Almy Descendant No. 1233-86

51. THOMAS6 ALMY (Christopher5, Job4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Dartmouth, MA, 22 Apr 1775; d. 23 Nov 1868.

He m. 15 Jan 1798, SARAH (SALLY) GIFFORD, b. Westport, MA, 10 Jun 1779; d. 13 Jun 1848; dau of William and Patience Gifford.

Children:

120iWILLIAM SILENCE7, b. Dartmouth, 10 Oct 1798; d. Boston, MA, 25 Dec 1881; m. New Bedford, MA, 19 Nov 1828, ELIZABETH BRAYTON b. 19 Jun 1803; d. 11 May 1879; dau. of Robert and Deborah (Hussey) Brayton of Nantucket.
iiSILENCE, b. Dartmouth, 9 Oct 1801; d. 10 Mar 1872.
iiiHENRY, b. Dartmouth, 1 Sep 1805; d. Sep 1812.
121ivFREDERICK, b. Dartmouth, MA, 30 Apr 1811; d. 6 Aug 1875; m. Gloucester, Middlesex County, MA, 25 Mar 1847, SUSAN HENRIETTA NILES, b. 25 Feb 1822; d. 4 Sep 1893; dau. of Thomas Niles of Boston, MA.
122vCHARLES H., b. Cambridge, 2 Feb 1812; m. ELIZABETH ......, b. Cambridge, 11 Sep 1816.

Thomas, by occupation, was a carpenter, merchant, and farmer.

Thomas, his wife Sally, and two children, Silence and Henry, are buried in the cemetery at Horses Neck Road, Westport, MA.

The 1850 Federal census for Dartmouth, Bristol County, MA, has the following. Thomas Almy 75, farmer, b. MA; and Silence 48, b. MA.


REFERENCES: CFA pp. 167-8; LAWTON p. 23; MAVR, Cambridge, Dartmouth, Westport; RepMenMA pp. 671-2.