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| Name |
John Angell |
| Birth |
1646 |
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States  |
| Christening |
1646 |
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
27 Jul 1720 |
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Burial |
30 Jul 1720 |
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery East Providence #3, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
1 Mar 1898 |
SGEOR |
| FamilySearch ID |
LZ83-8HY |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I176069 |
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| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Thomas Angell, b. 1 May 1618, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England d. 2 Sep 1694, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Mother |
Alice Ashton, b. 1 Feb 1618, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England d. 24 Dec 1694, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
10 Apr 1643 |
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Family ID |
F5660 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Ruth Field, b. 7 Jan 1649, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 19 Sep 1726, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
7 Jan 1669 |
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Thomas Angell, b. 25 Mar 1672, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 4 Apr 1744, Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 72 years) |
| + | 2. Mercy Angell, b. 10 Feb 1675, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 3 Sep 1721, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 46 years) |
| + | 3. John Angell, Jr, b. Abt 1677, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 3 Jul 1744, Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 67 years) |
| | 4. Daniel Angell, b. 2 May 1680, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 16 Jun 1750, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 70 years) |
| + | 5. Hope Angell, b. 22 Dec 1685, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 11 Feb 1759, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 73 years) |
| + | 6. James Angell, b. Abt 1684 d. Aft 1757 (Age > 74 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5711 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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 | Birth - 1646 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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| Christening - 1646 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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| Marriage - 7 Jan 1669 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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| Death - 27 Jul 1720 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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 | Burial - 30 Jul 1720 - Rhode Island Historical Cemetery East Providence #3, Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 1 Mar 1898 - SGEOR |
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| Notes |
- Summary of the life of JOHN ANGELL
Information was taken from Roots Web:
John was born ca 1646 in Providence, Rhode Island. In Providence on Janu a ry 7, 1669/70, John was married by Thomas Olney to Ruth Field, who resi de d in Field's Point, two miles below Providence on the west side of th e ri ver. Ruth was the daughter of John Field and his wife, whose name i s unkn own, and she was born in Providence ca 1649.
Family tradition has it that John was a man of large frame and possess e d of great physical strength. A great-grandson, Enoch Angell, state d a fa mily tradition on February 13, 1820 that "My great grandfather, Jo hn, wa s said to be a man of enormous strength, having on one occasion ni ne bush els of pears on his old mare, and she would not carry them, he to ok the m on his own back and carried them, which seems incredible. He sai d he on ce attempted to carry four bushels of salt up stairs, but the sta irs brok e down and he was injured by the fall."
John took the oath of allegiance in June 1668. He was admitted freema n o f the town of Providence October 16, 1670.
For a few years he cultivated the Daniel Jenckes farm, five miles from P r ovidence, towards Lime Rock, on the Lewisquisit turnpike, after whic h h e moved to Providence where he continued in the farming business thro ug h life.
John was permitted to pay a small fee to exchange the 60 acres of land w h ich his father gave him on the plain between John Field's meadow on Sma ll brooke and Wanasquatuckett River for land elsewhere on the common Octo be r 27, 1666.
As opportunity presented itself, John made useful purchases of land an d h ousing, obviously with an eye to providing for his five sons. On Janu ar y 6, 1693/4, John purchased 89 acres of land in Providence from Willia m S mith, cordwainer of Providence, who shortly thereafter left town. H e purc hased 58 acres and housing from Pardon Tillinghast on Mary 3, 1695 . Neith er of these deeds was recorded until a decade later when John pas sed th e land on to his sons.
John purchased 56 and a half acres from Elisha Arnold on June 1, 1702. L a nd laid out to John Angell on November 9, 1702 included 50 acres near C ap tain Arnold's new mill with an allowance for a highway, and land Joh n ha d bought from Thomas Harris, as well as 10 acres John had from Willi am Ho pkins on exchange for six and a half acres in the Neck.
John presented a bill to the Providence Town Council on June 1, 1674, co m plaining about the lack of a highway near Thomas Walling's land. A high wa y was laid out past his property on May 20, 1717.
He was one of the soldiers credited with military service under Capt. Da n iel Henchman and paid £1.15.02 in a list of August 20, 1675. He was pa i d £3.12.00 for service in King Philips war, credited in Capt. Samuel Wa ds worth's Company August 24, 1676. He was one of the twenty-seven who "s tai d and went not away" during the Indian troubles. As such as was entit le d to share in the disposition of the Indians captured during the war . H e was among those who determined the fate of the Indians left in town , co ndemning them to slavery for varying periods of years, depending o n thei r ages. His share for his service was four Indian servants. He wa s one o f the twenty-one responsible men named to lead ten men in reconna issanc e patrols in an order given by the Council of War for Providence.
On May 30, 1667 he was one of twenty-five men who swore allegiance to Ch a rles II. As a loyal subject, inhabitant and freeman, he performed his c iv ic duties for the town and colony. These included appointments to serv e o n the General Court of Trials at Newport and as a petit juryman. In t hes e appointments, his occupation is designated as weaver. John witnesse d th e deeds of many of his neighbors and did a fair amount of work on th e pro bates of his neighbors.
