William ALMY
Biography

"William Almy came to America first between 1628 and 1631. He very likely worked for his passage as he is not included in any passenger list available at this date. Further, his family was not with him. He was in Lynn, MA in 1631 where he was fined for taking and using a canoe without permission. Before July 1634, he went back to England. In 1635 he returned to America in the ship 'Abigail' with his wife Audrey and his two children; Anne, age 8, and Christopher, age 3.

On his return to America he lived in Lynn. In the Spring 1637, he and nine others founded Sandwich, on Cape Cod, in the Plymouth Colony. On 22 June 1642 he sold his Sandwich house and lands and was soon in Portsmouth, RI where he received a grant of land 14 Nov 1644. He became a Freeman in 1655, a Juryman in 1656, a Commissioner in 1656-57-63, and Foreman of the Jury in 1668.

His will, dated 28 Feb 1676, proved 23 Apr 1677, names sons Christopher and Job as
Executors. He requested his body be buried beside his son John..."

WILLIAM ALMY and His Descendants in America By Merwin F. Almy

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