Daniel Abbott
Daniel Abbott junior (born April 25, 1682 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † November 7, 1760 ibid) was a Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Career
Daniel Abbott, Jr., son of Margaret White and Daniel Abbott, was born in Providence County during colonial times . His mother was previously married to Thomas D. Walling. Nothing is known about Daniel Abbott junior's youth. In 1708 he became a freemen in Providence. He was active as a town clerk in Providence in 1713. In the same year he became a deputy - a position he held numerous times until his death. Abbott became a clerk in the Assembly in 1720 . He was active as a speaker in the House of Representatives from 1737 to 1738 . Abbott was elected lieutenant governor in 1738. He held the post for two consecutive one-year terms under Governor John Wanton .
Abbott and his wife donated land in Providence in 1723 for the construction of a Presbyterian or congregational church. Ten years later, he and two others by the Assembly commissioned a new prison in Providence to build, which should have the same size as the one in North Kingstown ( Kings County ). In early 1740, he received £ 20 for the time and effort he had spent reworking and renewing the borderline between the colonies of Rhode Island and Connecticut . In the same year he sat on a committee that determined the border between the colonies of Rhode Island and Massachusetts . In 1741 he and two others were appointed to spin off part of Warwick and found the Town of Coventry .
He married Mary Fenner, daughter of Dinah Borden and Major Thomas Fenner. His wife died on January 7, 1759. The couple had no children. After his death, his fortune fell to the members of the Fenner family. The executors were two future lieutenant governors of Rhode Island: Jabez Bowen and Darius Sessions .
Daniel and Mary Abott were buried in the North Burial Ground in Providence.
literature
- Austin, John Osborne: The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers who Came Before 1690, with Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation , Genealogical Publishing Com, 1887, ISBN 978-0-8063-0006-1 , pp. 234f
- Bicknell, Thomas Williams: The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Volume 3, American Historical Society, 1920
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Abbott, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbott, Daniel junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1682 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Providence , Rhode Island |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 1760 |
| Place of death | Providence , Rhode Island |