Notes for William Lynn Almy and Audray Barlowe

Notes for William Lynn Almy and Audray Barlowe

Notes for William Lynn Almy:

William brought his family to America on the "Abigail" in 1635. He was a man of influence and apparently a Quaker.

Born South Kilworth, Leicestershire, Migration: 1635 on the Abigail First Residence: Lynn Removes: Sandwich 1637, Portsmouth 1642 Occupation: Planter. Freeman: Oath of fidelity at Sandwich, 1639 [PCR 8:184]. In Portsmouth section of 1655 Rhode Island list of freemen [RICR 1:299]. Education: Signed his deed of 22 June 1642. Signed his will.

Offices: Deputy for Portsmouth to Rhode Island General Court, 16 May 1648, 23 May 1650, 11 March 1655/6, 17 March 165[5/]6, 19 May 1657, 14 October 1663, 24 November 1663 [RICR 1:210, 326, 327, 354, 504, 508; PoTR 44, 75]. Rhode Island petit jury, 16 July 1650, 11 March 1655/6, 2 March 1660/1, 1 October 1661, 25 April 1666, 7 May 1666, 28 April 1668 [PoTR 46, 69, 102, 108, 133, 140; RICR 1:326; RICT 2:43, 48-49]. Grand jury, 28 February 1662/3, 13 October 1663, 13 October 1665, 9 May 1670 [PoTR 116, 130; RICT 2:19, 91].

Committee to "agitate and bring in their result of four bills delivered to them," 19 May 1657 [RICR 1:355-56]. Colony assessor for Portsmouth, 19 October 1663 [RICR 1:507]. Portsmouth delegate to "join with Newport in the purchase of Cunnuniquut Island ... and Dutch Island with it" [PoTR 66]. Portsmouth town meeting moderator, 7 March 1659/60 [PoTR 91]. Portsmouth assessor, 15 September 1659 [PoTR 91]. Portsmouth deputy warden, 4 June 1660 [PoTR 93].

Estate: On 3 April 1637, "Will[ia]m Almey" was one of the "ten men of Saugust" who "shall have liberty to view a place to sit down & have sufficient lands for three score families," thus establishing the town of Sandwich [PCR 1:57]. On 16 April 1640, "Mr. Almey" received eight and a half acres in the division of meadow at Sandwich [PCR 1:149].

On 22 June 1642, "Will[ia]m Almy late of Sandwich" sold to "Edmond Freeman of Sandwich the younger ... one dwelling house in Sandwich aforesaid with all appurtenances together with all the lands whatsoever to me belonging lying within the bounds of Sandwich aforesaid and also all such lands or moneys which either now do belong or hereafter shall accrue to me the said Will[ia]m Almy by way of satisfaction for sundry charges by me disbursed in my undertakership for the laying out of the lands in Sandwich aforesaid" [PCLR 1:84].

On 28 November 1643, "Mr. Almy" received eight acres of planting ground in Portsmouth [PoTR 23].

On 5 January 1656[/7?], "William Almy ... of Portsmouth" sold to Richard Bulgar of Portsmouth "a grant of eight acres of land granted to me the said William Almy within the common fence" [PoTR 342-43].

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On 14 November 1644, William Almy was one of three men "to have land at the wading river" at Portsmouth [RICR 1:82].

On 29 April 1650, "[i]t is granted unto Mr. Will[iam] Almy to have that land that lyeth at the head of his farm to come to the same height that Phillip Shearman his land now runneth viz: to leave two rod between Newport path and the said land" [PoTR 45, 65].

On 17 October 1659, "William Almy ... of Portsmouth ... plant[er]" deeded to "my son John Almy dwelling ... with me a part of my farm whereon I now dwell, on the south side thereof ... the said land being about fifty acres" [PoTR 372].

In his will, dated "the last of February 1676" [i.e., 28 February 1676/7] and proved 23 April 1677, "William Almy" ordered "my body to be buried by my son John if I die here upon my farm"; "if my wife outlive me she shall have all during her natural life and after her death Christopher shall have half my farm ... which is next to the land which I gave to my son John Almy," the malthouse to be shared between Christopher and John; "the other half of my farm ... to my son Job Almy with my dwelling house and two orchards"; "for my cattle and the moveables what is remaining at our deaths I give to my daughter An and my daughter Catharen each of them two parts and to my son Christopher Almy and my son Job Almy each of them one part"; to "my grandchild Bartholomew West" £20 when he comes of age; "my two sons Christopher Almy and Job Almy" to be executors [PoLE 1:144].

