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| National Register of Historic Places listings in Newport County, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(Stephen Brownell is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)
Ancestry & Genealogy of Alfred Leslie Worland, Rosella Johnston and Allied Colonial Families.
Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portsmouth. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2014
February 1743, Rhode Island
(Stephen Brownell is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
December 1742, Rhode Island
Taylor knew how a woman who had been raped should act, and she comported herself accordingly: she screamed for help in order to demonstrate that she had resisted her attacker; she quickly reported the attack; and she had bruises to show from her ordeal.
In Rhode Island (but not elsewhere in New England) courts could rely on circumstantial evidence if there were no eyewitnesses. A second example concerns Rhode Island's laws about rape. Colonies did not have laws about attempted rape, so Taylor's accusation of Cuff fell into a grey area. But in the midst of her legal struggles to get redress in any forum, the Rhode Island General Assembly passed a law in August 1743 that pertained to attempted rape by a black man. The law made attempted rape by a black man punishable by branding, whipping, and transportation. This law, and others like it in colonial America, racialized laws about attempted rape by assuming that any advance by a black man toward a white woman would be unwanted, and thus the man was automatically guilty of rape
December 22, 1742- A son, Barthrum, is born to James Round & Susannah Seamans in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island.
Joseph Brownell marries Rebecca Tripp, daughter of Abiel Tripp & Elinor Waite, and George Sisson, son of James Sisson & Deborah Cook, marries Abigail Cook in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
(George Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah F. Lawton.
Barthrum Round is my second cousin 7 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Seamans & Susannah Salisbury and William Wood & Susannah Beckwith.
Rebecca Tripp is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)
Thursday, October 31, 2013
February 1742- Rhode Island
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| Official seal of Newport, Rhode Island |
"Robert Fish was born ye 27th of ye 2ndmo 1742
and was Married to Barsheba Barker & had Born unto them a number of Children"
-From the Record Book of Job Serman (a.k.a., The Sherman Vital Records Book) that is in the possession of Susan White Pieroth.
(Robert Fish is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.)
Friday, October 25, 2013
October 25, It's Our Birthday!
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| First Baptist Church, Swansea, Massachusetts (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Today, I'll take a look back at those who share this day. From my ninth great grandfather, Samuel Luther, in 1636 to my granduncle, Clem, in 1869.
October 25, 1636- My ninth great grandfather, Samuel Luther, is born to John & Elizabeth Luther in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
A captain of the militia, he was a prominent early figure in the Massachusetts Colony.
It is said that Samuel Luther survived a raid by a group of Lenape Indians at age nine while accompanying his father on a trading voyage to Delaware Bay, and was held captive for a period. His father, Captain John Luther, was killed in the raid.
"From the two sons of Captain John, Samuel & Hezekiah, are descended all the Luthers of this area, nineteen of whom are recorded as having served in the Revolutionary War. Samuel lived in Rehoboth for a time and later joined in the settlement of Attleboro. He sold out his interests in 1667 to join in the settlement of Swansea. In spite of the fact that he had no formal education, as few did in those days, he proved himself a man of such caracter and leadership ability that he was ordained Elder of the Swansea Baptist Church to succeed the distinguished Elder John Myles. He became known after that as Reverand Captain Samuel Luther." p.66 The Swansea Stage: A Local History
On October 25, 1662, his twenty-sixth birthday, he married Mary Abell, daughter of Captain John Abell & Joanna Hyde. One year later to the day, their first son was born.
It has been said he bought a stone house which had been built by Governor Benton of Newport, on land at Mattapoisett purchased in turn from the Indians in 1644, which house was garrisoned at the beginning of King Philip's War. He served as minister of the First Baptist Church of Swansea from 1685 until his death.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
December 1741, Rhode Island
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| Some of the historic buildings in Newport, near the coast (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
(James Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah F. Lawton.)
Saturday, October 12, 2013
November 1741- Rhode Island
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| Official seal of Newport, Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
November 12, 1741- James Sisson, son of George Sisson & Mercy Ann Warren, marries Freelove Fish at Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.
November 22, 1741- Sarah Tew is born to William Tew & Jane Carr at Newport, Newport, Rhode Island.
November 26, 1741- Lemuel Jordan marries Mary Strange, daughter of James Strange & Mary Cory, at Rhode Island.
(James Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. William is his first cousin once removed.
William Sisson is my second cousin 8 times removed. Sarah Tew is my second cousin 8 times removed. James is her first cousin once removed. William is her second cousin. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah F. Lawton.
Mary Strange is my third cousin 8 times removed. James Sisson is her second cousin once removed. William and Sarah are her third cousins. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
Friday, October 4, 2013
August 1741, Rhode Island
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| Newport County, Rhode Island |
The son of Richard Sisson & Ann Card, Richard is 33 years old. Ann is 26, the daughter of Benjamin Tallman & Patience Durfee.
August 25, 1741- David Lawton is born to Benjamin Lawton & Mary Arnold in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.
(Richard Sisson is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton.
Deliverance Tallman is my second cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are William Hall & Mary Thomas.
David Lawton is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.)
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