Descendants of Captain Arthur Fenner

Thomas Fenner

 

Thomas [b 1684; d after 1747], son of Thomas Fenner and Dinah Borden, m Mary Abbott [b 16 Dec. 1679] in 1710. Mary was the sister of Dep. Governor Daniel Abbott and daughter of Daniel Abbott, High Sheriff. Thomas deeded his sons Daniel and Thomas 60 acres of land on 17 Oct. 1744.

  1. Major Daniel [b 1710; d 5 Feb. 1803] m 1st Jane Roberts; m 2nd Sarah Haynes.

  2. Lt. Capt. William [b ca. 1714; d between Jan. & June 1779] m Christian Arnold.

  3. Mary [b ca. 1716; d 1743/4] m Ephraim Bowen.

  4. Thomas [b ca. 1715–20; d after 1775] m 1st Phebe Hawkins, 2nd Sarah Warner, 3rd Freelove Turner.

Lineage:
Arthur | Thomas | Thomas

Sources:
1. Thomas’s memorial at FindaGrave.com, no. 21809815
2. John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, 1887), p. 258.
3. RI Historical Magazine, vol. 7, pp. 165, 174.
4. J.P. Root, Genealogy of the Fenner Family (1887), p. 34: PDF
5. Daniel M. White, Descendants of Thomas Fenner (unpublished), p. 2.
6. Rick Buckingham, The Book of Begats (rev. 2021), Line 2:2-9.