79. CHRISTOPHER6 ALMY (Holder5, Job4-3-2, William1),b. Portsmouth, RI, 17 Jun 1771; d. Smithfield, RI, 7 Jan 1854.
He m. Smithfield, RI, 9 Oct 1794, LYDIA HILL, b. Smithfield, 31 Jul 1769; d. Smithfield, RI, 21 Jan 1837; dau. of Samuel and Rhoda (Phillips) Hill.
Children:
| 167 | i | JOSEPH7, b. Portsmouth, RI, 30 Jun 1795; d. Smithfield, RI, 24 Apr 1868; m. Smithfield, RI, 29 Mar 1821, SUSAN EDDY, b. Scituate, RI, 1796/7; d. Smithfield, RI, 26 Apr 1867, age 70 years. |
| ii | MARY LAWTON, b. Portsmouth, RI, 30 Oct 1796; d. Gloucester, MA, 2 Mar 1817. | |
| iii | JACOB, b. Newport, RI, 17 Jul 1800; d. Newport, RI, 24 Oct 1801. | |
| 168 | iv | ROBERT LAWTON, b. Newport, RI, 16 Feb 1802; d. Smithfield, 21 May 1845, buried Fall River, MA; m. Smithfield, RI, 4 Apr 1833, HANNAH L. WILBOR, b. 14 Apr 1805; d. 6 Sep 1847; dau. of William and Anna (Bragg) Wilbor. |
| v | LYDIA, b. Newport, RI, 23 Nov 1803; d. Salem, MA, 2 Aug 1868; m. BENJAMIN HAYES. | |
| 169 | vi | OBADIAH, b. Newport, RI, 3 Jun 1805; d. Danby, VT, 31 May 1839; m. Danby, VT, 13 Oct 1825, RHODA BARRETT, d. 3 Jun 1867; dau. of Jaazaniah and Rhoda (Read) Barrett. |
| vii | SARAH, b. Newport, RI, 26 Apr 1807; d. Danby, VT, 1839; m. Danby, VT, 15 Apr 1830, WILLIAM A. OTIS, b. Danby, 5 Jun 1807; son of David Harris and Sarah (Rogers) Otis. | |
| viii | RHODA, b. Newport, RI, 15 Jun 1810; d. 4 Oct 1863; m.(1) Richmond, NH, 1830, WILLIAM BASSETT, b. Starksboro, VT, 1805; d. 16 Oct 1835. She m.(2) DAVID ALDRICH. Child: Emily R. Bassett, b. Starksboro, 24 Sep 1831; m. William Ross Ballou, b. Glocester, RI, 6 Feb 1831. | |
| 170 | ix | SAMUEL HOLDER, b. Newport, RI, 13 Apr 1812; d. Salem, MA, 10 Apr 1885; m. Adams, MA, 17 Feb 1831, JULIA ELMA HATHAWAY, b. Adams, 1811; d. 1893; dau. of James and Dorothy (Bowerman) Hathaway. |
| x | PHEBE, b. Slatersville, RI, 21 Oct 1815; d. Slatersville, 2 Feb 1906; m. Brooklyn, CT, 21 Jul 1839, RUSSELL MARBLE, b. Carlton, MA, 21 Sep 1806; d. 12 Oct 1874; son of Aaron and Rebecca (Putmum) Marble. Children (Marble): 1. Rebecca H., b. 1845; d. Haverford, PA, 18 Feb 1905; m. 20 Aug 1872, Allen Clapp Thomas. 2. Sarah, b. 21 Mar 1847; m. Slatersville, 29 Jun 1905, Joel Herbert Shedd, b. Repperell, MA, 31 May 1834. 3. William A., b. 1850; m Catherine Alice Cain. 4. Joseph Russell, b. 1853; m. Worcester, MA, 26 Oct 1880, Emily G. Chase. Russell Marble was listed as a scythe maker in the 1850 Federal census for Smithfield, RI. |
Christopher was listed in the household of his son-in-law, Russell Marble, in the 1850 Federal census of Smithfield, RI.
REFERENCES: CTVR, Brooklyn; FAMILY RECORDS; LAWTON pp. 36-37; NE HIST pp. 182-4; RIVR, Smithfield, Friends (Vol 7).