_Thomas Fenner ________ | _Arthur Fenner ________________|_______________________ | (1619 - 1703) m 1649 _Thomas Fenner ______| | (1652 - 1717) m 1682| | | _Richard Waterman _____ | | | (1590 - 1673) m 1629 | |_Mehitable Waterman ___________|_Bethiah Waite ________ | (.... - 1684) m 1649 (.... - 1680) _Arthur Fenner ______| | (1699 - 1788) m 1723| | | _______________________ | | | | | _Thomas Borden ________________|_______________________ | | | (.... - 1676) m 1664 | |_Dinah Borden _______| | (1665 - 1761) m 1682| | | _William Harris _______+ | | | (.... - 1681) | |_Mary Harris __________________|_Susan Hyde ___________ | (.... - 1718) m 1664 (.... - 1682) _Arthur Fenner ______| | (1745 - 1805) | | | _Thomas Olney _________ | | | (1605 - 1682) m 1629 | | _Epenetus Olney _______________|_Marie Ashton _________ | | | (.... - 1698) m 1665 (.... - 1659) | | _James Olney ________| | | | (1670 - 1744) m 1702| | | | | _John Whipple _________ | | | | | (1617 - 1685) m 1638 | | | |_Mary Whipple _________________|_Sarah ________________ | | | (.... - 1698) m 1665 (1624 - 1666) | |_Mary Olney _________| | (1704 - 1756) m 1723| | | _Chad Brown ___________ | | | (1600 - 1650) | | _Daniel Brown _________________|_Elizabeth Sharparowe _ | | | (1638 - 1710) (1604 - 1672) | |_Hallelujah Brown ___| | (1680 - 1771) m 1702| | | _Benjamin Hearnden ____ | | | (.... - 1687) | |_Alice Hearnden or Harrington _|_Elizabeth White ______ | (1652 - 1718) (.... - 1701) | |--James Fenner | (1771 - 1846) | _Samuel Comstock ______+ | | (1628 - 1660) | _Samuel Comstock ______________|_Anne Tucker __________ | | (1654 - 1727) m 1678 (.... - 1661) | _Hazadiah Comstock __| | | (1682 - 1764) | | | | _Thomas Arnold ________ | | | | (1599 - 1674) m 1640 | | |_Elizabeth Arnold _____________|_Phebe Parkhurst ______ | | (1645 - 1747) m 1678 (.... - 1687) | _Gideon Comstock ____| | | (1709 - 1801) m 1749| | | | _Richard Pray _________ | | | | (1630 - 1693) | | | _John Pray ____________________|_Mary _________________ | | | | (1653 - 1733) m 1678 | | |_Catherine Pray _____| | | (.... - 1728) | | | | _John Brown ___________+ | | | | (1630 - 1706) m 1654 | | |_Sarah Brown __________________|_Mary Holmes __________ | | (1657 - 1733) m 1678 (1632 - 1690) |_Amey Comstock ______| (1749 - 1828) | | _______________________ | | | _______________________________|_______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________|_______________________ | | |_Amey Phillips ______| (1723 - 1811) m 1749| | _______________________ | | | _______________________________|_______________________ | | |_____________________| | | _______________________ | | |_______________________________|_______________________
!SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 128.
!OCCUPATION: "Governor, U.S. Senator, Chief Justice Supreme Court, R.I." --J.O. Austin
!SOURCE: Email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 11 Sep 2001. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850.
!SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Olney," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 22 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).
!BIOGRAPHY: Entry in The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: vol. 4, submitted by N. Combs, 26 Jul 2004:
FENNER, James, governor of Rhode Island, was born in Providence, R.I., Jan. 22, 1771; son of Gov. Arthur Fenner. He was graduated from Brown with the highest honors of his class in 1789 and for several years was a representative in the Rhode Island general assembly. He was elected to the U.S. senate in 1805 and held the seat during the two sessions of the 9th congress, 1805-07, when he resigned to accept the office of governor of Rhode Island, in which capacity he served, 1807-11, 1824-31 and 1843-45. He was presidential elector, 1821 and 1837; and president of the Rhode Island constitutional convention. 1842
!SOURCE: "Descendants of James Fenner," email from N. Combs to Weldon Whipple, 21 Dec 2010. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island 1636-1850 (marriage); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial).
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