113. WILLIAM7 ALMY (Tillinghast6, Job5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Dartmouth, MA, 29 Aug 1783; d. Portsmouth, RI, 2 Sep 1862.
He m. Portmouth, RI, 23 Nov 1805, RHODA FISH, b. about 1782; d. 5 Feb 1851; dau of Robert and Bathsheba (Barker) Fish.
Children, b. Portsmouth:
| 218 | i | TILLINGHAST8, b. 27 Sep 1806; d. Providence, RI, 9 Feb 1875; m.(1) SARAH ANTHONY LITTLEFIELD, b. 1814; d. Providence, 28 Mar 1858. He m.(2) PRISCILLA M. CHASE. |
| 219 | ii | WILLIAM FRANKLIN, b. 27 May 1808; d. Providence, 11 May 1874; m. 28 Jul 1840, SYLVIA WEEKS BORDEN, b. 1818; d. Providence, 18 Oct 1893. |
| 220 | iii | BENJAMIN RATHBONE, b. 22 Feb 1810; d. New Bedford, MA, 29 Jan 1861; m.(1) Tiverton, RI, 2 Feb 1832, HANNAH EVANS, b. Freetown, MA, 9 Jul 1805; d. Provicence, 10 Sep 1848. He m.(2) 15 Nov 1849, EMILY MANDEVILLE CUMMINGS, b. Dartmouth, MA, 25 Jun 1827; dau of Benjamin and Cynthia (Smith) Cummings. |
| 221 | iv | HUMPHREY, b. 15 Feb 1812; d. Providence, 24 Jun 1883; m. Portsmouth, 15 Jan 1838, AMY ANN CHASE, b. 9 Jul 1814; d. Providence, 22 Jan 1889. |
| v | GILES MARTINBOROUGH, b. 23 Sep 1813; d. 11 Dec 1873. | |
| vi | ELIZABETH BOLTWOOD, b. 2 Nov 1815; d. Providence, 28 Jan 1881, unmarried. | |
| 222 | vii | ROBERT TILLINGHAST, b. 10 May 1818; d. Princeton, IL, 27 Oct 1868; m. Providence, 11 Dec 1841, SARAH CORNELIA RUSSELL, b. Chillicothe, OH, 1818; d. Providence, 6 Dec 1891; dau of Daniel and Mary (Walker) Russell. |
| viii | MARY, b. 21 Mar 1820; d. Providence, 27 Mar 1893; unmarried. | |
| ix | RHODA ANN, b. 9 Aug 1822; d. Providence, 18 Dec 1880; unmarried. |
William, in his will made at Portsmouth in 1856, proved 9 Feb 1863, named sons Tillinghast, William Franklin, Benjamin Rathbone, Humphrey, Giles Martinborough, and Robert; daughters Elizabeth Boltwood, Mary, and Rhoda Ann.
William and Rhoda, and their children Elizabeth, Mary, and Rhoda were buried at Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI.
The William Almy family is found in the 1860 Federal census for Portsmouth, RI, as follows. William Almy 76; Eliza 44; Mary 40; and R (female) 37.
REFERENCES: FEDERAL CENSUS; LAWTON pp. 42, 106; RepMenMA p. 825; RIVR, Portsmouth, Vol. 6, Vol. 9, Vol. 12, Vol. 14.