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| The Thankful Tew House, Newport, Rhode Island |
Just across the street from the headquarters of the Newport Historical Society in Newport, Rhode Island is the Thankful Tew House. Thankful (Wickham) Tew was the second wife of William Tew (1782 - 1828), a 2x great grandson of Richard Tew who immigrated to America from Maidford England in 1640. Richard is my 8th great grandfather. William (a relative not an ancestor of mine), was the sixth of twelve children of William Tew (1745 - 1808) and his wife, Sarah Willson (1753 - 1831).
Thankful Wickham Tew was born in 1770 and died on January 5, 1839. She was the daughter of Capt. Samuel Wickham. William and Thankful Tew had two daughters: Charlotte S. Tew and Mary D. Tew, who later married George Sydney Partridge and had two sons (George and William) and one daughter (Charlotte Wickham Partridge).
Thankful's will, dated September 23, 1837, left to both her daughters "according to their peculiar situation and circumstances . . . the benefit and enjoyment of what little property I may leave at my decease . . . " She further stated, "I rely with very great confidence upon the warm and affectionate love I know my children bear each to the other, to save my executor and trustee from any unpleasant and embarrassing responsibility, touching their rights under this will. And now I commend them with all a mother's deep solicitude to the mercy and kind protection of our merciful Redeemer."
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Photographs of the Thankful Tew Home in Newport, Rhode Island by the author (March 2010).
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Copyright 2013, John D. Tew
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What a beautiful house!
ReplyDeleteThat's nice John. Love the name, Thankful. Several years while in Newport, I must have taken 20+ photos of the name and date signs on some old houses. I'll have to look at them, and see if I find a Tew.
ReplyDeleteMakes me smile at the name Thankful Tew. Love those unusual value-based names. The house is simply marvellous - big enough for a big family and a few helpers as well as maybe extended family members. Wonder if my daughter went through this house when she and her husband lived in Newport for several years...? I'll have to ask her.
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