Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE

Notes:

Her gravestone has been photographed. Her surname has been spelled as Green and Greene, as has the name of the clergyman who married them, Caleb Green(e).

"Tryphena Greene-Johnson, daughter of Hiram, m. her second cousin, Philip Johnson [Philip, Philip, Ezekiel, EIizabeth Greene-Johnson, Usal Greene, John, John]. Their children have five strains of Greene blood. Harty Johnson-Whitford, m. Carmi Whitford. Philip R. Johnson. Has a son and a daughter." (source: "The Greene Family and its Branches" by Lora S. LaMance, Mayflower Pub Co.)

The following is a partial quote from "Acts and Resolves of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" pub. by Henry Ward, Sec'y, 1846, p 7: "Upon the petition of Abigail Greene of Coventry, A. Greene, in this State, guardian of the persons and estates of Tryphenia H. Greene and Benjamin Greene, minors, children of Hiram Greene, late of said Coventry, deceased, praying for the reasons therein stated, that . . . "

Tryphena married Philip JOHNSON, Jr. 25 Nov 1849, West Greenwich, RI. Philip (son of Philip JOHNSON, Sr. and Priscilla NICHOLS) was born 30 Mar 1822, Marion County, Ohio; died 30 Jun 1914, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

We have a picture of Great-great-grandma Harty Whitford, taken in 1912 in a five-generation group which includes her father. More recently I was given a picture of her as a young mother. These and other family pictures are posted at our family web site [www.thesorensens.net].

I have a photocopy of her original death entry in the Book of Deaths in 1917, p. 51, for the Town of Coventry. Also, her gravestone has been photographed.

I think she must have been named after Harty (Potter) Johnson, wife of her uncle Caleb Johnson.

Harty married Charles Carmi WHITFORD 25 Nov 1866, Richmond, RI. Charles (son of Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD and Sally Williams TIBBETTS) was born 14 Dec 1834, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 18 Aug 1910, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

These are Philip's second and third marriages; I haven't yet discovered who Philip's first wife was. The third marriage entry says he was widowed, she was divorced.

In the 1880 Federal Census, Philip R. Johnson is living in Coventy, RI, with his four-year-old son, William R. Johnson.

Philip married Unknown Wife Abt 1874. [Group Sheet]

Philip married Sarah Melissa Josephine Hall Russell 21 Jun 1884, Coventry, RI. Sarah (daughter of Dudley Hall and Waitey Unknown) was born Abt 1853, West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

Philip married Ida Frances Allen Kaeler 8 Feb 1899, Coventry, RI. Ida (daughter of Leazer Allen and Julia Unknown) was born Abt 1864, Connecticut. [Group Sheet]

Tryphena married George Parris Howard 30 Dec 1869, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. George (son of Ephraim Howard and Hannah W. Unknown) was born 1849, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 1929; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Edna married Henry Mancer Shippee 4 Mar 1877, Coventry, RI. Henry (son of Mancer C. Shippee and Harriet Dawley) was born 12 Apr 1857, North Kingstown, RI; died 5 Feb 1947, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Plainland Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Patience married Lauriston W. Battey Abt 1880. Lauriston was born Abt 1853, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

Hattie married Eugene Fremont Chase 19 May 1889, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Eugene (son of Isaac F. Chase and Fannie N. Thornton) was born 19 May 1857, RI; died 25 Oct 1921; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a photocopy of her original birth record in the official Book of Births for 1870 in the Town of West Greenwich, p. 20; a copy of the original marriage record from the official Book of Marriages for 1891 in the Town of Coventry, p. 89; a copy of the marriage certificate from the State Offices at Providence, RI; a copy of her death certificate from the State of Rhode Island; and a copy of the newspaper obituary. Her gravestone has been photographed.

Angeretta was a midwife.

I remember occasionally going to visit my Great-grandma Remington in a house on Knotty Oak Road in Coventry, RI, where she lived with "Aunt Ollie and Uncle Allen," who were actually my great aunt -- Angeretta's sister -- and her husband, Allen Hopkins. The older folks would sit around the living room and talk, while we children would sometimes sit and listen, and sometimes amuse ourselves by walking around -- but never upstairs, as I recall. There was a square metal grate in the floor between the living room and kitchen, through which the heat would blow from the basement furnace. Being a small child, I had to take a rather large step to walk, or rather jump, over this grate, and I was somehow worried that I might fall through!

Great-grandma Remington came to stay overnight with us once, and she slept in the room next to mine. When she was in the hospital with her final illness, I was allowed to go up to her hospital room to see her one last time. I was seven years old.

Aunt Ollie lived quite a few years longer, and died when I was sixteen. I have memories of going to her funeral. But the best memories are of the three generations of family sitting around that comfortable living room, where the older folks would talk in their gentle and pleasant voices.

