Welcome Congdon

1794 - Aft 1927  (> 133 years)

• Name	Welcome Congdon
  Birth	3 Apr 1794	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 12 Feb 1927
  Person ID	I65840	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family	Mary Dennis,   b. 27 Apr 1799, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
  Children	1. Caleb Congdon,   b. 10 Sep 1826, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. 17 Feb 1916, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F29064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Apr 1794 - Providence, Providence, Rhode Island  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: GEDCOM file sent by Clayton J. Olney to Weldon Whipple, 16 Apr 2002. !SOURCE: Email from Jeffrey Congdon (email hidden) to Weldon Whipple, 28 Mar 2010. Cites History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, Part IV Manufactures, p. 548. Indicates that 12 Feb 1827 Welcome Congdon became a member of a manufacturing plant in Sutton, Massachuetts, with 1/8 ownership. (Earlier (p. 541) it states: "It was about the beginning of the year 1826 that a number of gentlemen from Providence, Rhode Island, on their way to Worcester and Boston, conceived the idea of utilizing this stream [north branch of the Mumford River, a tributary of the Blackstone, in/near the village of Manchang in Sutton] for the purpose of manufacturing. )