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Thomas Angell (1672 - 1744)

Thomas Angell
Born in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Husband of — married 4 Apr 1700 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Died at age 72 in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

The following biographical information is from - Avery F Angell; Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell who settled in Providence 1636; Library of Congress 1871 printed Providence RI 1872; pages 15-16:

We begin our sketches of the third generation with the subject of this narrative. He was born in Providence and lived twenty-two years contemporary with his grandfather. At about the age of twenty-eight years, he was married in Providence to Sarah, aged about twenty-three years a daughter of Daniel and Alice Brown, of Providence. It has been supposed he was educated both as farmer and carpenter. He remained in Providence till after the birth of his first four children. In 1710 he built his tavern house in Scituate, 12 1/2 miles west of Providence, on the Norwich road, which has been occupied as a public house by five successive generations of this family.

On 12 November 1733, the town council of Scituate, Rhode Island voted that Capt. Thomas Angell having a license to keep a public tavern, alehouse, and victualing house in Scituate for the year ensuring and the town clerk was hereby order and empowered to give him the same under the seal of the council and take bond according to law.[1] Again, on 9 April 1744, the town council of Scituate, Rhode Island voted that he having a license to keep a public tavern, alehouse, and victualing house in Scituate for one whole year, and the town clerk was hereby ordered and empowered to give him the same under the seal of the council and take bond according to law.[2]

The town of Scituate held town meetings in his house for many years, and this was a place of great attraction for a long period. He educated his children to industry and usefulness, though he employed slaves, and hired men to work for him. He made good use of the advantages the public house gave him, in extending his business, his acquaintance with the traveling public, and also in extending his social and political influence.

The town council of Scituate on the 12th day of November 1744 recorded:

James Calvin presented the last will and testament of Capt. Thomas Angell of said Scituate deceased to this council which was read in the following words, viz:

In the name of God Amen this sixth day of September in the eighteenth year of his Majesty's reign George the Second King of Great Britain the Annoque Domini 1744: I Thomas Angell of Scituate in the County of Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island &c [worn] weak of body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be to God. Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for men once to dye do make and ordain my last will and testament in manner and form following, that is to say principally and first of all my soul I recomend unto the hands of God that gave it and my body to the earth to be buried in decent Christian burial at the discretion of my executor herein after named. And touching such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in the present life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and forms Imprimas I give and bequeath to my wife Sarah Angel all my moveable estate except three negro children and one yoak of steers one feather bed and furniture thereunto belonging, to be hers to dispose of as she shall se[e] cause and also the one half of my now dwelling house to be hers as long as she shall remain my widow. Item I give and bequeath to my son Isaiah Angell twelve asses and one half of common land to be laid out without the Seven Mile line. Item I give and bequeath to my son Jeremiah Angell twelve asses and one half of land to be laid out of the Seven Mile Line. Item I give and bequeath to my son Jonathan Angell one feather bed and furniture thereunto belonging and one yoak of steers. Item I give and bequeath unto my son Nehemiah Angell a certain part of my homestead farm bouned easterly upon the land of Joseph Guile, thence rangeing southwesterly to a rack and a heap of stone upon it thence rangeing northwesterly to a black oak pole thence westerly to a red oak tree marked, thence west across the river to the hill side, bounding down the river to the farm of the same, thence westerly- a white oak tree, then bounding westerly upon the land of Isaiah Angell and northerly upon the land of Nehemiah Angell, and also- certain peice of land bounding upon the land of fields northerly joyning easterly and southerly upon the land that I gave to my son Nehemiah Angell by a deed of gift to have and hold all the above mentioned lands to my said son Nehemiah Angell his heirs and assigns forever. Also I give and bequeath to my son Nehemiah and one negro called William. Item I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Angell one of the stead lot number two and half a lott number eight five and the right in the Littleworth Ceader Swamp: also part of my homestead farm bounded as followeth: easterly upon the river southerly upon Plainfield Road westerly upon the land Isaiah Angell northerly upon the land before given to Nehemiah Angell. Item I give to my son Thomas the half of the house that I give to my wife Sarah Angell after her leaveing her widowhood to have and to hold forever. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Martha Knight one negro girl named Fillis. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Matheson one negro boy named James. All the above mentioned lands are given to them and their heirs and assigns forever. And I do hereby name constitute and appoint my said son Thomas Angell to be the sole executor of this my last will and testament and do by these presents revoke make voi and disalow all other and former wills testaments legacies- bequests by me heretofore made ratifieing allowing and holding firm and vallid this and no other to be my last will and testament: In witness whereof I have thereunto sett my hand and seal the day and year above written. Thomas Angell {seal}
Signed sealed and published pronounced and declared by the said Thomas Angell as his last will and testament in the presents of us the subscribers:
Jedediah Harris
James Calvin
Fisher Potter

