Individual Details
Israel Angell
(August 24, 1740 - May 3, 1832)
Events
| Birth | August 24, 1740 | Johnston, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | February 20, 1765 | Providence, British America - Martha Angell | |  | |
| Census | 1790 | Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Widow | 1793 | ||||
| Marriage | Abt, 1794 | Providence, Rhode Island, United States - Susanna Luther | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Military | 1810 | Rhode Island, United States | | | |
| Census | 1810 | Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Census | 1820 | Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Widow | 1824 | ||||
| Marriage | 1826 | Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States - Sarah Wood | | ||
| Census | 1830 | Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Death | May 3, 1832 | Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Occupation | Author | | |||
| Namesake | Israel Smith, maternal grandfather | ||||
| Military | American Revolution Major to Colonel | | | ||
| Burial | North BurialGround, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||||
| Occupation | Cooper |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Wood (1786 - 1846) |
| Spouse | Martha Angell (1747 - 1793) |
| Child | Israel Angell (1775 - 1821) |
| Child | Asa Angell (1771 - 1842) |
| Child | Abner Angell (1773 - 1853) |
| Child | Oliver Angell (1790 - 1870) |
| Spouse | Susanna Luther (1765 - 1824) |
| Child | Mehitable Angell (1800 - 1877) |
| Father | Oliver Angell (1717 - 1799) |
| Mother | Naomi Smith (1720 - 1799) |
| Sibling | Isaac Angell (1755 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Hope Angell (1742 - 1819) |
| Sibling | Adah Angell (1752 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Elisha Angell (1757 - 1838) |
Webtags
Notes
Birth
In a book on Israel Angell, author Lovell writes that Naomi, Israel's mother was a teacher and that he received a great education. Other sources comment on his knowledge of the natural world, his journals and his remarkable penmanship.Marriage
Martha is his first of three wives, a distant Angell cousin.Marriage
Susanna Luther was Israel's 2nd wife, Israel was Susanna's 2nd husband.Military
Israel works on getting his pension from the Army.Marriage
Sarah Angell was Israel's 3rd wife, a widow and distant relative, they had no children.Military
From Cowell's Spirit of 1776 details on Colonel Israel Angell, his placements, commands, the incident at Mud Hill that Colonel Angell's letter -facts only- helped to make sure that credit was given to whom it was due. This source is referenced in Arnold's Vital Records source.Burial
May 4, 1918 a monument was presented for the moved remains of Israel and Martha. Originally they were in Scituate, the Rhode Island Society of SAR apparently sponsored the move and the monument now at Providence, North Burial Ground.Diary of Colonel Israel Angell
Israel kept this diary while a colonel in the American Revolution. He began most every daily entry with a report on atmospheric conditions, the weather. 149 pagesEndnotes
1. Lovell, Louise Lewis. Israel Angell: Colonel of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment. New York: The Knickerbocker press (G.P. Putnam's sons), 1921, Page 16.
2. United States Census 1790 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M637, Washington, D.C., FHL 0568150 Digital Folder 005157142 Image 00158 (3 of 4).
3. United States Census 1800 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M32, Washington, D.C., FHL 218680 Digital Folder 004956026 Image 00333 (12 of 25).
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900 Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Provo, UT, USA 2010, NARA M804, roll 66, packet, image 461 of 802, 43 pages of documents.
5. Ancestry.com, Rhode Island Pensioners, 1835 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1998;), Index, no image.
6. United States Census 1810 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016, NARA microfilm publication M252, FHL 0281232 Digital Folder 005157125 Image 00182 (7 of 11).
7. FamilySearch.org. United States Census 1820 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. NARA microfilm publication M33, Washington, D.C., FHL 0281246 Digital Folder 005157055 Image 00210 (12 of 17).
8. FamilySearch.org. United States Census 1830 database, FamilySearch.org, 14 June 2016. Citing NARA microfilm publication M19, Washington, D.C., FHL 0022267 Digital Folder 005156009 Image 00288 (52 of 82).
9. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 18 page 230 image 314 of 692, Providence Phenix Deaths . Angell, Israel at Smithfield in 92nd year, a distinguished officer of the Revolution May 3, 1832.
10. Ancestry.com, Newport Daily News, Newport, RI.Online publication, Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Database created from microfilm copies of the newspaper., 1900 Apr 5 page 3 of 8 column 1 midway bottom.
11. (1899). || 149 pages, a diary kept by Angell during the American Revolution 1778-1781, illustrative notes by Edward Field.
12. Rhode Island. Records of the Colony of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations, In New England: Printed by Order of the General Assembly. Providence: A.C. Greene and brother, state printers, 1856, Volume 9 page 134.
13. (1872). || Page 80.
14. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 12 page 96 image 201 of 721.
15. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .