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Governor Arthur Fenner, Jr.

Governor Arthur Fenner, Jr.

Male 1745 - 1805  (59 years)

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  1. 1.  Governor Arthur Fenner, Jr.Governor Arthur Fenner, Jr. was born on 10 Dec 1745 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 15 Oct 1805 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence Co, Rhode Island.

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    Arthur Fenner (December 10, 1745 - October 15, 1805) served as the fourth Governor of Rhode Island from 1790 until his death in 1805. He has the seventh longest gubernatorial tenure in post-Constitutional U.S. history at 5,641 days.[2] Fenner was a prominent Country Party (Anti-federalist) leader. Around 1764, Fenner joined several others as a petitioner for the chartering of the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (the original name for Brown University).
    Fenner was born in 1745 to a prominent family in Providence in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. His ancestor Captain Arthur Fenner (1622?1703) had been a member of the Town Council, an associate of Roger Williams, and fought in King Philip's War.[1] His parents were Arthur Fenner, Jr. (1699?1788) and Mary Olney. The Fenner family owned the wharf where the Gaspee Affair occurred in 1772.
    Governor Fenner married Amey Comstock (born ca. 1749; died September 5, 1828, in her 80th yr.), daughter of Gideon Comstock of Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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    Arthur married Amey Comstock about 1770 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. Amey (daughter of Gideon Comstock and Amy Phillips) was born about 1749 in Smithfield, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 5 Sep 1828 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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    1. 2. Governor of Rhode Island James Fenner  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1771 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 17 Apr 1846 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island.


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  1. 2.  Governor of Rhode Island James Fenner Descendancy chart to this point (1.Arthur1) was born on 22 Jan 1771 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 17 Apr 1846 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island.

    James married Sarah "Sally" Jenckes before 17 Dec 1792 in Rehoboth, Bristol Co, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Sylvanus Jenckes and Freelove Whipple Fenner) was born on 12 Jul 1773 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 24 May 1844 in Providence, Providence Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]