Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameMajor John ALBRO 
Birth19 Dec 1617, Warwickshire, England [701]
Removal30 Apr 1634, New England [40, p 8], [41, p 24] Age: 16
Memoat age fourteen
Settlement1638, Rhode Island [40, p 8] Age: 20
Freeman1655 [41, p 24] Age: 37
Will28 Dec 1710 [40, p 9] Age: 93
Death14 Dec 1712, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island [40, p 8], [124, p 87] Age: 94
Probate1713 [40, p 9] Age: 95
Burial17 Apr 1739, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island [124, p 90]
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, p 8]
• To daughter Elizabeth Congdon 50s. in silver money (at 17 pwt.), a bolster case, pair of sheets and two pewter platters. [40, p 10]
• 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, p 87]
• 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, p 25]
• To daughter Elizabeth Congdon 50s. in silver money (at 17 pwt.), a bolster case, pair of sheets and two pewter platters. [40, p 10]
• 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, p 87]
• 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, p 25]
Spouses
Birth1617 [17, p 7], [124], [184, p 147]
Death19 Feb 1696, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island [124, p 87] Age: 79
Individual Notes
• He [John Albro] married Dorothy Potter, widow of Nathaniel Potter, Portsmouth, R. I. [124, p 187]
Marriageabt 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island [17, p 7]
ChildrenJohn (~1641-1724)
Susannah (~1643->1715)
Samuel (~1644-1739)
Elizabeth (~1647-1720)
Mary (~1649-)