Abigail Smith

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• Alternate birth: 10 Aug 1714, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Family/Spouse: Jonathan Arnold. Jonathan (son of Thomas Arnold and Elizabeth Burlingame) was born on 18 Nov 1708 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died on 8 Dec 1796 in Smithfield, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Welcome Arnold was born on 24 Mar 1745; died on 29 Sep 1798.

Benjamin married Marcy Angell on 12 Apr 1693 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Marcy (daughter of John Angell and Ruth Field) was born in 1675 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; died after 9 Apr 1719; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 3 Sep 1721

Notes:

He was a miller. He served as deputy from 1666 to 1672, and as town clerk from 1672 to 1676.

John married Sarah Whipple before 1662. Sarah (daughter of John Whipple and Sarah) was born before 6 Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was christened on 6 Feb 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died in 1687. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1646, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
• Alternate death: 27 Jul 1720, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

John married Ruth Field on 7 Jan 1670 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. Ruth was born about 1649; died in 1727. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Aft 1727

Notes:

"She has long been called a daughter of John Field {1638, Providence}, but we have not seen any evidence for this identification." [The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1636-1638, citation details below]

Notes:

Emigrated 1635 on the Elizabeth.

On 3 Sep 1635, Massachusetts Bay General Court "ordered, that John Smyth shall be sent within these 6 weeks out of this jurisdiction, for diverse dangerous opinions, which he holdeth, & hath divulged, if in the meantime he removes not himself out of this plantation." He removed to Rhode Island along with Roger Williams and his followers. Many 19th- and 20th-century family histories -- and modern web pages -- characterize John Smith as (in the words of Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, citation details below) "a confidential friend of Roger Williams."

But on 16 Apr 1638, Roger Williams wrote to Governor John Winthrop that "it is and ever shall be (the Lord assisting) my endeavor to pacify and allay where I meet with rigid and censorious spirits who not only blame your actions but doom your persons, and indeed it was one of the first grounds of my dislike of John Smith the miller and especially of his wife, viz: their judging of your persons as devils etc." Many years later, in 1677, Roger Williams wrote that at the time he left the Bay Colony, he "consented to John Smith miller at Dorchester (banished also) to go with me." [Italics ours.] Far from being a "confidential friend of Roger Williams," it appears that John Smith was the kind of person that bedevils thoughtful reformers and rebels throughout history -- the sort of personality summarized by our friend Roz Kaveney, British civil-rights crusader, as "More Right-On than Requirements."

John married Alice before 1630. Alice died in 1650. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He was a carpenter and a tavernkeeper. Arrived first in Dorchester, 1632, as an unmarried servant, then to Providence in 1658.

From Wikipedia:

The first mention of Whipple's name in colonial records was in October 1632 when he was ordered to pay a small fine to his master, Israel Stoughton, for wasting powder and shot. In 1637 he received a grant of land in Dorchester, and in 1641 he and his wife joined the church there. During the next 17 years, he raised a large family in Dorchester, where eight of his 11 children were baptized. In 1658 he sold his homestead and lands in Dorchester and moved with his family to Providence, where he was received as a purchaser on 27 July 1659.

In February 1665 he was given a lot in a division of lands, and the following year took an oath of allegiance in Providence. In 1666 he served as a deputy to the General Assembly, a position he held for seven of the next 11 years. In 1669 and again in 1670 he was paid for allowing the Providence Town Council to meet at his house, probably referring to his tavern for which he was later granted a license in 1674. He held a number of positions in Providence, including treasurer in 1668, surveyor in 1670 and 1671, selectman in 1670 and 1674, and moderator in 1676.

The year 1675 brought the most devastating event to afflict Rhode Island for the entire colonial period when King Phillip's War erupted, bringing the bulk of its destructive force on the Rhode Island colony. All of Warwick and Pawtuxet were destroyed, and much of Providence was as well. As the war wound down in 1676, Indian captives were given as slaves to those residents who remained during the war, and on 14 August 1676 Whipple was so entreated as being one of those "who staid and went not away."

John married Sarah before 1640. Sarah was born about 1624; died in 1666 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Between 3 May 1685 and 18 Sep 1685, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Notes:

He first appears in 1637 on a list of payments due at Providence. Claims that he emigrated on the Lyon to Boston are baseless.

From Wikipedia:

In the early 1650s, he became active in the affairs of the town, serving as commissioner, juryman, and constable. In 1658, he began his service as the Providence Town Clerk and held this position for 17 years. [...] Angell Street on Providence's East Side is named for him.

Thomas married Alice Ashton before 1643. Alice (daughter of James Ashton and Alice) was born before 1 Feb 1618; was christened on 1 Feb 1618 in St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England; died on 24 Dec 1694 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 24 Dec 1695, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

James married Alice. Alice died before 22 May 1643; was buried on 22 May 1643 in St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]