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Mercy WATERMAN

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  1. 1.  Mercy WATERMAN was born 31 Dec 1742, Warwick, RI; died 10 May 1824; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    Mercy married Waterman TIBBETTS 13 Dec 1764, Warwick, RI. Waterman (son of Henry TIBBETTS and Phebe WATERMAN) was born 13 Apr 1741; died 17 Apr 1835; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Charles TIBBETTS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Jan 1766, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 2 Oct 1812, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    2. 3. John Waterman Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Jan 1769; died 8 Jan 1838.
    3. 4. Henry Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jan 1771; died Bef 1832.
    4. 5. Lafayette Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1775.
    5. 6. Daniel Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1777; died 1804.
    6. 7. Benjamin Tibbetts, Hon.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Nov 1780, Warwick, RI; died 8 May 1864, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles TIBBETTS Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born 25 Jan 1766, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 2 Oct 1812, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    Notes:

    The Providence Phenix recorded the death of Charles Tibbitts on Oct. 2, 1812, in his 47th year. It stated that he left a wife and two children (see James Arnold's Vital Record of RI, 1636 - 1850, Deaths From Newspapers). His gravestone has ben photographed, but it is very difficult to read.

    Charles married Maplet REMINGTON 1 Jun 1806, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Maplet (daughter of Jonathan REMINGTON and Phebe UNKNOWN) was born 2 Mar 1782, RI or MA; died 20 Dec 1861, West Greenwich, RI; was buried , Pine Grove Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Julia Ann Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jun 1807; died 3 Feb 1882, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    2. 9. Sally Williams TIBBETTS  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Dec 1808, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 15 Dec 1899, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.

  2. 3.  John Waterman Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born 2 Jan 1769; died 8 Jan 1838.

    John married Susan "Sukey" Greene Cooke 26 Jul 1790, East Greenwich, RI. Susan (daughter of Hopkins Cooke and Anne Arnold) was born Abt 1770; died 5 Oct 1855. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 10. Charles Norris Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Aug 1792, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Sep 1827; was buried , Cemetery 3, Providence, RI.
    2. 11. John Cooke Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Aug 1794, Warwick, RI.
    3. 12. Anna Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Aug 1796, Warwick, RI; died 2 Nov 1869.
    4. 13. Henry Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Oct 1801, Warwick, RI.

  3. 4.  Henry Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born 11 Jan 1771; died Bef 1832.

    Notes:

    Henry Tibbetts was a surgeon in the US Navy, and died at sea on the "Nathaniel Greene" (see Adelos Gorton's "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton," Philadelphia, 1907).


  4. 5.  Lafayette Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born Abt 1775.

    Notes:

    Lafayette married #1: a lady from Newport, and #2: daughter of a French nobleman (according to Mrs. Morse).


  5. 6.  Daniel Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born 1777; died 1804.

    Notes:

    Daniel Tibbetts died at sea (see "The Life and Times of Samuel Gorton" by Adelos Gorton, Philadelphia, 1907).


  6. 7.  Benjamin Tibbetts, Hon. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Mercy1) was born 16 Nov 1780, Warwick, RI; died 8 May 1864, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Federal Census at Warwick, Kent, RI, the family is: Benjamin 69, Alma 62, Almira 36 (she would have been married at this time -- or widowed?), Susan A. 29, Daniel 27, & Benjamin W. 22.

    His gravestone has been photographed.

    Benjamin married Alma A. Arnold 5 Jan 1805, Warwick, RI. Alma (daughter of William Arnold and Ruth Burket) was born 22 Sep 1786; died 23 Sep 1869. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Marcy Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Dec 1807; died 7 Jan 1809.
    2. 15. Ruth Burket Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Aug 1809; died 5 Jul 1867, Warwick, RI; was buried , Waterman Tibbetts Lot, Warwick, RI.
    3. 16. Almira Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Feb 1811; died 23 Oct 1885.
    4. 17. Susan Almy Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Apr 1818; died 23 Feb 1897, Warwick, RI.
    5. 18. Daniel Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jan 1821; died 22 Feb 1901.
    6. 19. Benjamin W. Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jun 1827.


Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Julia Ann Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) was born 20 Jun 1807; died 3 Feb 1882, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    Julia married George Arnold Briggs 5 Jun 1836, Warwick, RI. George (son of John Briggs and Mercy Arnold) was born 12 Mar 1801, Warwick, RI; died 26 Dec 1871, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 20. Gilbert Whitman Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Jul 1837, Warwick, RI; died 22 Sep 1902, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    2. 21. George Arnold Briggs, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born 24 Jul 1844, Warwick, RI; died 18 Nov 1922, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

  2. 9.  Sally Williams TIBBETTS Descendancy chart to this point (2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) was born 30 Dec 1808, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 15 Dec 1899, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.

    Notes:

    I have copies of census pages from 1860 and 1880 showing Sally at ages 52 and 71, also a certified copy of her death certificate from the town of Coventry, as well as a photocopy of the original death record in the Coventry Book of Deaths for 1899. A photograph of her gravestone has been posted on the family tree at our web site [www.thesorensens.net].