Birth: About 1601 (aged 34 in 1635 [Hotten 93]), son of Christopher and _____ (Clarke) Almy of South Kilworth, Leicestershire [NEHGR 71:320].

Death: Between 28 February 1676/7 (date of will) and 23 April 1677 (probate of will).

Marriage: By license dated 17 July 1626 Audrey Barlow ("Williamus Almie de South Kilworth," gent., "etatis 26 annorum," and "Audream Barlowe de Lutterworth ... etatis 26 annorum," with the consent of Stafford Barlowe of Lutterworth, gent., father of the said Audrey [Archdeaconry of Leicester Marriage Licenses, 1621-1632, folio 28v; NEHGR 71:318]. She died after 28 February 1676/7, when she was named in her husband's will.

Children

i Annis, bp. South Kilworth 26 February 1626/7 [NEHGR 71:317]; m. by 1649 John Greene (eldest child b. Warwick 10 August 1649 [RIVR 1:Warwick:165]; in a letter of 5 November 1690, John Greene referred to brother Christopher Almy [RIHSC 21:132]; Ann, widow of Captain John Greene, d. Warwick 6 May 1709, aged 82 [RIVR 1:Warwick:166]).

ii Catherine, b. say 1630; m. about 1652 Bartholomew West (see Comments below).

iii Christopher, b. about 1632 (aged 3 in 1635 [Hotten 93]; "under the age of twenty-one years old" on 8 December 1652 [PrTR 15:59]; in his will of 4 September 1708 "Christopher Almy of Portsmouth" declared himself to be "in the seventy-seventh year of my age" [Portsmouth Town Council Book 2:213]); m. 9 July 1661 Elizabeth Cornell (date of marriage given in secondary sources [e.g., NEHGR 71:322], but not found in published Portsmouth vital records), daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Briggs?) Cornell [TAG 19:230, 35:107, 36:16-18; RIHSC 21:126-27].

iv John, b. say 1637; m. by 1668 Mary Cole, daughter of JAMES COLE of Plymouth [PCLR 3:326; GMB 1:423; Austin 238]. (As this couple had no children, the estimate of marriage date derives from their appearance in a deed of 1668. Mary Cole's date of birth was estimated as 1632, and the marriage may well have taken place some years earlier, so John's date of birth is estimated to fit into a convenient gap in the list of children of the immigrant. Both these estimated dates of birth may be off by some years.)

v Job, b. say 1639; m. by 1664 Mary Unthank, daughter of Christopher Unthank (eldest known child b. 20 January 1664 [Austin 211, citing an unknown source]; on 1 September 1677, "Christopher Unthank, inhabitant of Portsmouth," with "Susan Unthank," made a deed of gift to "my son-in-law Job Almy of the same town" [Warwick LE A2:310-11]).

Comments: The 1618-9 heralds' visitation of Northamptonshire includes a pedigree of "Almey of Badby," which shows William Almy, his parents, uncles, cousins, and paternal grandparents and great-grandparents [Walter C. Metcalfe, The Visitations of Northamptonshire Made in 1564 and 1618-19 ... (London 1887), p. 61]. In 1625 "Edward Clement, clerk, sued William Almey, yeoman, son and executor of Christopher Almey, deceased, about the parsonage of Lutterworth [co. Leicester] and a bond connected therewith" [NEHGR 71:318, citing Court of Requests, James I, Bundle 397]. Massachusetts Bay records contain three entries which apply to another William Almy present in Massachusetts in 1631 and 1634 [GMB 1:44-45, citing MBCR 1:88, 122, 244]. These records have been employed to argue that the subject of the present sketch came to New England in 1630, returned to England in 1634, and came a second time to New England in 1635. But as these are two different men, we have only the evidence

