115. BENJAMIN7 ALMY (Tillinghast6, Job5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. 23 Mar 1791; d. 25 May 1869, buried Fall River, MA.
He m. RUTH LAWTON, b. Portsmouth, RI, 3 Mar 1792; d. 26 Feb 1848, buried Fall River; dau of Henry and Elizabeth (Pearce) Lawton.
Children:
| i | HANNAH C.8, b. 19 Feb 1812; d. 1870; m. ANTHONY MORSE. | |
| 225 | ii | HENRY S., b. Little Compton, RI, 3 Sep 1813; d. Fall River, MA, 16 Oct 1886; m.(1) ADELINE TRIPP; d. Fall River 19 Oct 1839. He m.(2) NANCY TABER, b. Tiverton, RI, 1815. |
| 226 | iii | EDWIN R., b. RI, 30 Sep 1815; d. 1867; m. Fairhaven, MA, 25 Jan 1836, HARRIET HAMMOND, dau of William and Harriet (Blankenship) Hammond. |
| 227 | iv | ELIJAH B., b. Portsmouth, 5 Nov 1817; d. Fall River, MA, 1886; m. CATHERINE F. HUNT, b. MA, 1814; d. 1880. |
| v | GEORGE L., b. 17 Aug 1820; d. 1820. | |
| 228 | vi | GEORGE L., b. 30 Jan 1822; m.(1) Lowell, MA, 11 Nov 1847, ELIZABETH PAUL, d. Laurel, MD, 10 Mar 1863, dau of William and Ann Paul. He m.(2) ELLEN KITTRIDGE, b. MA, Sep 1832. |
| vii | CONTENT, b. 24 Dec 1824; d. 1826. | |
| viii | CONTENT, b. 12 May 1827; m. JOSHUA BERESFORD CHAMPNEY, b. 12 Feb 1811. | |
| ix | SARAH B., b. 17 Sep 1829. | |
| 229 | x | BENJAMIN TILLINGHAST, b. Little Compton, RI, 6 May 1831; d. Fall River, MA, 2 Feb 1909; m. Fall River, MA, 15 May 1853, ELIZABETH DRAPER DEAN, b. Fall River, MA, 9 Sep 1836; d. Fall River, 5 Apr 1907. |
| 230 | xi | FRANKLIN LAWTON, b. Little Compton, 2 Jul 1833; d. Fall River, 12 Jun 1912; m.(1) Fall River, 22 Sep 1862, CHARITY ROBINSON BUFFINGTON, b. Fall River, 12 Apr 1837; d. Fall River, 27 May 1886; dau of Israel and Nancy B. Buffington. He m.(2) MARY K. COTTON, b. Fall River, MA, Jun 1846; dau of John S. Cotton.. |
Benjamin Almy served in the War of 1812, and was captain of the First Infantry of Portsmouth, under appointment by Governor Jones of Rhode Island, confirmed by the General Assembly.
The Benjamin Almy household is found in the 1850 Federal census for Fall River, MA, as follows. In the residence of Elijah B. Almy: (all b. RI) Benjamin 58; Content 22; Sarah B. 20; Benjamin T. 19, machinist; and Franklin 16, painter.
REFERENCES: FAMILY RECORDS; FEDERAL CENSUS; LAWTON p. 43.