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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Joseph Whitford was born 26 Jul 1757, Coventry, RI (son of James Whitford and Mary Corpse).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Whitford was born 9 Oct 1730 (son of Joseph Whitford and Sarah Wightman).

    James married Mary Corpse 1 Dec 1754, Exeter, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Corpse (daughter of John Corpse).

    Notes:

    Mary & James were married by Benoni Hall, Justice.

    Children:
    1. 1. Joseph Whitford was born 26 Jul 1757, Coventry, RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph Whitford was born Abt 1698, North Kingstown, RI (son of Pasco Whitford, Jr. and Lydia Bly).

    Notes:

    There is uncertainty as to the identity and birth dates of some of Joseph's children, other than Lydia. Their names have been partially or totally burned off the original records at North Kingstown, so various genealogies show different names.

    Joseph married Sarah Wightman Between 1722 and 1723, North Kingstown, RI. Sarah (daughter of John Wightman and Jane Bentley) was born 23 Jan 1703/04. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah Wightman was born 23 Jan 1703/04 (daughter of John Wightman and Jane Bentley).
    Children:
    1. Lydia Whitford was born 7 Mar 1723/24.
    2. Jane Whitford was born 7 Feb 1725/26; died Aft 10 Apr 1759.
    3. John Whitford was born 5 Jan 1727/28.
    4. 2. James Whitford was born 9 Oct 1730.
    5. Pasco Whitford was born 6 Mar 1735/36.
    6. Freelove Whitford was born 16 Jan 1739/40, North Kingstown, RI; died Aft 23 Aug 1790.

  3. 6.  John Corpse
    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Corpse


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Pasco Whitford, Jr. was born Between 1674 and 1679 (son of Pasco WHITFORD and Mary STANTON); died Bef 13 Oct 1748.

    Notes:

    Alden Beaman's "RI Genealogical Register," Vol. 1, No. 3 shows Pasco as the younger brother, being born in 1674; he gives the year of birth for Nicholas as 1670. Town historian Martha R. McPartland, in the book "The History Of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960, with Related Genealogy," p. 270, states that the wife of Pasco, Jr. was Mary Stafford. It is known that she married a Mr. Whitford.

    Pasco — Lydia Bly. Lydia was born 1679, North Kingstown, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Lydia Bly was born 1679, North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    See will of Daniel Bly dated 28 Jan 1723/24 which mentions a daughter Lydia.

    Children:
    1. Pasco Whitford, III was born Abt 1694, North Kingstown, RI.
    2. Alice Whitford was born 26 Oct 1696, North Kingstown, RI; died Bef 29 Sep 1722.
    3. 4. Joseph Whitford was born Abt 1698, North Kingstown, RI.
    4. John Whitford, Sr. was born Abt 1700, North Kingstown, RI; died Abt 1781.
    5. David Whitford was born Abt 1702, North Kingstown, RI.
    6. Ezekiel Whitford was born Abt 1702, North Kingstown, RI.
    7. Henry Whitford was born Abt 1706, North Kingstown, RI.
    8. Nicholas Whitford was born Abt 1708.
    9. Sylvanus Whitford was born Abt 1713, North Kingstown, RI.

  3. 10.  John Wightman was born 16 Apr 1674, Quidnessett, North Kingstown, RI (son of George Wightman and Elizabeth Updyke); died Abt Apr 1750, Exeter, RI.

    John married Jane Bentley 6 Jan 1700/01, North Kingstown, RI. Jane (daughter of William Bentley and Sarah Unknown) was born Abt 1687; died 29 Jun 1729. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Jane Bentley was born Abt 1687 (daughter of William Bentley and Sarah Unknown); died 29 Jun 1729.

    Notes:

    Jane is called Jane Whitman in the will of her father William Bentley. It was proved in 1720 at North Kingstown, RI.

    Children:
    1. Alice Wightman was born 16 Oct 1702; died Abt 1729.
    2. 5. Sarah Wightman was born 23 Jan 1703/04.
    3. James Wightman was born 17 Feb 1708/09, Exeter, RI; died 29 Mar 1791, East Greenwich, RI.
    4. Jane Wightman was born Abt 1710, North Kingstown, RI.