Henry Northrop (abt. 1663 - 1741)

Born about 1663 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

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Died 14 Oct 1741 at about age 78 in North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island

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Biography

Henry was born 1663.^[1] He was the son of Stephen Northrop and Elizabeth Harrington. He passed away at approximately 76-77 years of age and is buried in Rhobart Northup Lot, North Kingstown.^[2]

On 6 September 1687, he is cited on Gov. Andros' tax roll at Rochester (renamed later to Kingstown), Rhode Island owing a “pole” (poll) tax of 1s, and a property tax of 0s 5d, which places him as an adult resident and property landholder in Kingstown, RI on this date. ^[3] This tax roll identifies a sum total of 136 heads of house living in the roughly 22.5 square mile area associated with Kingstown, RI on this date in 1687; one consequence of this sparse population is that he would have been well acquainted with many, if not all, of the individuals identified on this list. Therefore, this tax list is a defacto definition of the people who were available to be his friends, neighbors, and allies; it would be essential to cultivate strong working relationships with these neighbors in order to survive on this frontier landscape. This cross reference tool provides hot links to peruse most of the 136 Wikitree families identified in this tax roll; families who were very frequently interconnected, or became interconnected, by marriage, over the course of their lives and throughout the ensuing generations, further binding a network of neighbors into extended families. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Chatfield, Carrie Eastman, Some Records of the Northrup and Tucker Families of Rhode Island, (Minneapolis, 1914) Page 6.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #112925431
3. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. II, Niles - Wilson; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore 1989. RI Taxes under Gov. Andros pages 592- 594.
4. ↑ Randolph Beebe; Cross Reference: Gov. Andros 1687 Rochester RI Tax Register to Wikitree profile; Wikitree Free Space Profiles, 2024.

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F87K-VTG : 6 December 2014), Henry Northup in entry for Immanuel Northup, 17 Jun 1699; citing NORTH KINGSTOWN,WASHINGTON,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908,270.

• "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24H-QSZD : accessed 8 June 2017), Henry Northrup in entry for Immanuel Northrup and Ann Carr, 11 Mar 1746; citing Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 214.

• "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KV-7Z2 : 6 December 2014), Henry Northup in entry for Jeffery Champlin and Mary Northup, 26 Sep 1725; citing Civil, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, reference 2:2BTBL4M; FHL microfilm 930,980.