Eighth Generation


212. Thomas SHREVE was born on 24 August 1620 in Derby, England. He died on 29 May 1675 at the age of 54 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. He was of Plymouth, MA, and Portsmouth, RI, according to RIHS. See Little Compton Families, p. 567.

Was he born in the Netherlands? Martha POTTER and Thomas SHREVE were married in 1641 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

213. Martha POTTER was born in 1614 in England. She died in 1691 at the age of 77 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., MA. Was she born in 1635 in Holland?

Children were:

106

i.

Daniel Sheriff or SHREVE.

ii.

Thomas SHREIVE was born on 2 September 1649.

iii.

John SHREVE was born on 6 February 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., MA. He died on 14 October 1739 at the age of 92 in Little Compton, Newport Co., RI.

iv.

Caleb SHREVE was born about 1652 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., MA. He died on 18 February 1740 at the age of 88 in Mansfield, Burlington Co., NJ. He removed to New Jersey.

v.

Mary SHREVE was born in 1654 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., MA. She died in 1706 at the age of 52 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., MA.

vi.

Susannah SHREIVE was born (date unknown).

vii.

Elizabeth SHREIVE was born (date unknown).

viii.

Sarah SHREIVE was born (date unknown).