John Albro I migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 1, p. 15) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm
Major John Albro was one of the most active and influential settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Origins: The origins, parents and birth place of John Albro are unknown.[1] He was born about 1620 (age 20 in 1634), or about 1617 (age 95/96 at death in 1712)[2]
Immigration: John Aldburgh, age 14, sailed from Ipswich, England, in the ship Francis, Apr 30, 1634. He came under the care of William Freeborn[3][1][4]
They landed at Boston and four years later (1638) came to Portsmouth Rhode Island. In 1639, the town of Portsmouth granted John Alborah land on the condition he build on it.[5] John then being 21 yrs. of age. His fellow townsmen soon began to give him much to do with the affairs of the community. In 1649 he was a member of the town council and he often served as moderator of the town meetings, even into old age.
In 1686 King James appointed him as a member of Sir Edmund Andros' Council for New England and he attended the first meeting of this council in Boston, Dec. 30th of that year.
He served as one of the commissioners of the Colony to lay out the western line of the Colony in 1678. During King Phillip's War he was one of the commissioners to order, watch and ward the island.
He died at Portsmouth in 1712, in the 95th year of his age. The Friends' Records, in recording the death of this useful man state that he "was buried in his own orchard".
He died at the Quaker settlement of Portsmouth, RI. He was known as "Quaker John Alburro". His surname may have also been adjusted to be spelled, "Alborough". The pronunciation of the name is "Albro". His date of death may have been 1 Nov 1712 or 17 Dec 1712. He was a Major in the Colonial Service.
Death
December 17 aged 96[6] or 1 November 1712, Portsmouth, Rhode Island "in his 96th year"[2]
Marriage
"About 1645, Albro married Dorothy, the widow of Nathaniel Potter, whose maiden name is not known. John and Dorothy had five known children, all of whom grew to maturity, married, and had children. Their two sons Samuel and John were both original proprietors of the settlement of East Greenwich."
by about 1645
Dorothy (_________) Potter, widow of Nathaniel Potter.[7][1] She died at Portsmouth 19 February 1696/7[2]
↑ Hotten, John Camden (editor). The Original Lists of Persons of Quality: Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and Others, who Went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700. London: John Camden Hotten, 1874 p. 278
Anderson, Robert Charles; Sanborn, George F. Jr.; Sanborn, Melinde L. (1999). The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England 1634–1635. Vol. I A–B. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society. ISBN 0-88082-110-8, p. 18.
Austin, John Osborne (1887). Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Albany, New York: J. Munsell's Sons. ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1, pp. 234-7. also reprint. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD, 1969
Coddington, William., Albro, John. John Albro's Deposition of 1705 as to the Purchase of Aquidnick, with Coddington's Deposition of 1687. United States: Society, 1938.
Peirce, Ebenezer Weaver. Peirce's Colonial Lists: Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and Rhode Island Colonies, Comprising Colonial, County and Town Officers, Clergymen, Physicians and Lawyers. With Extracts from Colonial Laws Defining Their Duties. 1621-1700. United States: A. Williams & Company, 1881.
Austin, John Osborne., Moriarty, George Andrews. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. United States: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969.
Robinson, Caroline Elizabeth. The Gardiners of Narragansett: Being a Genealogy of the Descendants of George Gardiner, the Colonist, 1638. United States: The Editor, 1919.
History of Newport County, Rhode Island: From the Year 1638 to the Year 1887, Including the Settlement of Its Towns, and Their Subsequent Progress. United States: L. E. Preston & Company, 1888.
Frost, Josephine C.. Ancestors of Frank Herbert Davol and His Wife Phebe Downing Willits: Showing Mayflower Descent from John Alden, James Chilton ... John Cooke ... Priscilla Mullines, Richard Warren. United States: F.H. Hitchcock, 1925.
Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families .... United States: J.H. Beers & Company, 1908.
The Newport Historical Magazine. United States: Newport Historical Publishing Company, 1883.
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