Robert Guthrie

Guthrie DNA Project Designation: Ungrouped Family Status
(No Male Direct Descendants for Y-DNA Testing)
Requires Autosomal DNA Comparison
Geni DNA (Autosomal) Linked: No
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Robert Guthrie

Died: on Block Island, December 3, 1692; buried in the graveyard on Block Island.*

Married:

1. 1 wife, Margaret Ireland, born 1633; died on Block Island April 5, 1687; buried there,
2. 2 wife, June 5,1689, Anna, daughter of Dr. John Alcock, and Sarah Palgrave his wife; baptized Boston, MA May 26, 1650; married 1st 1670 John "Williams, of Boston; left a widow at Newport, RI,1688.

Issue

1. 1. Catherine Guthrie, born on Block Island June 24, 1690; married at Newport, RI September 9,1706 John II Sands; died at Cowneck, Long Island, February 10, 1769; buried in the Sands graveyard.

Account of Robert Guthrie.

• Robert Guthrie, Guttridge, Guttarage, Gutry, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was one of the early settlers on Block Island.
• 1670-1671 Tax-rater on Block Island.
• 1687 Overseer of the Poor on Block Island.

Notes

• S. R. Sands (1878): he was buried alongside of his 1st wife; his gravestone has sunk into the ground.
• Her tombstone bears the following epitaph: "Here lieth The body of M Margret Gvtry Aged 54, who Departed this Life April 5 1687." For account of the Alcock family see page 50.
• For marriage contract with John Williams, see Records of Boston, Xiiber. VI, 241; see page 62.

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• Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. NAME: Robert Guttridge [Robert Guthrie]  GENDER: Male MARRIAGE DATE: 5 Jun 1689 DEATH YEAR: 169 MARRIAGE PLACE: New England, United States SPOUSE'S NAME: Ann Alcock [Ann Williams]
• A history of Block Island from its discovery, in 1514, to the present time, 1876 by S.T. Livermore. Published 1877 by Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co. in Hartford, Conn . Written in English. Page 14-15, Page 234/235
• Descent of Comfort Sands and of His Children, with Notes on the Families of Ray, Thomas, Guthrie, Alcock, Palgrave, Cornell, Dodge, Hunt, Jessup (Google eBook).  Temple Prime.  De Vinne Press, 1886 - Genealogy - 91 pages. Page 27. "* "Robert Gutterege and Margaret Williams (a) widow were married June 5 1689, and Catherine Gutterege their daughter was born the 24 day of June 1690, and the above said Robert Gutterege died December the 3d 1692. ... Witness: Walter Rathbun, Town Clk." a for " Margaret," read "Anna." Verified by me from the Record Book on Block Island.
• Descent of Comfort Sands and of His Children, with Notes on the Families of Ray, Thomas, Guthrie, Alcock, Palgrave, Cornell, Dodge, Hunt, Jessup (Google eBook). Temple Prime. De Vinne Press, 1886 - Genealogy - 91 pages.  Page 54, 58.
• http://www.tracycrocker.com/815/p66.htm#i2179
• Guthrie Genealogy: Guthrie Ancestry and Genetic Genealogy - Family Focus: Robert Guthrie & Anna Alcock