Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Samuel Fenner

 

[b 11 Apr. 1796 at Scituate, RI; d 21 June 1874 at Woodstock, CT] Samuel Fenner m Emily Esther Russell [b 28 Mar. 1795 in Woodstock, Windham, CT; d 25 Feb. 1864 at Woodstock, CT], daughter of Joseph William Russell and Rebecca Potter, on 24 Oct. 1824 at Woodstock, CT. Samuel had a child out of wedlock with Mary Johnson Alton [b 30 June 1803 at Woodstock, CT; d 15 May 1883 at Woodstock, CT], daughter of John Alton Jr. and Hannah Babcock.

Child by Mary Johnson Alton:

  1. Samuel Monroe [b 16 Apr. 1824; d 24 Feb. 1886] m Mary Frances Warner.

Child by Emily Esther Russell:

  1. Julia Ann [b Oct. 1836 in CT; d 16 June 1916 at CT] m Peleg Potter Jr. [b 29 Sept. 1834 at Prudence Park, Newport, RI; d 24 Aug. 1906], son of Peleg Potter and Mary Douglas, on 13 Feb. 1857. They had Emily Fenner Potter [b June 1858 in CT; d 1928 at Windham Co., CT] who m Charles C. Williams [1849–1923].

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

Sources:
a. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 39. Martha shows Samuel’s death as 21 Feb.1874.
b. Martha Benns, Notes on the Fenner Family of R.I. (1941), p. 62. Martha shows their marriage as 11 Oct. 1824.
c. Emails from Richard Arthur Fenner to Chris Fenner, 29 Nov. 2003, 4 Jan. 2021.