    Sally married Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD 24 Dec 1826, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Jeremiah (son of Carmi WHITFORD and Barbary BAILEY) was born 18 Sep 1805, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 29 Aug 1882, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Mercy Waterman Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 30 Mar 1831, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 28 Apr 1899; was buried , Wood River Cemetery, Rt. 3, Richmond, RI.
    2. 23. Charles Carmi WHITFORD  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  3. 10.  Charles Norris Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Mercy1) was born 27 Aug 1792, East Greenwich, RI; died 25 Sep 1827; was buried , Cemetery 3, Providence, RI.

    Notes:

    Charles married two half-sisters who were daughters of William Wilkinson (1760-1852). Sarah was a daughter of William's first wife, Chloe Larned, daughter of Deacon Ebenezer Larned of Killingly, CT; she died in 1797. Mary Rhodes was a daughter of William's second wife, Marcy Wilkinson, whom he married in 1798. She was a daughter of Oziel & Lydia (Smith) Wilkinson. Charles's wives were both seventh-generation descendents of Roger Williams, as he was.

    Charles — Sarah Wilkinson. Sarah was born Abt 1793; died 18 Jun 1819; was buried , Cemetery 3, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Charles married Mary Rhodes Wilkinson 7 Oct 1823, Providence, RI. Mary (daughter of William Rhodes) was born 15 Oct 1806. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  John Cooke Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Mercy1) was born 6 Aug 1794, Warwick, RI.

    John — Catharine Wilson. [Group Sheet]


  5. 12.  Anna Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Mercy1) was born 1 Aug 1796, Warwick, RI; died 2 Nov 1869.

  6. 13.  Henry Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.Mercy1) was born 4 Oct 1801, Warwick, RI.

  7. 14.  Marcy Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 5 Dec 1807; died 7 Jan 1809.

  8. 15.  Ruth Burket Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 11 Aug 1809; died 5 Jul 1867, Warwick, RI; was buried , Waterman Tibbetts Lot, Warwick, RI.

    Ruth — Thomas Marble. Thomas (son of William Marble and Catherine Westcott) was born 31 Oct 1809; died 13 Oct 1894, Warwick, RI; was buried , Centerville Methodist Church Cemetery, West Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  9. 16.  Almira Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 26 Feb 1811; died 23 Oct 1885.

    Almira married Christopher H. Arnold 24 Dec 1846, East Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]


  10. 17.  Susan Almy Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 10 Apr 1818; died 23 Feb 1897, Warwick, RI.

  11. 18.  Daniel Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 15 Jan 1821; died 22 Feb 1901.

    Daniel married Mary A. Kelley 22 Nov 1851. Mary (daughter of John M. Kelley and Mary Unknown) was born 2 Sep 1830; died 14 Jun 1857. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Allie A. Tibbetts  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Mar 1855; died 26 Sep 1882.

    Daniel married Marion T. Gardner Aft Mar 1855. [Group Sheet]


  12. 19.  Benjamin W. Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 12 Jun 1827.

    Notes:

    I cannot find Benjamin's dates in the RI Cemetery Database, but there are two infants who died young, who may have been his sons. They are both named Benjamin, and both are buried in the cemetery where his father Hon. Benjamin is buried.



Generation: 4

  1. 20.  Gilbert Whitman Briggs Descendancy chart to this point (8.Julia3, 2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) was born 31 Jul 1837, Warwick, RI; died 22 Sep 1902, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    Gilbert married Sarah Holden Arnold 28 Oct 1858, Warwick, RI. Sarah was born 25 May 1838, Warwick, RI; died 12 May 1912, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Mary Brown Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Nov 1862, Warwick, RI; died 3 Jun 1931; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    2. 26. Charles Tibbetts Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Dec 1863, Warwick, RI; died 28 Sep 1916, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    3. 27. Maplet Battey Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Apr 1865, Warwick, RI; died 1955; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    4. 28. Sarah Maria Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Aug 1871, Warwick, RI.

  2. 21.  George Arnold Briggs, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (8.Julia3, 2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) was born 24 Jul 1844, Warwick, RI; died 18 Nov 1922, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

    George married Mary Elizabeth Reynolds 31 Jul 1864, Warwick, RI. Mary (daughter of Sheffield Reynolds and Margaret Matteson) was born 4 Aug 1844; died 11 Jul 1901, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. John Gilbert Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Apr 1865, Warwick, RI; died 1938; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    2. 30. William Albert Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Apr 1866, Warwick, RI; died 6 Nov 1894, Warwick, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    3. 31. Julia Matilda Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Mar 1871, Warwick, RI; died 9 Sep 1945; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    4. 32. Ida May Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 23 May 1876, Warwick, RI; died 10 Feb 1878, Warwick, RI.
    5. 33. George Arnold Briggs, III  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Jul 1878, Warwick, RI; died 1960; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.
    6. 34. Clarence Everett Briggs  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Nov 1885, Warwick, RI; died 16 Oct 1918, Pawtucket, RI; was buried , Brayton Cemetery, Apponaug, RI.

