Home Search Login  

Benjamin Northup

Male Abt 1709 -


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

Less detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Benjamin Northup was born Abt 1709 (son of David Northup and Susannah Congdon).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Northup was born Abt 1667 (son of Stephen Northup); died 1724.

    Notes:

    David Northup's will inventory dated 1725 mentions his wife Susa____, and sons David, Stephen, Benjamin, & Robert, all under 21.

    I have estimated the year of marriage and the birth years of his four sons.

    David married Susannah Congdon Abt 1703. Susannah (daughter of Benjamin Congdon and Elizabeth Albro) was born Abt 1678; died Aft 1725. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Congdon was born Abt 1678 (daughter of Benjamin Congdon and Elizabeth Albro); died Aft 1725.
    Children:
    1. David Northup was born Abt 1705.
    2. Stephen Northup was born Abt 1707.
    3. 1. Benjamin Northup was born Abt 1709.
    4. Robert Northup was born Abt 1712; died 5 Sep 1783; was buried 7 Sep 1783.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Stephen Northup was born Abt 1634.

    Notes:

    Notes extracted from RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 73ff (in some places quoting Bates & Chatfield; other info from John O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of RI):

    The first record of Stephen Northup in RI was on 2 Oct 1655 when the town meeting of Providence granted to him 25 acres of land. Also, on 27 August 1656, it was ordered that Stephen Northup have a home-lot laid out to him, bordering Christopher Smith's lot; also, that he have "commonage" equal to any other townsman; and that he be able to vote with the other townsmen. [This suggests he was at least age 21 by this time.]

    John O. Austin states that Stephen Northup was made a freeman in 1658, but the above date seems more likely to be correct.

    It is believed that Stephen's house and lot were at the north end of town, from the description in the deed. It was probably destroyed in King Philip's War.

    On 27 July 1659, Stephen sold to William Carpenter 60 acres at Rocky Hill [possibly in the area of present-day Rt. 2 in East Greenwich/North Kingstown, near fairgrounds/flea market]. On 4 June 1660 he was elected Towne Sargeant at Providence. During his term of service, John Clawson, a Dutchman, was murdered by an Indian not far from Stephen's house. Stephen spent a day warning the inhabitants of the town about the prisoner, and four days in taking the prisoner to Newport and attending the trial there. For these services, Stephen received 3 shillings per day.

    On 8 February 1662, Stephen Northup sold to William Hawkins all rights between the Pawtucket and Pawtuxet Rivers. On 28 March 1666 he witnessed a deed in Providence, but his name is not on a list of inhabitants who took the oath of allegiance to the king on 31 May 1666. He had probably already moved to "Kings Towne" by this date.

    On 19 May 1671, Stephen Northup took the oath of allegiance at Kings Towne (per J. O. Austin). He bought land there sometime before 5 December 1679 (settlement of the Pettaquamscutt Purchase). His property consisted of about 120 acres near the present location of the Gilbert Stuart Homestead in Saunderstown.

    It has been suggested that Stephen's wife may have been a daughter of Benjamin Harrington (see RIGR, Vol. 3, No. 1, p. 75; various reasons).

    In August of 1672, Stephen Northup was summoned by the colony of CT to appear there in court concerning land in RI claimed by CT. Stephen refused to obey the summons, declaring his submission to the authorities in RI.

    His name appears for the last time in the official records, when on 6 September 1687 he was taxed by Gov. Andros.


    Children:
    1. Stephen Northup, Jr. was born Between 1656 and 1660, Providence, RI; died 12 May 1733, North Kingstown, RI.
    2. Benjamin Northup was born 1662; died 1750.
    3. Henry Northup was born 1663; died Abt Oct 1740, North Kingstown, RI.
    4. Joseph Northup was born Abt 1665; died Bef 1726.
    5. 2. David Northup was born Abt 1667; died 1724.
    6. Mary Northup was born Abt 1670; died Oct 1724.

  2. 6.  Benjamin Congdon was born Abt 1642, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died 19 Jun 1718, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Congdon Hill, North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    Benjamin settled at Portsmouth, RI, before 6 June 1670, when he applied to be a freeman there. He bought land at Narragansett in 1671, and probably moved there about 1679.

    Benjamin married Elizabeth Albro Abt 1671. Elizabeth (daughter of John Albro and Dorothy Unknown) was born Between 1646 and 1647, Portsmouth, RI; died 15 Nov 1720; was buried , Congdon Hill, North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]


  3. 7.  Elizabeth Albro was born Between 1646 and 1647, Portsmouth, RI (daughter of John Albro and Dorothy Unknown); died 15 Nov 1720; was buried , Congdon Hill, North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth was the widow of Nathaniel Potter.

    Children:
    1. John Congdon was born Abt 1674; died 12 May 1743.
    2. Benjamin Congdon, II was born Abt 1676, Portsmouth, RI; died Abt Oct 1756, North Kingstown, RI.
    3. 3. Susannah Congdon was born Abt 1678; died Aft 1725.
    4. Elizabeth Congdon was born Abt 1682; died Aft 1732.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  John Albro was born 1617, England; died 14 Dec 1712, Portsmouth, RI.

    John married Dorothy Unknown Abt 1645. Dorothy was born 1617, England; died 19 Feb 1695/96. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Dorothy Unknown was born 1617, England; died 19 Feb 1695/96.
    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Albro was born Between 1646 and 1647, Portsmouth, RI; died 15 Nov 1720; was buried , Congdon Hill, North Kingstown, RI.