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Daniel Updyke

Male Abt 1694 - 1757  (~ 63 years)


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  1. 1.  Daniel Updyke was born Abt 1694; died 1757, Newport, RI.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. Lodowick Updike  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1725; died 1804.

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



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lodowick Updike Descendancy chart to this point (1.Daniel1) was born Abt 1725; died 1804.

    Lodowick married Abigail Gardiner 1759. Abigail (daughter of John Gardiner and Mary Hill) was born Abt 1740; died 1826. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Daniel Updike  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1761; died 15 Jun 1842.
    2. 4. Mary Updike  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1767; died 26 Aug 1842; was buried , Ayrault-Congdon-Updike Lot, Salisbury Rd., North Kingstown, RI.
    3. 5. Abigail Updike  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Jun 1769; died 19 Dec 1862.
    4. 6. Alfred Updike  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Sep 1779; died 25 Feb 1869.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Daniel Updike Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lodowick2, 1.Daniel1) was born 12 May 1761; died 15 Jun 1842.

  2. 4.  Mary Updike Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lodowick2, 1.Daniel1) was born 1767; died 26 Aug 1842; was buried , Ayrault-Congdon-Updike Lot, Salisbury Rd., North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    Mary must have been at least 40 years old when she married Nathaniel, after his wife Jane died in 1808.

    Mary married Nathaniel Munday Aft 1808. Nathaniel (son of William Munday and Hannah King) was born 26 Nov 1755, Stamford, CT; died 2 Jan 1827, Wickford, North Kingstown, RI; was buried , Old Church Graveyard, Wickford, RI. [Group Sheet]


  3. 5.  Abigail Updike Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lodowick2, 1.Daniel1) was born 10 Jun 1769; died 19 Dec 1862.

    Abigail — Joseph Reynolds. [Group Sheet]


  4. 6.  Alfred Updike Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lodowick2, 1.Daniel1) was born 13 Sep 1779; died 25 Feb 1869.

    Alfred — Dorcas Reynolds. [Group Sheet]