Daniel Updyke

Notes:

"Daniel (died 1757) was in charge of the plantation [at Smith's Castle, North Kingstown, RI] between 1736 and 1757. Trained as a lawyer, he served as attorney general from 1722 to 1728; the fine furniture and clocks which can be seen at Smith's Castle date from his period of prosperity. Daniel Updike maintained contacts with Newport, and he was the first signer of the "Laws and Orders" of the cultural society which was the parent organization of the Redwood Library there."
(source: "The Rhode Island Atlas" by Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, Providence: RI Publications Society, 1982, p. 148)

Daniel Updike, Lt. Col. and Aty. Gen. of RI, was baptized by immersion at St. Paul's Episcopal Church on 2 May 1730.

From findagrave.com:
"John O. Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, p 399: "The family burial ground where he was laid is at Cocumscusset...or Smith's Castle, near Wickford, for nearly two hundred years the seat of this family" (also see obituary, near the end of this biography). The birth year is an approximation based on the date of his first marriage and the sequencing of his siblings.

"Daniel was the son of Lodowick Updike and Abigail Newton of Kingstown, Rhode Island. He was married three times: (1) at Trinity Church in Newport, RI on 20 Dec 1716 to Sarah ARNOLD, b. 3 Nov 1698, d. 26 Jan 1718, the daughter of Benedict Arnold and Sarah Mumford. Sarah died in childbirth with their infant born and died in 1718. Sarah and infant are buried in the Governor Arnold Lot on Pelham Street in Newport. Daniel m. (2) 21 Dec 1722 Anstis Jenkins, b. 28 Oct 1702, d. c. 1744, the daughter of Richard Jenkins and Mary Wilkins; and (3) 14 March 1745 Mary (GODFREY) Wanton, the widow of William Wanton, and daughter of John Godfrey and Elizabeth Carr. Daniel had four children with his second wife, only the older two of whom survived childhood.

"Daniel was the Attorney General of the Rhode Island colony from 1722 to 1732, and again from 1743 to 1757. He studied under tutors 'at his father's house,' including the subjects of Greek, Latin, and French. As a young man he went to the Barbados, after which he studied law, soon moving to Newport. In 1729 he and three others were appointed to a committee to revise and print the laws of the colony.

"In 1730 he was a Lieutenant Colonel of the local militia, and that same year he was baptized in the Pettasquanscutt River by Rev. James McSparren. Also in 1730, he was one of the founders of the literary institution in Newport, later known as the Redwood Library.

"In 1732 he was nominated for Governor to oppose William Wanton, but lost. From 1741 to 1743 he was an attorney for Kings County (now Washington County), and during the same time he was appointed on a committee to revise the laws.

"His obituary, appearing in the records of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, under the rectorship of Dr. James McSparren, reads: 'Colonel Updike of North Kingstown, Attorney General of the Colony, died on Saturday the 15th of May, 1757, about noon, and after a funeral discourse was preached by Dr. McSparren, was interred in the burial ground of the family, beside the remains of his father and second wife Anstis Jenkins, mother of Lodowick and Mary Updike his surviving children.' "

The children of Daniel and Anstis were:

* Lodowick, b. 12 July 1725, m. Abigail GARDINER.

* Mary, b. 11 April 1727, m. Hon. John COLE.

* Gilbert, b. 9 May 1729, predeceased his father.

* Wilkins, b. 9 Mary 1729, predeceased his father.

Daniel married Sarah Arnold 20 Dec 1716, Newport, RI. Sarah (daughter of Benedict Arnold, Jr. and Sarah Mumford) was born 1698; died 26 Jan 1717/18; was buried , Gov. Arnold Burying Ground, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

Daniel married Anstress Jenkins 21 Dec 1722, Newport, RI. Anstress was born 1702; died 1744. [Group Sheet]

1. Lodowick Updike was born Abt 1725; died 1804.

Daniel married Mary Godfrey 14 Mar 1744/45, Newport, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Lodowick Updike I lived on the plantation between 1692 and 1736. The name Wickford had been applied to the general area since 1664, but when Updike laid out the first house lots in the present-day village of Wickford, for a while the village was known as Updike's Newtown." (source: "The Rhode Island Atlas" by Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, Providence: RI Publications Society, 1982, p. 148)

Excerpts from Charles Wilson Opdyke's The Op Dyck Genealogy, pages 85-93:
"Lodowick Updike was baptised June 10, 1646, in the Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, in the presence of his father Gysbert Opdyck, and of his grandfather Richard Smith and the fiscal de La Montagne who acted as sponsors. Three years of his infancy were probably passed at Fort Hope (Hartford) where his father was commander. His childhood and youth were spent at New Amsterdam in his father's house on Stone Street or in the house "next the City Hall," and on Long Island about Hempstead and Newtown. The lad must have often accompanied his Smith grandfather and uncle in their sloop to the trading-house at Narragansett. He was eighteen years of age when the English seized the New Netherlands, and New Amsterdam became New York.
"At the age of 22, Lodowick is found at Wickford joining others in a petition to Connecticut, for the protection of that government. There had been much conflict as to the jurisdiction over the Narragansett country. In 1665 the King

Lodowick — Abigail Newton. Abigail was born Abt 1663; died Abt 1745. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Abigail Updike, wife of Capt. Lodowick, was baptized at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Narragansett/Wickford RI, on 11 Sep 1726 at age 63 (note: clinical baptism).

From Findagrave.com:
"There is no inscribed marker for Abigail in this cemetery, nor is there any record of her burial. However, her husband is known to be buried here, based on the obituary of their son Daniel, and Abigail was married to Lodowick for nearly 50 years, and died as his widow in this town. It is inconceivable that she would have been buried anywhere other than in the family cemetery near her husband. The birth year given is a crude approximation based on her probable year of marriage, and the death year is the year her will was proved.

