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- Thomas Angell (c.1616-1694)
was one of the four men who wintered with Roger Williams at Seekonk, Plymouth Colony, in early 1636, and then joined him in founding the settlement of Providence in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Though he was a minor at the time of his arrival, his name appears on several of the early documents related to the settlement of Providence. In the early 1650s he became active in the affairs of the town, serving as commissioner, juryman, and constable. In 1658 he began his service as the Providence Town Clerk, and held this position for 17 years. He wrote his will in 1685, dying almost a decade later in 1694, leaving a widow and many grown children.
Angell was probably a relative of Roger Williams and related to William Angell, a citizen and baker of the City of London, whose daughter married a first cousin of Williams.
Angell married Alice Ashton, the daughter of James Ashton of Saint Albans in Hertfordshire, England.[4] Alice's sister, Mary, married Thomas Olney, another Providence settler, and her brother James also came to New England. Thomas and Alice had eight children. Their daughter Alice married Eleazer Whipple, the son of John and Sarah Whipple, and brother of Colonel Joseph Whipple, and their daughter Margaret married Jonathan, another son of John and Sarah Whipple.[1] Their son James married Abigail Dexter, the daughter of colonial President Gregory Dexter.
(Wikipedia)
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1616 - 1694 (78 years)