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that the William Almy currently under consideration arrived in 1635, with no evidence of an earlier presence in New England. On 17 June 1635, "W[illia]m Almond," aged 34, "Awdry Almond," aged 32, "Annis Almy," aged 8, and "Chri[stopher] Almie," aged 3, were enrolled at London as passengers for New England on the Abigail [Hotten 93]. The immigrant of 1635 does appear in Massachusetts Bay records within months after his arrival. On 1 March 1635/6, it was "ordered, that all the bills & writings about one Rob[er]te Way shall be delivered into the Court, & that Ensign Jennison, Edward Burton, & Sam[ue]ll Hosier, shall pay 20s. apiece to Will[ia]m Almy, as also that the said Rob[er]te Way shall be taken from Mr. Stoughton, where now he is, & put to the said Will[ia]m Almy, & him shall serve till he hath satsfied the sum of £3, which if he do, he shall pay 20s. thereof back again to Sam[ue]ll Hosier" [MBCR 1:163-64]. On the same day the same court ordered that "[w]hereas, in a suit betwixt David Johnson & Will[ia]m Almy, concerning one James Ludam, sometimes servant to either of them, there was a judgment of £5 granted to Will[ia]m Almy against David Johnson, but upon some consideration execution was respited, & now, by consent of all parties, it was agreed that the said £5 shall be borne equally betwixt them, that is to say, that the widow Johnson shall pay five nobles, & James Ludam the sum of five nobles to the said Will[ia]m Almy, & he to lose the rest" [MBCR 1:164]. On 4 December 1638, "W[illia]m Almy" was one of several Sandwich men fined "for keeping swine unringed" [PCR 1:107]. On 1 June 1641, "Georg[e] Allen, of Sandwich, became party to the action that Edward Dotey prefers against Will[ia]m Alney [sic of Sandwich" [PCR 2:18]. On 7 December 1641, "attachment of a calf (in the hands of Rob[er]te Boatefish, of Sandwich) of the goods of Will[ia]m Almey, was made, ... to answer the jury 6s. 6d., and 3s. to the clerk for charges of a suit he left unpaid when he left the town of Sandwich" [PCR 2:28]. In a letter of estimated date 23 May 1650 to John Winthrop Jr., Roger Williams, in describing the activities of the crew of a French prize vessel, reported that "one of them (having lain with Mr. Amie's daughter of Portsmouth) is like now to marry her. The parents and the English are troubled greatly" [RWCorr 313-14]. This cannot be daughter Annis, who had married John Greene by 1649, so, unless there is a third daughter otherwise unrecorded, this record must refer to daughter Catherine. She does not appear on the 1635 passenger list with her parents and two siblings. If she was born in New England, then, it could be no earlier than the latter half of 1635, which would make her no more than fourteen at the time of the incident noted above. The probable resolution is that Catherine was born in England just before or after her brother Christopher, and either was omitted from the passenger list or came at a later time. We therefore estimate her date of birth as about 1630, although a date around 1634 would also be consistent with the other evidence. Furthermore, if this record does apply to Catherine, then she could not have been married to Bartholomew West in 1650. Pending more detailed investigation of the family of Bartholomew West, we estimate that the marriage took place about 1652. In November 1652 "William Almy of Rhode Island" sued John Smith of Warwick, merchant, claiming that Smith and his partner William Field "doth detain & keep from the said William Almy ... the quantity of five anchors & a half of liquors," worth £40; the town of Providence first dismissed the case, but early in 1652 reexamined the evidence and found for Almy [PrTR 2:67, 69, 15:50-53, 57-61; RWCorr 382, 384; WarTR 79]. On 27 June 1654 at Ipswich, Captain Kempo Sebada sued Christopher Almy "for detaining his bark ten or eleven months" [EQC 1:347]. On 26 September 1654, Christopher Almy sued William Dyer "for selling him a vessel valued at £56 10s., which was unjustly taken from Captain Sebada. As both parties belonged to another jurisdiction and the case concerned the state, plaintiff withdrew" [EQC 1:363]. On 17 March 1655/6, the case was brought before Rhode Island court, which gave "Christopher Almie, or his father in his behalf, ... authority hereby to demand of Mr. Nicho[las] Easton" the state's share of the value of the vessel [RICR 1:330]. The case dragged on for several years, without a clear resolution [RICR 1:350, 387-9, 425, 430, 440]. On 16 October 1669, the town of Portsmouth voted to institute a suit against William Almy for throwing a fence across a highway which "doth lead to one of the most principal watering places for cattle in this town," and Almy began a countersuit; the town won the suit in the court of trials and began on 6 July 1671 to try to enforce their victory [PoTR 150-52, 155-56, 164; RICT 2:94-95].