Angeretta married John Allen REMINGTON 10 Nov 1891, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. John (son of Benjamin Franklin REMINGTON and Adeline Tripp MANCHESTER) was born 1 Dec 1866, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 1 May 1895, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Greenwood Cemetery, Phenix, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Julia was the only one of the siblings to remain single.

Dad Remington was told that it was this "Aunt Julia" (his father Chester's aunt, and sister of grandmother Angeretta) whose favorite name was Norman, and thus he was named Norman in 1918.

Notes:

I have a lovely portrait of her, taken when she was about 20, at Ye Rose Studio. This studio opened in 1886 at 385 Westminster St., Providence.

Lena married Benjamin Moone 18 Apr 1908, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Moon and Arena Frances Arnold) was born 27 Jun 1883, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; died 14 Sep 1961, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried 17 Sep 1961, Manchester Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Aunt Ollie was a twin. There was another child born to her parents the same day, who died 9 days later, 25 Feb 1878, according to the West Greenwich town records.

Olive married Allen Menton Hopkins 6 Sep 1904. Allen (son of George Leonard Hopkins and Freelove Melissa Johnson) was born 2 Sep 1875, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; died 12 Feb 1959, Anthony, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple Ave., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

This twin to Olive died at 9 days old, according to the West Greenwich town records.

Notes:

We knew Charles as "Uncle Will."

The gravestone for Charles & Annie has been photographed. Several pictures of Charles, Annie, their children and descendants are posted at our web site: [www.thesorensens.net].

I am not sure whether Charles was born in West Greenwich or Coventry.

Charles married Annie Melissa Kettelle 27 Oct 1908. Annie (daughter of John B. F. Kettelle and Patience C. Salisbury) was born 8 Apr 1880; died 14 Jan 1955; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I am not sure whether Charles was born in West Greenwich or Coventry.

We knew him as "Uncle Jerry."

The gravestone of J. Nelson & Velna E. Whitford at Maple Root Cemetery has been photographed. It includes an "infant," Jan 8, 1924.

Jeremiah married Velna Estelle Andrews 1 Sep 1907. Velna (daughter of Oscar Andrews and Anna Andrews) was born 30 Sep 1886, RI; died 17 Oct 1966; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Wlliam must be Philip's sons from a first marriage. Father & son are together at Coventry, RI, in the 1880 Federal Census. Philip is widowed at age 28.

Notes:

Gertrude worked in the mills in Holyoke, MA.

Gertrude married James Bigbie Abt 1898. James was born 1876; died 1929. [Group Sheet]

Jessie — Henry Amend. Henry was born 1882; died 1964. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

His birth is recorded twice in the Town of Coventry record book of births. One time it has his middle name as Edward, but the other time it is Edwin (both times it says he was the 7th child; same date).

George — Flora L. Unknown. Flora was born 1887; died 1949. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In the 1920 Federal Census, Clarence & Susie are living on Tiogue St. in Coventry, RI. They have five children, all born in RI. In the 1930 Federal Census, the family is living at Sprague, New London Co., CT. There are now seven children, the youngest one having been born in CT.

Clarence married Susan Anna Jones 21 Apr 1911. Susan was born 11 Jan 1891, RI; died Oct 1974. [Group Sheet]

Olive married John Edson Van Horn 2 Jan 1922; divorced Sep 1928. [Group Sheet]

Olive married William Thompson Forrest 5 Oct 1928. William was born 1879; died 1960; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a copy of her DAR application.

Alice married Henry Judson Benjamin 11 Aug 1928. Henry was born 1892; died 2 Dec 1936; was buried , East Greenwich Cemetery, First Ave., East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a copy of his death certificate from the State of Rhode Island. Also, his gravestone has been photographed.

John married Edith Mae Wright 4 Feb 1911, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Edith (daughter of John Otis Thurston and Mary Elizabeth McNeil) was born 9 Oct 1893, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 21 Apr 1951, Providence, Providence Co., RI; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

John married Lillian Estelle Stratton Abt 1955. Lillian was born 4 Nov 1895; died 8 Sep 1970, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple Ave., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at Coventry, Book of Births for 1894, p. 98. His gravestone has been photographed.

Apparently Chester & Laura and family were not listed in the 1920 Federal Census, nor were their Whitford cousins who lived with them in the duplex farmhouse on Knotty Oak Rd., Coventry, RI.

However, in the 1925 Rhode Island Census they are on Hope Rd., Coventry.

