Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMajor John ALBRO 
Birth19 Dec 1617, Warwickshire, England2177
Memoat age fourteen
Settlement1638, Rhode Island1788, p 8 Age: 20
Burial17 Apr 1739, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island1982, p 90
FlagsEarliest Immigrant
Individual Notes
• He embarked in ship
Francis, from Ipswich for New England, under the care of William Freeborn. His age was called fourteen, which was not exact, but as near as was often the case in making returns to the officials.
1788, p 8• To daughter Elizabeth Congdon 50s. in silver money (at 17 pwt.), a bolster case, pair of sheets and two pewter platters.
1788, p 10• He came in ship
Francis to Massachusetts in care of William Freeborne, (who four years later was among those who first settled Portsmouth, R. I.) 1639. John Albro’s name first appears on records of Portsmouth, he being granted a lot if he would build within one year.
1982, p 87• The above account of his public service shows that Maj. John Albro was a man of quite some prominence in the affairs of the Colony of Rhode Island.
1977, p 25
Spouses
Death19 Feb 1696, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island1982, p 87 Age: 79
Individual Notes
• He [John Albro] married Dorothy Potter, widow of Nathaniel Potter, Portsmouth, R. I.
1982, p 187
Marriageabt 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island1864, p 7
ChildrenJohn (~1641-1724)
Susannah (~1643->1715)
Samuel (~1644-1739)
Mary (~1649-)