Person:Alice Ashton (2)

m. Bef 1618
  1. James Ashton1603 -
  2. Marie Ashton1605 - Bef 1659
  3. John Ashton1607 -
  4. Martha Ashton1608 -
  5. Alice Ashton1610 - 1613
  6. Elizabeth Ashton1611 -
  7. Daniel Ashton1615 -
  8. Alice Ashton1617/18 - 1694
  9. Sara Ashton1619 -
  10. Thomas Ashton1630 -
m. 10 Apr 1643
  1. Amphillis Angell1641 - Aft 1694
  2. Mary Angell1645 - 1695
  3. John AngellAbt 1646 - 1720
  4. Mary AngellAbt 1648 -
  5. Deborah Angell1650 -
  6. James Angell1656 - 1710
  7. Margery AngellAbt 1670 -
Facts and Events
Name Alice Ashton
Gender Female
Christening[1][3] 1 Feb 1617/18 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Marriage 10 Apr 1643 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United Statesto Thomas Angell
Death[2] 24 Dec 1694 Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Will

Be it knowne unto all People by these presents That I Alice Angell of the Towne of Providence in the Narraganset Bay in New England (widdow) being now very weake of Body but (through mercy) of sound & Perfect memory do make this to be my last will & Testament. I do give & bequeath unto my foure daughters (viz) Anphillis Smith, deborah Sabeer, Alice Whipple and Margery Whipple all my weareing Apparreill both Woollen & linnen Equally to be devided amongst them, & more over to my Daughter Deborah Sabeer I give one Chamber Pott & two wooden Trayes which formerly belonged to my son Hope, & also I give unto my daughter Alice Whipple one Trunke & a Deske which my mother gave to me;

Item I do give & bequeath to my son James Angell five Pounds in money.

Item, All the Remainder of my goods not before disposed of I do give unto my Two sons (to witt) John Angell & James Angell Equally to be betweene them two devided; And I do make ordaine & appoynt my son James Angell to be my Executor who shall see that my Body be decently buried and performe this my will according to my true Meaneing & intent therein, In witness whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seale the one & Twentyeth day of October Anno: One Thousand six hundred ninty & foure.

And farther my will is, that Each of my foure daughters aforesd shall have so much of my Pewter as may be for a Remembrance of me. memorandum the three lines & the piece of line blotted out was allowed of by ye Testator, it being something mistaken by the scribe & should not have been there.

The marke of X Alice Angell.

Signed & Sealed in the presence of Tho. Olney, Nathaniell Waterman, Epenetus Olney.

References
  1. Brigg, William, and Church of England. St. Alban's Abbey (Hertfordshire). The parish registers of St. Albans Abbey, 1558-1689. (Harpenden: William Brigg, 1897).
  2. Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891).
  3. Lovell, Louise Lewis. Israel Angell, Colonel of the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment. (The Knickerbocker Press, New York, New York, 1921)
    pg. 190.