Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Joseph Fenner

 

[b 10 Apr. 1753 at Coventry, RI; d 7 Feb. 1796 at Scituate, RI, aged 42 yrs. 9 mos. 28 days] Joseph Fenner m Ruth Potter [b 1 May 1756 at Newport, RI; d 11 Apr. 1844 at Woodstock, CT] on 28 Dec. 1775 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Ruth was the daughter of Stephen Potter and Mary Freeborn.

  1. Polly [b 1 Jan. 1777 at Coventry, Kent Co., RI; d 30 Aug. 1778 at Coventry, Kent Co., RI].

  2. Abigail [b 25 Mar. 1780 at Providence, RI; d 3 Apr. 1853 Thompkinsville, Lackawana, PA] m John Tomkins [b 4 Dec. 1777 at Newark, Essex, NJ; d 1 Feb. 1833 at Tompkinsville, Lackawana, PA] on 22 Nov. 1801 at Providence, RI.

  3. Amy [b 11 Dec. 1783 at Scituate, RI; d 17 July 1784 at Scituate, RI].

  4. Richard [b 6 Aug. 1789 at Providence, RI; d 12 Feb. 1805 at Scituate, RI] buried in Fenner cemetery, Scituate.

  5. Joseph [b 7 Oct. 1793 at Providence, RI; d 3 Feb. 1805 at Scituate, RI].

  6. Samuel [b 11 Apr. 1796 at Scituate, RI; d 21 June 1874 at Scituate, RI] m Emily Russell.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Jeremiah | Joseph

Sources:
a. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 39. Martha shows Samuel’s death as 21 Feb. 1874 and his wife as Emily Russell.
b. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 4 Jan. 2021.