Descendants of Capt. Arthur Fenner

Jeremiah Fenner

[b 10 July 1785 at Scituate, RI; d 5 Dec. 1848 at Scituate, RI] On 1 July 1810, Jeremiah Fenner m Mary Angell [b 24 Mar. 1793 at Scituate, RI; d 8 Oct. 1853 at Scituate, RI], daughter of Ezekiel Angell and Abigail Thornton in Providence, RI. Jeremiah was well informed, had an appreciation of humor and was genial. He was an enthusiastic politician but aspired to no office. At his death, it was said, “Trimtown has lost a kind neighbor; they will miss him.”

  1. Eliza Angell [b 18 Mar. 1812 at Scituate, RI; d 27 Jan. 1878] m Isaiah Richmond [1809–1899] in 1833.

  2. Maria Louise [b 2 Sept. 1815 at Scituate, RI; d 12 Mar. 1880 at Woodstock, CT] m Stephen Greene Hopkins [1801–1888] on 1 June 1835.

  3. Abby Frances [b 24 Nov. 1823 at Scituate, RI; d 3 Apr. 1852] m Joseph Seagraves [1818–1873], son of George Seagraves and Clarissa Lyon, on 11 Oct. 1849. Had Eugene.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Richard | Jeremiah | Samuel | Jeremiah

Notes:
1. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 40.
2. Eva Fenner, Notes, p. 80. Letter to Eva Fenner from the RI Hist. Soc., dated 29 Oct. 1956, signed by Clarkson A. Collins III.