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Ancestors & Descendants of the Early Settlers of Rehoboth, Bristol Co., MA, in Colonial New England (and others)
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  • ID: I12404
  • Name: William TEW
  • Given Name: William
  • Surname: Tew
  • Sex: M
  • Change Date: 28 JUL 2004
  • Birth: 11 MAY 1683 in Newport, Newport, RI 1
  • Death: 5 APR 1718 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI 2
  • Probate: 15 JUN 1731 Tiverton, Newport, RI
  • Note: "Acct. of Hanery Tew of Newport as guard. of Sarah Tew (minor over 14), dau. of William Tew of Tiv., dtd. 15 June 1731 [7:162½/3]." 3
  • Probate: 12 NOV 1731 Tiverton, Newport, RI
  • Note: "Acct. of Richard Tew, George Sisson & William Sanford, Execs. of Est. of William Tew of Tiv., 'who Dyed 5th 2 mo,' dtd. 12 Nov. 1731. Very lengthy. Mentions paym. to 'Henery Tew Guardian to Sarah and Dorcas Tew,' & 'To the widdow Abigail Tew.' Incl. item 'To the funeral Expenses of Two Children (viz) Abigail & Edward Tew who Dyed ye 11th & 22d of August 1718.' Paym. for 'Time and Trouble Expended in Removing ye familey of Said Tew from Tiverton to Portsmouth.' Paym. 'To Scholing Sarah Tew and William Tew 10 weeks.' Item 'then Received under my Care Dorcas & Sarah Tew by the Request of their mother who Departed This Life the 30 pf the Sixth month 1723.' Various items for tending for Abigail Tew in her sickness and paying for her funeral. An item to 'Richard Tew in money to pay his Sister Peckom.' An item to 'Anna the wife of Henery Tew for the Grave Stones for William Tew his Wife and Three Children.' Mentions "Sarah Tew Left my house to Live with her aunt [Abigail] Wrightington.' Item 'To the abode of Dorcas Tew from the thirteenth of September 1723 until the thirteenth of September 1731' [7:253/4/5/6/7/8/9/60/1/2/3/4]." 4
  • Probate: 7 MAR 1732/3 Newport, Newport, RI
  • Note: "Rcpt. by Caleb Arnold of Newport and Sarah Arnold Lately Named Sarah Tew, for legacy from Est. of her father William Tew of Tiv., as paid by Richard Tew, George Sisson & William Sanford, Execs, dtd. at Newport 7 March 1732/3. Also incl. 'all Satisfaction for the personal Estate of Abigail Tew widdow of the said Wllm Tew,' excepting for that portion reserved to support Dorcas Tew, dau. of said William Tew and an idiot [7:591]." 5



    Father: Henry TEW b: 1654 in Newport, Newport, RI
    Mother: Dorcas [--?--]

    Marriage 1 Abigail SISSON b: 23 MAR 1684/5 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI
    • Married: 16 MAR 1707/8 in Tiverton, Newport, RI
    • Note: "Tew, William, of Henry, of Newport, and Abigail Sisson, of George, of Portsmouth; m. by George Brownell, Asst., March 16, 1707-8." 6 7
    Children
    1. Has No Children Dorcas TEW b: 9 DEC 1709 in Tiverton, Newport, RI
    2. Has No Children Sarah TEW b: 18 DEC 1711 in Tiverton, Newport, RI
    3. Has No Children William TEW b: 8 SEP 1713 in Tiverton, Newport, RI
    4. Has No Children Abigail TEW b: 10 NOV 1715 in Tiverton, Newport, RI
    5. Has No Children Edward TEW b: 18 OCT 1717 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI

    Sources:
    1. Abbrev: LDS Ancestral File
      Title: Ancestral File (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
    2. Abbrev: RIVR
      Title: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Originally published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; Providence, RI; 1891)
      Reproduced on CD-ROM: CDventure, Inc.; 1999
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Text: vol. 4, p. 102, VR 1-143, Portsmouth Births & Deaths
    3. Abbrev: Bristol Abstracts-1
      Title: H. L. Peter Rounds, C.G., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1687-1745 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1988)
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Page: p. 194
      Quality: 2
    4. Abbrev: Bristol Abstracts-1
      Title: H. L. Peter Rounds, C.G., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1687-1745 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1988)
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Page: p. 199
      Quality: 2
    5. Abbrev: Bristol Abstracts-1
      Title: H. L. Peter Rounds, C.G., Abstracts of Bristol County, Massachusetts, Probate Records, 1687-1745 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; Baltimore, MD; 1988)
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Page: p. 218
      Quality: 2
    6. Abbrev: RIVR
      Title: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Originally published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; Providence, RI; 1891)
      Reproduced on CD-ROM: CDventure, Inc.; 1999
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Page: vol. 4, p. 45, VR 1-142, Portsmouth Marriages
    7. Abbrev: RIVR
      Title: James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Originally published by Narragansett Historical Publishing Company; Providence, RI; 1891)
      Reproduced on CD-ROM: CDventure, Inc.; 1999
      Repository:
        Name: Personal Collection of James B. Bullock
        Littleton, CO 80120
        USA

      Page: vol. 4, p. 52, VR 2-1, Tiverton Marriages
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