Hope Orr

F, b. circa 1709
     Hope was born circa 1709 in Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Simon Orne & companion Mary [ ] Bowditch. Mary m. 1734 Elder Peter Place.1 On 22 September 1722, her father deeded his house & land to her & her sisters: "My house land I give to my three daughters Hope Marcy and Patience them and their heirs, By the 28th of September, he had commited suicide. Hope married John Walling, son of James Walling and Elizabeth Sprague, on 19 July 1730 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island.2 John & Hope had children: Isaac [5/08/1731-12/26/1803][m. 1/28/1760 Lydia Barnes], Jacob [6/12/1732-5/17/1808][m. 6/26/1762 Ruth Blackmore & 2nd 1774 Martha Phillips], John [9/15/1733-3/10/1778][m. 2/24/1765 Martha Smith], Rebecca [6/12/1735-circa 1807][single], Phebe [9/15/1736][m. 10/08/1760 Andrew Phillips], Mary [5/09/1740][m. 10/08/1769 Ezekiel Blackmore] & Joshua [7/05/1746-7/08/1805][m. 9/15/1791 Eunice Callum].3 On 13 October 1733, Joshua Orne, paternal uncle of Hope, signed a quit claim deed releasing any rights he might have to land inherited by Hope and her sisters from their father. In the deed Joshua explicitely states the maiden names & their now married names. This deed is verification of the parentage of Hope Orne.4 Hope's husband, an unknown person , died before 17 November 1770 in Glocester, Smithfield Township, Providence County, Rhode Island, leaving her a widow. She is listed on the 1774 census as a widow.

Family

John Walling b. c 1707, d. b 17 Nov 1770

Citations

  1. [S1788] Jr. William B. Saxby, John Walling of Glocester, Rhode Island, and His Wife, Hope Orne, page 71 - Mary was 1st married to Nathaniel Bowditch. He committed a sodemy, was severely punished and disappears. This is probably the reason for Mary being a companion of Simon & accepted by those of Providence..
  2. [S1784] James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island - 1636-1850.
  3. [S1788] Jr. William B. Saxby, John Walling of Glocester, Rhode Island, and His Wife, Hope Orne, pages 74-75.
  4. [S1788] Jr. William B. Saxby, John Walling of Glocester, Rhode Island, and His Wife, Hope Orne, page 70 - Know all men by these presents that I Joshua Orne of Marblehead in the County of Essex in the provin of the Massachusetts bay in New England Esq – have set over unto Hope & Mercy Orne & patience orne the thr [blot]t daughters of my Brother Simon Orne late of providence Deceased & to his heirs all that estate in the colony of Connecticut that was their fathers that is to Say to hope orn now Wife of James Walling to Mercy orne now the wife of Sam Phillips and to Patience Orne now the Wife of James Irwne and to their heirs for Ever I do Quit all Claime Right & title that I have had or may have for my selfe or my heirs unto the above said Hope Walling Mercy Phillips and patience Irwne and to their heirs for Ever Freely Give all my Right Interest or Claim to all and Every part of their Fathers Estate In the Colony of Connecticut as witness my hand and Seal this thirteenth Day of October a d 1733. [Signed] Joshua Orne [sealed].