Henry Tew

Henry Tew (* 1654 in Newport , Newport County , † April 26, 1718 ibid) was an English politician and officer in North America.

Career

Henry Tew was the son of Mary Clarke and Richard Tew. His family emigrated to New England in 1640 and settled in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . Between 1680 and 1698 he served continuously as Deputy of Newport and between 1703 and 1712, with interruptions, as an assistant . He has sat on many committees throughout his political career. In this context, he advised Governor Samuel Cranston (1659-1727) on his campaign against Canada ( Queen Anne's War ). He was also the Superintendant of Works at the Fort on Goat Island . Tew also pursued a military career. In 1698 he held the rank of captain and in 1714 that of lieutenant colonel . He was chosen as the agent who was supposed to sail to England, but he refused. In 1714 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to fill the vacancy created by the death of Walter Clarke (1640-1714):

"Proceeding of the General Assembly held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, the 15th day of June, 1714: The new election members or representatives, being engaged, the General Assembly first took into consideration the necessity of proceeding to elect a Deputy Governor, in the room of the Honorable Walter Clarke, Esq., late deputy governor, deceased; and proceeded accordingly, and chose the Honorable Lieutenant Colonel Henry Tew, Deputy Governor, who took his engagement accordingly. "

He held the post until May 1715. On April 20, 1718 he wrote his will and died six days later.

family

Tew was married twice. With his first wife Dorcas, last name unknown, († December 16, 1697) he had ten children: Mary, Henry, William, Richard, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Elisha, Edward and Dorcas. Shortly after the death of his first wife, he married Sarah Paul. Their first child was born in September 1699, eight more children followed in the following years, including Abigail (1703–1781). Tew and his two wives were buried in a family cemetery half a mile north of Sachuest Beach in Middletown .

Trivia

According to some evidence, Tew was the brother of the privateer and pirate Thomas Tew ( bl. 1692–1695).

literature

• John Osborne Austin and George Andrews Moriarty: 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 9780806300061 , pp. 394-397.
• Bicknell, Thomas Williams: The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , Volume 3, American Historical Society, 1920

Individual evidence

1. ^ Abigail Tew in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved March 3, 2016.

Web links

• Henry Tew in the database of Find a Grave (English)