Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Edward Fenner

 

[b 1698–1704; d 28 Sept. 1766] Edward Fenner m 1st Phebe Barton [1702–1726] in 1721. He m 2nd Amey (Borden) Thornton [1704–1770], widow of Josiah Thornton [1697–1726] and daughter of Richard Borden and Sarah Holmes, on 11 Apr. 1728. Amey had married Josiah in 1724 and had one child with him. Amey’s grandparents Thomas Borden and Mary Harris had Dinah Borden, who married Major Thomas Fenner.

Edward was a member of the First Baptist Church in America, at Providence, RI. His record there says: “1st cousin of Honorable Arthur Fenner, Esq. (1699–1788), m. 1728. . . . one of the participants in the 25 May 1732 meeting regarding laying on of hands.” He lived in the part of Providence County that became Cranston in 1754. He was a farmer. After Edward’s death, his son Stephen was granted administration of the estate on 19 Oct. 1767.

Child by Amey and Josiah:

  1. Josiah Thornton [1725–ca. 1785].

Child by Edward and Phebe:

  1. Freelove [b ca. 1726 at Providence] m Andrew Edmonds of Warwick, RI, on 20 Mar. 1746.

Children by Edward and Amey:

  1. Esther [b ca. 1730] m William Corpe, son of Edward Corpe, ca. 1750 in Providence; she is possibly the Esther Corps of Providence in the U.S. Census of 1790.

  2. Sarah [b ca. 1732; d 17 Oct. 1770] m Col. John Waterman ca. 1749.

  3. Mary [b ca. 1729–1733] m William Harrington (or Herendeen) ca. 1753.

  4. Edward Jr. [b 1736/7; d 31 May 1813] m 1st Dinah Potter, m 2nd Welthian Colegrove.

  5. Alice [b ca. 1738; d 22 Sept. 1832, age 94] m 1st Simeon Stephens; m 2nd Col. John Waterman, her sister Sarah’s widower.

  6. Stephen [b ca. 1740–1743; d ca. 1816] m Frances Corpe.

  7. Capt. Arthur [b 18 June 1741; d 23 Aug. 1827] m Rachel (Corpe) Westcott.

  8. John [b ca. 1742–1745; d 1823] m Lydia Carpenter. 

Lineage:
Arthur | Arthur | Edward

Sources:
1. J.P. Root, Genealogy of the Fenner Family (1887), vol. II, p. 43.
2. Eva Fenner, Notes, 582; historical background of the Fenner family, unknown origin.
3. Facebook correspondence with Richard Buckingham, 8 Sept. 2020.
4. Email from Richard Arthur Fenner, 14 May 2020.
5. Rick Buckingham, The Book of Begats (rev. 2021), Line 49.