She is listed under NT600 in the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database. The burial is placed in Clifton Burying Ground because other family members were known to be buried in this cemetery in the few years following her father Thomas Clifton's gift of the burial place to "Friends" (Quakers) in 1675.
Children: Christopher Holder Jr, Hope Holder, Patience Holder, Patience Holder, John Holder, Contenet Holder, and Ann Holder.
Hope Clifton (m. Dec. 1665; d.1680/1 in RI) was part of a group of Quakers, including Mary Dyer, who were jailed in Boston for protesting the 1658 ear mutilations and banished upon their release.
From the RI MM births register: these children were born to Christopher and Hope in Newport: Christopher (b.10 mo. 1666); Hope (b. 1 mo. 1668); Patience (b. 12 mo. 1668); Content (b. 3mo. 1674); Ann (b.12 mo. 1775).
The deaths register reported Hope's death at Newport in 11 mo. 1680 and listed the deaths of 4 of her children: John (d. 6 mo. 1672); Ann (d. 1 mo. 1676); Patience and Content (d. 6 mo. 1676). Hope was buried in the burial ground donated by her father, Thomas Clifton, who drowned in 5 mo. 1681 while "washing", age 75. Mary d. as the widow of Thomas in 11 mo. 1686/7 at about 87. (The Clifton Burying Ground was at the corner of Thomas and Golden Hill Streets, according to an article in the Newport Historical Soc. Bull. 12/1913, no.10, pp.38-9). Christopher was in England when Hope died and the Meeting had to find homes for her two surviving children. Christopher's widow in England is said to have remembered Hope's descendants in her will.
From wedding certificates (marriage register): Thomas and Hope signed the wedding certificate for the 1672 Mary Gould/Joseph Bryar wedding at Wm. Coddington's house in Newport, an event attended by George Fox and mentioned in his Journal. Christopher and Hope signed the wedding certificates for the weddings of Matthew Borden of Portsmouth to Sarah Clayton of Newport in 1st mo. 1673/4, and of Ralph Cowland of Portsmouth to Joan Hide, "late of London", in 4 mo. 1677. Thomas Clifton signed the certificate at the Walter Newberry/Ann Collins wedding on 13 April 1675.
Thomas Clifton became a Quaker at Rehoboth MA before he moved to Newport, and like other RI Quakers, bought land at Monmouth NJ in 1667. (Edwin Salter, History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 1890).
Children: Christopher Holder Jr, Hope Holder, Patience Holder, Patience Holder, John Holder, Contenet Holder, and Ann Holder.
Hope Clifton (m. Dec. 1665; d.1680/1 in RI) was part of a group of Quakers, including Mary Dyer, who were jailed in Boston for protesting the 1658 ear mutilations and banished upon their release.
From the RI MM births register: these children were born to Christopher and Hope in Newport: Christopher (b.10 mo. 1666); Hope (b. 1 mo. 1668); Patience (b. 12 mo. 1668); Content (b. 3mo. 1674); Ann (b.12 mo. 1775).
The deaths register reported Hope's death at Newport in 11 mo. 1680 and listed the deaths of 4 of her children: John (d. 6 mo. 1672); Ann (d. 1 mo. 1676); Patience and Content (d. 6 mo. 1676). Hope was buried in the burial ground donated by her father, Thomas Clifton, who drowned in 5 mo. 1681 while "washing", age 75. Mary d. as the widow of Thomas in 11 mo. 1686/7 at about 87. (The Clifton Burying Ground was at the corner of Thomas and Golden Hill Streets, according to an article in the Newport Historical Soc. Bull. 12/1913, no.10, pp.38-9). Christopher was in England when Hope died and the Meeting had to find homes for her two surviving children. Christopher's widow in England is said to have remembered Hope's descendants in her will.
From wedding certificates (marriage register): Thomas and Hope signed the wedding certificate for the 1672 Mary Gould/Joseph Bryar wedding at Wm. Coddington's house in Newport, an event attended by George Fox and mentioned in his Journal. Christopher and Hope signed the wedding certificates for the weddings of Matthew Borden of Portsmouth to Sarah Clayton of Newport in 1st mo. 1673/4, and of Ralph Cowland of Portsmouth to Joan Hide, "late of London", in 4 mo. 1677. Thomas Clifton signed the certificate at the Walter Newberry/Ann Collins wedding on 13 April 1675.
Thomas Clifton became a Quaker at Rehoboth MA before he moved to Newport, and like other RI Quakers, bought land at Monmouth NJ in 1667. (Edwin Salter, History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 1890).
