Individual Details

John Angell

(1646 - July 27, 1720)

Events

Birth1646Providence, British America
CivilMay 30, 1667Providence, British America
CivilJuly 27, 1667charged by the Court - Providence, British America
MarriageJanuary 7, 1669Rhode Island, British America - Ruth Field
CivilOctober 16, 1670Freeman - Providence, British America
MilitaryJuly, 1675
CivilJanuary 1, 1676Providence, British America
CivilApril 24, 1697Patrol
CivilJanuary 18, 1703Land deed to sons
DeathJuly 27, 1720Providence, British America
ProbateSeptember 30, 1720Providence, British America
Burial
OccupationWeaver

Families

SpouseRuth Field (1649 - 1726)
ChildMercy Angell (1675 - 1721)
ChildJohn Angell (1677 - 1744)
ChildJames Angell (1684 - 1742)
ChildHope Angell (1685 - 1759)
ChildThomas Angell (1672 - 1744)
FatherThomas Angell (1616 - 1694)
MotherAlice Ashton (1617 - 1694)
SiblingAmphyllis Angell (1636 - 1694)
SiblingDeborah Angell (1639 - 1710)
SiblingMary Angell (1645 - 1694)
SiblingAlice Angell (1649 - 1743)
SiblingJames Angell (1651 - 1711)
SiblingHope Angell (1653 - 1685)
SiblingMargaret Angell (1665 - 1703)

Notes

Birth

John was born in Providence when the town was about 10 years old.

Civil

Oath to the King Charles II

Civil

John with John Field and Resolved Waterman are charged with disturbing the peace on their way home from mowing a field. They are put in jail then brought before the courts, looking for liberty and a certain amount of freedom

Marriage

John and Ruth were married by Thomas Olney.

Military

King Philips War, This company as we learn from the old histories marched out to Dedham to the Neponset river and halted during the eclipse of the moon which occurred on that evening, lasting about an hour July 7, 1675

Civil

Staid and went not away King Philips War

Civil

Appointed for military patrol, "vpon some of Our English plantations Considering the dainger of manie of our Neighbours who Liue Remote from our Town Wee of providence Haue thought fitt: in his Majesties Name to Nominate and Appoynt you: John Angel and many others.

Civil

387 To all people to whom this deed of Gift shall Come John Angell, (senior,) Jnhabitant of the Towne of Providence, in the Collony of Rhode Jsland & Providence Plantations, in the Naraganset Bay in New England, in America, sendeth greeteing, land deeds to son(s)

Death

An inventory of his estate gives date of death

Probate

"Where as Mr John Angel of Providence who departed this life the 27th day of July anno Dom 1720, dyed intestate and Left a Considerable moveable Essate behind". Ruth and son Hope are granted administration of the estate.

Burial

Newman Cemetery, East Providence RI, Source Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots states John Angell is buried in this cemetery, no headstone.

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, Page 19.

2. Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Field Genealogy: Being the Record of All the Field Family In America, Whose Ancestors Were In This Country Prior to 1700 Chicago: W.B. Conkey, 1901, Page 104 Field Genealogy.

3. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 3 page 101.

4. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 15 page 115.

5. Arnold, James N., Vital record of Rhode Island 1636-1850, a family register for the people Narragansett Historical, Providence, Rhode Island 1891, Volume 2 page 5 image 49 of 444.

6. (2008). || Volume 1 page 39.

7. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 5 page 328 John Angell and Ruth Field marriage.

8. Angell, Avery F. Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Angell, Who Settled In Providence, 1636. Providence, RI: A.C. Greene, 1872, Page 13.

10. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 8 page 12 Staid and went not away King Philips War.

11. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 17 page 163.

12. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 5 page 183- 190.

13. Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Provo, UT, USA, Page 19.

14. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 16 page 160.

15. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 16 page 160.

16. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

17. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 11 page 177.