Bibliographic Note: In 1887 Austin published a substantial account of the family of William Almy [Austin 236-39]. In 1913 George Andrews Moriarty published a limited selection of records showing the immigrant's immediate ancestry [EIHC 49:172-76]. In 1917 George Walter Chamberlain published a number of English wills and parish register entries, from which he compiled three generations of the paternal ancestry of the immigrant (in agreement with Moriarty's work) [NEHGR 71:310-24]. Moriarty also published some briefer notes on the Almy family [RIHSC 21:131; TAG 20:119-20].

The Annesley family originated from the town of Annesley in Nottinghamshire, England. One ancestor was an Annesley, the daughter of the late Francis Annesley, Viscount Valentia (this being the last of the family titles). This pedigree can be traced back to pre 1066. We did have the Earldom of Anglesea conferred on us in the late 17th Century, but lost it when the English House of Lords refused to accept Richard's bigamous marriage to Juliana Donovan, thereby considering their son illegitimate and unable to inherit. However, the Irish courts took a different view, and recognized this union.

Obtain a copy of the article in the OCT 1917,NEG&H "REGISTER",starting on page 310-323+ titled "English Ancestry of William Almy."

Christopher Almy (b. 1632, d. 1713), who was Deputy Governor of Rhode Island in 1690 and Captain of the Rhode Island Militia in 1692

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from London on the "Abigail" June 17, 1635. The sailing list shows Wm Almond Aged 34, Mary Jones, 30, Awdry Almond 32, Annis Almy 8, and Chis Almie 3. He settled at Sandwich, Mass, by 1637, moving to Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1641.

He represented Portsmouth in the General Assembly in Rhode Island, 1656-57. His will Feb 28, 1676 names wife, four children, deceased son John and gr son Bartholomnew West.

Book Rhode Island Land Evidences - 1648-1696 page 103-104

Will of William Almy

William Almy doe....bequeth...my body to be buryed by my son John if I dye here upon my farme, and my wordly goods if my wife out live mee, shee shall have ... and after her death Christopher shall have halfe my farme,.... which is next to the land which gave to my son John Almy, and for my Mault-House whose share it falls into they shall have equall shares of it, not to devide it but to keepe it for a mault house for every season. and the other halfe of my farme, I give it to my son Job Almy, with my dwelling house and too orchards....and for my catle, and the movable....remaining at our deathes, I give to my daughter Anna and my daughter Katren each of them two parts, and to my son Christopher Almy. And my son Job Almy each of them one part, and to my grand child Bartholmew West, ...twenty pounds silver money to be paid him when he comes to age last of February 1676

William Almy

Wit: Robert Hodgson, James Barker seanr.

Atttestion of Robert Hodgson and James Barker

Robert Hodgson and James Barker on the 23 of April 1677 did appear before...the council if the Town of Portsmouth and did affirm that the above written was the Will of the Deceased William Almy.

John Heath

Francis X Braiton

his mark

William Almay came to New England first by himself sometime before 1631 when he was recorded at Lynn, Massachusetts. he returned to England around 1634 and came back to Massachusetts with his wife Audrey and their children on the Abigail in 1635. In 1637 the Almays were one of the first ten families to settle in the town of Sandwich, Massachusetts where they remained only four years. In 1642 they moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island where they are believed to have died in 1676.

This would be the sons of Henrie and the brothers of Rebecca Briggs and the Job Almy was the grandson of William Almy "memorandum that one the sixteenth day of February one thousand seven hundred and 4 or five, came before me Joseph Church Esq., John Briggs and William Briggs, both of Tiverton and acknowledged them selves to stand justly indebted to our sovereign lady the queen for ??? and ??? ??? the full and just sum of ten pounds in lawful money to be levied one our lands goods or chattels if default be maid in the promises.

The condition of this recognizance is such that if Elizabeth Briggs the daughter of John Briggs of Tiverton doe personally appear at her majestie's Court of Generall Sessans of the Peace to be holden at

Bristoll for the county of Bristol on the second Tuesday of April next and doe prosicut her charge against Job Almy of Rhode Island, the son of Job Almy deseased for getting her with child and doe stand tow and abide the order of said court and not depart without order then this recognizance to be null and void other wais to stand in full force in the law: this recognizance taken by

Joseph Church, Justice

William Briggs brother to Elizabeth above bound appearing at this court Aprill 1705 & declaring the said Elizabeth is sick & cannot come, the recognizance therefore was continued to the next court in July next.

