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William Harris Whitford

Male 1837 - 1865  (27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Harris Whitford was born 4 Nov 1837, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (son of William Bailey Whitford and Olive Lewis); died 4 Aug 1865.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Bailey Whitford was born 20 May 1796, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (son of Reuben Whitford and Comfort Bailey); died 15 Sep 1883; was buried , Simeon Whitford Lot, Burnt Sawmill Rd., WEst Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    His gravestone in Historical Cemetery #27, off Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, has been photographed. It is posted on the family tree at our web site.

    William and his sister Mary both married children of Jacob & Hannah Lewis.

    A note in the family Bible has his date of death as 14 Sep 1883. It says he died at age 87 years 3 months 25 days, and that he was born May 20th.

    In the 1850 Federal Census, William B. & Ollive Whitford, ages 54 & 52, are living at West Greenwich. Their son William H. is 12.

    William married Olive Lewis 4 Mar 1832, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Olive (daughter of Jacob Lewis, Jr. and Hannah Wilcox) was born 9 Jan 1797, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 6 Aug 1876, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Simeon Whitford Lot, Burnt Sawmill Rd., WEst Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Olive Lewis was born 9 Jan 1797, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (daughter of Jacob Lewis, Jr. and Hannah Wilcox); died 6 Aug 1876, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Simeon Whitford Lot, Burnt Sawmill Rd., WEst Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    Her gravestone in Historical Cemetery #27, off Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, has been photographed. It is posted on the family tree at our web site.

    Children:
    1. 1. William Harris Whitford was born 4 Nov 1837, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 4 Aug 1865.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Reuben Whitford was born 16 Jun 1748, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (son of Nicholas WHITFORD and Mary Jenkins); died 12 Aug 1831; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    The birth record at West Greenwich reads: "Rubin whitford the First Son of Nicholas whitford and mary his wife was Born June the 16th Day AD 1748 and the fifth Day of the week and between nine and ten of the clock in the after noon."

    See his will dated 9 Sept 1830, proved 29 Oct 1831 at West Greenwich. In it he mentions his father Nicholas Whitford, uncle Solomon Whitford, wife Comfort Whitford, son William B. Whitford, and daughter Mary Whitford. The gravestones of Reuben and Comfort have been photographed and are posted on the family tree at our web site [www.thesorensens.net]. They are in Historical Cemetery #27, off Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich.

    Reuben married Comfort Bailey 9 Apr 1795, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Comfort (daughter of William BAILEY, Jr. and Phebe OLIN) was born 14 May 1763; died 2 Dec 1841; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Comfort Bailey was born 14 May 1763 (daughter of William BAILEY, Jr. and Phebe OLIN); died 2 Dec 1841; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, RI.

    Notes:

    Comfort and her sister Barbary married two half brothers, Reuben and Carmi Whitford.

    Children:
    1. 2. William Bailey Whitford was born 20 May 1796, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 15 Sep 1883; was buried , Simeon Whitford Lot, Burnt Sawmill Rd., WEst Greenwich, RI.
    2. Mary Whitford was born 23 Sep 1800, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 29 Mar 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.

  3. 6.  Jacob Lewis, Jr. was born Abt 1760.

    Jacob — Hannah Wilcox. Hannah was born Abt 1765. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hannah Wilcox was born Abt 1765.
    Children:
    1. Randall Lewis was born 25 Dec 1794, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 14 Dec 1862, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.
    2. 3. Olive Lewis was born 9 Jan 1797, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 6 Aug 1876, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Simeon Whitford Lot, Burnt Sawmill Rd., WEst Greenwich, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Nicholas WHITFORD was born 25 Feb 1721/22, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (son of Pasco WHITFORD and Hannah HILL); died 1790, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.

    Notes:

    Some information on the Whitford family can be found in Beaman's Vital Records, Vol. 7, Washington County, pp. 408 - 414. This includes the marriage record of Nicholas and Susannah, as well as the births of several of their children.

    The 1774 census shows Nicholas with 4 males over 16, 3 under 16, 3 females over 16, and 1 under 16, living in West Greenwich. The 1777 military census shows Nicholas of West Greenwich as 16-50 and able to bear arms. The 1782 census shows Nicholas Whitford of West Greenwich with 1 male over 50, 2 males and 2 females 22-49, 1 boy and 1 girl 16-21, and 2 boys under 16. (While there is a possibility that some or all of these records were for another Nicholas Whitford, most likely they pertain to this particular Nicholas.)

    See his will dated 29 Oct 1785, proved last Mon Aug 1790, West Greenwich pp. 348-350. I have made an assumption that Nicholas died in West Greenwich.

    In 1769 Nicholas Whitford bought from Thomas Comstock some property on Weaver Hill Road in West Greenwich. This became the Whitford farm and stayed in the family until 1866. Nicholas passed on the farm to his son Levi, and from him it went to Levi's sons Ezekiel & Nicholas. Ezekiel bought the rights from his brother Nicholas in 1814. In 1866 James A. Whitford, grandson of Ezekiel, sold the farm to Rhodes Greene & Ephraim B. Harrington; in 1884 Greene & Harrington sold it to Burrill Andrews. Along the way sections of it were sold to other individuals. In 1886 Andrews sold his portion, consisting of 70 acres and the house, to George W. Fish. Thereafter it stayed in the Fish family until 1979 when it was sold to John Searle. The house is still standing and occupied; the family grave plot is adjoining. (source: historical collections at the Louttit Library, 274 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, RI)

    In recent years, descendant Ray Whitford and family of North Attleboro, MA, spent much time and effort cleaning up this family burial plot.

    Nicholas married Mary Jenkins Abt 1747. Mary died 29 Apr 1752, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Jenkins died 29 Apr 1752, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI.

    Notes:

    "Mary Whitford wife of Nicholas Whitford deceased April the 29th day 1752" -- West Greenwich town records.

    Children:
    1. 4. Reuben Whitford was born 16 Jun 1748, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 12 Aug 1831; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, RI.
    2. Simeon Whitford was born 28 Apr 1750, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 5 Mar 1831, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, West Greenwich, RI.

  3. 10.  William BAILEY, Jr. was born 28 Apr 1739, East Greenwich, RI (son of William BAILEY and Rebecka STRAIGHT); died 29 Jun 1813, East Greenwich, RI.

    William married Phebe OLIN 19 Jun 1760, East Greenwich, RI. Phebe (daughter of John OLIN, II and Susannah PEIRCE) was born 9 Nov 1735; died Abt 1808. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Phebe OLIN was born 9 Nov 1735 (daughter of John OLIN, II and Susannah PEIRCE); died Abt 1808.

    Notes:

    William & Phebe were married by Thomas Shippee, Justice.

    Children:
    1. Jeremiah Bailey was born 2 Mar 1761.
    2. 5. Comfort Bailey was born 14 May 1763; died 2 Dec 1841; was buried , Historical Cemetery 27, Burnt Sawmill Rd., West Greenwich, RI.
    3. Barbary BAILEY was born 16 Sep 1765, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 19 Dec 1846, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI.
    4. Caleb Bailey was born 8 Jun 1768.
    5. Gideon Bailey was born 27 Dec 1770.
    6. Susannah Bailey was born 29 Aug 1773; died 16 Jun 1844; was buried , Job Card Lot, Tillinghast Rd., East Greenwich, RI.
    7. Phebe Bailey was born 31 Jan 1780; died 10 Feb 1858.