Jeremiah Child (1747 - 1825)

Born 22 Apr 1747 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Patience Cole — married 31 Jan 1768 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

Descendants

Died 29 Dec 1825 at age 78 in Warren, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States

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Biography

Private Jeremiah Child served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.

Jeremiah Child is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A210167.

Jeremiah Child was born in 1747 at Warren, Rhode Island, the son of John and Abigail (Eddy) Child.^[1][2]

Jeremiah married Patience Cole at Warren on 31 January 1768.^[3] Children, recorded at Rhode Island:^[4]

• Jeremiah b. 10 December 1768
• Betsey b. 5 March 1770
• Elizabeth b. 14 March 1773
• Oliver b. 28 January 1775
• Martin b. 16 April 1777
• Varnum b. 18 May 1781
• Patience b. 31 March 1784
• Thomas b. 21 April 1788

He passed away in 1825. Buried-North Burial Ground, Also known as Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Warren #1. North Main Street. Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA

Research Notes

Marriage

Patience Cole's parentage and birth year is unknown, nor is it known if "Cole" was her maiden surname. The only birth in the Rhode Island Town Records that could fit is Patience born 1743, four years older than Jeremiah, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Beverly) Cole. But she married Peter Reynolds and was married to him into at least the 1790s, as proved by her father's will and land records.

Census

Jeremiah appeared as head of household at Warren in the 1774 Census of Rhode Island^[5]. His household distribution and inferred attributions are:

• one white male over 16: Jeremiah
• one white male under 16: son Jeremiah
• one white female over 16: wife Patience
• one white female under 16: daughter Betsey or Elizabeth

Betsey was a nickname for Elizabeth, so it would be strange for Jeremiah to give two daughters these names at the same time. It seem reasonable that the first died young and the second was named in her honor. This is supported by the censuses data, which shows only one daughter alive by 1774.

Sources

1. ↑ Genealogy of the Child, Childs and Childe Families. P.693
2. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Marriages, Page 56
3. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Marriages, Page 14
4. ↑ Arnold: Vol. 6, Warren Births, Page 57
5. ↑ 1774 Census

• Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 26 Nov 2021), "Record of Jeremiah Child", Ancestor # A210167.
• Genealogy of the Child, Childs, and Childe Families. Elias Child. 1881.
• Section: Vol. VI. Part II. Vitial Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850. First Series. Births, Marriages and Deaths
• 1774 Rhode Island Census, Warren, Page 3, Entry 3 -- Jeremiah Child; citing transcription by Annie Austin in Rhode Island Roots 33 p.26, March 2007.