And Jedediah Harris James Calvin and Fisher Potter all personally appeared before the council and declared on their several engagements that they saw the above named Thomas Angell sign seal publish and declare what is here above written to be his last well and testament and that he was then of a sound and perfect mind and memory and that they and each of them did at the same time subscribe their names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the said testator and each other.
Test. Gideon Harris Council Clerk

And the said Thomas Angell prayd that the said last will of his sd. father might be proved and that he might have letters of administration of the personal estate of his said father granted to him by this council whereupon it is voted that the above will be approved and allowed to be good lawfull will and recorded and that letters of administration of the personal estate of the said Thomas Angell deceased be granted to the said Thomas Angell under the seal of this council which were granted forth accordingly in the the following words:

These are in his Majesties Name George the Second King of Great Britain to authorise order and impower you the said Thomas Angell to take into your possession care and custody all and singular the good chattels rights and credits of your father the said Thoams Angell deceased and the same to administer according to law and the will of your testators and in all things to act and do as the law requireth and impowerth an executor relateing the premises: And ture and perfect accounts to render to this council or their successors when you are thereunto lawfully called how you have administered said estate with other your doings thereon: And for your so doing this shall be your sufficient authority- Given at a town council the day and year above said and signed and sealed by their order.
P[er] Gideon Harris their clerk

And the said Thomas Angell exhibited to the council an inventory of the personal estate of his father the said Thomas Angell deceased in the following words, viz.

A true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels rights and credits of Thomas Angell of Scituate in the County of Providence &c: who departed this life on the fourteenth day of September 1744: apprised by us the subscribers the tenth day of November 1744:

Imprimas to his wareing apparrel and some new clothing... £14.8.6
Item to some book and one pare of spectittles... £1.0.0
Item to one feather bed and furniture thereunto belonging... £21.0.0
Item to one case of draws and one trunk and one chest.... £7.0.0
Item to one looking glass and sword and and one box irons... £4.10.0
Item to one oval table and to one joynt stool... £6.0.0
Item to one featherbed and furniture thereunto belonging... £25.0.0
Item to one featherbed and furniture thereunto belonging... £12.0.0
Item to one featherbed and furniture thereunto belonging... £18.0.0
Item to one chest and one linning wheel and reel and chest... £4.3.0
Item to three silver spoons and sliver cup... £10.0.0
Item to pewter... £8.2.0
Item to one pair of styllards and one spoon mould... £2.0.0
Item to one money scales and weights... £1.0.0
Item to candle sticks and four knives and forks... £1.16.0
Item to an iron pott and kittle and frying pan and driping pan & skillet... £4.0.0
Item to one pair of handiron and 2: trammells one pair of tongs... £5.0.0
Item to two brass kittles and one ladle... £5.0.0
Item to wooden ware and one stone jug and one earthen pott... £3.10.0
Item to one long table and one square table... £4.0.0
Item to one hogshead and 2 powdering tubs and one butter tub... £1.4.0
Item to one pair of belless and one bell mettle skillet... £0.10.0
Item to iron ware and edge tools... £9.7.0
Item to one negro woman... £150.0.0
Item to one negro boy named William... £100.0.0
Item to one negro girl... £70.0.0
Item to one negro boy named James... £50.0.0
Item to one jutch adgee and to 2 axes and hoe and one sword.. £2.4.0
Item to two razors and one pare of flames and one looking glass... £2.14.0
Item to some two yarns and to one draper table cloath... £2.3.0
Item to one pocket compass & one hane & two fraught chains... £4.0.0
Item to cart wheel timber and two hundred feet of [illegible]... £8.0.0
Item to six old hogsheads to some fl[worn] and sla[worn]... £5.16.0
Brought forward... £564.14.6
Item to one pair of steers three and vautge... £28.0.0
Item to one pair of house traces and some nails... £5.0.0
Item to one thousand feet of boards... £6.0.0
Item to eight pounds of money paid to Jeremiah Mathewson for boards... £8.0.0
Item to 3 chairs & some baskets and thirteen cyder barrels... £4.17.0
Total... £616.11.6
John Edwards Jedediah Harris
And the said Thomas Angell did declare an engagement before this council that he had put all the personal estate of his father the said Thomas Angell deceased in this inventory that was come to his knowledge and that if any more hereafter doth appear he will add it to this inventory, whereupon it is voted that the above inventory be accepted and recorded. Test. Gideon Harris council clerk[3][4][5]

