SECOND GENERATION
2. ROBERT (2) -- Arthur (1) -- eldest son, married May 20, 1708, Ann Davis * and after living about ten years near the Quidnesset homestead, dwelt in that part of North Kingstown which was set off and called Exeter, where he died before Feb. 25, 1760, † and she previous to Dec. 8, 1761. ‡ She was a member of the Baptist Church in Exeter, as the record of a meeting held May ye 27th day 1758, shows. The order of their children's names is not known.
Children.
10. i Robert(3) m. Susanna Reynolds.
11. ii Sarah P. (3) m. Jabez Tucker.
12. iii Mary (3) m. Nathaniel Pettis.
iv Amey (3) m. Joshua Rathburn
v Anna (3) m. .....Austin
13. vi Ephraim (3), m. Alice Pettey.
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* Kingstown in the colony of Rhoad Island [this] 20th day of May Anno 1708 Robert Aylworth
[took] Ann Davis to be his Weded wife and they were [then] and theire lawfully joyned in
marriage according to the Laws and Customs of this collony Before said by me William Hall
Justice of the Peace. [N.K. Rec.]
† The widow administered upon
his estate, the inventory of personal effects amounting to £572-7s.-3d. Ephraim Alyworth,
Joshua Rathbun (mark), Robert Petty and Robert Aylsworth (mark), each receipted for £55 in full
satisfaction to Annah Aylsworth, widow and execx. of Robert Aylsworth, dec. d, March 27, 1760.
Jabez Tucker gives receipt to Anner Aylworth, widow and executx. March 24, 1761. £26,2s. ,6d.,
which fell to Hannah Tucker from her grandfather Aylsworth's estate, The name of Sarah Tucker
appears on the lower left hand corner of receipt. Ephraim Aylesworth, guardian, receipts for
same amount, same date, for Elizabeth Foster, infant, out of the personal estate of Robert
Aylworth.
‡ Annah Aylworth (mark) made her will May 4, 1760, in which she names her son Robert, her
son-in-law Jabez Tucker, her grandson Robert Petty, her daughters Amey Rathbun and Annah Austin,
and her son Ephraim. Inventory £199-12s. 6d., presented Dec. 8, 1761,
NOTE.-- Will of the widow Anna, 1760, May 4; proved 1781, Nov. 10. Executor, son Ephraim,
To son Robert 5s., to son-in-law Jabez Tucker 5s, to grandson Robert Petty 6z., to daughter
Rathbun spectacles and silver bows, worsted combs, & c. to daughter Anna Austin clasps,
&c., to son Ephraim and daughters Amey and Anna rest of estate. [Editor.]
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3. ARTHUR -- 2) Arthur (1) married Mary Franklin, and dwelt within the present limits of West
Greenwich, R.I., to which locality then a part of East Greenwich, they moved from North
Kingstown before June 29, 1723. He bought of William Wanton, June 22, 1724, for £100 320 acres
of land, it being the "31st farm in 3d or last deviation," and was farmer and
in-keeper. She was younger than he but died first. Working in the hay field, he was taken sick
on a Thursday in July, 1761, and died the following Sunday, aged 76 years.
His will was made
July 4, 1761, probably during his sickness, and proved Aug. 1st, following; the will being
signed Arthur Aylworth, and the personal inventory amounting to £672.*
The order of the first
six names of their children is not known.
Children.
14. i Philip (3) m. Elizabeth....
15. ii David (3) m Martha Franklin.
16. iii James (3) m. Mary Wood
iv John (3) m. Anna Reynolds.
17. v Judiah (3) m. (1) Ruth Draper; (2) Rosanna (Edwards) Stafford.
vi Freelove (3) m. John Tenant, July 29, 1740.
vii Dimmis (3) 2d dau., b. June 22, 1725, m. (1) Francis Phillips†
(2) Travis.
viii Austus (3) 3d dau., b. Nov. 22, 1727 m. John Colvin.
ix Barbara (3) 4th dau., b. June 13, 1729, m. Jonathan Hill
son of William Hill, of North Kingstown, Jan. 30, 174(7?)
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* The names of James, John, and Dimmis are not mentioned in the will, yet we find mentioned a
grandson, John Phillips, and a grand daughter, Edey Whitman.
† Deacon Phillips, whose mother's name was Aylsworth, lived in the vicinity of Carbondale,
Pa., in 1816. He had three daughters, names not known. One of these married ___ Hewitt, and had
daughters. May and Lavinnia; another married ___ Miller, and had a daughter, Amanda; the other
daughter married ___ Tripp, and had a son called Zach. All these granddaughter of
Dea. Phillips
attend a school taught by Phillip (4) Aylsworth, son of Peleg.
4. JOHN (2) -- Arthur (1) married Dorcas Jones, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth Jones,
‡ of
East Greenwich, R.I. where they were dwelling as early as Dec. 22, 1718, and probably earlier.
He lived in North Kingstown, § where his will was proved May 15, 1771, the will
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having been made
the same year. * The order of the children's names not known.
