Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Jeremiah Fenner

 

[b 8 Nov. 1761; d 8 Dec. 1830 age 69 yrs., 30 days, in Johnston, RI] Jeremiah Fenner m Peniah Thornton [b 14 Feb. 1767; d 27 Oct. 1809], daughter of Richard and Meribah Thornton. His will was dated 8 June 1830. Jeremiah and Peniah are buried in Rhode Island Historical Cemetery No. 12 (Providence, RI).

In 1790, he was listed with one male under 16 and two females (Peniah, Meribah). In 1800, he was listed with one male age 10–15 (Asa), one male 26–44 (himself),  four females under age 10 (Maria, Sophia, Abby, Eliza?), one female 10–15 (Meribah), and one female 26–44 (Peniah). In 1830, he was living with one female 20–29 (probably Lucina), one female 30–39 (probably Abby).

  1. Asa [b 20 Apr. 1786; d 21 June 1856] m Rebecca Allen.

  2. Meribah Burden [b ca. 1789; d Aug. 1863 age 74] m Nehemiah Waterman [b 10 Dec. 1784 at Providence, RI; d 14 Aug. 1819 in his 35th yr.], son of Stephen Waterman. “He helped to fortify Providence in 1814.”[5]

  3. Maria [b ca. 1791; d 23 Apr. 1806 age 15].

  4. Sophia [b Aug. 1796; d 24 Nov. 1807 age 11 yrs., 3 mos.].

  5. Abby [b 1798; d 13 Aug. 1887 in her 90th yr.] m Caleb Hathaway [b ca. 1803; d 18 Aug. 1869 in his 67th yr.] on 15 Aug. 1830.

  6. Eliza [b ca. 1800] m Laban Thornton [b before 1800]. They had Edmund [b 1823; d 20 Feb. 1863] and Albert A. [b 1824; d 22 Sept. 1859].

  7. Richard J. [b 1804; d 24 Apr. 1860 age 55] married three times.

  8. Lucina.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Joseph | Asahel | Jeremiah

Sources:
1. FindaGrave, no. 19401668
2. U.S. Census, 1790, Cranston, RI; 1800, 1830, Johnston, Providence, RI.
3. Eva Fenner, Notes, 967–982.
4. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), pp. 63, 70.
5. Donald Lines Jacobus & Edgar Francis Waterman, The Waterman Family, vol. 3 (Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1954), p. 120: Archive.org