Despite twice failing to appear when called to the General Court, onc e i n 1678 and once in 1681, at a town meeting on March 16, 1675/6, Joh n wa s chosen a Deputy to the General Assembly. The next year, he was cho sen c onstable for the town of Providence. He was a way warden in 1701 an d serv ed in the place of the Town Sergeant that same years.
Neighbors and family relied on his judgment as he served on Coroners' in q uests and as bondsman when relatives died. John joined with eleven othe r s of the Coroner's jury in judging that Samuel Belloo, son of widow Han na h Belloo, had gone into the river by the mill in Providence to wash hi mse lf, and was by a Providence of God drowned, June 10, 1669. As one o f th e men on the Jury of Inquest January 8, 1716/17, John joined in th e verdi ct that the female child found dead in the house of Mr. Obadiah B rown whe re one Mary Rootingburgh had dwelt, who acknowledged that the ch ild was b orn of her body at night under an apple tree some few rods fro m the house , had died as a result of the mother's want of suitable hel p in the tim e of her travail. On February 26, 1716/17, he and others agr eed that, hav ing viewed the body of Samuel Wright and finding no harm do ne to him, tha t "he being an aged man It Pleased God to Take his Life aw ay."
John served with his brother-in-law Richard Arnold and nephew Edward Smi t h as bondsman for his sister, Amphillis Smith, when she took the admini st ration of the estate of her deceased husband Edward Smith on January 9 , 1 693/4. John served with Samuel Wilkinson as bondsman for Deborah Wilk inso n when she took administration of the estate of her deceased husband , Joh n Wilkinson on May 18, 1708. He also served as one of the appraiser s of t he estate.
In the second decade of the 18th century, John Angell witnessed the dee d s of many of his neighbors. He witnessed twice for Edward Hawkings, Jr . w hen he sold land to Joseph Mowry, for John Steere, for James Angell w he n he sold to Joseph Smith, and for John and Nicholas Lappan to Walte r Phe teplace.
John also did a fair amount of work on the probates of his neighbors. Wi t h Zachariah Field, John took the inventory of James Mathewson on Octob e r 17, 1682. He took the inventory of the estate of Samuel Wright on Apr i l 13, 1717 and the inventory of John Smith on May 26, 1719. A horse o f hi s appears in the inventory of Captain John Dexter ca 1716.
On January 15, 1704 John Angell, Sr. of Providence for good affection to w ards his son John Angell," and also for his settlement and well being, " d eeded to John his the house and 58 acres on both sides of Woonasquatu cke t river which he had purchased from Pardon Tilinghast. On the same da y, J ohn provided for his eldest son Thomas Angell, giving him for good a ffect ion and for his settlement and well being, a mansion house, and 8 9 acre s between Nonpluss Hill and Clemence's Meadow, which he purchase d of Will iam Smith, and ten acres of land he bought of William Randall . On April 8 , 1705 he deeded son Daniel a parcel of land of 80 acres o n the eastern s ide of Woonasquatucket River, with housing, fences, etc . which he had pur chased in pieces from Thomas Harris, Elisha Arnold, an d William Hopkins.
On June 16, 1713 John was taxed with son James, 5s., 6 d. On December 1 4 , 1716 he called himself aged about seventy years, testifies that in 16 67 , he was desired by his uncle, James Ashton, to take care of his 60 ac r e lot.
Considering the number of probates John worked on, it is odd that he nev e r got around to writing a will of his own. He died intestate in Provide nc e July 27, 1720. His widow and son, Hope were granted administration o n h is estate on September 30, 1720. The inventory included a negro woma n abo ut whom nothing else is known. His wife Ruth died sometime after 17 27.
Whereas Mr. John Angel of Providence in the Colony of Rhoad Island and P r ovidence plantations in New England who departed this Life on the 27t h da y of July anno Dom: 1720: dyed Intestate and Left a Considerable mov eabl e Esstate behind him: which by the Law of the Colony aforesd fell in to th e care of the Town Councill of Providence above sd and where as mri s Rut h Angel Relick widdow of the said John Angel: and his son Hope Ange l of P rovidence afore sd hath desired to have administration Granted unt o the m upon said Esstate: and have Exhibeted an Inventory of the said Es stat e before the Towne Councill avoe sd which was by them accepted appro ved a nd allowed: and have also Given in bond with sureties for theire tr ue an d faithfull performeance of theire sd administration
These are there fore to order and fully Impower you the said Ruth Ange l a nd Hope Angel to take into your Care Custody and possession all and s ingu lior the move able Esstate Goods Cattle and Chattles that belonged t o th e sd John Angel att the time of his death and the debts due to sai d Essta te and on the same to administer In order to discharge his debts : and t o act and doe in all Casses Relateing the premisses: as far fort h as th e law Impowereth an administeratrix and an administrator to doe
Govem att a Town Cuoncill held att Providence above said the: 30th da y o f september in the seaventh yeare of his majestyes Reign George Kin g of G reate Brittan &c: Anno Dom: 1720:
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