Thomas Angell

Thomas Angell
Born	c. 1616
Died	1694 Providence, Rhode Island
Occupation	Commissioner, constable, town clerk
Spouse(s)	Alice Ashton
Children	John, Anphilis, Mary, Deborah, Alice, James, Hope, Margaret

Thomas Angell (c.1616-1694) was one of the four men who wintered with Roger Williams at Seekonk, Plymouth Colony in early 1636, and then joined him in founding the settlement of Providence Plantation in what became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was a minor at the time of his arrival, but his name appears on several of the early documents related to the settlement of Providence. In the early 1650s, he became active in the affairs of the town, serving as commissioner, juryman, and constable. In 1658, he began his service as the Providence Town Clerk and held this position for 17 years. He wrote his will in 1685, dying almost a decade later in 1694, leaving a widow and many grown children. Angell Street on Providence's East Side is named for him.

Thomas Angell was one of the four men who probably spent part of the winter (the early part of 1636) with Roger Williams at Seekonk in the Plymouth Colony (later Rehoboth, Massachusetts), before settling the upper reaches of the Narragansett Bay, where they established the settlement that Williams named Providence in the late spring. Angell was a minor at the time, but the adult men in the group brought their wives and children with them. Angell was probably a relative of Roger Williams and related to William Angell, a citizen and baker of the City of London, whose daughter married a first cousin of Williams.

After reaching legal age, he and 12 other men signed a civil compact dated 20 August 1637, desiring civil equality with older men in the town. On 27 July 1640, he was one of 39 inhabitants of Providence who signed a document for a form of government, he signing by mark.

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