Individual Details

Thomas Angell

(1616 - 1694)

At Find A Grave: Nothing is known about Thomas Angell before he came to New England as a boy, except that all the genealogical theories posted online are wrong. He was a minor when he arrive in America, maybe a servant or secretary to someone. He connected with Roger Williams and helped Williams settle and create Rhode Island. He was a commissioner, juryman, and constable. He signed the Providence Civil Compact -We, whose names are hereunder do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of our body, in an orderly way-. Signer of Providence agreement for a government with John Field, 38 others, -Witness our Hand - although our abilities are far short in such weighty matters … we have gone the fairest and equallest way to produce our peace.- Thomas's will leave to daughters Amphillis Smith, Mary Arnold, Deborah Sabeere, Alice Whipple, and Margery Whipple, each 2s. To wife Alice, the dwelling house while widow, and plot of ground adjoining, for a little garden, and the house to be kept in repair by son James.

Events

Birth1616England
CivilOctober 8, 1635Banished with Roger Williams
Residence1636Providence, British America
Civil1637Providence, British America
CivilJuly 27, 1640Providence, British America
MarriageApril 10, 1643Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America - Alice Ashton
WillMay 23, 1685Providence, British America
Death1694Providence, British America
ProbateSeptember 14, 1694Providence, British America
Burial

Families

SpouseAlice Ashton (1618 - 1694)
ChildAmphyllis Angell (1636 - 1694)
ChildDeborah Angell (1639 - 1710)
ChildMary Angell (1645 - 1694)
ChildJohn Angell (1646 - 1720)
ChildAlice Angell (1649 - 1743)
ChildJames Angell (1651 - 1711)
ChildHope Angell (1653 - 1685)
ChildMargaret Angell (1665 - 1703)

Notes

Civil

Of the parentage of Thomas Angell we have but little knowledge ...

Residence

With Roger Williams in the canoe when they arrived in what they would call Providence.

Civil

Signed Providence Civil Compact

Civil

Signed Providence Agreement

Marriage

Marriage date is an estimate.

Will

Thomas's will leave to daughters Amphillis Smith, Mary Arnold, Deborah Sabeere, Alice Whipple, and Margery Whipple, each 2s. To wife Alice, the dwelling house while widow, and plot of ground adjoining, for a little garden, and the house to be kept in repair by son James.

Probate

Alice and Thomas both die in 1694, their wills and inventory are presented together in court Thomas's written in September, Alice's written in December, recorded (presented?) in court, not until August 1711

The Providence Agreement

From a perusal of this document, it is quite evident, that there existed in this little community, a great distrust and jealousy of delegated power.

Endnotes

1. (1887). || Page 4 Angell, Thomas family.

2. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

3. (1843). || Page 39 - 45 General History, etc.

4. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., "Wikipedia the free encyclopedia," Online reference, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Wikipedia.org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page : accessed ); Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

5. (1886). || Page 34, 35.

6. (1887). || Page 4 Angell, Thomas family.

7. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

8. (1887). || Page 4 Angell, Thomas family.

9. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

10. (1887). || Page 4 Angell, Thomas family.

11. (1843). || Page 39 - 45 General History, etc.

12. (1886). || Page 34, 35.

13. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

14. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

15. (2008). || Volume 1 page 38.

16. (1943). || Page 75 Will.

17. (1892–1915). || Volume 10 Page 17 Thomas Angell.

18. (1892–1915). || Volume 7 Page 77 - 91 or so Thomas Angell's will and then an inventory.

19. (1891–1912). || Volume 2 page 261 image 304 of 444 Providence deaths, Thomas will.

20. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

21. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

22. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

23. (1943). || Page 75 Will.

24. (1892–1915). || Volume 7 Page 77 - 91 or so Thomas Angell's will and then an inventory.

25. Dean Crawford Smith, The ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), First pages of Angell section.

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