Samuel Nightingale II (1741-1814)

Samuel Nightingale II, Treasurer of Providence, R.I.

He was born in Pomfret, Connecticut, and grew up in Providence from 1752. He became a successful merchant, invested in the East India and coastal trade, and was said to have been associated with the firm of Brown & Ives. He was Treasurer of Providence from 1797 to 1814, and Deacon in the First Congregational Church, raising money for for the church through a lottery. He served on a committee to evaluate the possibility of public education in Providence in 1767, and in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party in 1774 was appointed to a correspondence committee. He did not serve in the Revolution, though he served on a committee to plan defenses for Providence in 1775. He was Chairman of the town's Committee of Inspection, and his schooner "La Committee" was briefly detained by British privateers. He had 6-children and lived at the southeast corner of Weybosset Street and Distel Lane (now Page Street) while his brother, Joseph, built the Nightingale-Brown House on Benefit Street that still stands today.

Parents (2)

Samuel Nightingale

Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court

1715-1786

Abigail (Belcher) Nightingale

Mrs Abigail (Belcher) Nightingale

1720-1793

Spouse (1)

Susanna (Crawford) Nightingale

Mrs Susanna (Crawford) Nightingale

1741-1790

Children (6)

Abigail Nightingale

"Abby" Nightingale, of Providence, R.I., died unmarried

1768-1853

Susan (Nightingale) Megee

Mrs Susan (Nightingale) Megee

1771-1841

Mary (Nightingale) Jenckes

Mrs Mary (Nightingale) Jenckes

1773-1841

Candace (Nightingale) Bowen

Mrs Candace (Nightingale) Bowen

1778-1832

Eliza Nightingale

Eliza Nightingale, of Providence, R.I., died unmarried

1780-1863

Samuel Nightingale III

President of the National Exchange Bank, Providence, Rhode Island

1782-1851