She is listed under NT600 in the Rhode Island Cemeteries Database. The burial is placed in Clifton Burying Ground because other family members were known to be buried in this cemetery in the few years following her father Thomas Clifton's gift of the burial place to "Friends" (Quakers) in 1675.
Children: Christopher Holder Jr, Hope Holder, Patience Holder, Patience Holder, John Holder, Contenet Holder, and Ann Holder.
Hope Clifton (m. Dec. 1665; d.1680/1 in RI) was part of a group of Quakers, including Mary Dyer, who were jailed in Boston for protesting the 1658 ear mutilations and banished upon their release.
From the RI MM births register: these children were born to Christopher and Hope in Newport: Christopher (b.10 mo. 1666); Hope (b. 1 mo. 1668); Patience (b. 12 mo. 1668); Content (b. 3mo. 1674); Ann (b.12 mo. 1775).
The deaths register reported Hope's death at Newport in 11 mo. 1680 and listed the deaths of 4 of her children: John (d. 6 mo. 1672); Ann (d. 1 mo. 1676); Patience and Content (d. 6 mo. 1676). Hope was buried in the burial ground donated by her father, Thomas Clifton, who drowned in 5 mo. 1681 while "washing", age 75. Mary d. as the widow of Thomas in 11 mo. 1686/7 at about 87. (The Clifton Burying Ground was at the corner of Thomas and Golden Hill Streets, according to an article in the Newport Historical Soc. Bull. 12/1913, no.10, pp.38-9). Christopher was in England when Hope died and the Meeting had to find homes for her two surviving children. Christopher's widow in England is said to have remembered Hope's descendants in her will.
From wedding certificates (marriage register): Thomas and Hope signed the wedding certificate for the 1672 Mary Gould/Joseph Bryar wedding at Wm. Coddington's house in Newport, an event attended by George Fox and mentioned in his Journal. Christopher and Hope signed the wedding certificates for the weddings of Matthew Borden of Portsmouth to Sarah Clayton of Newport in 1st mo. 1673/4, and of Ralph Cowland of Portsmouth to Joan Hide, "late of London", in 4 mo. 1677. Thomas Clifton signed the certificate at the Walter Newberry/Ann Collins wedding on 13 April 1675.
Thomas Clifton became a Quaker at Rehoboth MA before he moved to Newport, and like other RI Quakers, bought land at Monmouth NJ in 1667. (Edwin Salter, History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 1890).
Children: Christopher Holder Jr, Hope Holder, Patience Holder, Patience Holder, John Holder, Contenet Holder, and Ann Holder.
Hope Clifton (m. Dec. 1665; d.1680/1 in RI) was part of a group of Quakers, including Mary Dyer, who were jailed in Boston for protesting the 1658 ear mutilations and banished upon their release.
From the RI MM births register: these children were born to Christopher and Hope in Newport: Christopher (b.10 mo. 1666); Hope (b. 1 mo. 1668); Patience (b. 12 mo. 1668); Content (b. 3mo. 1674); Ann (b.12 mo. 1775).
The deaths register reported Hope's death at Newport in 11 mo. 1680 and listed the deaths of 4 of her children: John (d. 6 mo. 1672); Ann (d. 1 mo. 1676); Patience and Content (d. 6 mo. 1676). Hope was buried in the burial ground donated by her father, Thomas Clifton, who drowned in 5 mo. 1681 while "washing", age 75. Mary d. as the widow of Thomas in 11 mo. 1686/7 at about 87. (The Clifton Burying Ground was at the corner of Thomas and Golden Hill Streets, according to an article in the Newport Historical Soc. Bull. 12/1913, no.10, pp.38-9). Christopher was in England when Hope died and the Meeting had to find homes for her two surviving children. Christopher's widow in England is said to have remembered Hope's descendants in her will.
From wedding certificates (marriage register): Thomas and Hope signed the wedding certificate for the 1672 Mary Gould/Joseph Bryar wedding at Wm. Coddington's house in Newport, an event attended by George Fox and mentioned in his Journal. Christopher and Hope signed the wedding certificates for the weddings of Matthew Borden of Portsmouth to Sarah Clayton of Newport in 1st mo. 1673/4, and of Ralph Cowland of Portsmouth to Joan Hide, "late of London", in 4 mo. 1677. Thomas Clifton signed the certificate at the Walter Newberry/Ann Collins wedding on 13 April 1675.
Thomas Clifton became a Quaker at Rehoboth MA before he moved to Newport, and like other RI Quakers, bought land at Monmouth NJ in 1667. (Edwin Salter, History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, 1890).
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