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Richard Fenner (1719 - 1799)

Lt. Col. Richard Fenner
Born in Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Islandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Rhode Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 80 in Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Fenner served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Richard Fenner is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A039027.

Richard was born in 1719. [1] [2]

Children listed in Findagrave

  1. Sarah Fenner Tucker 1742–1777
  2. Elizabeth Fenner Rhodes 1744–1824
  3. Abigail Fenner Sheldon 1745–1812
  4. James Fenner 1751–1814
  5. Anna Fenner Angell 1752–1818
  6. Richard Fenner 1753–1842
  7. Arnold Fenner 1757–1796
  8. Barbara Fenner Slack 1759–1812
  9. Freelove Fenner Taylor 1761–1831

Children listed in DAR record

  1. Elizabeth m. William Rhodes
  2. Jeremiah m. Peninah Thornton

Name: Richard Fenner. Given Name: Richard. Surname: Fenner. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Born 1718 Providence, RI. [3] [4] [5] [9]

Died 17 Feb 1799. Johnston, RI. [3] [4] [5]

Residence 1774 Johnston, Rhode Island, British America. [6] 1777 Johnston, Providence County, RI. [7] 1790 Johnstown, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. [8] [10]

Buried Rhode Island, USA. [5]

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External Files

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Sources

  1. The Fenner Family Tree: Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner. Lineage: Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Richard. Sources: 1. RI Colonial Records, VII: 351; VIII: 533–536. 2. Rick Buckingham, Genealogy, 4. 3. Daniel M. White, Descendants of Thomas Fenner (unpublished), p. 3. 4. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 17. Elisha Angell m 2nd Mary Dean [d 22 May 1832], m 3rd Catherine Pierce [d 12 Apr. 1868]. 5. Richard’s memorial at FindaGrave.com, no. 19423940 6. Donald Lines Jacobus & Edgar Francis Waterman, The Waterman Family, vol. 3 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1954), pp. 126: Archive.org https://www.fennertree.com/richard-fenner-1718-1799
  2. "The Fenner Family"; Fourth Edition; Alfred Fenner Isham; Los Angeles, California; February 15, 1929 - Page 17: 1272 COLONEL RICHARD FENNER AND EILIZABETH ARNOLD [b 1718; d 17 Feb. 1799 in his 81st yr.] Richard was a lieutenant in the Revolution. He was a major of the First Regiment of Militia in the county of Providence and was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the same regiment in May of 1779. Richard m Elizabeth Arnold [b 9 June 1721 at Warwick, RI; d 2 May 1774 at Johnston, RI], daughter of James Arnold and Elizabeth Rhodes.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Source: S176956102 Volume: 255 Ancestry Record 2204 #1121541
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Source: S176949584 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 063 : 1907 Ancestry Record 61157 #2345483
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Source: S176949606 Ancestry Record 70671 #69543
  6. 6.0 6.1 Source: S176956022 Ancestry Record 3081 #8935
  7. 7.0 7.1 Source: S176956069 Ancestry Record 3571 #28723873
  8. 8.0 8.1 Source: S176966226 Year: 1790; Census Place: Johnstown, Providence, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 271; Image: 158; Family History Library Film: 0568150 Ancestry Record 5058 #364721
  9. 9.0 9.1 Source: S176955322 Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 53 Ancestry Record 3599 #2738622
  10. 10.0 10.1 Source: S176966226 Year: 1790; Census Place: Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 193; Image: 119; Family History Library Film: 0568150 Ancestry Record 5058 #365422
  • DAR record Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 Jan 2021), "Record of Richard Fenner", Ancestor # A039027.
  • Genealogy of the Fenner family by Root, James Pierce, 1829-1887 Published 1887 Page 38
  • Find A Grave memorial page for LTC Richard Fenner (1719–26 Feb 1799), Find A Grave: Memorial #19423940, citing Colonel Israel Angell Burial Ground, Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA.
  • Source: S176949584 North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 61157
  • Source: S176949606 Web: Rhode Island, U.S., Historical Cemetery Commission Index, 1647-2008 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2016 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 70671
  • Source: S176955322 American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1999 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 3599
  • Source: S176956022 Rhode Island Census, 1774 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1997 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 3081
  • Source: S176956069 Rhode Island, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1740-1890 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1999 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 3571
  • Source: S176956102 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2011 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 2204
  • Source: S176966226 1790 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2010 Provo, UT, USA Record Collection 5058




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the child Elizabeth is not as "Fenner" - she is a Sheldon - her father is James Sheldon https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sheldon-2181
posted by Beryl Meehan
Fenner-498 and Fenner-497 appear to represent the same person because: Clear Duplicate