Mark Antony DeWolf

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Personal and Family Information

Mark was born on 8 Nov 1726 in Guadeloupe of French West Indies, the son of Charles DeWolf and Margaret Potter.

He died on 9 Nov 1793 in Bristol, Bristol Cty, Rhode Island.

His wife was Abigail Potter, who he married on 25 AUG 1744 in Episcopal Church, Bristol, RI. Their fourteen known children were Charles (1745-1820), Mark Anthony (1747-1779), Nancy Potter (c1750-?), Abigail (1750-1752), Simon (1753-1779), Abigail (1755-1833), Samuel Potter (c1757-1778), John (1760-1841), Lydia (1761-1846), William (1762-1829), James (1764-1837), Levi (1766-1848), Mary (1768-1768) and Elizabeth (1768-1768).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Mark Antony DeWolf
(1726-1793)

  

Charles DeWolf
(1695-?)

  

Charles DeWolf
(1673-1731)

    
 		 
     
 		 
   

Prudence White
(c1673-?)

    
 		 
     
 		 
   

Margaret Potter
(c1700-?)

    
 		   
 		 
     
 		 
     
 		   
 		 
     
 		 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth8 NOV 1726
Place: Guadeloupe of French West Indies
Address: dewolf family tree
 Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
Source: Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
Authors: George Howe
Publisher: The Viking Press, New York 1959
Death9 NOV 1793
Place: Bristol, Bristol Cty, Rhode Island
EmigrationBEF 1744
Place: Guadeloupe, eastern Caribbean Sea
Age: abt 17
Address: with Capt Simeon Potter to Bristol RI
 Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
Date: 1902
Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2
Burial1793
Place: Bristol, Bristol Cty, Rhode Island
Address: Juniper Hill Cemetery, Section S findagrave 116816354 links to wife, children and mother
OTHER EVENT1774
Place: King George's War
Age: 48
Type: Military Service
Address: the privateer Prince Charles of Lorraine command of brother in law Capt Simeon Potter.
 Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
Date: 1902
Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2

Attributes

AttributeDateDescriptionDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
EducationBEF 1744educated in French school at Guadaloupe in eastern Caribbean Sea
Place: Guadalope,
Address: an archipelago of the French West Indies Coordinates: 16°15′N 61°35′W
 Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
Date: 1902
Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2

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Notes

Note 1

Captain Mark Anthony DeWolf, son of Charles and Margaret (Potter) DeWolf, was born November 8, 1726. He died September 17, 1793, in Bristol, Rhode Island.

He became acquainted with Captain Simeon Potter, who made many voyages to the West Indies, and became a warm friend of DeWolf. He then latter accompanied Captain Potter to his home in Bristol, where he settled before 1744, and became a noted navigator. He was educated in a French school at Guadeloupe, West Indies.

He was familiar with several languages, thus becoming very valuable to his employer, Captain Simeon Potter. He sailed on many voyages with Potter. In 1744, immediately following the outbreak of the war between England and France, they sailed from Bristol on the ship "Prince Charles of Lorraine". On December 22 of that year, they surprised and captured the French settlement of Oyapoc, in French Guiana. They made heavy reprisals upon the inhabitants of that place.

Later, DeWolf settled in Bristol, where his house was burned by the British, in 1778. This stood at the south corner of Hope and Burton streets, in Bristol. After the destruction of his home, by which he was greatly impoverished, he removed to a farm in Swansea, Massachusetts, and engaged in farming. By his industry, he largely recovered his fallen fortunes, and some years before his death, in 1793, he returned to Bristol.

findagrave 116816354

Sources

  1. Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Source: Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Authors: George Howe
    Publisher: The Viking Press, New York 1959
  2. Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Source: Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Authors: George Howe
    Publisher: The Viking Press, New York 1959
  3. Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Source: Mount Hope, A new England Chronicle Bio of De Wolf Family of Rhode Island
    Authors: George Howe
    Publisher: The Viking Press, New York 1959
  4. Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
    Date: 1902
    Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2
  5. Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
    Date: 1902
    Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2
  6. Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
    Date: 1902
    Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2
  7. Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Source: Charles D'Wolf of Guadaloupe, his Ancestors and Descendants. Being a complete Genealogy of the "Rhode Island D'Wolfs, " the descendant of Simon DeWolf, with their common descent form Balthasar De Wolf of Lyme Conn. 1688.
    Authors: Rev Calbraith B Perry, D.D.
    Date: 1902
    Publisher: Press of T.A. Wright http://books.google.com/books Genealogical Material in the St. Louis Public Library The Dewolfs Ref 929.2