Almy Descendant No. 1252-996

145. ABRAHAM7 ALMY (Cranston6, John5, William4, Christopher3-2, William1),b. Portsmouth, RI, 14 Aug 1811; d. Portsmouth, 23 Oct 1850.

He m. MARTHA B. SIMPSON, b. 1816; d. 1889; dau of Samuel Simpson of Newport, RI.

Children, b. Fall River, MA:

iRUTH AMELIA8, b. 7 Aug 1842; d. Newport, RI, 11 Jan 1915; m. Newport, 9 Jun 1864, ALEXANDER N. BARKER, a lumber and hardware dealer of Newport, b. RI, abt 1841; children, b. Newport: 1. Grace Barker, b. abt 1873. 2. Archibald Barker, b. abt 1874.
iiTHEODORE, b. 28 Sep 1845; d. Boston, MA, 24 Feb 1884; unmarried. He was in meat business in Boston.
276iiiABRAHAM, b. 25 Mar 1848; d. Newport, 29 Jan 1902; m. 28 Oct 1884, ANNA W. HAZARD, dau of Simeon and Mary Ann (Stevens) Hazard.
277ivSAMUEL SIMPSON, b. 12 Jul 1849; d. Newport, 3 Sep 1902; m. LAURA SHERMAN, b. 1849; d. 1895.

The Abraham Almy family is in the 1850 Federal census for Fall River, MA, as follows. Abraham Almy 38, butcher; Martha 33; Amelia 7; Theodore 4: Abraham, Jr. 2; and Samuel 11/12.

The family is then found in the following Federal censuses for Newport, RI.

1860: Martha B. Almy 42; Ruth A. 17; Theodore 14; Abraham 11; and Samuel S. 10.

1870: Martha B. Almy 54; Theodore 25, butcher; Abraham 22, painter; and Samuel 20, clerk in post office. Also in the same house was Alexander N. Barker 29, bookkeeper, and Ruth A. Barker 28.

1880: Martha 64; Theodore 34, meat market; abraham 32, painter; and Alexander Barker 38, probate clerk; Ruth 37; Gracie 6; and Archie 5.


REFERENCES: FEDERAL CENSUSES; LAWTON p. 52; RepMenRI p. 501.