

Saying, he came from London, as servant or apprentice of Roger Williams, as one tradition has it, but another tradition says, of Richard Waterman. Savage in his Genealogical Dictionary (circa 1860) mentions two different traditions. Where? And, if he's a "lad of Waterman's," why is it that secondary sources frequently call Angell, a servant or apprentice of Williams or a "Young lad living in the family of Roger Williams", reporting even that he traveled on the same ship with Williams? And why does Williams who has lived in the community with Thomas Angell for about 40 years refer to him as "a lad of Waterman's" instead of by name? Somewhere there must be some piece of evidence that shows "a lad of Waterman's," is Thomas Angell. These are all I remember." The lad of Waterman's was Thomas Angell. I consented to John Smith, Miller, at Dorchester (banished also) to go with me, and at John Smith's desire, to a poor young fellow, Francis Wicks, as also to a lad of Richard Watermans.

Harris, then poor and destitute, to come along in my company. In 1677, Roger Williams wrote, "Yet out of Pity, I gave leave to W. In 1636, Williams went to find a new place to live, settling briefly in the area that would become Seekonk, and then in what is now Providence, Rhode Island. Salem and the entire of Massachusetts banished Williams and his company, forcing a move to somewhere else. He arrived in Boston,, and went shortly to Salem. Īccording to many sources including Austin, Thomas left Bristol, England, in Dec 1630, aboard the Lyon, along with Roger Williams and his wife Mary. An article by Dean Crawford Smith and Melinda Lutz Sanborn, points out that this Thomas, son of James, was baptized 22 Sept 1635, thereby eliminating him as the Thomas who was in New England with Roger Williams. Alban's, first cousin of Roger Williams (cf NEHGR 43:295), which would account for his presence in Williams' family in New England." It took until 1991, for someone to look more closely at this. Moriarty then printed a correction to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary, in 1945, stating "Angell, Thomas was undoubtedly a near relative, but of a younger generation, of William Angell, Citizen and Baker of London, whose daughter Catherine married John Pemberton, Esq., of St. 18.) This William Angell had a son James Angell, whose will mentions a son Thomas (Register, 43:299) There can be but little doubt but that this Thomas is identical with the Thomas Angell who came to New England, as a lad, with Roger Williams." John Pemberton was a cousin of Roger Willaims. married Katherine Angell, dtr of William Angell, citizen of London and Sergeant of the Catery (vis. Andrews Moriarty published in 1943, explains in a footnote "John Pemberton, citizen and Grocer of London, eldest son and heir of Roger Pemberton. Waters, in a footnote says that William Angell, had a son James, who had a son Thomas. But all this is of doubtful authority." Was Thomas Angell the son of James Angell and Mary Honeychurch ? No There is a tradition that he was the son of Henry Angell of Liverpool, England that he was born about 1618, and at the age of twelve years went to London, to take care of himself. "Of the parentage of Thomas Angell we have little knowledge. Text also says he is the son of James, son of William, which has since been disproved. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1935, on p. Some Ancestral Lines: Being a Record of Some of the Ancestors of Guilford Solon Tingley And His Wife, Martha Pamelia Meyers. These dates are all presented in Tingley, Raymon Meyers. Birth May 1, 1618, England Death September 2, 1694, Providence marriage 10 April 1643.