1635 "Abigail" of London, Richard Hackwell, Master. She listed passengers for New England from June 4 until July 24, and sailed from Plymouth, as her last port of departure, about August 1, with two hundred and twenty persons aboard and many cattle. She arrived at Boston about October 8, infected with smallpox. Among those coming in this ship, but not listed, were Sir Henry Vane, son and heir of Sir Henry Vane, Comptroller of the King's Household, traveling incognito; the Reverend Hugh Peter, pastor of the English Church at Rotterdam, and the Reverend John Wilson, who was returning to Boston, with his wife, her first appearance in New England. Robert Meares 43 husbandman Boston Mrs. Elizabeth Meares 30 Samuel Meares 6 John Meares Thomas Buttolph 32 glover Boston Mrs. Anne Buttolph 24 Ralph Mason 35 carpenter of Saint Olave's Southwark Boston Mrs. Anne Mason 35 Richard Mason 5 Samuel Mason 3 Susan Mason 1 John Winthrop 27 Mrs. Elizabeth Winthrop I9 Deane Winthrop II Matthew Abdy IS fisherman Boston Edward Belcher 8 Boston Elizabeth Epps 13 Mary Lyne 6 George Burden 24 tanner Boston Edward Rainsford 26 merchant Boston Nathaniel Tilley 32 of Little Minories, London Boston William Tilley 28 of Little Minories, London Boston Ralph Root 50 Boston Mary Root I 5 Robert Sharpe 20 Braintree Ralph Shepherd 29 tailor Dedham Mrs. Thanks Shepherd 23 Sarah Shepherd 3 John Houghton4 (sic.) of Eaton Bray, county Dedham Bedford Edward White 42 of Cranbrook, county Dorchester Kent Mrs. Martha White 39 Martha White 10 Mary White 8 Jospeh Fludd 45 baker Dorchester Mrs. Jane Fludd 35

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Elizabeth Fludd 9 Obadiah Fludd 4 Joseph Fludd 1/2 EDMOND Munnings 40 of Denge, county Essex Dorchester Mrs. Mary Munnings 30 Mary Munnings 9 Anna Munnings 6 Mahalaleel Munnings 3 Thomas Jones 40 Dorchester Mrs. Ellen Jones 36 Isaac Jones 8 Hester Jones 6 Thomas Jones 3 Sarah Jones 1/4 Henry Bullock 40 of Saint Lawrence, Charlestown county Essex Mrs. Susan Bullock 42 Henry Bullock 8 Mary Bullock 6 Thomas Bullock 2 Thomas Knower 33 of London, clothier Charlestown Sarah Knower 7 Noel Knower 29 of London Charlestown Philip Drinker 39 potter Charlestown Mrs. Elizabeth Drinker 32 Edward Drinker 12 John Drinker 8 George Hepborne 43 glover of Southwark, Charlestown,county,Surrey Mrs. Anne Hepborne 46 Rebecca Hepborne 10 Anna Hepborne 4 Joseph Borebank 24 servant Joan Jordan I6 servant William Fuller 25 Ipswich Joseph Fuller 15 Robert Whitman 20 of Little Minories, London Ipswich John West 11 Ipswich John Emerson 20 Scituate Richard Carr 29 Salibury Hugh Burt 35 of Dorking, county Surrey Lynn Mrs. Anne Burt 32 Hugh Burt 15 Edward Burt 8 William Bassett 9 son of Mrs. Burt by a previous marriage Edward Ireson 32 perhaps from Buckenham, Lynn county Norfolk Mrs. Elizabeth Ireson 27 Henry Collins 29 starchmaker, certified at Stepney Lynn Mrs. Anne Collins 30 Henry Collins 5 John Collins 3 Margery Collins 1 Dennis Geere 30 certified by the minister of Lynn Islesworth, county Mid-dlesex, but came from Oving-dean, county Sussex Mrs. Elizabeth Geere 22 Elizabeth Geere 3 Sarah Geere 2 Elizabeth Tusolie 55 Anne Pankhurst 16 cousin of Geere Constance Woods 12 Thomas Brane 40 servant Thomas Launder 22 servant Edmund Freeman 34 gentleman of Pulborough, Lynn county Sussex Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman Alice Freeman Edward Freeman 15 Elizabeth Freeman 12 John Freeman 8 William Almy 34 of South Kilworth, county Lynn Leicester Mrs. Audrey Almy 32 Agnes Almy 8 Christopher Almy 3.

