Family Group Sheet


Name Thomas Whitford9
Birth 30 Aug 1734, East Greenwich, Kent, RI
Death May 1818, East Greenwich, Kent, RI9
Father Pasco Whitford (1700-1788)
Mother Hannah Hill
Marriage 29 Jan 1752, East Greenwich, Kent, Ri
Spouse Alice Matteson
Birth 6 Jun 1734, East Greenwich, Kent, Ri9
Death aft 17829
Father Joseph Matteson (1705-1758)
Mother Martha Greene (1712-)
Children
1 F Huldah Whitford
Birth 1753, West Greenwich, Kent, Ri
Spouse Jesse Sweet
Marriage 15 Oct 1772, Kent, Ri9
2 F Martha Whitford
Birth abt 1755, East Greenwich, Kent, Ri9
Spouse Ashel Sweet
Marriage 26 Mar 1780, East Greenwich, Kent, Ri
3 M Pasco Whitford
Birth abt 1757, East Greenwich, Kent, R.I.
Death 10 Jan 1842, Edwardsville, St. Lawrence, NY9,9
Spouse Amy Stafford
Marriage 12 Sep 1784, Of E. Greenwich, Kent, R.I.
4 F Hannah Whitford
Birth abt 1754, East Greenwich, Kent, R.I.9
Spouse Jonathan Nichols
Marriage 2 Dec 1773, Of E. Greenwich, Kent, R.I.
5 F Elizabeth Whitford
Birth abt 1761, Greenwich, Kent, R.I.
Spouse James Potter
Marriage 1 May 1791, Kent, Coventry, R.I.
6 M Isaac Whitford
Birth abt 1766, West Greenwich, Kent, R.I.9
Death Feb 1857, West Greenwich, Kent, R.I.9
7 M Green Whitford9
Birth abt 1759, Coventry, Kent, R.I.9
8 M Constant Whitford9
Birth 1760, Coventry, Kent, R.I.
Death 15 Sep 1840, Ticonderoga, NY9
Spouse Martha Hunter
Spouse Rebecca Thayer
9 F Barbara Whitford9
Birth abt 17629
10 ? Audre Whitford9
Birth abt 17689
11 M John Whitford9
Birth abt 1770
12 F Amey Whitford9
Birth 17789
Death 19 Jul 1824
Notes for Thomas Whitford
There is disagreement over the mother of Thomas
Whitford, son of Pasco. Pasco definitely had 3 wives: 1) Hannah Hill,
2) Hannah Matteson and 3) Elizabeth Sweet. The 2 theories are that
Hannah Hill had only 1 child and the next 8 were Hannah Mattesons
(because of the spacing of the children) or that Hannah Hill had the
first 3 children and Hannah Matteson had the next 6 children (because of
location of births - first 3 were in East Greenwich and the next 6 were
in West Greenwich.) I think I lean toward the second theory since there
is still a 3 year gap between Thomas and Solomon. The gap between the
first 2 children could easily be explained by a still birth that was not
recorded. 9
Will
Will dated 28 Nov 1812 East Greenwich,
probated 1 Jun 1818 recorded 3 June. Source: Austins Gen Dict.,
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Greenwich Vital Records.
To wife Alice, household goods, interest on $200 in hand of gr.
son John
Whitford. At her death to be equally divided between sons John
and Pasco.
To son Pasco 1/4 of estate.
To son Greene 1/4 of estate.
To son Constant, and his son John, 1/4 of estate.
To son John
To son Isaac and his daughter Charity Reynolds, 1/4 of estate
To dau Audre Case
To dau Barbara Hall
To dau Martha Sweet -- the basin and platter she already has
To dau Hulday Sweet
To dau Amy Shippe
To the children of my deceased dau Hannah Nichols $1.00 each
To Charity Reynolds of Coventry, dau of Isaac Whitford, wife of
Thomas
Reynolds
Gr son John Whitford of Coventry to be executor.
Witnesses: J.H. Bailey, Abel Greene, and Benj. Johnson
Military
The 1777 military census shows Thomus[sic] of West Greenwich, 15-50, able to bear 9arms.
Census
The 1774 census shows Thomas and his wife living in West Greenwich. There is one male over 16, 3 boys under 16 and one girl under 16. 9

