Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
Wrights & Maxeys of Monroe County, Mississippi - Person Sheet
NameWEAVER, Elizabeth 
Birth Dateabt 1645
Birth PlaceGlastonbury, Somerset, England
Death Date4 Nov 1697 Age: 52
Death PlaceCold Spring, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Spouses
Birth Date13 Feb 1635
Birth PlaceLondon, England
Death Date24 Nov 1687 Age: 52
Death PlaceCold Spring, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Misc. Notes
Thomas was born in London, England, his father William Dungan, was a merchant of London, and was of a cadet branch of the Dungans of Dublin, Ireland.
Thomas, later the Rev., Thomas Dungan of Rhode Island Colony, was baptized 13 Feb., 1634 (St. Martin's-in-the-Fields). He came to Newport, Rhode Island, in 1637, with his mother and stepfather, Captain Clarke, and was reared and educated in that colony, probably receiving his education in a school established there by Roger Williams. His second stepfather bring a Baptist preacher.
He was a representative in the colonial assembly of Rhode Island, 1678-81, and a sergeant in the Newport militia. He became one of the patentees of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, but sold his real estate there and removed with a colony of Welsh, Baptists to Cold Springs, Falls township, Bucks County, and established the first Baptist Church in Pennsylvania. 1667-70:
Thomas was awarded a share of land in Freehold, N.J. About the year 1670, he acquired 240 acres in Shrewsbury, NJ. His half-brother, Gov. Walter Clark, also, purchased land in Monmouth County, NJ, in partnership with Arthur Cook. Thomas sold his land (in Newport) 21 Dec. 1674, to mars. Sarah Reape, whose husband William Reape, was one of the 12 Patentees in 1665. The Reape property in Newport, adjoined the homestead of Rev. William Vaughn and his wife Frances. 7 June 1671:
He was a member of a special court to try Indians, as a "juror from Newport". (RI Historical Society rec.) 1676: Was named a sergeant (in the militia) 1677: Was named with forty-seven others who took a grant of 5,000 acres to be called East Greenwich. 30 Apr. 1678: He was elected one of the two Representatives from East Greenwich, to the Rhode Island Assembly; his brother-in-law Clement Weaver was the other incumbent". 1681: He was re-elected to the Assembly,
During the time he was in the Assembly, and prior thereto he probably studied for the ministry under his second step-father, the Rev., William Vaughan. "The Register of St. Martin in the Fields, London 1619-1636,”
Rev. Thomas Dungan, soldier, legislator, pioneer, became the first Baptist minister in the Province of Pennsylvania, having been born in London, and came with his mother about 1637. Thomas Dungan was the youngest son of Frances Latham and William Dungan. His father died, and his mother came to America with her second husband Jeremy Clarke and her four young children.
As early as 1655 he was living at Newport, Rhode Island, where he was Sergeant of the Newport Militia 1676. He acquired 240 acres at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, about the year 1670. In 1678 and again in 1681 he was elected to the Rhode Island Assembly. His half-brother, Walter Clarke was then Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. In 1682 he sold his estate of 100 acres in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and his Newport homestead of 50 acres and having completed his education for the ministry, he shortly removed to Pennsylvania and settled at Cold Spring, Bucks County, where he founded a Baptist Church in 1684, the first of its denomination in Pennsylvania, and continued pastor until his death in 1687. He married at Newport on or about 1663 Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Sergeant Clement Weaver. His Will, probated February 29, 1688, is one of the earliest on record in Bucks County.
Thomas, later the Rev., Thomas Dungan of Rhode Island Colony, was baptized 13 Feb., 1634 (St. Martin's-in-the-Fields). He came to Newport, Rhode Island, in 1637, with his mother and stepfather, Captain Clarke, and was reared and educated in that colony, probably receiving his education in a school established there by Roger Williams. His second stepfather bring a Baptist preacher.
He was a representative in the colonial assembly of Rhode Island, 1678-81, and a sergeant in the Newport militia. He became one of the patentees of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, but sold his real estate there and removed with a colony of Welsh, Baptists to Cold Springs, Falls township, Bucks County, and established the first Baptist Church in Pennsylvania. 1667-70:
Thomas was awarded a share of land in Freehold, N.J. About the year 1670, he acquired 240 acres in Shrewsbury, NJ. His half-brother, Gov. Walter Clark, also, purchased land in Monmouth County, NJ, in partnership with Arthur Cook. Thomas sold his land (in Newport) 21 Dec. 1674, to mars. Sarah Reape, whose husband William Reape, was one of the 12 Patentees in 1665. The Reape property in Newport, adjoined the homestead of Rev. William Vaughn and his wife Frances. 7 June 1671:
He was a member of a special court to try Indians, as a "juror from Newport". (RI Historical Society rec.) 1676: Was named a sergeant (in the militia) 1677: Was named with forty-seven others who took a grant of 5,000 acres to be called East Greenwich. 30 Apr. 1678: He was elected one of the two Representatives from East Greenwich, to the Rhode Island Assembly; his brother-in-law Clement Weaver was the other incumbent". 1681: He was re-elected to the Assembly,
During the time he was in the Assembly, and prior thereto he probably studied for the ministry under his second step-father, the Rev., William Vaughan. "The Register of St. Martin in the Fields, London 1619-1636,”
Rev. Thomas Dungan, soldier, legislator, pioneer, became the first Baptist minister in the Province of Pennsylvania, having been born in London, and came with his mother about 1637. Thomas Dungan was the youngest son of Frances Latham and William Dungan. His father died, and his mother came to America with her second husband Jeremy Clarke and her four young children.
As early as 1655 he was living at Newport, Rhode Island, where he was Sergeant of the Newport Militia 1676. He acquired 240 acres at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, about the year 1670. In 1678 and again in 1681 he was elected to the Rhode Island Assembly. His half-brother, Walter Clarke was then Deputy Governor of Rhode Island. In 1682 he sold his estate of 100 acres in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and his Newport homestead of 50 acres and having completed his education for the ministry, he shortly removed to Pennsylvania and settled at Cold Spring, Bucks County, where he founded a Baptist Church in 1684, the first of its denomination in Pennsylvania, and continued pastor until his death in 1687. He married at Newport on or about 1663 Elizabeth Weaver, daughter of Sergeant Clement Weaver. His Will, probated February 29, 1688, is one of the earliest on record in Bucks County.
Marr Date1663
Marr PlaceNewport, Newport County, Rhode Island