James Angell, of the fifth generation, son of James and Amy (Day) Angell, was born December 5, 1781, and died at the age of eighty-nine. He never had a sick day until the illness which caused his death. 'As an evidence of his wonderful vitality it is stated that at the age of eighty-two years he would go into the field and do what would be considered a good day's work for a man of forty years; and in the haying season would take his scythe and mow with the rest of the men.' When a young man he went to New York State, purchased a farm near Saratoga, and in 1808, with his wife and two children, made the journey thither in an ox cart. They remained there until 1811, when he, in the same manner in which he had gone, returned to Rhode Island, leasing the farm and tavern known then as the 'Thayer Stand' on Fruit Hill, which he renamed Fruit Hill Tavern. In 1822 his lease expired, and in the spring of 1824 he began the erection of a structure at Centerdale, which was soon noted as the most popular and hospitable tavern in the northern part of the State. The emblem selected by James Angell for his swinging signboard was the American Eagle, elaborately painted with the name 'Center Hotell' at the top. It is still preserved as a souvenir of ye olden times. He resided over the hotel from 1824 until 1841, and gave it the reputation of a 'model hostelry'. He was very careful that no one drank to excess at the bar, no cards or gambling devices were ever allowed on the premises, and this policy was strictly adhered to by his sons who succeeded im, the tavern being under the management of James Angell and his sons for forty-five out of the first fifty years of the existence of the Centerdale Tavern. The hotel estate was then conveyed to his son, James Halsey Angell, who owned it until his death, July 1, 1890, when it passed to his oldest son, George F. Angell, when upon his death, August 18, 1894, it passed to his widow, Sarah L. Angell, who was its owner until August 25, 1897, when, after one hundred and sixty years of Angell ownership, it was sold, and passed out of the Angell family.

Parents:
. James Angell (1736 - 1822)
. Amy Day Angell (1743 - 1823)

Marriages:
[1] Lydia Olney Angell [1776-1818]
[2] Celinda Ray [1791-1875] {NBG}

Children with Lydia Olney Angell:
1. Elisha Olney Angell [1805-1893]
+ sp: Ruth Richardson [1801-1877]
2. Amanda Angell [1807-1885]
+ sp: Dr. Jervis J. Smith [1801-1864]
3. Amey Angell [1810-1811]
4) Nathaniel Angell [1812-1906]
5. Hannah P. Angell [1814-1839]
+ sp: George Farnham [1812-]
6. Henry Jonathan Angell [1816-1873]
+ sp: Eliza Ann Olney [1814-1894]

Children with Celinda Ray:
7. James Halsey Angell [1822-1890]
+ sp: Sarah Angell Capron [1824-1893]
8. Adeline Frances Angell [1827-1847]
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NOTE: This individual is also listed at NP003 Forest Hill Cemetery in North Providence. The interment have been moved but there are markers at both cemeteries. See:
James Angell [1781-1870]