William Ellery Sr.
31st Deputy Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In office
1748–1750
GovernorWilliam Greene
Preceded byWilliam Robinson
Succeeded byRobert Hazard
Personal details
Born31 October 1701
Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died10 March 1764 (1764-03-11) (aged 62)
Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Resting placeCommon Burial Ground
SpouseElizabeth Almy
ChildrenBenjamin, William, Ann, Christopher
OccupationMerchant, Judge, Assistant, Deputy Governor

William Ellery Sr. (31 October 1701 – 15 March 1764) was a merchant and politician in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations during the mid-18th century.

Biography

He was the third of nine children born to the Hon. Benjamin Ellery and Abigail Wilkins of Gloucester and Bristol, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island. He graduated from Harvard College in 1722, and in the same year was married to Elizabeth Almy, the daughter of Job Almy and Ann Lawton of Newport. He became a wealthy merchant in Newport, and in time served in a number of civic capacities.[1] From 1738 to 1740 he served as a Newport Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace.[2] He later served as an assistant and Deputy Governor of the colony.[1]

William and Elizabeth had six children, four of whom grew to maturity. His second son, William Ellery, became a prominent Newport lawyer, was a member of the Continental Congress, and one of Rhode Island's two signers of the United States Declaration of Independence.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Babson 1860, pp. 84–85.
  2. ↑ Smith 1900, pp. 78, 80, 82.

Bibliography

  • Babson, John J. (1860). History of the Town of Gloucester, Cape Ann... Gloucester, Massachusetts: Proctor Brothers.
  • Smith, Joseph Jencks (1900). Civil and Military List of Rhode Island, 1647-1800. Providence, RI: Preston and Rounds, Co. Retrieved 26 March 2010. arnold.

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