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Lydia Masters Tabor was born on 8 November 1648 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, England. Rev. Pardon Tillinghast and she were married on 16 April 1664 in Providence, Rhode Island. She died in 1720 at age ~72 in Providence, Rhode Island.

Rev. Pardon Tillinghast was born on 16 March 1622 in Beachy Head, Sussex, England. He and Lydia Masters Tabor were married on 16 April 1664 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 29 January 1718 at age 95 in Providence, Rhode Island.

He was a shopkeeper and a cooper. He was received as a quarter share man in Providence January 19, 1646. A descendant, Moses Brown, says that he served in Cromwell's army in England. In 1681 he was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Providence, where he was "remarkable for his plainness and his piety."

Freelove Stafford was born in 1680 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. She died in 1711 at age ~31 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Freelove Stafford had person sources.¹

Joseph Tillinghast was born on 11 August 1667 in Providence, Rhode Island. He died on 1 December 1763 at age 96 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was buried at Common Burial Ground in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island.

He was admitted a freeman in 1701.

Lydia Tillinghast was born on 8 July 1703 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Job Almy and she were married on 18 July 1717 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. She died on 30 December 1774 at age 71 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She was buried in 1774 at Job Almy Family Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts.

Westcott Genealogy does not list a daughter Lydia for Joseph Tillinghast and Freelove Stafford.

Job Almy was born on 28 April 1696 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He and Lydia Tillinghast were married on 18 July 1717 in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He died on 18 July 1777 at age 81 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

He received lands in Dartmouth, housing, and wearing apparel in his father's will.

Christopher Almy was born in 1632 in South Kilworth, Lancaster, England. He and Elizabeth Cornell were married on 9 July 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died on 30 January 1713 at age ~81 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. He was buried in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

He was made a freeman of Portsmouth in 1658. In 1667 he and others bought lands of the Indians in Monmouth, NJ and he removed there. He returned to RI before 1680. On March 5, 1680, he and 7 others bought lands in Pocasset (Tiverton) for 1,100 pounds. His share was 3 3/4 of 30. In 1690 he was a deputy to the Massachusetts Court. On February 27, 1690, he was elected president, but refused to serve for reasons satlisfactory to the Assembly. He was sent to England as messenger from Rhode Island and delivered a petition to Queen Mary in 1698. In 1708, he made his will, calling himself 77 years old. He gave his eldest son William his lands on Punkateest Neck in Tiverton; his son Christopher land on Sapowet Neck and New Jersey; and to son Job the lands in Rhode Island (Tiverton was then part of Massachusetts).

He bought lands of the Indians at Monmouth, NJ, and he lived there some years, returning to RI by 1680.

His will mentions a daughter, Elizabeth, who married John Leonard, son of Henry and Mary Leonard, with children John, Henry, Samuel, Christopher, Sarah, and Ann. (New Jersey?)

He had several slaves. In his will they were to be set free one year after his wife's death. Christopher Almy was born about 1632 in South Kilworth, Leicester, England.

Elizabeth Cornell was born about 1637. Christopher Almy and she were married on 9 July 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She died in 1708 at age ~71.

William Lynn Almy was born about 1601 in South Kilworth, Lancashire, England. He and Audrey Barlowe were married on 22 May 1629 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. He died on 23 April 1677 at age ~76 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

He settled first prior to 1631 in Saugus with other Leicester men, but returned to England. He arrived a second time on the ship Abigail in 1635 with wife Audrey, 32, daughter Ann, 8, and son Christopher, 3. He went in 1637 to Sandwich, where he received eight and a half acres, later selling it to Edmund Freeman. He was in Portsmouth, RI, in November 1644 and received a grant of land at Wading River. He made a will February 28, 1676, proved in 1677, sons Christopher and Job to be executors. He left half his farm each to sons Christopher and Job.

