The George Lanphere, Family |
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The history of my Lanphere family in New England starts with George. George Lanphere (Landfear or Lanphear), where he is found in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1669, when on April 18, he purchased some land there from John Clarke. He took the oath of allegiance to Rhode Island in Westerly, May 17,1671, and was baptized there "by the mill," in 1678. He took the oath of allegiance, September 17, 1679, and in July, 1704, had two hundred acres of land laid out to him. He died October 6, 1731. On April 25, 1727, the town divided his land among his children, as he was considered incapable of managing his affairs at that time. He was married at the time of his baptism, as the following shows: "His wife went into the water, was faint hearted and came back again unbaptized." Children: Mary, married Peter Button; Shadrach, married Experience Read, died January 29, 1728; John, married Ruth, died 1757, Theodosius, married Rachel Covey, died 1749; Seth, married Sarah Pendleton; Patience, married Eber Crandall; Sarah, married James Covey, 1707; Elizabeth, married James Pendleton, 1710; Richard, married Mary |
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