| Descendants of Thomas Olney, Providence |
| John Mawney |
R.I. Genealogical Register, Volume 13, Abstracts of Providence Wills, Page 112 ************************* THE MAWNEY FAMILY: John Mawney, son of Col. Peter, died before his father, and his will is recorded in Providence. He married, October 29, 1745, Amey, daughter of Robert Gibbs, who is described on his tombstone in the North Burial Ground, as descended from the family of Sir Henry Gibbs, of Dorsetshire, England, Amey, wife of Robert Gibbs, was daughther of Col. Joseph Whipple, and widow of (???) Crawford. The children of John and Amey Mawney were: 1. Pardon, born at Providence, December 27, 1748; died on the homestead, in East Greenwich, given him by his grandfather's will, August 6, 1831. He married Experience, daughter of Caleb Gardner, of South Kingstown. See below. 2. Dr. John Mawney, a physician, sometime sheriff of Providence county, and was in the expedition that burnt the Gaspee. He died in Cranston, in March 1830, in his 80th year, and was buried in the North Burial Ground. He married, first, Nancy Wilson; second, Elizabeth Clarke. Children: a. John, married Ruth, daughter of John Gladding, and left one child, Elizabeth, who married William A. Cole, and now resides in Shakapee, Minnesota. b. Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth, married Henry Valentine, A. D. 1807. Their children were, first, Maria A.; second, Edward H.; third, John M.; fourth, Elizabeth; fifth, Horatio; sixth, Harriet A.; seventh, Alfred A., now in New York city. Mrs. Mary Valentine died in Brookly??, N. Y., 1864. Henry Valentine died in 1847. c. Susa??, born January 5, 1788; married Benjamin P. Ware, 1812. He died in 1816. She died October, 1869. Of the children, Albert P. Ware, born August 3, 1813, is now living in Andover, Massachusetts, and Charles M. Ware, born August 23, 1815, is living at Norwich, Connecticut. 3. Hannah, daughter of John Mawney, married Stephen Harris, January 23, 1775. She died at the age of 34, leaving one son, Stephen, father of the late Almoran Harris. 4. Mary died December 25, 1757, aged eleven years. 5. Nancy died, aged seventeen years. ********************************************* Subject: WorldConnect: Post-em posted Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 19:05:58 -0600 From: j_olsson@pacbell.net To: j_olsson@pacbell.net Database: joanolsson Individual: I11759 Link: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joanolsson&id=I11759 Name: Dr. John Concannon Email: webmaster@gaspee.org URL: http://www.gaspee.org/MawneyBio.html URL title: Biography of Dr. John Mawney Note: This individual was a prominent character in the attack and burning of the British revenue schooner HMS Gaspee by Rhode Island patriots in 1772, inciting the American Revolution.Married by Joseph Potter, Justice
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