Raymond S. Amend

Raymond — Dorothy Unknown. Dorothy was born 1906. [Group Sheet]

Henry — Jessie Christine Shippee. Jessie (daughter of Henry Mancer Shippee and Edna Priscilla Johnson) was born 22 Jul 1888; died 1975. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1900 Federal Census, Henry & Edna are living at Coventry, RI. Four of their children are with them, as well as three boarders, surname Bigbee.

Henry married Edna Priscilla Johnson 4 Mar 1877, Coventry, RI. Edna (daughter of Philip JOHNSON, Jr. and Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE) was born Between 1861 and 1862, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; died 1940; was buried , Plainland Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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SHIPPEE MANCER C 1818 - 8 MAR 1895 EG038

Mancer married Harriet Dawley Abt 1843. Harriet (daughter of Benjamin Dawley and Ruhamma Unknown) was born 28 Sep 1819, Exeter, RI; died 5 Mar 1895; was buried , East Greenwich Cemetery, First Ave., East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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SHIPPEE HARRIET (DAWLEY) 1819 - 5 MAR 1895 EG038

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We have a nice five-generation picture which includes Philip in 1913, when he was ninety. There is another one taken around the same time in which he has Margaret Estelle Whitford on his lap. The story is that he was blind in his old age.

Philip's gravestone has been photographed. According to the RI Cemetery Database, the Maple Root Cemetery "is a very old cemetery containing many inscribed field stones for the earliest settlers in this area. Records at Town Hall indicate that the first lot in the newer section was sold to Philip Johnson on 7 Nov 1893." I would guess that this was my 3xGreat-grandfather Johnson, or else his son Philip R. Johnson.

In the 1860 Federal Census, Philip & Triphina H. Johnson are living in Coventry, RI. In the home are Hearty P. 10, Philip R. 9, and Triphina 5, as well as Persilla Johnson, 74, Philip's mother.

By 1870 Philip has remarried, and he and Phebe are at Coventry with three children in the household: Ednah P. 9, Patience J. 6, and Zilpha W. 1.

In 1880 they are still at Coventry, and two daughters are with them: Orvilla P. 24 and Zilpha W. 11. Orvilla is Phebe's daughter from her previous marriage to Isaac Paine.

Philip married Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE 25 Nov 1849, West Greenwich, RI. Tryphena (daughter of Hiram GREENE and Abigail JOHNSON) was born 19 Aug 1827; died 9 Jul 1866, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Her gravestone has been photographed. Her surname has been spelled as Green and Greene, as has the name of the clergyman who married them, Caleb Green(e).

"Tryphena Greene-Johnson, daughter of Hiram, m. her second cousin, Philip Johnson [Philip, Philip, Ezekiel, EIizabeth Greene-Johnson, Usal Greene, John, John]. Their children have five strains of Greene blood. Harty Johnson-Whitford, m. Carmi Whitford. Philip R. Johnson. Has a son and a daughter." (source: "The Greene Family and its Branches" by Lora S. LaMance, Mayflower Pub Co.)

The following is a partial quote from "Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" pub. by Henry Ward, Sec'y, 1846, p 7: "Upon the petition of Abigail Greene of Coventry, A. Greene, in this State, guardian of the persons and estates of Tryphenia H. Greene and Benjamin Greene, minors, children of Hiram Greene, late of said Coventry, deceased, praying for the reasons therein stated, that . . . "

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I have a photocopy of the original record from the official book of the Town of West Greenwich for 1851, p. 77. They were married on 25 Nov 1849 by Caleb Green, Minister of the Gospel, and the marriage was recorded by John James, Town Clerk, about a year and a half later. The minister, Elder Caleb Green(e) (elsewhere it is spelled with a final "e"), was married to Lucetta Nichols, daughter of Susanna Whitford and Ambrose Nichols.