59. JONATHAN6 ALMY (William5-4, Christopher3-2, William1),b. Newport, RI, 18 Feb 1746; d. 31 May 1821, buried Newport Common Burial Ground.
He m.(1) Newport, RI, 14 May 1770, ELIZABETH HAMMOND, b. 17 Apr 1751; d. 18 Feb 1783; dau of Joseph and Elizabeth Hammond. He. m.(2) Newport, RI, 20 Jan 1796, ELIZABETH PERRY, b. 29 Apr 1763; d. 4 Feb 1801; dau of Edward Perry. He m.(3) HOPE CAMPBELL, b. 1764; d. 24 Sep 1804. He m.(4) Warren, RI, 29 Mar 1806, REBECCA BROWN, d. 2 Apr 1827 in her 71st year.
Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Hammond, born Newport, RI:
| i | WILLIAM7, b. 9 May 1771; drowned at sea, 16 Feb 1794. | |
| ii | MARY, b. 7 Jun 1774; m. Newport, RI, 11 Aug 1799, HENRY DOWNING. | |
| iii | ELIZABETH, b. 7 Jun 1774; d. 4 Sep 1776. | |
| iv | ELIZABETH, b. 4 Sep 1776; d. 30 Aug 1826; m. Newport, RI, 9 Aug 1797, DANIEL WILCOX BARKER. | |
| v | ANN, b. 6 Mar 1780; m. Newport, RI, 6 Apr 1805, Captain DAVID MOORE COGGESHALL. | |
| 132 | vi | JONATHAN THURSTON, b. 20 Jan 1782; d. Newport, 12 Jan 1869; m. Newport, RI, 13 Jan 1810, ANN COGGESHALL, b. 26 Sep 1784; d. Newport, 22 Dec 1871. |
Children of Jonathan and Elizabeth Perry, born Newport, RI:
| vii | WILLIAM TERRY, b. 18 Nov 1796. | |
| viii | FRANCES ROBINSON, b. 16 Dec 1798; d. Newport, 4 Feb 1882; m. Newport, 1 Dec 1831, ALEXANDER BARKER; Children (Barker): Ann Elizabeth, b. 1836, d. 1928. 2. Alexander, b. Newport, 16 Jan 1848. |
Newport was occupied by the British from 1776 to 1779, and many families who were not Tory elected to leave the island during that period. Jonathan, with 5 family members, is on the "List of Families and the Number of Persons in Each Family that have Removed from Newport and now residing in the Town of South Kingstown" in the South Kingstown Town Hall in Wakefield, RI.
REFERENCES: LAWTON p. 27; RIVR, Newport, Friends (Vol 7), Vol 14.