"Abigail was the daughter of Thomas Newton and Joan Smith of New Amsterdam, Long Island, and Fairfield, Connecticut. She was married about 1690 to her first cousin, Lodowick Updike, the son of Gilbert Updike and Katherine Smith. Her mother Joan and her husband's mother Katherine were sisters, both being daughters of Richard Smith of Cocumscussoc (known as Smith's Castle), Wickford, RI.

"Abigail's will, dated 10 May 1742, and proved 8 May 1745, names daughter Catherine as executrix, and gives to son Daniel; to the seven children of her son Richard, deceased; to daughter Abigail Cooper; and also to her other three daughters Esther, Sarah, and Martha."

Notes:

Sieur Gysbert Updyke was an officer of the Dutch West India Company. He probably came to Long Island from Amsterdam about 1630. In time he owned extensive land areas in and around present-day New York City; Hempstead, Long Island; Cow's Neck; and Coney Island. He held several positions of leadership at Long Island and New Amsterdam, and was also an innkeeper. He made frequent trips to the "Block House" in Narragansett Country, RI. This was Richard Smith's trading post (now known as "Smith's Castle" on Post Road near Wickford).

He died after 10 April 1662. Very possibly he came to RI after the surrender of New Amsterdam to the English in 1664, and eventually died here.

Gysbert married Catherine Smith 24 Sep 1643, Old Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, Manhattan Island, America. Catherine (daughter of Richard Smith and Joan Unknown) was born Abt 1620. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

She was also known as Catharina or Katrina. Catherine was the daughter of Richard Smith (of Smith's Castle, Wickford), who also owned land on Long Island under sovereignty of the Dutch West India Company. Smith established trading posts near the Pequot Path (Post Road) in Kingstowne, and also in New Amsterdam (New York). He frequently traveled back and forth between the two locations, and established strong personal and business relationships with individuals at New Amsterdam. Undoubtedly that explains how his daughter met and married Gysbert Updyke, an officer of the Dutch West India Company.

Notes:

Richard Smith was the first Englishman to settle in the South County area, probably around 1637. John "Quidnessett" Greene lived with him in the early days of the outpost, later testifying that there were no other English people within 20 miles of their place. Part of his land is the present location of "Smith's Castle" on Post Rd. in North Kingstown, althought the present homestead was built at a later time.

Richard Smith (of "Smith's Castle" on Post Road, just north of Wickford village in North Kingstown), also owned land on Long Island under sovereignty of the Dutch West India Company. Smith established trading posts near the Pequot Path (Post Road) in Kingstowne, and also in New Amsterdam (New York). He frequently traveled back and forth between the two locations, and established strong personal and business relationships with individuals at New Amsterdam.

Smith's trading post at Wickford was also the site where Roger Williams preached to the Narragansett Indians. A stone marker and plaque next to a picnic area on Post Road memorializes Williams's ministry among the Native Americans.

St. Paul's Church in Wickford, RI, has a memorial tablet to Richard Smith. It mentions his daughter "Katharine" and her husband Gysbert op Dyck.

The following is from "The Rhode Island Atlas" by Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, Providence: RI Publications Society, 1982, p. 148: "Richard Smith (c. 1596 - 1666) came to Cocumscussoc from Taunton in 1637, and settling on land 'about a mile in length' purchased from the Indians, he built the first English-style house in the southern wilderness of the colony. He joined Roger Williams as a local trader and later bought out Williams and a trader named Wilcox. An energetic man, Smith maintained three homes: a house in Taunton; the house at Cocumscussoc, built with timbers carried across the Bay from Taunton; and a house on Long Island on land purchased from the Dutch. Smith bought Dutch trade goods. His daughter married a Dutchman named Updike whom she met during a family stay on Long Island; Smith's son Richard, Jr., died childless, and consequently the plantation passed through four generations of Updikes until 1812, when Wilkins Updike was forced to sell in order to honor the financial backing promised a brother.
"Richard Smith, Sr., started one of the colony's first dairy herds, and for 300 years the dairy tradition continued on the estate. Joan Smith, his wife, used a recipe from her home in Cheshire, England, for making the famous Rhode Island cheeses of the Narragansett Country.
"When Major Richard Smith, Jr., (c. 1630 - 1692) died, his estate included an inventory of 3 horses, 30 sheep, 20 hogs, and 135 cattle. No goats were listed on the inventory, but Smith had claimed payment for 100 goats slaughtered to feed the militia which gathered at Cocumscussoc and returned there after the Great Swamp Fight during King Philip's War. Smith granted freedom to three adult slaves in his will and directed that a slave couple's five children be freed after 30 years of service.
"Lodowick Updike I lived on the plantation between 1692 and 1736. The name Wickford had been applied to the general area since 1664, but when Updike laid out the first house lots in the present-day village of Wickford, for a while the village was known as Updike's Newtown. His son Daniel (died 1757) was in charge of the plantation between 1736 and 1757. Trained as a lawyer, he served as attorney general from 1722 to 1728; the fine furniture and clocks which can be seen at Smith's Castle date from his period of prosperity. Daniel Updike maintained contacts with Newport, and he was the first signer of the "Laws and Orders" of the cultural society which was the parent organization of the Redwood Library there."

Richard — Joan Unknown. Joan was born Abt 1598, Cheshire, England; died , RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

My source for the name of Richard's wife is "The Rhode Island Atlas" by Marion I. Wright and Robert J. Sullivan, Providence: RI Publications Society, 1982, p. 148. Other sources do not have her name, so I am not sure how certain this is.

I have roughly estimated her birth year.