This family farm, located on what is now Old Hope Lane, was called the Linden Farm in the old days, because the driveway was lined with beautiful linden trees. My grandfather kept a herd of cows and had a milk route. Their two-family farmhouse burned to the ground during the night on 27 Dec 1924, when my dad was six years old. Because the insurance had lapsed, my grandfather was not able to rebuild, so the family lived in a shanty on the property for a couple of years before moving away. This property has changed somewhat since the 1920s, but much of it remains the same -- the old stone walls, the pastures, and the lay of the land. A new house has been built in one of the pastures, the old barn has been replaced by a smaller one, and a couple of additional houses have been built along the driveway leading into the farm. It is now called Old Hope Farm.

In the 1930 Federal Census, the family is living at 365 Jackson Ave., Johnston, RI. In 1935 they were living at 1226 Plainfield St., Johnston.

In 1940 they were living at 24 Kilvert St. in Warwick, RI. Norman, Raymond, Chester, and Richard were living with their parents.

Chester married Laura Russel CHAFEE 28 Apr 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Laura (daughter of Frank Paine CHAFEE and Mary Elizabeth ANDREWS) was born 28 Apr 1899, Bristol, Bristol Co., RI; died 14 Mar 1975, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Eugene married Constance Gibson Kirby 5 Oct 1940. Constance was born 6 Nov 1916. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Ruth Isabelle Watson 5 Oct 1935, Warwick, RI. Ruth (daughter of Harry Watson and Hannah Metcalf) was born 13 Sep 1913, Providence, RI; died 11 Jan 2002, Warwick, Kent County, RI; was buried 15 Jan 2002, Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Evelyn May Potter 15 Mar 1947, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Evelyn (daughter of Edward Potter and Mildred Young) was born 25 Jan 1923, Providence, Providence Co., RI; died 4 Jul 1984, Warwick, Kent County, RI; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The family lived on Hopkins Hill Rd. and later on Washington St., Coventry.

Elliott married Margaret Thomson Cree 20 Apr 1935. Margaret was born 1908; died 1990; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple Ave., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married Clarence E. Baker 4 Feb 1939. Clarence was born 5 Nov 1910, Anthony, RI; died 2 Aug 1970; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Malcolm married Lillian A. Feifert 1 Jan 1940, Westerly, RI. Lillian (daughter of August Herbert Feifert and Minnie Anna Kochan) was born Abt Mar 1918, RI; died 14 Jan 2013, CT; was buried 17 Jan 2013, Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Obituary:
"Dorothy L. Johnson passed away Sunday January 19, 2014 at Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn, CT. She was born June 22, 1919 in Coventry, R.I., the daughter of the late C. William and Annie M. (Kettelle) Whitford. After graduation from Coventry High School, she was employed in the office of the Thies Dyeing Mills. While working there, the company changed ownership twice and she worked there for a total of thirty nine years. She was formerly a member of the Knotty Oak Baptist Church and served as a Sunday School teacher, Deaconess, choir member and church secretary. She was a member of Eastford Baptist Church.

"In 1972, she married Arthur E. Johnson of Woodstock, CT. In 1975 they moved to Woodstock to make it their permanent home. Arthur passed away April 23, 2004. She is survived by a niece, Carole Simpson and her husband William of East Haddam, CT, a great niece, Christine French and her husband Mason of Edgewater, FL, a great-great niece Heather French of Austin, TX, a great, great nephew William French of Edgewater, FL., a stepson Bruce Johnson and his wife Susan of Woodstock, a stepdaughter Sharon Plouff of Little River, S.C., grandchildren Sherry Greene and her husband Gary of Thompson; Kevin Greene and his wife Diane of Knoll Wood, TX; Lynn James and her husband Daniel of Brooklyn; Jeffrey Johnson and his wife Judy of Danielson. Several great grandchildren and great, great grandchildren and cousins. She was predeceased by a sister Margaret E. Baker and a brother Malcolm W. Whitford.

"The Funeral will be Monday, January 27, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Eastford Baptist Church. A reception at the church will follow the service. Interment in the spring in Center Cemetery. Smith and Walker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to Eastford Baptist Church, 133 Union Road, Eastford, CT 06242." (Smith & Walker Funeral Home, Putnam, CT)

Dorothy married Arthur Johnson 1 Jul 1972, Coventry, RI. Arthur (son of Bernard Johnson and Anna Ask) was born 29 Dec 1913, Corona, NY; died 23 Apr 2004, Woodstock, CT; was buried , Center Cemetery, Woodstock, CT. [Group Sheet]

Harold married Ruth Evelyn Brown 8 Feb 1941. Ruth was born 1911; died 1973; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Gertrude — George E. Green. George was born 1888; died 1979. [Group Sheet]

George — Mae G. Read. Mae was born 1907; died 1985. [Group Sheet]

Raymond — Dorothy Unknown. Dorothy was born 1906. [Group Sheet]