Children.
18. i Anthony (3) m. Sarah Briggs
19. ii Arthur (3) m. Almy .....
20. iii John (3) m. Anne Gardner.
iv Josiah (3) m. Lydia Bundy.
v Dorcas (3) m. .... Phillips.
vi Anna (3) m. (1) Sylvanus Whitford, (2)
.John..Manchester. b. Aug. 19, 1732, d. 1772.
vii Mary (3) m. (1) John Olin, (2) .... Bennett.
viii Phebe (3) m. Daniel Cass.
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‡ They had also sons, Jeremiah and Seth, and three other daughters, Elizabeth Bassitt, Sarah
Reynolds, and ___ Hamilton. His will was made Jan. 28, 174(3?)_____.
§ Abel Aylsworth states he died at the house of Joshua Rathbun, his son-in-law which relation
does not yet appear.
* His will was quite an elaborate instrument, but the record suffered so much from fire
that the relics are of little help. It appears, however, from it that he divides a sum of money
between Ann Aylsworth and Dorcas Place, grandchildren perhaps, and the indications are that
there may have been other own children than those contained in the list. He certainly had a
grandson, Christopher Aylsworth, the subject of a special sketch hereafter.
The town council of East Greenwich., Aug. 3, 1723, noticed the fact that "William Aylworth
is again come to reside at the house of John Aylworth," and took such action as was
customary when persons without certificates from their own town were changing residence, to
prevent their obtaining residence and thereby possibly becoming a burden to the town. As this
was the second time or more he had lived with John Aylworth's family he was doubtless a near
relative. All tradition relating to the immigrant indicates that he came alone to America, and
that none of his near kindred afterward associated with him. If it should be presumed that this
person was the deaf mute and that the name Thomas was a mistake, there is nothing apparent, at
present, to sustain the presumption.
5. PHILIP (2) -- Arthur (1) was born in 1692, and married Rachel Greene, daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Barrow) Greene of Quidnessit. They lived upon the immigrant's homestead, where they died, but their death dates and the birth dates of their children are lost.
Children.
22. i Arthur (3) m. Freelove Dyer.
23. ii Job (3) m. (1) Sarah Clark, (2) Sarah Aylworth.
24. iii Philip (3) m. Deborah (Waite) Dyer.
iv Sarah (3) m. Edward Gardiner, Feb. 25, 1754, South
Kingstown.
v Phebe (3) m. (1) Henry Tibbets, who is said to have
joined the British regulars and to have died in debt; m. (2) Jonathan Allen in the public
highway, near the home stead, in her shift.
vi Martha (3) m. "Esquire" George Thomas of Wickford,
Aug. 19, 1787; his second wife. She died Dec 11, 1826, S.P. He by first wife, Phebe Lockwood,
had eight children.
vii Elizabeth (3) m. Feb. 16, 1762, Samuel Ralph. "Her husband
dying, she lived a widow to an old age in Franklin, Putnam Co., N.Y."
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Five other children, viz.: Obadiah, Peleg, Mary, Nancy, and Catharine died in youth.
6. CHAD (2) -- Arthur (1) the youngest son, was born in 1696, and named for Chad Brown. He married (1) in Newport, R.I. Nov. 15, 1725, Elizabeth Major,* and dwelt in North Kingstown certainly until March 30, 1733,† sometime after which they moved into old Scituate, and settled within the present limits of the town of Foster, R.I., where she died. He married (2) Mary Wood, who was living when his will was made, April 23, 1757, seventeen years before it was proved, May 22, 1773.
Children of Elizabeth.
25. i Capt. Thomas (3) b. Aug. 21, 1726, m. (1) Susanna Randall, (2) Martha
Harrington.
ii Elizabeth (3) bapt. Aug. 11, 1728, m. Dec. 6, 1747, James
Hunter. She and her first born child are said to have died together.
26. iii Juda (3) m. Stephen Colegrove.
iv Mary (3) m. Philip Haynes, at Newport, May 25, 1875. "She had
many sons and daughters." Their home was probably in Rhode Island.27. v Rachel (3) m. Dec.
2, 1753, Thomas Colegrove.
vi Anna (3) died of croup in childhood.
Children of Mary.
28. vii Peleg (3) m. Anna Cole.
viii Sarah (3).
ix Mercy (3
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* Elizabeth and Mary Major, daughters of David Major, of the Island of Guernsey, came to Newport
in 1717, bringing with them a letter from the church "in ye Vale(?) in ye Island of
Guernsey," dated in June of that year, and united with the Trinity Church at Newport, and
having left their home on account of domestic misunderstandings with their stepmother. Mary m.
June 9, 1730, William Dumoy, who sometime afterwards went to sea and was never heard from. She
died S.P., before May 11, 1758, when letters of administration were issued to her nephew, Thomas
Aylsworth. David Major's estate, said to have consisted principally of property in London, was
turned into the Bank of England, as the records show.
† His land was 140 acres in the Pettequamscutt purchase; bounded north by the highway, east by
Edward Dyer's land, south by land of Daniel Pierce, and west by land of Jeremiah
Howes.
