Follow Us
Like Us
Matching family tree profiles for Abraham Anthony
view all 20
Immediate Family
-
wife -
son -
daughter -
daughter
-
son -
daughter
-
daughter
-
son
-
son
-
daughter
-
-
daughter
About Abraham Anthony
(II) Abraham Anthony, son of John, was born in Portsmouth. On Dec. 26, 1671, he married Alice Wodell, daughter of William and Mary Wodell, and they became the parents of thirteen children. He died Oct. 10, 1727, and she passed away in 1734. He wrote his will June 25, 1727 and it was proved on October 19, 1727. His son William was executor. He held many offices of trust in Portsmouth. He was a freeman on April 30, 1672. He served as Deputy from 1703-1705 and again from 1707 to 1711. On January 4, 1704 he and three other men were given authority to see the laws of the colonies printed. From 1709 to 1710 he was Speaker of the House of Deputies.
Children of ABRAHAM ANTHONY and ALICE WODELL are:
1 JOHN ANTHONY, b. November 07, 1672.
2. SUSANNA ANTHONY, b. August 29, 1674.
she married Samuel Hicks January 1, 1700
3. MARY ANTHONY, b. August 29, 1674.
4. WILLIAM ANTHONY, b. October 31, 1675, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. December 28, 1744, Swansea, Bristol, MA.?? Died October 10, 1727???
5. SUSANNA ANTHONY, b. October 14, 1677
6. MARY ANTHONY, b. January 02, 1680, Portsmouth, Newport, RI; d. July 21, 1716, Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
7. ABRAHAM ANTHONY, b. April 21, 1682; d. England on a religious visit
8. THOMAS ANTHONY, b. June 30, 1684; d. Aft. June 30, 1705, England.
9. ALICE ANTHONY, b. January 22, 1686; d. Aft. January 22, 1711/12.
10. JAMES ANTHONY, b. January 22, 1686; d. Aft. 1703.
11. ALMY ANTHONY, b. January 30, 1688; m. ALLEN.
12. ISAAC ANHONY, b. April 10, 1690
13. JACOB ANTHONY, b. November 15, 1693; d. August 10, 1727.
(II) Abraham Anthony, son of John, was born in Portsmouth. On Dec. 26, 1671, he married Alice Wodell, daughter of William and Mary Wodell, and they became the parents of thirteen children. He died Oct. 10, 1727, and she passed away in 1734. He wrote his will June 25, 1727 and it was proved on October 19, 1727. His son William was executor. He held many offices of trust in Portsmouth. He was a freeman on April 30, 1672. He served as Deputy from 1703-1705 and again from 1707 to 1711. On January 4, 1704 he and three other men were given authority to see the laws of the colonies printed. From 1709 to 1710 he was Speaker of the House of Deputies.
GEDCOM Note
Category: English Immigrants to Rhode Island Category: Founders and Settlers of Rhode Island
Biography
Abraham was a freeman in Portsmouth on April 30, 1672. From 1703 to 1705 and 1707 to 1711 he was Deputy from Portsmouth to the General Assembly and in 1709 and 1710 he served the colony as Speaker of the House of Deputies. His will, dated June 1727, was proved October 19, 1727. His son William, who was executor, inherited his father's lands except for thirty acres which went to Jacob. (from Mosher, John,
:"Johnson/Millikan Family Genealogy" data in RootsWeb::http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jcmosher_...
Abraham Anthony m. Alice Woodell (of William) 26 10m 1671 (26 Dec 1671). William Baulston, Asst. performed the ceremony.<ref>Arnold, James N. (editor). Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850. First Series Births, Marriages and Deaths. Vol 4. Newport County. p. 53</ref> 30 April 1672 John Anthony Jr, Joseph Anthony, Abraham Anthony admitted freeman.<ref>Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England (1856-1865) Vol I 1636-1663 Providence: A Crawford Greene and Brothers, 1856. p. 450</ref>
Do you have information about Anthony? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.
Sources
<references/>* http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jcmosher_...Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Massachusetts (J. H. Beers & Co., 1912) p 451*Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Providence, R.I., Narrangansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891) p 48 marriage
view all 31
Abraham Anthony's Timeline
| 5 |
1, 5
|
||
| 9 |
10, 9
|
||
| 23 |
6, 23
|
||
| 1649 |
February 10, 1649
|
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
|
|
| 1672 |
November 7, 1672
|
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
|
|
| 1674 |
August 29, 1674
|
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colonial America
|
|
|
August 29, 1674
|
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial AMerica
|
||
| 1675 |
October 31, 1675
|
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
|
|
| 1677 |
October 14, 1677
|