Abraham Redwood
American
Abraham Redwood was an English Colonial who made his fortune on a sugar plantation in Antigua and is notable as the founder of the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode island. - AsNotedIn
Abraham Redwood was an English Colonial who made his fortune on a sugar plantation in Antigua and is notable as the founder of the Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode island. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1709/04/15 | Abraham Redwood is born in Antigua, the son of Abraham Redwood, an Antigua plantation owner, and Mehitable Langford. | Born | |||||
| 1712/00/00 | The Redwood family moves to Newport, Rhode Island, probably for the more healthful living conditions it offered in comparison with Antigua. | Life | |||||
| 1717/00/00 | The Redwood family lives for a time in Salem, Massachusetts, but by 1717, they return to Newport, Rhode Island. | Life | |||||
| 1726/00/00 | Both Quakers, Martha Coggeshall weds Abraham Redwood in a civil marriage outside the care of the meeting. The couple and her father, Abraham, are brought under dealing by the RI Monthly Meeting and are compelled to admit their disorderly marriage. | Groom | |||||
| 1730/00/00 | From 1729-31 George Berkeley's Whitehall is a meeting place for the intellectual minds of New England. Abraham Redwood regularly participates these philosophical discussion with other prominent men of Newport. | Guest | Dean George Berkeley House | Middletown, RI | |||
| 1747/00/00 | The Company of the Redwood Library is founded by Abraham Redwood and 45 colonists. Redwood donates 500 pounds silver for the purchase 751 used books from London. Volumes include how to build a latrine, cidermaking and bee keeping. | Benefactor | Redwood Library and Athenaeum | Newport, RI | |||
| 1788/03/08 | Abraham Redwood dies. | Died |
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