Atts. John Cary Clerk"

THE PIONEERS OF MASSACHUSETTS,

James, servant to William Almy and David Johnson; the Court ordered payment to be made to him March 1, 1635-6. Settled at Weymouth; corporal, town officer. Ch. Mary b. 17 (10) 1636, Sarah b. 15 (9) 1639, Sarah b. 5 (4) 1642.

Passenger List of the Abigail 1635 from England to Massachusetts Audrey Almond 32

William Almond 34

Annis Almy 8

Christopher 3

Long Island Genealogy for further Information and Options.

All Surnames in Almy (Almey) File:

William Lynn Almy, b. 1601, m. Audray Or Audrey Barlowe, their son Christopher Almy m. Elisabeth Cornell, dau. of Thomas and Rebecca. Thomas and Rebecca Cornell came to L. I. Job Almy, son of Christopher and Elizabeth, m. Mary Unthank, dau. of Christopher and Susanna Unthank, Rebecca Almy b. 1671, dau. of Job and Mary, m. 1792, John4 Townsend, of (Thomas3 John2 Thomas1), Audrey Almy, dau. of Job and Mary, b. 1669, m. James Townsend, son of John and Susanna.

Job Almy d. 1684, his widow Mary (Unthank) became the second wife of Thomas3 Townsend, father of John.4

Virkus books and came across the following.

(all from Volume I: p. 985, p. 965, p. 973

Almy, William (1601-1676), from Eng. to Lynn, Mass., before 1631; returned to

Eng., but came in the "Abigail" to Saugus, Mass., 1635; removed to Sandwich, 1637, and to Portsmouth, R.I., 1641; freeman, 1655, commissioner and mem. assembly, R.I., 1656, 57, 63; m., 1626, Audrey Barlowe (1603-1676).

Through daughter Anne descendants include President Harding.

Through son Christopher descendants include Presidents Nixon and Carter.

The Great Migration Begins Sketches

William Almy

14 June 1631: "William Almy is fined 2s. 6d. for taking away Mr. Glover's canoe without leave" [MBCR 1:88]. 1 July 1634: "William Almy is fined 10s. for not appearing at the last Court, being summoned, & is enjoined to bring to the next Court an inventory of the goods he received of Edw: Johnson's, duly prized by indifferent men" [MBCR 1:122]. This fine was forgiven in the general amnesty of 6 September 1638 [MBCR 1:244]. Comments: These two records have been assigned by all previous writers to the William Almy who sailed to New England in 1635 on the Abigail and resided in Lynn, Sandwich and Portsmouth [Hotten 93; NEHGR 71:321-22]. There are, however, some grounds for doubting this. First, William Almy of Lutterworth,

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Leicestershire, and then of Lynn, Sandwich and Portsmouth, was a gentleman and entitled to be denoted "Mr." His father called himself gentleman in his will of 1624, and William is called gentleman in 1626 in his marriage license [NEHGR 71:314, 318]. William Almy of Sandwich is called "Mr." in 1640 when he is granted land [PCR 1:149], and in a 1647 letter to John Winthrop Jr., John Coggeshall refers to "Mr. Alme at Portsmouth" [WP 3:166]. But neither of the earlier records quoted above seems to be appropriate for a gentleman. In particular, the 14 June 1631 record looks like the act of a servant committing a minor crime against a gentleman; compare the incident of just a few months earlier when three servants were convicted of stealing from the same man [MBCR 1:85]. Second, there is at least the potential for a fatal chronological problem. When William Almy of Leicestershire sails for New England in 1635, he brings a son Christopher who is three years old. If this age is accurate (and the age of his elder sister does agree with her known baptismal date [NEHGR 71:322]), then Christopher was born in 1631 or 1632. If all the New England records are for one William Almy, and if Christopher was born in 1632, then William would have had to return to England almost immediately after stealing the canoe, then come back to New Eng-land by 1634, then back to England again to be on the boat in 1635. If Christopher was born in 1631, then William Almy could not have come to New England in 1630, but we know that very few immigrants arrived in New England in 1631, and the names of most of these are known. Third, the two records of 1631 and 1634 associate William Almy with Charlestown men - Ralph Glover and Edward Johnson. If William Almy was the Leicestershire man and was living in Charlestown from 1631 to 1634, he would certainly be in the list of inhabitants in that town. Of course, the associations suggested by these two records may be misleading, and perhaps the William Almy of these two records was living in Lynn, as did the William Almy who came in 1635. There are no records for Lynn for this period, but other Lynn residents of high social standing in the early 1630s do appear as freemen. None of these arguments is overwhelming, and it may well be that there was only one William Almy in early New England. But the doubts are there. Although it is not likely that much more light can be thrown on this point by New England records, it may be that further research in Leicestershire will produce decisive evidence; in particular, a record in England which conflicted directly with either the 1631 or the 1634 Massachusetts Bay record would require the existence of two William Almys in New England in the 1630s.