The 1782 census shows Thomas and his wife 22-49 and 6 children. One boy 16-21 (Green), one boy 0-15 (Isaac) 4 girls 0-15 (Amey, Audrie, Barbara and one other) living in West Greenwich.9
Notes for Pasco (Child 3)
"On that journey [the journey to rescue Clothier Whitford
and his family after the Battle of Plattsburg] I saw for the first and last time my Cousin Pasco. He sold out, went to Edwardsville, New York, laid out $7000 in Mills with his soninlaw Austin and soon died. I have visited the place twice since his death, the property squandered in law suits. He had two sons - daughters living near where their father died." History of the
Whitford Family - William Whitford - 18619

14 Oct 1818 Pasco Whitford and wife Amy of Norway, Herkimer, NY for $200 sold to John Whitford, son of Constant, of Coventry, the E. Greenwich land he received from father Thomas, dec. Amy, wife of Pasco, yeilded her dower, Wit. Anthony and Sarah Tarbox.9
Ancestral File Ref# Notes for Elizabeth (Child 5)
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Notes for Isaac (Child 6)
"Cousin Isaac came into this section of the country more than sixty years since, returned back to Rhode I9sland, settled and was living there forty years ago when I visited that section; was not a very prominent citizen by what I could learn, rather dissipated in his morals. I believe he had no children." William Whitford - History of the Whitford Family - 1861
8 Jun 1818 E. Greenwich - Isaac and wife Edith of Coventry sold the East Greenwich land rec'd from his father to Thomas Reynolds (all intereste in land of my father, Thomas Whitford, Dec.9
Notes for Green (Child 7)
"My cousin Green had a large family of children went to Puts Creek, New York near his brother Constant, where he was quite a bear hunter, was treed by one on one of his hunting
excursions, had to remain out in the tree all night. Had some ten children
by his first wife. Their names as far as I now recollect were, Jimina,
Clothier, Hiram, Thomas, Sylvanus, Allen, Diminas, Celia, and Anna, the
others have slipped my mind. His second wife was Col. Gray's sister of
Bridport by whom he had four children (one was deaf and dumb) was
sent to the asylum and learned to read and write. James, his son, became
a Methodist preacher, married Aaron Hinde's daughter, Amanda Hindes.
They went West, had three daughters. He accidentally shot his
wife which nearly overpowered his mind but in time settled again and is
now in Iowa preaching and farming with a small family. His eldest
daughter died soon after her Mother was shot. His babe he gave to Mrs. Jones
who brought her up in right shape and is a fine young woman, Evansville,
Wisconsin. His second daughter married a Methodist preacher by the name
of Cammeron and is in Minnesota or Iowa preaching. Cousin Green started
for the West with his second wife and children, died on the way, his wife
and family returned to her friends in Bridport, then moved to Moriah where
some of them now live; I believe the widow is dead." Source William
Whitfords History of the Whitford Family - 1861.9
Misc. Notes
Green lived in the following places:
Putts Creek, NY (now Chilson); Shaftsbury, VT; and Ironville, NY
Source: Shirley Barnes9
Notes for Constant (Child 8)
married twice according to the database of Michael Whitford on Genserv (database whitmi1)9
Misc. Notes
"Constant was a great Wrestler and being the bully of a Regiment who challenged the Regiment to which he belonged in the time of the Revolutionary War. He married the widow Thair for his second wife (I believe) by whom he had one sone by the name of Oliver who located near the old Tie. in the state of New York where he lived and died some thirty years since, between 80 and 85 years of age. His son Oliver was a drunkard from his youth, his Mother having longed for liquor (as she told me) while in family way." From William Whitford's History of the Family of Whitfords - May 1861
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Misc. Notes
1777: Constant was in West Greenwich where he signed a petition that year.9
Misc. Notes
1 Mar 1821 E. Greenwich, Constant Whitford of Ticondaroga, Essex, NY for $100 paid by John Whitford of Coventry, RI quitclaimed his legacy of land from Thomas Whitford, His wife Ann yeilded her dower. Wit Lebbeus Hazard, Prence Taylor, Oliver Whitford, Phebe Whitford.
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Notes for John (Child 11)
1 Mar 1821 E. Greenwich, Constant Whitford of Ticondaroga, Essex, NY for $100 paid by John Whitford of Coventry, RI quitclaimed his legacy of land from Thomas Whitford, His wife Ann yeilded her dower. Wit Lebbeus Hazard, Prence Taylor, Oliver Whitford, Phebe Whitford.9
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