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Col John Angell

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Col John Angell Veteran

Birth
Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
5 Jan 1817 (aged 76)
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Burial
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Parents:
. Stephen Angell
. Martha Olney

Marriage:
. Martha Aldrich, 22 Mar 1765

Providence Patriot (RI), Jan. 11, 1817, p. 3:
Deaths. In Smithfield, on Sunday last, after a short and distressing illness, Col. JOHN ANGELL, in the 77th year of his age. Endeared to all by his virtuous qualities, affectionate and kind, he was caressed as a husband, respected as a parent. He knew no enemies; his acquaintances were his friends. During the Revolutionary war, he sustained the rank of Colonel; throughout that eventful period, he bore a large share in the distresses of his country, and often did he expose his breast to achieve that Independence which we now enjoy. Thus, another of the heroes of the Revolution has dropped into the grave--once more are the public called upon to mourn with the relatives, the loss of another of the fathers of their freedom; but their sorrow may be alleviated by the assurance, that he left this world with a glorious prospect beyond the skies, where he has gone to receive a crown of glory, unfading and eternal.

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Revolutionary War Duty

1775 - Capt. Providence County regiment
1776 - Capt. No. Providence Rangers
1777 - Major, 1st Regt. Prov. Co. Militia
1778-79-80 - Lt. Col. 2nd Regt. Providence County Militia.

Source: Rhode Island SAR
Information from Bearded Graver # 46823107

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Note: My fifth great granduncle. MRL
Parents:
. Stephen Angell
. Martha Olney

Marriage:
. Martha Aldrich, 22 Mar 1765

Providence Patriot (RI), Jan. 11, 1817, p. 3:
Deaths. In Smithfield, on Sunday last, after a short and distressing illness, Col. JOHN ANGELL, in the 77th year of his age. Endeared to all by his virtuous qualities, affectionate and kind, he was caressed as a husband, respected as a parent. He knew no enemies; his acquaintances were his friends. During the Revolutionary war, he sustained the rank of Colonel; throughout that eventful period, he bore a large share in the distresses of his country, and often did he expose his breast to achieve that Independence which we now enjoy. Thus, another of the heroes of the Revolution has dropped into the grave--once more are the public called upon to mourn with the relatives, the loss of another of the fathers of their freedom; but their sorrow may be alleviated by the assurance, that he left this world with a glorious prospect beyond the skies, where he has gone to receive a crown of glory, unfading and eternal.

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Revolutionary War Duty

1775 - Capt. Providence County regiment
1776 - Capt. No. Providence Rangers
1777 - Major, 1st Regt. Prov. Co. Militia
1778-79-80 - Lt. Col. 2nd Regt. Providence County Militia.

Source: Rhode Island SAR
Information from Bearded Graver # 46823107

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Note: My fifth great granduncle. MRL


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