Major, Esquire Thomas Fenner, I

Male 1652 - 1718  (65 years)

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  • Name Thomas Fenner 
    Title Major, Esquire 
    Suffix I 
    Birth 27 Oct 1652  RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Feb 1717/18  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Burial Major Thomas Fenner Lot, Plainfield St., Thornton, Cranston, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I07840  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Captain Arthur Fenner, I,   b. Abt 1619   d. 20 Oct 1703, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Mehitable Waterman,   b. 1626, Salem, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Dec 1683, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1650 
    Family ID F00763  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alice Ralph,   b. 1657   d. Bef 1682 (Age < 24 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1675 
    Children 
     1. William Fenner,   b. 11 Mar 1675/76
    Family ID F03030  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Family 2 Dinah Borden,   b. Oct 1664   d. 18 Dec 1761 (Age 97 years) 
    Marriage 26 Jul 1682  Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • Thomas & Dinah were married by Joseph Jenckes, Ass't.
    Children 
     1. Freelove Fenner,   b. 1683
     2. Thomas Fenner, II,   b. 1684
     3. Mehitable Fenner,   b. 1686
     4. Mary Fenner,   b. 1692   d. 7 Jan 1759 (Age 67 years)
     5. Esquire, Capt. Joseph Fenner,   b. 1693   d. 22 Jun 1779 (Age 86 years)
     6. Esquire Richard Fenner,   b. 1695   d. 6 Feb 1773 (Age 78 years)
     7. Sarah Fenner,   b. 1698   d. 17 Apr 1736 (Age 38 years)
     8. Arthur Fenner, Sr.,   b. 17 Oct 1699, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jan 1788, Providence, RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
     9. Eleazer Fenner,   b. 4 Sep 1702   d. 31 Jul 1723 (Age 20 years)
     10. John Fenner,   b. Abt 16 Sep 1705   d. 12 Oct 1725 (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F03031  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Captain Arthur Fenner, father of Major Thomas Fenner, built Thomas a house around 1677 on the Cranston side of Plainfield Pike, on the hill near Thornton.

      Roger Williams listed Thomas as one of those who stayed at home and protected his house and the town during the Indian hostilities in 1675. It is not known exactly where he lived at this time.

      For a time, Thomas Fenner conducted a tavern and store in his home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S013059] Mrs. Eva Fenner and others, The Fenner Family, Third Edition, (July 2002), 10.

    2. [S012398] RI Cemetery Database.

    3. [S012893] Letter from Benjamin LeValley dated 4 July 1896.

    4. [S012962] Fenner genealogy from Gary MacDonald.