery, in Virginia. Gazette of
July 31, 1813
Sept. 17, 1824 July 12, 1825
Sept. 21, 1820
Gen. Samuel, at Hartford, aged 85 years, a soldier of the Revolution. Gazette of
WYMAN Jabez, of Menotomy, killed at Lexing- ton,
Nathaniel, killed at Lexington, son of Dea: Thomas, at Peru, Vt., aged 13 years, from the caving of the clay pit. Gazette of
T-, Jr., at Winchenden, aged 43 years, thrown from his horse Oct. 14; his father met a similar death;
WYNKOOP Col. Cornelius, murdered by one of his slaves, at Kingston, N. Y.,
Aug. 11, 1787
June 8, 1806
June 21, 1806
449
PROVIDENCE GAZETTE-DEATHS
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YARD Mrs. Lucy, wife of Capt. Edward, and daughter of Isaac Bowen, of this town, at Philadelphia, in 23d year. Gazette of
YARNELL Peter, Friend minister, at Philadel- phia. Gazette of
Mordecai, at Wheeling, Va., a Friend mer- chant; a native of Penn. Gazette of
YATEM Joseph, at Philadelphia. Gazette of
Oct. 12, 1793
YATES James, a son of his, aged 14 years, while playing with other boys about the sawmill fell between the flume and water wheel and was killed, at Uxbridge, Archibald. Gazette of
March 1, 1765 April 22, 1780
Samuel, late of this town, printer, at New- port, at an advanced age. Gazette of
June 10, 1786
Mary, in 38th year, at Newport, daughter of the late Samuel,
Jan. 23, 1796
Samuel, son of the late Samuel, at Newport, in 44th year,
Mrs. Mary, widow of Samuel, at Newport, in 75th year. Gazette of
March 1, 1800
Mary, of Sheffnal, died Aug. - , 1776, aged 128 years. Gazette of
Oct. 15, 1803
Charles, merchant, at Fredericksburg, Va., aged 81 years. Gazette of
Feb. 18, 1809
Samuel, formerly of this town, at Canandai- gua, N. Y., in 34th year,
Nov. 2, 1821
James W., son of the late Samuel, in this town, aged 19 months,
Col. Robert L., in Virginia, from a kick of a horse. Gazette of
Oct. 4, 1823
Dec. 26, 1777
Sept. 10, 1769
Oct. 26, 1794
Nov. 7, 1811
YEAMANS Shute Shrimpton, in 48th year, at London, Eng., was a native of Boston, and a staunch friend of New England ; left a handsome fortune to his only son, Shute, , supposed to be his name; said he was of Preston, Ct .; was delirious, found dead at Richmond, with throat cut,
John, of Capt. Brown's Co., wounded (since died), at Battle of Tippecanoe,
Nov. 13, 1802
March 31, 1798
Aug. 13, 1808
Jan. 24, 1796
Hon. Robert, formerly Chief Justice of New York, at Albany, aged 65 years. Gazette of
Sept. 26, 1801
Nov. 12, 1822
YATTON Richard, died at Halifax, a prisoner of war, between Nov. 23, 1776, and
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VITAL RECORD OF RHODE ISLAND
YEAMANS John, Jr., aged 30 years, inspector of customs at Newport,
Jan. 28, 1823
YEARGUIN Edward and his wife, killed by lightning, at Bethesda, S. C. Gazette of YEATS Mrs. Hannah, widow, in this town, in 62d year. Gazette of
July 27, 1825
Nov. 19, 1791
YEO Sir James Lucius, on passage from West Indies to England. Gazette of
Oct. 31, 1818
YERRINGTON aged 19 years, drowned while bathing, at Irondequot Bay, Lake Ontario. Gazette of July 30, 1820 YONGE Capt. Charles, at Barrington, aged 81 years. He was younger brother of Rt. Rev. John, Bishop of Norwich, Eng .; was a native of England; came to this country as a crown officer in 1760; served in the American navy during the Revolution ; was captured and carried to England, on being released he returned to his family at Barrington; buried May 10, 1813
YORK Edward Augustus, duke of, son of Fred- eric, Prince of Wales, born March 25, 1739, created Knight of the Garter, June 14, 1752, died
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