Richard GRINNELL

Male Abt 1669 - 1725  (56 years)


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  • Name Richard GRINNELL  [1, 2
    • Patience was the great granddaughter of Anthony Emory who came to America from Romsey Hants England, in 1635 and settled in Kittery, Maine. His daughter Rebecca Emory married first Robert Weymouth, second Thomas Sadler and third Daniel Eaton of Little Compton. A son of rebecca by the second marriage, Joseph Sadler, assumed his mother's maiden name when he ran away to sea. He married Elizabeth Washburne, daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Irish) Washburne of Bridgewater, Mass.

      In the year 1701 Richard Grinnell bought William Palmer for 100 pounds the 14th great lot in Little Compton containing 100 acres. Richard Grinnell's will, executed 9 Dec. 1723 and proved 20 July 1725: "To wife Patience one third of the movables and a third of the income of real estate for life. To son George 100 acres of land in Little Compton, two cows, 40 sheep and the old mare, he paying daughter Rebecca 50 pounds at age.' To son William the house and land that formerly belonged to my grandfather-in-law, Daniel Eaton. To son Richard house and land where I now dwell and 40 sheep, he paying daughters Patience, Ruth and Sarah 50 pounds each at age. To son Daniel the house and land he bought of Daniel Irish and other land and 40 sheep....He also owned two Negro slaves, Toby and Phillis. [1]
    Birth Abt 1669  Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1675  [2
    Death 1 Jul 1725  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I71674  Main Tree
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2020 

    Father Daniel GRINNELL,   b. Abt 1636   d. Aft 1703, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Mary WODELL,   b. Nov 1640 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F10758  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patience EMERY,   b. 1681   d. 10 Mar 1749, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 25 May 1704  Little Compton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. George GRINNELL,   b. 23-25 Jan 1705, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1768, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Daniel GRINNELL,   b. 20 Apr 1721, Little Compton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F29009  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Sep 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 25 May 1704 - Little Compton, Rhode Island Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5366] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families" Vol. I, Little Compton, Rhode Island.

    2. [S10118] William M. Emery and William W. Crapo, The Howland Heirs being the Story of a Family and a fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust.