69. PARDON6 ALMY (Sanford5, John4, Job3-2, William1),b. Little Compton, RI, 18 Jun 1792; d. Little Compton, RI, 2 Nov 1864.
He m. Tiverton, RI, 24 Nov 1818, MARY COOK, b. Little Compton, RI, 5 Jun 1799; d. Little Compton, RI, 5 Feb 1856; dau. of Samuel and Hannah Cook. Mary Cook was a descendant of William Bradford of the Mayflower.
They lived near the top of Windmill Hill in Little Compton on a place given Pardon by his father. Both are buried in the Almy cemetery on Windmill Hill.
Children, born Little Compton, RI:
| 151 | i | CHARLES7, b. 8 Jun 1819; d. New Bedford, MA, 1 Nov 1886; m. Dartmouth, MA, 28 Oct 1846, MARY ANN CUMMINGS, b. Dartmouth, 6 Jan 1823; d. 1910; dau. of benjamin and Cynthia (Smith) Cummings. |
| ii | ANN, b. 3 Sep 1824; m.(1) JOHN M. JONES; m.(2) Little Compton, RI, 23 Apr 1852, HENRY D. JONES, son of Henry and Helen Jones. | |
| 152 | iii | BRADFORD, b. 11 Dec 1827; m. MARY M. ...... , b. Jul 1834. |
| 153 | iv | SANFORD, b. 17 Feb 1830; d. Ohioville, OH, 23 Apr 1895; m. 4 Sep 1878, CATHERINE J. POTTS; b, 5 Aug 1846; d. 22 Oct 1926; widow of William T. Wright. Sanford was a Civil War veteran. |
| v | MARY COOK, b. 2 Jan 1832; d. 29 Jan 1919; m. Little Compton, RI, 1 Jan 1868, PHILIP W. ALMY (Almy Descendant No. 1407-153), b.Little Compton, 17 Apr 1823; d. Little Compton, 7 Dec 1894; son of Sanford and Lydia R. (Brown) Almy. | |
| vi | PARDON, Jr., b. 4 Jul 1836; d. 30 Aug 1862 in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run. He was a lieutenant in the Army. | |
| vii | FANNIE G., b. 1843. |
Pardon's will, made at Little Compton on 20 Oct 1864, proved 12 Dec 1864, stated: "To three sons Charles, Bradford and Sanford Almy to pay all my debts ... also my homestead farm in Little Compton ... to son Bradford Almy my slat meadow called and my mahogany desk ... to son Sanford Almy bedstead in southwest chamber of my house ... to daughter Ann Jones, wife of John M. Jones, 400 dollars ... to daughter Mary C. Almy 500 dollars ... to daughter Fannie G. Almy 500 dollars ... to two daughters, Mary C. Almy and Fannie G. Almy all household goods..."
Following are the Pardon Almy households in the Federal censuses for Little Compton.
1850: Pardon 57, farmer; Mary C. 50; Ann 25; Bradford 22; Mary C. 18; Pardon 13; and Fanny 7.
1860: Pardon 68; Mary C. 24; Pardon 22; and Fanny G. 17.
REFERENCES: BRISTOL p. 154; CW RECORDS; FAMILY RECORDS; HISTORIC FAM p. 43; LAWTON p. 32; LITTLE COMPTON FAM p. 9; RIVR, Little Compton.