Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMajor John ALBRO
Birth19 Dec 1617, Warwickshire, England701
Removal30 Apr 1634, New England40,41 Age: 16
Memoat age fourteen
Settlement1638, Rhode Island40 Age: 20
Freeman165541 Age: 37
Will28 Dec 171040 Age: 93
Death14 Dec 1712, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island40,124 Age: 94
Probate171340 Age: 95
Burial17 Apr 1739, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island124
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• He embarked in ship Francis, from Ipswich for New England, under the care of William Freeborn. His age was called fourteen, which was not exact, but as near as was often the case in making returns to the officials.40

• To daughter Elizabeth Congdon 50s. in silver money (at 17 pwt.), a bolster case, pair of sheets and two pewter platters.40

• He came in ship Francis to Massachusetts in care of William Freeborne, (who four years later was among those who first settled Portsmouth, R. I.) 1639. John Albro’s name first appears on records of Portsmouth, he being granted a lot if he would build within one year.124

• The above account of his public service shows that Maj. John Albro was a man of quite some prominence in the affairs of the Colony of Rhode Island.41
Spouses
Birth161717,124,184
Death19 Feb 1696, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island124 Age: 79
Individual Notes
• He [John Albro] married Dorothy Potter, widow of Nathaniel Potter, Portsmouth, R. I.124
Marriageabt 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island17
ChildrenJohn (~1641-1724)
 Susannah (~1643->1715)
 Samuel (~1644-1739)
 Elizabeth (~1647-1720)
 Mary (~1649-)
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