Nicholas WHITFORD

Male 1685 - Bef 1748  (~ 78 years)


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  • Name Nicholas WHITFORD 
    Born Between 1670 and 1685 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 28 Mar 1748 
    Person ID I01266  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Pasco WHITFORD,   b. Abt 1640, possibly Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1690, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Mary STANTON,   b. Abt 1650 
    Family ID F00479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary CARR 
    Children 
     1. Pasco WHITFORD,   b. Abt 1700, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1788  (Age ~ 88 years)
     2. Catherine Whitford,   b. Abt 1702, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Dinah Whitford,   b. Abt 1704, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Robert Whitford,   b. Abt 1706, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1787  (Age ~ 81 years)
     5. Ruth Whitford,   b. Abt 1708, East Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. David Whitford,   b. Abt 1710, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1772  (Age ~ 62 years)
     7. Mary Whitford,   b. 1 Jun 1711,   d. 1745  (Age 33 years)
     8. Ezekiel Whitford,   b. 1713, North Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1754, West Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • It is believed that Nicholas lived in Portsmouth, West Greenwich, and North Kingstown, RI. He was reportedly a weaver by occupation. His name is found in several legal documents:
      On 13 March 1683 he received a legacy of a loom from Orpheus Pomeroy of Portsmouth.
      On 21 January 1697 he bought land in East Greenwich from David Shippee for 6 pounds.
      On 29 November 1703 he sold a house and 30 acres of land in East Greenwich to William Underwood for 15 pounds (witnessed by John and Elizabeth Pearse and John Heath, Vol. 3 p. 96).
      On 3 February 1709/10 he was granted a "quarter right" in the vacant lands of Narragansett, apportioned by the 13 original proprietors as per Act of the RI Assembly (Narra. Hist. Reg., Vol.3, p. 3); this land comprised the present town of West Greenwich.
      On 14 August 1721 he and his wife, Mary, mortgaged 25 1/2 acres and a house, for 30 pounds.
      On 12 March 1733 he deeded his son Pasco 20 acres.
      On 7 November 1733 the mortgage of 1721 was discharged.

      In his will, dated 3 December 1743, proved 28 March 1748 W. G., Nicholas mentions:
      his eldest son, Pasco, second son Robert, son David, youngest son Ezekiel, eldest daughter Catherine Peckham, and daughters Dinah Weaver, Mary Greene, Ruth Summers, grandsons Jonathan Hill and Thomas Jackwaise, and great-grandson Henry Jackwaise son of granddaughter Elizabeth Jackwaise.

      (for additional info see Carl Stone's notes [Dutton family] at Rootsweb's Worldconnect)