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Family of John VEAZIE and Dinah AKA Diana MOWRY

John VEAZIE b. 1782 Feb 28823. d. 1821 Aug 14381 at Providence, RI4381. bd. North Burial Ground, Providence, RI840.
Dinah AKA Diana MOWRY b. 1788 Sep 214380 at Smithfield Twp, Providence, RI4380. d. 1857 Jan 152256. bd. North Burial Ground, Providence, RI2256.

Married4381 1817 Oct 94381 at Smithfield, RI4381. John Veazie and "Diana" Mowry, "daughter of William, Esq.," were married4381 by Rev. Mr. Edes. A monument840 erected by Joseph Veazie in the North Burial Ground in Providence, RI, lists, among others, Joseph's brother John Veazie. Below John's inscription is "Dinah, His Widow," with her death date and age at death.

John Veazie is mentioned5004 in the 1819 will of Benjamin Veazie among his children.

His death [ Rhode-Island American (Providence, RI), Fri, Aug 3, 1821, vol XIII, issue 87, p 3; www.genealogybank.com ]: "DIED ... On Wednesday evening last, very suddenly, occasioned by drinking too freely of cold water, Mr. John Veazie, in the 39th year of his age." [ similar Repertory (Boston, MA), Tue, Aug 7, 1821, p 4; www.genealogybank.com ] "In Providence ..."

Rhode Island Births & Christenings4380 has 2 entries for the birth of Dinah Mowry, parents William and Susannah Mowry: 1) Sep 21, 1788; 2) Nov 22, 1789. Rhode Island VR947 has Dinah Mowry (? Of William and Susannah) born Nov 22, 1789.

In 1850 census4379 for Smithfield, RI, lists Dinah Vesey(sic), age 61, in the household of her mother Susanna Mowry.

Child 1. John

That John Veazie, b ~1818, d 23 Jun 1849, per cemetery inscriptions2256, is the son of John and Dinah (Mowry) Veazie is an assumption, based on the marriage date of John and Dinah (1817), the appearance4379 in 1850 of Dinah "Vesey" in the household of Susanna Mowry in Smithfield, RI, the burial place (Smithfield, RI) for this John, and the coincidence of Dinah's maiden name and the owner (William Mowry) of the cemetery lot in which this John is buried.

Children of John VEAZIE and Dinah AKA Diana MOWRY:

1. John VEAZIE2256 b. 1818~2256. d. 1849 Jun 232256. bd. William Mowry Lot, Smithfield, RI2256.


823. Winslow Memorial – Family Records of Winslows and Their Descendants in America with the English Ancestry as fas as Known. Kenelm Volume II. New York: Mrs. Frances-K. Holton, Publisher. 1888.
840. Gravestone inscriptions - www.findagrave.com
947. Rhode Island Vital Records, 1636–1850. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org)
2256. Rhode Island Historical Cemeteries Database Index; americanancestors.org
4379. 1850 Fed Census RI, Providence Co., Smithfield; familysearch.org
4380. Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914; familysearch.org
4381. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899; www.ancestry.com
5004. Rhode Island Wills and Probate Records, 1582-1932; www.ancestry.com