On 5 January 1656[/7] William Almy of Portsmouth sold to Richard Bulgar of Portsmouth eight acres of land "within the common fence" which had been granted to Almy [PoTR 342-43]. On 16 December 1659 Richard Bulgar of Portsmouth sold to Richard Harte of Portsmouth three acres "in the southeast neck of the place called the common fence ... and is in the land of the aforesaid Richard Bulgar, which was by Mr. William Almy and the freemen of the said town of Portsmouth freely given and granted unto the aforesaid Richard Bulgar" [PoTR 374-75].

In lawsuit of 1 March 1635/6, involving David Johnson and William Almy, widow Johnson takes the place of David Johnson [MBCR 1:164]; and land is granted to "Mrs. Johnson that was" on 27 June 1636 [DTR 16]. The language of the later item suggests that she may already have remarried.

Children: None recorded.

Comments: In all occurrences in the Dorchester town records, this man is called only "Mr. Johnson," with no forename given; additional references, not noted above, are at DTR 3 (8 October 1633), 5 (6 January 1633/4), and 18 (5 July 1636, which refers to "Mr. Johnson's house").

1 July 1634 "Will[ia]m Almy is fined 10s. for not appearing at the last Court, being summoned, & is enjoined to bring to the next Court an inventory of the goods he received of Edw[ard] Johnson's, duly prized by indifferent men" [MBCR 1:122].

A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 Volume #1, Pgs 44 - 53 Allyn - Andrews By James Savage

Almy or Almond, Christopher, Portsmouth, R. I. s. of William, b. in Eng. was an Assist. 1690. JOB, Portsmouth, R. I. br. of the preced. by w. Mary, d. of Christopher Unthank of Warwick, had William and Christopher, tw. Susanna, Audrey, Deborah, Catharine, and Mary, an perhaps minors, when he d. 1684. John, Plymouth 1643, perhaps br. of the preced. m. Mary, d. of James Cole, rem. to Portsmouth, R. 1. was a capt. in Philip's war, 1675, as named in Church's Mem. 53, and d. 1676. WILLIAM, Lynn, perhaps as early as 1631, went home, and came again, 1635, in the Abigail, aged 31, with w. Audrey, 32, and ch. Annis, 8; and Christopher, 3; rem. 1637, prob. to Sandwich, and certainly was freem. of Portsmouth, R. I. 1655. His will names ch. Christopher, John, Job, Ann, w. of John Green, and Catharine, w. of a West, whose bapt. name was Bartholomew.

Colonial Families in the U.S.

William Almy gentleman (vide marriage license 1626) of South Kilworth, b. probably at Dunton-Bassett, in Leicestershire, England, the earliest known home of the Almey's—removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, Sandwich, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island; b. 1601, d. 28th February, 1676; will proved 23d April, 1677; m. in 1626 Audrey BARLOWE, of Lutterworth; b. 1603, d. 1676; he was in New England prior to 1631; in 1635 having been home to England he returned to New England, in the ship Abigail;

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Freeman, 1655; Juryman, 1656; Commissioner, 1656-1657, 1663; Foreman of Grand Jury. William's father Christopher Almey, gentleman (vide will, 2d October, 1624), b. 1575; d. 4th October, 1624 at South Kilworth.

