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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  David Whitford was born Abt 1795 (son of Dennis Whitford and Ruth Arnold).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Dennis Whitford was born 28 Jul 1766, West Greenwich, RI (son of Foster Whitford and Mary Matteson); died 3 Apr 1859, Chautauqua, NY.

    Notes:

    Other wives of Dennis were Rebecca Pike and Sophia (Tillison) Soper.

    In the 1850 Federal Census, Dennis Whitford is age 84, b.RI, living at Chautauqua, NY; with him is "Harrison" Whitford age 50, b.NY; both farmers.

    Dennis — Ruth Arnold. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Ruth Arnold
    Children:
    1. Matilda Whitford
    2. Tryphena Whitford
    3. Arnold Whitford was born Abt 1790.
    4. 1. David Whitford was born Abt 1795.
    5. Foster Whitford was born 1798.
    6. Orrison Whitford was born 27 Apr 1800.
    7. Nathaniel Whitford was born Abt 20 Dec 1802, Saratoga Springs, NY; died 4 Sep 1864, Van Buren County, MI.
    8. Lyman Arnold Whitford was born Abt 1804.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Foster Whitford was born 20 Feb 1745/46, West Greenwich, RI (son of Pasco WHITFORD and Hannah Matteson); died 10 Jun 1834, Saratoga Springs, NY.

    Foster married Mary Matteson Abt 1765. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Matteson
    Children:
    1. 2. Dennis Whitford was born 28 Jul 1766, West Greenwich, RI; died 3 Apr 1859, Chautauqua, NY.
    2. Mary Whitford was born 12 Apr 1768.
    3. John Calvin Whitford was born 7 Sep 1770.
    4. Orrison Whitford was born 8 Apr 1772.
    5. Hannah Whitford was born 29 Jul 1774.
    6. Foster Whitford, Jr. was born 24 May 1776.
    7. Pasco Whitford was born 1 Jun 1778.
    8. Matteson Whitford was born 21 Sep 1780.
    9. Deborah Whitford was born 6 Sep 1782.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Pasco WHITFORD was born Abt 1700, North Kingstown, RI (son of Nicholas WHITFORD and Mary CARR); died Abt 1788; was buried , Whitford-Tarbox Cemetery 29, off Carrs Pond Rd., West Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    Pasco lived in East and West Greenwich, and in Coventry, RI. The first three children were born in East Greenwich (Vital Records of Kent Co. p. 171). The rest of the children were born in West Greenwich (Vital Records of Kent Co. p. 102).

    On 2 May 1727, by vote of the RI Colonial Assembly, Pasco Whitford of East Greenwich was admitted freeman of the colony (RI Colonial Records, vol. 4, p. 386).

    In 1751 Pasco Whitford bought 80 acres of land from Gideon Brayton at Tarbox Corner in East Greenwich, RI. This land was originally granted to the Knight family in 1677, sold to Gideon Freeborn 1688, deeded to his daughter Mary and her husband Thomas Brayton and then passed on to their son Gideon Brayton in 1721. The house on this property has been dated at 1738 and is still standing, having been refurbished. The property passed from the Whitfords to the Tarbox family possibly through an inheritance to Pasco's granddaughter Easter (Esther?) who married Joseph Tarbox in 1788. Source: The East Greenwich Packet - Fall 1971 Vol 1 no 2.

    There is a Pasco Whitford listed in the Rhode Island Colonial Census of 1 June 1774, where he is shown as head of a West Greenwich family consisting of 1 male and 1 female over 16, and 1 male under 16, and 1 black, total 4. This may be for this Pasco.

    The 1777 RI Military Census shows Paskeo Whitford of West Greenwich as "60 yrs. and up."

    The 1782 Census shows Pasqua Whitford's household of West Greenwich as having one male 50 and up, 2 males and 2 females 22-49, 2 boys and 2 girls 0-15. This may be for this Pasco.

    He was a member of the Maple Root Church of Coventry, RI. This church was organized in 1762. His son David and David's wife, Lydia (Sweet), were also members (Arnold's Vital Records of RI, vol. 10, p. 275).

    His grave site was quite challenging to find. It is located off Carr's Pond Rd. near Middle Rd., near the East Greenwich/West Greenwich border. One must trek a ways through the woods to get to it, and then it is hard to find because it is so well hidden by trees and briers. The marker is a simple rough-hewn granite stone, with a simple and rough inscription: P W 1700 - 1788. There are several other similar Whitford stones nearby, as well as quite a few Tarbox family stones. (Historical Cemetery WG 029)

    Pasco married Hannah Matteson Abt 1736. Hannah (daughter of Francis Matteson and Sarah Nichols) was born 10 Oct 1706; died 16 May 1752, West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Hannah Matteson was born 10 Oct 1706 (daughter of Francis Matteson and Sarah Nichols); died 16 May 1752, West Greenwich, RI.
    Children:
    1. Solomon Whitford was born 22 Jan 1737/38, West Greenwich, RI; died 1824.
    2. George Whitford was born 22 Jun 1740, West Greenwich, RI; died May 1827.
    3. Peleg Whitford was born 27 Feb 1743/44, West Greenwich, RI; died 31 Oct 1831; was buried , Advent Church Cemetery, Addison Co., VT.
    4. 4. Foster Whitford was born 20 Feb 1745/46, West Greenwich, RI; died 10 Jun 1834, Saratoga Springs, NY.
    5. David Whitford was born 20 Oct 1751, West Greenwich, RI; died Apr 1829.