Person:John Colvin (4)
John Colvin
b.Abt 1657 Devon, England
d.28 Nov 1729 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
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m. 8 Apr 1679
  1. Anna Colvin1679 -
  2. John Colvin1681 - Bef 1764
  3. Stephen Colvin1683 -
  4. Abigail Colvin1686 -
  5. Samuel Colvin1688 - 1759
  6. Amey Colvin1690 - Abt 1743
  7. Deborah Colvin1693 -
  8. Rev. James Colvin1695 - 1755
  9. Josiah Colvin1700 -
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Name John Colvin
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1657 Devon, England
Marriage 8 Apr 1679 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United Statesto Dorothy Allen
Death[1] 28 Nov 1729 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Came to Dartmouth, MA in 1675.[2] Tradition says he was a stowaway escaping his apprenticeship in England. Lived in Dartmouth 30yrs bef moving to Providence 1705.[3] He deed land to his sons John and Samuel, and to daughter Amey and her husband Peter Roberts. They got the bulk of his estate it seems - his homestead where he lived and all personal and real estate in 1723, and 50 acres in Mashantack in 1727.[4]

Virkus noted father as “Thomas from Englaind”, but no proof has ever been cited elsewhere. Colvin articles generally consider the cause hopeless.


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References

  1. ↑ Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. (Chicago [Illinois] : J.H. Beers, 1908).
  2. ↑ Genealogy of Descendants of John Colvin, Comp. by Edward J. Colvin, 1940.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Jak (jacmac43 -@- yahoo.com), “Descendants of George Allen of England and Sandwich,” http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jacmac/allen.htm, Viewed 6/25/2000.
  4. ↑ Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. 1969. (Reprint of 1887 original.)
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