Pasco WHITFORD
Abt 1700 - Abt 1788 (~ 88 years)-
Name Pasco WHITFORD Born Abt 1700 North Kingstown, RI 
Gender Male Died Abt 1788 Buried Whitford-Tarbox Cemetery 29, off Carrs Pond Rd., West Greenwich, RI Person ID I01241 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Nicholas WHITFORD, b. Between 1670 and 1685, d. Bef 28 Mar 1748 (Age ~ 78 years) Mother Mary CARR Family ID F00473 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Hannah HILL, b. Abt 1700, d. Abt 1735 (Age ~ 35 years) Married Abt 1720 Children 1. Nicholas WHITFORD, b. 25 Feb 1721/22, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 1790, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (Age 67 years)2. Job Whitford, b. 17 May 1729, East Greenwich, RI 3. Thomas Whitford, b. 30 Aug 1734, East Greenwich, RI , d. May 1818, East Greenwich, RI (Age 83 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00463 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Hannah Matteson, b. 10 Oct 1706, d. 16 May 1752, West Greenwich, RI (Age 45 years) Married Abt 1736 Children 1. Solomon Whitford, b. 22 Jan 1737/38, West Greenwich, RI , d. 1824 (Age 85 years)2. George Whitford, b. 22 Jun 1740, West Greenwich, RI , d. May 1827 (Age 86 years)3. Peleg Whitford, b. 27 Feb 1743/44, West Greenwich, RI , d. 31 Oct 1831 (Age 87 years)4. Foster Whitford, b. 20 Feb 1745/46, West Greenwich, RI , d. 10 Jun 1834, Saratoga Springs, NY (Age 88 years)5. David Whitford, b. 20 Oct 1751, West Greenwich, RI , d. Apr 1829 (Age 77 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00471 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Elizabeth Sweet, b. Between 1720 and 1730, Warwick, RI Married Between 1752 and 7 Jun 1755 Children 1. Sweet Whitford, b. 17 Oct 1758, West Greenwich, RI , d. 1810, Coventry, RI (Age 51 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F00472 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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This house on Middle Rd., East Greenwich, is dated back to c1738 when the property was owned by Gideon Brayton, who received it from his father Thomas. Our ancestor Pasco Whitford bought the property in 1751, so he likely lived here. His grave is in the woods, across Carr's Pond Rd. in what is now the Big River recreational area. The house and property later passed to the Tarbox family.
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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 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).