7. MARY (2) -- Arthur (1) -- She was the eldest daughter, and perhaps the eldest child of the
immigrant.‡ "The Aylsworth Register" makes no allusion to her. She married
previous to the making of her father's will, John Greene, who, Ray Greene Huling tentatively
concludes was a son of Benjamin (& Humilty Coggeshall), (2) Greene
-- John (1). He gave a receipt, Oct 13, Page
45 1726, for his wife's legacy in the settlement of the immigrant's estate. The following is
taken from an article by Ray Green Hulling in the Narragansett Historical Register, Vol. II, No.
3, pp. 167-8, relating to this man and his family:
"He is styled `Lieut. John' in 1732. On Jan. 9, 1733-4, being then of East
Greenwich, he purchased 49 3-4 acres of land in what is now West Greenwich, it being "the
first farm in the first division in the right of Samuel Cranston," and in 1743 sold farms
formerly belonging to his father and brother Caleb, both deceased. The Cranston farm was the
site of his home stead. He married (2) Aug. 7, 1741, Priscilla Brown, of Swansea, Mass., (having
a daughter Freelove Bowen), who survived him. His will, made March 26, proved April 24, 1752,
alludes to two sons deceased, in addition to those named below.
Children's — order uncertain.
i Philip, m. (1) Theodosia Spencer, (2)
Mary Sweet.
ii Benjamin, m. (1) Mercy Rogers, (2) Anna Sweet.
iii Thomas, m. Sarah.
iv Elizabeth, m. .... Morey4
v Ruth.5
vi William. 6
vii Josiah, probably m. Hannah.....7
viii Amos, perhaps he who m. June 19, 1740, in Charlestown, Annie Knowles.
ix Jonathan.
x Caleb.
xi Joseph.8
xii Joshua.9
The authority credited with the above, contains additional information respecting the
families of Philip, Benjamin, Thomas, Josiah, and Amos named above.
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‡ Mary Aylworth ... must have been born as early as 1688 perhaps earlier [Rev. James P. Root.]
8. ELIZABETH (2) -- Arthur (1) married (1) .....Dolliver. * Of their family history nothing
has been discovered. Before 1726 she married (2) Peleg Card. She died probably before his will
was made, Sept. 17, 1764. If she was his first wife they had the children named in the list and
perhaps others of whom we have no account.†
Order of
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* Perhaps a son of Joseph Dolliver, Sr., who died in East Greenwich, 1731; will 1729, and who
mentions sons, John and William, and daughters, Lydia Parker, Mary Huling, and Abigail Niles.
Joseph Dolliver, Jr., will May 1, 1709, North Kingstown, mentions his brother William and
sisters, Lydia Parker, Rebecca Card, ye wife of Peleg Card, Sarah Johnson and Mary
Dolliver. The
Peleg Card here referred to may be he who afterwards married Elizabeth
Dolliver.
† Joseph Card, son of Peleg of North Kingstown, and Judith Cahoon dau. of Joseph of Warwick,
m. March 6, 1735-6. [E.G. Rec.] If this Joseph Card was son of Peleg above, he was probably son
by a first marriage.
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names not known. They lived about half a mile south of the immigrant's homestead, in Quidnesset.*
Children.
i Philip (3) Card. † §§ (died Nov.
2, 1823, Shaftsbury, VT)
ii William (3) Card.‡
iii Mary (3) Card, m. .... Strate.
iv Ruth (3) Card, m. ...... Brown.
v. Phebe (3) Card, m. .... Underwood.
vi Elizabeth (3) Card, m. .....Sreaves
viii James (3) Card.
9. MARTHA (2) -- Arthur (1) b. ca 1698, d. 1738, married John Davis before December 1,
1727 (1729), and dwelt in East
Greenwich, where he died, before Feb. 25, 1737-8, when letters of administration issued to
Martha Davis, late wife and now widow of John Davis of said East Greenwich, yeoman, deceased.
Inventory, consisting mostly of household goods, farming implements, and smith tools, amounted
to the sum of £194-15s.-6d. Arthur Aylworth, of East Greenwich, and Peleg Card, of North
Kingstown, were bondsmen. Nothing further has been discovered respecting their history.
* Near the site of the dwelling now on this homestead, there is a family cemetery, containing at
least thirty-six graves without inscriptions. Peleg Card, son of Philip, died Oct. 19, 1846,
aged 92 years and his wife Alice (Sweet) died May 24, 1826 in her 74th year. They as well as his
father, Philip, dwelt there and were buried in the family ground.
† Had Phebe, Welthan, Peleg,
and perhaps others.
‡ Had Peleg, and perhaps others.
§§ Philip married Catherine Davis Dec. 3, 1741 and they had a dau.
Sarah Card, b. ca. 17 45, d. June 12, 1819,
married, Oct. 13, 1765, John Olin III,
b. Sep. 17, 1741, East Greenwich, RI, d. Nov. 2, 1823, Shaftsbury, VT.
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