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Show JOHN 9 TANNER present village of Usquepaugh, formerly known as Mumford's mills, on which he lived and is buried. William Tanner, born about 1660, married 1st a daughter of Henry Tibbetts, by whom he had a son, William, who settled on land given him by his grandfather, Henry Tibbetts. William Tanner married 2nd, Mary Babcock, daughter of Job Babcock of Westerly, R. 1., and wife, Jane Crandall. (The will of Job Babcock of Westerly, R. I., made March 26th, 1715, and approved April 7th, 1718, says: "I give unto my daughter Mary Tanner's heirs, one shilling.") To this second marriage of William were born four children: 1. 2. 3. 4. Benjamin Tanner, born Dec. 24, 1692. John Tanner (date of birth unknown). Avis Tanner (date of.birth unknown). Mary Tanner (date of birth unknown) . William Tanner married the third time, Elizabeth ? Further research may show that the 3rd wife was the daughter of Francis and Anna Colgrove of Westerly, who were members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Westerly, now Hopkinton. There was a daughter, Elizabeth, and if we place her birth about 1688 it will agree with the births of the other children of Francis and Anna Colgrove. The fact that among the children of William and Elizabeth Tanner are Francis, Anna and Elizabeth and that John Tanner of Newport married Mary Colgrove, seems to explain the will of Deacon John Tanner of Newport, who calls Francis Tanner of Hopkinton his "kinsman," and gives 'Mary, daughter of Isaac Tanner, Etc." The intimate relations between the Tanners and the Colgroves make the above theory very probable. Colgroves and Tanners are found later in Otsego Co., N. Y. A manuscript record in the Office of the Town Clerk in South Kingston, R. I., shows that "William Tanner and Elizabeth Cottrill married 1722 or 3" (the last figure being illegible); signed Rowse Helme, Justice, North Kingstown Probate, April, 1721. Will of John Cottrill of 'N. K. proved: Wife, Elizabeth, dau.-in-law, Elizabeth, Cottrill; son John Cottrill; cousin, Nicholas Cottrill daugh. of Westerly, North Kingstown Deeds, Vol. 9, p. 140; Mar. 31, 1738, Elizabeth Tanner, with the consent of her husband William Tanner of So. Kingstown, for love and good will towards my son, John Cottrell" of North Kingstown, quit claims her interest in 70 acres in N. Kingstown, which formerly belonged to her husband, John Cottrell, and which her son, J ohn Cottrell, has sold to J eremiah Gardiner." Of this third marriage six children were born to William Tanner and his wife: 1. Francis Tanner, born July 3rd, 1708.. 2. Nathan Tanner, born Feb. 20th, 1709 or 1710. a. Anna Tanner, born March 15th, .1712. |
