Mercy Waterman Whitford

Female 1831 - 1899  (68 years)

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  • Name Mercy Waterman Whitford 
    Birth 30 Mar 1831  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 28 Apr 1899 
    Burial Wood River Cemetery, Rt. 3, Richmond, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I01443  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD,   b. 18 Sep 1805, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1882, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Sally Williams TIBBETTS,   b. 30 Dec 1808, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1899, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1826  Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • The marriage of Jeremiah and Sally was recorded in two newspapers: The Providence Journal of 11 Jan 1827, and the Providence Phenix of 24 Dec 1826. (See newspaper announcements transcribed in Arnold's Vital Record of RI)

      I have a photocopy of the original marriage entry recorded at West Greenwich Town Hall (p. 46), which reads: "Warwick December 24th AD 1826 -- I hereby Certify that Mr. Jeremiah Whitford and Miss Sally W. Tibbits were Lawfully Joined Together in Marriage by me the Subscriber Jonathan Wilson"

      The family Bible says they were married at West Greenwich. It is unclear exactly where they were married, although the record at West Greenwich has a reference to Warwick.

      Under that entry the births of their two children are recorded: Mercy Waterman Whitford and Charles Carmi Whitford. Also, according to "Alden G. Beaman's Vital Record of RI, New Series," an infant son was born in 1830 and died 1 April 1830, buried in West Greenwich.
    Family ID F00166  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nelson K. Church,   b. 16 Sep 1824   d. 1 Feb 1901 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 26 Sep 1852  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7] 
    Notes 
    • See West Greenwich Marriage Records, Volume 3, p. 1; also Washington County cemetery gravestone inscriptions (mentioned in Alden G. Beaman's "Vital Records"). I have a photocopy of the original marriage entry.
    Family ID F00777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

  • Notes 
    • Marcy (Mercy) W. Church, age 29, is listed in the 1860 census as living with Jeremiah 54, Sally W. 52, and Charles C. 25. Where was Nelson?

  • Sources 
    1. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p. 46.

    2. [S012500] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Births & Deaths, 103.

    3. [S013385] Family Bible: Comstock, Remington, Tibbitts, Battey, & Whitford.

    4. [S012485] Hannah C. (Bailey) Hopkins, Records of the Bailey Family, 60.

    5. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, 3-46.

    6. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 368.

    7. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records.