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William Weaver, II[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]

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  • Name William Weaver  [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25] 
    Suffix II 
    Birth 19 Sep 1695  East Greenwich, East Greenwich, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12, 13] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 09 Jul 1759  North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    Person ID I312684224601  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father William Weaver,   b. 1670, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1719, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Harris,   b. 1672, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1748, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1693  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice Weaver,   b. 22 Oct 1698, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt. 1754, North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Abt. 1712  Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Mary Fowler,   b. Abt. 1696, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jul 1759, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Nov 1755  Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1317  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • The Weaver Genealogy


      The Weaver Genealogy

      Author: Lucius E. Weaver
      Call Number: CS71.W365

      This book contains the history and genealogy of the Weaver family of Wales
      who settled in Massachusetts.

      Bibliographic Information: Weaver, Lucius E. The Weaver Genealogy. The
      Du Bois Press. Rochester, New York. 1928.
      Source Media Type: Book
      Repository:

      !17. WILLIAM5 WEAVER, (William,4 (7) Clement,3 Clement,2 Clement1) born Sept. 19, 1695, in
      East Greenwich, R. I. He died in North Kingstown shortly before July 9, 1759, when his widow was
      appointed to administer his estate. (Probate Records of North Kingstown, Vol. 9, p. 80.) The latest
      mention of him, while living is found in a lawsuit Feb., 1758. He married Alice (???) whose surname
      and date of birth have not been found. She probably died in 1754, for she joined him in a land sale
      Nov. 29, 1753, and he married, second, in Nov., 1755, Mary Fowler, a widow, who survived him and
      was appointed to administer his estate as above.

      He was a "yeoman" or farmer and also a licensed "innholder," at least a part of the time, for in the
      doings of the Council of East Greenwich it is set forth that on June 30, 1733, it was "Resolved that
      William Weaver of this town have libertie to sell Strong Drinke in the house wherein he now Dwells,
      he keeping Good order upon each Training Day that Capt. (???) calls his Company to Train at said
      Weaver's House in this present year 1733 betweene the hours of Eight of the Clock in the morning
      and Twelve of the Clock at night and noe longer," on penalty of a fine. He was also licensed other
      years. His house was the meeting place of the Town Council.

      He seems to have lived continuously in East Greenwich up to 1754. He served as surveyor of
      highways in 1727, waywarden 1728, overseer of highways 1729-1731, 1740, 1743, town sergeant
      1733-1736, and member of the town council 1738-1744.

      He did not remove to North Kingstown until 1754, sometime between April and August, doubtless
      soon after the death of his wife Alice.

      Jan. 12, 1716-17 his father, William Weaver, gave him a small lot which was part of his own farm and
      was forty-one poles by sixty-two poles. It was bounded on a highway and on the giver's land. (East
      Greenwich Land Evidence 2, 272.)

      July 18, 1718, Clement Weaver of East Greenwich deeded to his "cousin," William Weaver, son of his
      deceased brother William, all his right in lands owned by his said brother. (3, 59.)

      July 18, 1718, whereas William Weaver of East Greenwich lately deceased intestate, whereby all his
      lands descend to his eldest son, yet notwithstanding, said eldest son, William Weaver, for the better
      support of his "honored mother" and to "enable her to bring up the rest of my brothers and sisters and
      to put her in a better way to pay my Father's debts, as his administratrix, and that each of my
      Brothers may have part of their Father's lands and my Sisters have something of a portion more than
      the Law would allow them" deeds to his mother in lieu of her thirds, life tenure in some fifty-six acres
      or so of the homestead and buildings thereon, bounded by a line extending from the middle of the
      south line to the middle of the north line of said farm and is bounded

      Page 88
      on a highway and on Benjamin Spencer. After her death this land shall return to my six brothers as
      follows: To brother Benjamin eight acres, he to pay sister Alice œ4. To brother Harrison the house
      father lived in and ten acres adjoining it, he to pay Alice œ5. To brother Thomas ten acres adjoining
      Harrison's, to pay Alice œ5 six months after receiving the land. To brother Clement ten acres
      adjoining Thomas', and he is to pay Alice œ5. To brother Joseph ten acres adjoining Clement, he to
      pay Alice œ5. To brother John eight acres adjoining Joseph, he to pay Alice œ5. (3. 59.)

      The law of primogeniture made him the sole heir to the estate of his father who died intestate. Instead
      of keeping it he magnanimously shared it with his mother, brothers and sisters. Such an example of
      generosity, filial love and brotherly kindness was rare in those days and not at all common in these
      days when the application of the Golden Rule is being urged as never before.

      Nov. 28, 1752, administration on the estate of Captain Richard Weaver, of East Greenwich,
      deceased, was offered to his eldest brother William, who declined, requesting that their father,
      William Weaver, be appointed, which was done.

      He owned several tracts of land in East Greenwich, West Greenwich and North Kingstown.

      CHILDREN (all recorded in East Greenwich):
      42- I. William,6 b. Oct. 19, 1712.
      II. Richard,6 b. Nov. 4, 1714; d. in East Greenwich Oct. 11, 1752, aged 37
      years, 10 months, 26 days--not 70 years as erroneously transcribed for
      the printed Vital Records.
      As far as known he never married, but the settlement of his estate shows that he left neither widow
      nor offspring.

      III. Elizabeth,6 b. March 14, 1716-7; m. Aug. 22, 1736, John Pierce, b. March
      9, 1713; d. Oct. 19, 1798, of East Greenwich and Warwick, according to
      Pierce Gen. 1888, by F. C. Pierce, pp. 50 and 56, where also is seen the
      list of their eight children, born 1737 to 1758, named Susannah, William,
      Job, Jeremiah, Edward, Elizabeth, Philip and Charles.
      IV. Susannah,6 b. April 26, 1719. No further record.
      V. Edward,6 b. April 29, 1721. He probably died unm. Nov. 10, 1753, John
      Pierce of Warwick notified the Council of East Greenwich that his
      brother-in-law, Edward Weaver, died intestate on a voyage.
      43- VI. Peter,6 b. Aug. 11, 1723.
      VII. Alice,6 b. Aug. 28, 1725; m. Feb. 9, 1746, Benjamin Corey, son of Joseph.
      He died before Nov. 9, 1751, when their daughter Alice was placed under
      guardianship of Capt. Richard Weaver. Alice, the mother, perhaps
      married, second, before March 2, 1752, Caleb Gardner of Exeter, R. I.

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