Almy Descendant No. 1235-571

125. ANDREW7 ALMY (Otis6, Job5, Samuel4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Tiverton, RI, 16 May 1795; d. 12 Dec 1880.

He m. Tiverton, 16 Apr 1817, CLARISSA ALMY, b. Little Compton, RI, 25 Aug 1799; d. 27 Jul 1885; dau of Sanford and Lydia (Gray) Almy (No. 31).

Children:

iGODFREY MANCHESTER8, b. Little Compton, 29 Sep 1817; d. Fall River, MA, 3 Nov 1875.
243iiJOB, b. Little Compton, 26 Mar 1819; d. Providence, RI, 6 Sep 1897; m. MARY ALLYN ABELL, d. Providence, 16 Dec 1889, dau of Robert and Asenath (Staples) Abell.
iiiLUCINDA, b. Little Compton, 25 Mar 1821; d. 21 May 1848; m. New Bedford, MA, 2 Sep 1844, ALEXANDER R. BARKER of New Bedford.
ivMARIA DELIA, b. Little Compton, 16 Feb 1823; d. 2 Aug 1832.
244vSANFORD, b. Little Compton, 14 Apr 1825; d. Pawtucket, 3 Nov 1903; m. Pawtucket, 8 May 1851, ELLEN AUGUSTA CARRIQUE, b. Cumberland, RI, 1830; d. Providence, 6 Aug 1903, age 73; dau of Richard and Laura (Whipple) Carrique.
viSALLY H., b. 20 Mar 1827; d. 12 Aug 1832.
viiANDREW J., b. 28 Feb 1830; d. N. Providence, RI, 29 Mar 1857.
viiiCLARISSA AMELIA, b. Adamsville, Newport County, RI, 17 Dec 1832; d. 6 Oct 1856; m. Providence, 17 Jul 1856, ALBERT E. THURBER of Providence.
ixOTIS, b. 29 Jun 1834; d. Pawtucket, 9 Feb 1861; unmarried.
245xHENRY CLAY, b. 6 Aug 1837; d. 21 Aug 1910; m. Providence, 10 Oct 1861, JOSEPHINE M. WHIGHTMAN, b. NY, Aug 1840; d. 16 Oct 1902.
xiHARRIET M., b. 1839; d. 1839.
246xiiALBERT NELSON, b. 27 Dec 1840; d. 24 Apr 1908; m.(1) Providence, 20 Oct 1860, ANNA B. FESSENDEN, b. 1 Jan 1841; d. 12 Mar 1867. He m.(2) Smithfield, RI, 7 Jan 1875, ALICE JANE FRENCH, b. 17 Apr 1851; d. 22 Feb 1920; dau of Ezra W. and Alice Newell (Peck) French.
xiiiOSCAR S., b. 1843; d. 1843.

Andrew was a sea captain. He moved to Pawtucket, RI, with his family and became a grocer.

The Andrew Almy household in the 1850 Federal census for Providence, RI, consisted of Andrew 55, grocery store; Clarissa 50; Godfrey M. 32; Sanford 25; Clarissa A. 17; Harry C. 13; Albert N. 9; and Otis 16, seaman.


REFERENCES: LAWTON pp. 45-6; LITTLE COMPTON FAMS p. 9; MAVR, New Bedford; RepMenRI p. 1941; RIVR, Little Compton, Providence (Vol.2), (Vol. 12).