Father: Christopher Almy b: 1575 in Dunton Bassett, Leicestershire England Mother: Joan Clarke b: Abt 1580

Marriage 1 Audrey Barlowe b: 22 Dec 1602 in Lincoln, England Married: 22 May 1629 in Lutterworth County, Leicester England Change Date: 29 Nov 2000

Children

Christopher Almy b: 1631 in England John Almay b: 1635

Job Almay

Annis Almay

Catherine Almy b: 1633-1634 More About William Lynn Almy:

Altenate Birth place: Dunton-Basset, Leicester, England689

Notes for Audray Barlowe:

Birth: 22 Dec 1602 in Lincoln, England

Death: After 3 Apr 1677 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Audrey -Barlow- Almy

Sandwich, Massachusetts

Audrey Barlow was born in 1602 at Lincoln, England, but was a resident of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, when she married William Almy of South Kilworth in 1626 at Lutterworth. He was born in 1601 probably at Dunton Basset or South Kilworth, Leicestershire, and was a son of Christopher Almy.

William Almy came to New England first by himself sometime before 1631 when he was recorded at Lynn, Massachusetts. He returned to England around 1634 and came back to Massachusetts with his wife Audrey and their children on the Abigail in 1635. In 1637 the Almys were one of the first ten families to settle in the town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, where they remained only four years. In 1642 they moved to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where they are believed to have died in 1676 [3].

The children of William and Audrey (Barlow) Almy were [4]:

i. Anne Almy was baptized at South Kilworth, England, on February 26, 1626/7.

She married John Greene of Warwick, Rhode Island. She died on May 17, 1709.

ii. Christopher Almy was born about 1632 in England. He married Elizabeth Cornell

on July 9, 1661. He died on January 30, 1713/4, at Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

iii. Job Almy married first Mary Unthank and second Anstis ----. He died in 1684.

iv. John Almy married Mary Cole. He died on October 1, 1676.

v. Catherine Almy married first Bartholomew West and second Nicholas Brown Jr.

[3] New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 1917, Volume 71,

Number 284, page 310.

[4] Genealogies of New Jersey Families From The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Volume II, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1996.

Colonial Families of the United States of America: Volume 7 Lineage

William Almy: gentleman (vide marriage license 1626) of South Kilworth, b. probably at Dunton-Bassett, in Leicestershire, England, the earliest known home of the Almey's—removed to Lynn, Massachusetts, Sandwich, and Portsmouth, Rhode Island; b. 1601, d. 28th February, 1676; will proved 23d April, 1677; m. in 1626 Audrey Barlowe, of Lutterworth; b. 1603, d. 1676; he was in New England prior to 1631; in 1635 having been home to England he returned to New England, in the ship Abigail; Freeman, 1655; Juryman, 1656; Commissioner, 1656-1657, 1663; Foreman of Grand Jury. William's father Christopher Almey, gentleman (vide will, 2d October, 1624), b. 1575; d. 4th October, 1624 at South Kilworth.

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Father: Stafford Barlowe b: Abt 1574 in England

Marriage 1 William Lynn Almy b: 1601 in So. Kilworth, Leicestershire, England Married: 22 May 1629 in Lutterworth County, Leicester England

Children

Christopher Almy b: 1631 in England John Almay b: 1635

Job Almay

Annis Almay

Catherine Almy b: 1633-1634

More About William Almy and Audray Barlowe:

Marriage: May 22, 1629, Lutterworth, Leicester, England690,691

Children of William Almy and Audray Barlowe are:

7946 i.

ii. iii. iv. v.

vi.

Christopher Almy, born 1631 in South Kilworth, Leicester, England; died Jan 30, 1712/13 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; married Elizabeth Cornell Jul 09, 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Annis Almy*, born in South Kilworth, Leicester, England692; died May 06, 1709 in Warwick, Kent.

Job Almy*, born in Newport, Rhode Island692; died Abt. 1684 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

John Almy*, born 1635 in Sandwich, Massachusetts; died Oct 01, 1676 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Catherine Almy*, born Bet. 1633 - 1634 in Sandwich, Massachusetts; died Abt. 1703 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey.

Annis Almy*, died Nov 27, 1708 in Kent, Warwick, Rhode Island.