"It is the company of such men as John Winthrop, John Eliot, Isaac Johnson and their class, that we find one of the Almy family of England coming to America.
William Almy was a native of Belinden Parish, Kent county, England, and was born in 1601. He came to this country with John Winthrop and his associates about 1630, probably 1629. The following official mention we find of the name in America appears in the court records of the Colony, Linn, when on June 14, 1631, William Almy was fined 11s "for taking away Mr. Glover's conoe without leave". On July 31, 1634, he was again fined "for not appearing at the last court, being summoned." (He was probably absent in England as he made two trips to and fro, before he brought his family to the New World.)
On June 13, 1635, upon his second voyage to England, he presented his certificates of conformity to the Church of England and of loyalty to the Crown...He was permitted to embark on the ship "Abigail". Among the passengers were William Almy, aged 34, husband, and Audry Almy, aged 32 years (wife); Annis Almy, aged 8 years (daughter); Christopher, afted 3 years (son).
In 1636 William Almy gained a suit and secured judgement against the estate of David Johnson, but compromised the case with the widow. On the same date, one Robert Way was ordered to serve William Almy until he had satisfied the sum of his indebtedness to him, which amounted to 111 pounds.
On April 3, 1637, Almy, with nine other men was given liberty to view and locate a place which would comprise sufficient land for the maintenance of three score families, and the same month he removed with his family to Sandwich, Mass. One April 16, 1640, he received a grant of 8 1/2 acres, but seems not to have been satisfied with Sandwich as a place of abode, for he removed to Portsmouth, Rhode Island. In 1641, and on June 22, 1642, he sold his house and land in Sandwich to Edmond Freeman for 18 pounds. In 1644, he secured a grant of land at Wading River, and on Jan. 5, 1656, he sold 8 acres to Richard Bulgar.
"William Almy was a member of a sect known as "Friends", afterwards designated as "Quakers" by Justice Bennett. Almy soon became a prominent man in Portsmouth. Made a freeman in 1655; in 1656, he served on jury; was a commissioner during years between 1656 and 1663. In 1663, with three other men, he insured prompt payment of the tax due from the town of Portsmouth to the Government."
Three children were born to William and Annis Almy in America: John, Job and Cathers. William died in Portsmouth on Feb. 28, 1677. The eldest daughter, Annis ("Ann") Almy was married to John Green and had 11 children. She died May 17, 1709 aged 82 years. According to "Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island", Ann was born 1627 [Ann's daughter Deborah green married William Torrey, who was great-grandfather of Abigail Campbell who married Capt. Jeremiah Shaw.]

His father was Christopher, according to TAG XX, no. 3. The Almey pedigree appears in Vis. Northants. 1619 by Metcalf. More on English ancestry in NEHGS Register, Vol. 71, p 310, and Vol. 78. Little Compton descendants are in B. F. Wilbur's "Little Compton Families."

Audrey Barlowe was born on 22 December 1603 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. William Lynn Almy and she were married on 22 May 1629 in Lutterworth, Leicester, England. She died on 28 February 1677 at age 73 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Massachusetts.

Thomas Almy was born in 1550 at Saint David in Barton, Somersetshire, England. He died on 30 October 1604 at age ~54 in Dunton-Bassett, Leicestershire, England.

Joan Wale was born about 1552 in South Kilworth, Lancashire, England. She died on 31 October 1604 at age ~52 in Dunton-Bassett, Leicestershire, England.

Or was she born in Dutton Bassett, Leicestershire?

John Almy was born about 1525 in Dunton-Bassett, Leicestershire, England. He died after 1550 in Dunton-Bassett, Leicestershire, England.

The Almy pedigree appears in Vis. Northants. 1619, Metcalf.

Ruth Reynolds was born at Saint David in Barton, Somersetshire, England.

Also spelled Reynolds.

Johnis Barlowe was born on 15 June 1574 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England. He died in 1638 at age ~64 in Marlborough, Leicestershire, England.

Susanna Lawton was born in 1650 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. Thomas Cornell and she were married in 1673 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island. She died on 9 December 1712 at age ~62 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

Mary Terry was born about 1569 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England. She died in 1603 at age ~34 in Bumstead Tower, Essex, England.

George Cornell was born in 1539 in Walden, Essex, England. He and Susan Casse were married about 1561 in England. He died in 1616 at age ~77 in Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.

Susan Casse was born in 1543 in Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England. George Cornell and she were married about 1561 in England. She died on 7 March 1567 at age ~24 in Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England.

Israel Nichols and Mary Shaw were married on 26 September 1697.

John Ashforth was born before 25 January 1719 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Mary Johnson were married on 9 July 1746 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

John Ashforth and Mary Johnson were married on 9 July 1746 at Cathedral Saint Peter in Sheffield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.¹

Thomas Ashforth was born about 1690 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He and Mary Green were married on 23 October 1715 in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England.