John Colvin 3rd

1710–6 April 1805 (Age 95)
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

The Life Summary of John

When John Colvin 3rd was born in 1710, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Colvin Jr., was 29 and his mother, Experience Lydia Darte Brewster, was 17. He married Amey Randall in 1736, in Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 6 April 1805, in Scituate, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 95.

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Family Time Line

John Colvin 3rd
1710–1805
Amey Randall
1717–1766
Marriage: 1736
Experience Charity Colvin
1733–1816
Valleriah Colvin
1739–1828
Luther Colvin
1740–1829
Anna Colvin
1745–1823
Catherine Colvin
1747–1798
Matthew COLVIN
1756–1824
Philarathia Colvin
1761–1836

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1736Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (8)

    +3 More Children

    World Events (4)

    1776
    Age 66
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
    Age 66
    Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
    1783 · A Free America
    Age 73
    The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish (Donegal, Antrim): variant of Colville , probably reflecting a local pronunciation. The name was taken to Ulster in the 17th century.Manx: if not identical with 1, perhaps from the Old Norse personal name Kolbeinn, with /v/ substituted for /b/.English: from the rare Middle English personal name Colwin, Colvin, which may be a borrowing into English of a Welsh name whose modern form is Collwyn ‘white’, or of colwyn ‘doe, puppy, pet dog’, or of the placename Colwyn (Denbighshire, Radnorshire).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Colville

    Sources (6)

    • John Colvin in entry for William Williams and Katharine Colvin, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
    • The Ancestry of Dr. J. P. Guilford, Vol. 1, Seventeenth Century New England Colonials
    • Colvins in America

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