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Ann Almy.
ii.
Christopher Almy was born about 1632. He died on Jan 30 1712/13.
iii.
John Almy died on Oct 1 1676.
iv.
Job Almy was born about 1640. He died in Feb 1684.
v.
Catherine Almy died about 1703.7686. William Almy
(30)(170)
was born in 1601 in South Kilworth, Leicestershire, England. He died
on Feb 28 1677/78 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. William Almy came to New England
in 1635, with his family on the Abigail. There are references to an earlier
William Almy of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but it is unlikely that these are the
same man.
Robert Way was ordered to serve him until he had cleared a debt amounting to
111 pounds, no small sum at that time and place. William Almy was of gentry origins,
as indicated by the fact that he is always referred to as Mister in the records.
He moved to Sandwich, Massachusetts, in April 1637 and to Portsmouth, Rhode Island,
in 1641. He held a number of minor offices in Rhode Island and appears to have
been prosperous.
He was one of the first Quakers in America.
William Almy and Audrey Barlow were the 7th great grandparents of both President
Richard Nixon and of President Jimmy Carter. He was married to Audrey Barlow
before 1627 in England.
7687. Audrey Barlow was
born about 1603 in England. She died after 1676 in Probably Portsmouth, Rhode
Island. Children were:
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Ann Almy.
ii.
Christopher Almy was born about 1632. He died on Jan 30 1712/13.
iii.
John Almy died on Oct 1 1676.
iv.
Job Almy was born about 1640. He died in Feb 1684.
v.
Catherine Almy died about 1703.
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