Thomas Weaver

- 1770

• Name	Thomas Weaver
  Birth	East Greenwich, Kent Colony, Rhode Island, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 May 1770	Newport, Rhode Island, USA
  Burial	1772	Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I312684224603	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	William Weaver,   b. 1670, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 22 May 1719, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Elizabeth Harris,   b. 1672, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States d. 28 Oct 1748, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Marriage	27 Dec 1693	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F1310	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dinah Whitford,   b. Abt. 1704, North Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Island, British Colonial America d. 1773, British Colonial America (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	26 Nov 1732	East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
  Family ID	F1366	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  (21) (d) (21) (d) !21. THOMAS5 WEAVER, (William,4 (7) Clem !21. THOMAS5 WEAVER, (William,4 (7) Clement,3 Clement,2 Clement1) born in East Greenwich Jan. 12, 1708. His gravestone in the Common Burying Ground in Newport states that he died May 29, 1770, aged 62 years. He married in East Greenwich Nov. 26, 1732, Dinah Whitford, daughter of Nicholas and Mary Whitford of Portsmouth, East Greenwich and West Greenwich. She was born about 1712 and died between May 15, 1770, and Feb. 15, 1773, as shown by the wills of her husband and her son Thomas, and was buried on Coasters Harbor Island, off Newport, from which fact it seems likely she was a victim of smallpox. He was a cooper by trade, and lived in his native town as late as 1735, removing soon afterward to Newport, where he was admitted as a freeman May 3, 1737. His will is found among the restored records of Newport which lay submerged in the ocean many months after being sunk by the British during the Revolution. It is very faint and difficult to read, but nearly every word can be deciphered in a favorable light. It reads, in substance, as follows: Will of Thomas Weaver of Newport, Cooper. Dated May 15, 1770--proved July 2, 1770. After ordering that his body be decently buried and his debts be paid, he left "to my well beloved wife all my estate both real and personal while she remains my widow until her death, then I do give and bequeath it unto my children that shall be then living, all my estate to be divided amongst them share and share alike." He authorized the sale of a small dwelling house and some land, and named his wife, Dinah Weaver, as executrix. The inventory, recorded July 3, 1770, footed œ112. (Newport Council Records 16, 146-7.) CHILDREN: 55- I. John,6 b. Nov. 25, 1733, in East Greenwich. 56- II. Caleb,6 b. May 4, 1735. III. Mary,6 b. about 1740 probably in Newport; m. July 12, 1759, John Hudson of Newport. She died at Newport and was buried near her father in the "Common Burying Ground." Page 93 57- IV. Thomas,6 born about 1744 in Newport. 58- V. William,6 b. about 1748. VI. Joseph,6 b. 1751; d. April 19, 1759. VII. Nicholas.6 The dates of his birth and death are not known. He may have married and had a family, but no descendants have been found. Aug. 31, 1774, he executed a deed to John Hudson, his brother-in-law, of Newport, of one quarter of the two small lots at Easton's Point, numbers 30 and 37 and of the house on them which had been left by his father. He served in the Revolution as gunner's yeoman on the sloop Providence, one of the ships in the John Paul Jones fleet of which the flagship was the Alfred, and was reported in Boston in December, 1776, as entitled to a share in two prizes, the Mellish and the Active. The names of the officers and men entitled to share in the prize money were recorded in Massachusetts. At the taking of the Military Census of Rhode Island in 1777 he was in Providence, but gave his residence as Newport. Probably it was he who was Second Lieutenant on the privateer "Eagle," which was fitted out in Boston in 1778. !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA 1708 1708 The Weaver Genealogy Author: Lucius E. W 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: