216:
230:
25:
188:
He served in the general assembly most of the time from May, 1766, until he was elected judge of the court of common pleas in
October, 1776. Reelected judge in 1777, 78, 79, 80. In May, 1776 he was a member of the general assembly when it passed the famous Independence Act just two months before the
156:
Daniel Jr. married three times, first to Anne
Phillips (1724 - Sep. 18, 1753) on 27 Aug 1747, then on Aug. 19, 1756 to Amey Arnold (1736-1758), widow of Thomas Arnold, and the third time to Catherine Steere, (Jun. 30, 1749 to April 4, 1827), daughter of Anthony and Rachel Steere. He had a total of
192:
In 1774 he was appointed a census taker and had the same appointment in 1776, when he was on a committee to superintend the erection of fortifications and at the same time was given the duty of moving to the
Battery at Fox Point certain ordnance. The next year he was on a committee to number all
184:
in
Smithfield, and from 1776 he served as a judge in the county's court of Common Pleas. He was named by the Rhode Island assembly to represent to state in the Continental Congress in 1780. He returned home in 1782 and engaged in farming for the rest of his life.
144:
Daniel Jr. was the son of
Captain Daniel (1697–1787) and Mary Steere (c. 1700 – 1776) Mowry. His family had been and remained prominent in Smithfield for a number of years. Besides his father, the family included farmers,
189:
Declaration of
Independence by congress. In May, 1780 with James M. Varnum, Ezekiel Cornell and John Collins he was chosen representative from the state in congress and he served for a year refusing reelection .
283:
153:
keepers. Young Daniel learned a trade as a barrel maker, entered commerce, and later opened a tavern of his own. He never attended school, but his parents taught him to read at an early age.
288:
169:
in the colony's
General Assembly for many years, and he became an active supporter of revolutionary activities. He was first elected in 1766 and served until 1779. During the
268:
293:
273:
278:
298:
303:
108:
42:
166:
89:
61:
46:
68:
170:
75:
35:
125:
57:
193:
those capable of bearing arms, and in 1779 on a committee to estimate the taxable property in the state.
263:
258:
221:
181:
133:
243:
235:
82:
252:
174:
129:
24:
211:
173:
he served in the local militia, first as a
Captain and later a Major in
124:(August 27, 1729 – July 6, 1806) was an American cooper and farmer from
146:
165:
Mowry began public service in 1760 as the town clerk. He represented
150:
204:
Mowry died at home in
Smithfield and was buried in a family plot.
18:
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
284:Rhode Island militiamen in the American Revolution
289:People of Rhode Island in the American Revolution
8:
244:Biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website
269:Continental Congressmen from Rhode Island
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
180:For many years he had also served as a
7:
196:For twenty years he was town clerk.
47:adding citations to reliable sources
14:
294:People from colonial Rhode Island
274:18th-century American politicians
228:
214:
23:
279:Rhode Island state court judges
34:needs additional citations for
299:18th-century American artisans
128:. He served as a delegate for
1:
304:18th-century American farmers
320:
126:Smithfield, Rhode Island
140:Family and early life
222:United States portal
182:Justice of the Peace
134:Continental Congress
43:improve this article
236:Rhode Island portal
136:from 1780 to 1782.
16:American politician
58:"Daniel Mowry Jr."
171:Revolutionary War
167:Providence County
119:
118:
111:
93:
311:
238:
233:
232:
231:
224:
219:
218:
217:
122:Daniel Mowry Jr.
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
319:
318:
314:
313:
312:
310:
309:
308:
249:
248:
234:
229:
227:
220:
215:
213:
210:
202:
163:
142:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
317:
315:
307:
306:
301:
296:
291:
286:
281:
276:
271:
266:
261:
251:
250:
247:
246:
240:
239:
225:
209:
208:External links
206:
201:
198:
177:'s Battalion.
162:
161:Public service
159:
157:six children.
141:
138:
117:
116:
99:September 2014
31:
29:
22:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
316:
305:
302:
300:
297:
295:
292:
290:
287:
285:
282:
280:
277:
275:
272:
270:
267:
265:
262:
260:
257:
256:
254:
245:
242:
241:
237:
226:
223:
212:
207:
205:
199:
197:
194:
190:
186:
183:
178:
176:
172:
168:
160:
158:
154:
152:
149:leaders, and
148:
139:
137:
135:
131:
127:
123:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
203:
195:
191:
187:
179:
175:Peleg Arnold
164:
155:
143:
130:Rhode Island
121:
120:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
264:1806 deaths
259:1729 births
253:Categories
69:newspapers
147:militia
132:in the
83:scholar
151:tavern
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
200:Death
90:JSTOR
76:books
62:news
45:by
255::
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
