Dameras "Demie" Straight
1804 - 1881 (77 years)-
Name Dameras "Demie" Straight Born 13 Jan 1804 RI 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 29 Apr 1881 [1] Buried Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI Person ID I20898 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father David Straight, Jr., b. 18 Mar 1782, West Greenwich, RI , d. 28 Dec 1864, West Greenwich, RI (Age 82 years) Mother Phebe Franklin, b. Abt 1781, d. 14 Mar 1838 (Age ~ 57 years) Married 13 Oct 1800 West Greenwich, RI [3] Notes - Straight David, Jr., of West Greenwich, and Phebe Franklin, of John, of Scituate; m. by Elder Charles Stone, Oct. 13, 1800.
Family ID F01812 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Whitman Harrington, b. Abt 1805, RI , d. 21 Jul 1885 (Age ~ 80 years) Married Abt 1821 Children 1. Arnold J. Harrington, b. 1822, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI 2. Nicholas W. Harrington, b. 10 Sep 1823, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 5 Sep 1868, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (Age 44 years)3. Roxey Harrington, b. Abt 1825, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI 4. Mary A. Harrington, b. 21 Sep 1836, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 8 Aug 1867, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI (Age 30 years)5. Job Whitman Harrington, b. Between 1842 and 1843, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI , d. 12 Apr 1893, Coventry, Kent Co., RI (Age ~ 51 years)Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F07908 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Her name has been spelled several different ways. The gravestone has it as "Dameras." The censuses, from 1850 to 1880, spell it as follows: Dameris, Demie/Dimie, Dimaris, & Damares.
Probably her name was really Damaris, an Bible name often used in early Rhode Island, and her nickname was Demmie or Dimmie.
Her grandmother Mary Aylesworth had a sister named Damaris, so this was probably a name passed down in this family line.
- Her name has been spelled several different ways. The gravestone has it as "Dameras." The censuses, from 1850 to 1880, spell it as follows: Dameris, Demie/Dimie, Dimaris, & Damares.
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