Arthur Fenner, Jr., Governor

1745 - 1805  (59 years)

• Name	Arthur Fenner
  Suffix	Jr., Governor
  Birth	10 Dec 1745	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Oct 1805	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Burial	North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I6341	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Arthur Fenner,   b. 17 Oct 1699, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 28 Jan 1788, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Mary Olney,   b. 30 Sep 1704, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 18 Mar 1756, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	2 Jun 1723	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F3622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amey Comstock,   b. Abt 1749   d. 5 Sep 1828, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 79 years)
  Children	+ 1. James Fenner, Governor,   b. 22 Jan 1771, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 17 Apr 1846, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 75 years)   2. Joseph Fenner,   b. Abt 1772, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 14 Jul 1797 or 18 Jul 1797, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 25 years)   3. Sally Fenner,   b. Abt 1778, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 21 Aug 1794, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age ~ 16 years)
  Family ID	F3621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 10 Dec 1745 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Death - 15 Oct 1805 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island Burial - - North Burial Ground, North Main Street, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: John Osborne Austin, Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (Born in the Eighteenth Century) (Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889), p. 23. !SOURCE: Abby Isabel Brown Bulkley, The Chad Browne Memorial, Consisting of Genealogical Memoirs of a Portion of the Descendants of Chad and Elizabeth Browne (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1888), p. 22. !SOURCE: "Descendants of Mary Olney," email from N. Combs to the Whipple Website, 22 Feb 2003. Cites Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (birth); Rhode Island Cemeteries Database Index (death, burial). !BIOGRAPHY: Entry in "Edited Appletons Encyclopedia," (c2001), submitted by N. Combs, 26 Jul 2004: FENNER, Arthur, governor of Rhode Island, born in Providence, R. I., in 1745; died there, 15 October 1805. His ancestors were among the earliest inhabitants of Providence. He was at one time clerk of the superior court, and was afterward governor of the state in 1789-1805. His son, James, senator, born in Providence, R. I., in 1771; died there, 17 April 1846, was graduated at Brown in 1789, and was U. S. Senator from 1805 till 1807. He was governor of Rhode Island in 1807-11, 1824-31, and 1844-5.