Thomas Angell contracted with the town, in 1784, to build a bridge across the Ponaganset River, which he did to their satisfaction. His sons were all well established in good homes of their own. He made Jeremiah his successor. Three others he furnished with good farms and built two-story houses for them. But for Jonathan, who was a bachelor, he built a one-story house and gave him the farm occupied by the late Solomon Angell, now by Aldis Barden, of Scituate.

Martha married Jonathan Knight; Sarah married Jeremiah Mathewson. Each of these daughters had a slave given her. By the will of their father, a negro girl, named Phillis, was given Sarah, and a negro boy, called James, to Martha, and they were well provided for in their new homes. He died in 1744, and was buried, it is said, on the old meeting house lot in South Scituate. But little is found on record respecting his wife; but character and education of her children, their enterprise success, and the popularity of the house over which she presided as landlady for many years, give ample testimony of efficiency and worth. She survived her husband several years and made herself useful after her son Jeremiah became proprietor of the house. Rufus Hopkins, who married Abagail Angell, gave some account of her widowhood.


See The Chad Browne Memorial: Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne; with an Appendix, Containing Sketches of Other Early Rhode Island Settlers, 1638-1888 (Google eBook) pg. 126. Last name given as Angell. Also lists parents and grandparents.

"Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch
Name: Thomas Angell
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1672
Birthplace: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Father's Name: John Angell
Mother's Name: Ruth
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C52500-1
System Origin: Rhode Island-EASy
GS Film number: 915084
Reference ID: 2:26LM08L

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch
Name: Thomas Angell
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1744
Event Place: North Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
Photograph Included: Y
Birth Date: 25 Mar 1672
Death Date: 04 Apr 1744
Affiliate Record Identifier: 19333680
Cemetery: Smithville Cemetery

"Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch
Name: Thomas Angell
Spouse's Name: Sarah Browne
Event Date: 09 Apr 1700 (NB: 2 other records note this as 04 Apr 1700, but are not able to be viewed)
Event Place: Civil, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M52500-1
System Origin: Rhode Island-VR
GS Film number: 915084
Reference ID: 2:26LM2TG

Sources

  1. Scituate, Rhode Island, Probate and Town Council, Book 1, page 10. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00040. (Subscription required.)
  2. Scituate, Rhode Island. Probate and Town Council Records, Book 1, p. 106. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00089#. (Subscription required.)
  3. Scituate, Rhode Island. Probate and Town Council Records, Book 1, p. 109. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00090#. (Subscription required.)
  4. Scituate, Rhode Island. Probate and Town Council Records, Book 1, p. 110-111. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00091#. (Subscription required.)
  5. Scituate, Rhode Island. Probate and Town Council Records, Book 1, p. 112-113. Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9079/007649084_00092#. (Subscription required.)
  • WikiTree profile Angel-70 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
  • "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch ([1] : 6 December 2014), Thomas Angell, 25 Mar 1672; citing Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference 2:26LM08L; FHL microfilm 915,084.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch ([2] : 13 December 2015), Thomas Angell, 1744; Burial, North Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Smithville Cemetery; citing record ID 19333680, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  • "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch ([3] : 6 December 2014), Thomas Angell and Sarah Browne, 09 Apr 1700; citing Civil, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, reference 2:26LM2TG; FHL microfilm 915,084.




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Angell-31 and Angell-815 appear to represent the same person because: they are the same person Angell -815 has the wrong death date
posted by William Roberts
DoB and DoD mean that he died aged 102. This is of course possible - but is it confirmed?
posted by Ros Haywood
Angel-70 and Angell-31 appear to represent the same person because: Same person.
posted by Brian McCullough
I think Angel-70 and Angell-31 should be merged, but being new I didn't want to do this myself.
posted by Alan Winsor
I think Angel-70 and Angell-31 should be merged, but being new I didn't want to do this myself.
posted by Alan Winsor
Angell-574 and Angell-31 appear to represent the same person because: Verify death date
posted by Sally Stovall
Much of my information on the Angell family is from:

Source: Avery F. Angell, Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, Who Settled in Providence, 1636 (Providence, R.I.: A. Crawford Greene, 1872,

posted by Donna Angell

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