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Thomas Fry (1693–1732), who married Mary Greene, daughter of Samuel Greene and Mary ( née Gorton) Greene, in 1719. After her death he married Eleanor Greene, daughter of Richard Greene and Eleanor ( née Sayles) Greene, in 1740. [6] Mary Fry (1693–1732), who married John Spencer, daughter of John Spencer and Audrey ( née Greene) Spencer ...
Biography Governor Peleg Sanford House in Newport, one of the oldest houses in Rhode Island Family. Sanford was the son of John Sanford by his second wife, Bridget Hutchinson. . His father had been the cannoneer at the fort in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but was forced to leave Boston in 1637 when Peleg's grandmother, the famed Anne Hutchinson, was evicted for her religious views ...
Occupation. Commissioner, Assistant, Deputy, Governor. Caleb Carr (1616 – 17 December 1695) [1] was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving a very short term prior to his death. In 1635, at the age of 19, he sailed from England on the ship Elizabeth and Ann with his older brother Robert. [1]
7. Education. College of the Holy Cross ( BA) Edward Daniel DiPrete (born July 8, 1934) is an American politician. He served as the 70th Governor of Rhode Island for three two-year terms, serving from 1985 to 1991. Convicted of numerous corruption charges, he is the only Rhode Island governor to have gone to prison.
Katherine Jane Chase Sprague (August 13, 1840 – July 31, 1899) was a Washington society hostess during the American Civil War. During the war, she married Rhode Island Governor William Sprague . She was the daughter of Ohio politician Salmon P. Chase, who served as Treasury Secretary during President Abraham Lincoln 's first administration ...
John Endecott. John Endecott (also spelled Endicott; before 1600 – 15 March 1664/1665), [1] regarded as one of the Fathers of New England, [2] was the longest-serving governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which became the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He served a total of 16 years, including most of the last 15 years of his life.
Jeremy Clarke (governor) Jeremy Clarke (also known as Jeremiah Clarke) (1605–1652) was an early colonial settler and President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Born into a prominent family in England, he was a merchant who came to New England with his wife, Frances Latham, and four stepchildren, settling first at ...