  3. 22.  Mercy Waterman Whitford Descendancy chart to this point (9.Sally3, 2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) was born 30 Mar 1831, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 28 Apr 1899; was buried , Wood River Cemetery, Rt. 3, Richmond, RI.

    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?

    Mercy married Nelson K. Church 26 Sep 1852, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Nelson (son of Kenyon Church) was born 16 Sep 1824; died 1 Feb 1901; was buried , Wood River Cemetery, Rt. 3, Richmond, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 23.  Charles Carmi WHITFORDCharles Carmi WHITFORD Descendancy chart to this point (9.Sally3, 2.Charles2, 1.Mercy1) 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.

    Notes:

    I have a photocopy of his original birth entry at the Town of West Greenwich. Charles Carmi was named for his two grandfathers, Carmi Whitford and Charles Tibbetts. I also have a photocopy of his death entry in the Book of Deaths for 1910, p. 30, in the Town of Coventry.
    We have one picture of my Great-great-grandfather Whitford. This is posted at our family website [www.thesorensens.net]. Also there is a photograph of his gravestone at Maple Root Cemetery.

    All of the children and their birth dates are listed in the book "Records of the Bailey Family," p. 61.

    In the 1860 Federal Census at West Greenwich, Charles is 25 and living with his parents, along with his married sister, Marcy W. Church, 29. In the 1870 Federal Census, Charles C. 34 and his wife Harty 21 are still living at West Greenwich, RI. They have a child Hattie L., age 1. The family is in the household of Jeremiah & Sally W. Whitford, ages 64 & 61, Charles's parents. The 1880 Census at West Greenwich shows him married, age 45, with his wife and five daughters, again living in the household with Jeremiah and Sally Whitford, Charles's parents. This is probably the family farm on Rt. 3 in West Greenwich, where there is now a motel and gas station, at the intersection of Interstate 95. He is age 65 in the 1900 Census at Coventry, and is listed as the head of the household which includes his children as well as two grandsons, Angeretta's sons. I have photocopies of the pages from these three censuses.

    Example -- 1880 Census:
    Charles C. Whitford age 45
    Harty P. Whitford 30
    Hattie L. 11
    Angeretta W. 9
    Julia E. 6
    Lena M. 4
    Olive 2

    Charles was elected to the Exeter Town Council in 1888 (was this a different Charles Whitford?).

    There is a paragraph about Charles C. Whitford and his family on p. 1343 of J. R. Cole's "History of Washington and Kent Counties," published in 1889. Although the writer has made two mistakes (names Charles's grandfather as Jeremiah instead of Carmi, and names his wife as Hattie instead of Harty), he does offer other information that is more reliable. We are told that Charles was born in 1834 in West Greenwich, and that he has been a farmer all of his life, having bought the farm where he now lives in 1884 (probably the farm on Knotty Oak Rd. in Coventry). It says he was married to [Harty] in 1866, and lists his children as: Hattie L., Angeretta W., Julia E., Lena M., Olive L., Charles W., and Nelson J. Lastly, he comments that "the family is said to be of Welsh descent."

    Of the individuals in this family, the ones I have personal memories of are Angeretta, who was my great-grandmother Remington; Olive, who was my great "Aunt Ollie"; Charles W., who we called "Uncle Will"; and J. Nelson, who was my great "Uncle Jerry."

    My dad, Norman Remington, says he remembers driving by the site of the old family homestead, which was on Rt. 3 between Harkney Hill Road and the present Interstate 95. About where the Best Western/Congress Inn is today, there was a spring. Further up the road, where the plat Wood Estates is now located, there must have been a family burial site, because when the plat was being planned (perhaps in the 1960s?), certain Whitford heirs had to sign, acknowledging there were interments on the property, and giving their permission for the project to proceed.

    Charles married Harty Potter JOHNSON 25 Nov 1866, Richmond, RI. Harty (daughter of Philip JOHNSON, Jr. and Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE) was born 12 Apr 1850, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; died 27 Nov 1917, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 35. Hattie Lenora Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jan 1869, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 9 Jun 1945; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI.
    2. 36. Angeretta Williams WHITFORD  Descendancy chart to this point was born 10 Nov 1870, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 12 Oct 1958, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, RI.
    3. 37. Julia Erespa Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Jul 1873, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 4 Dec 1918, RI; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.
    4. 38. Lena May Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 Nov 1875, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 22 Apr 1935, Coventry, Kent Co., RI; was buried 25 Apr 1935, Manchester Cemetery, Washington St., Coventry, RI.
    5. 39. Olive "Ollie" Louise Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 12 Nov 1967; was buried , Oakland Cemetery, Maple Ave., Coventry, RI.
    6. 40. Twin Daughter Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co.; died 25 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co..
    7. 41. Charles William Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 27 May 1882, RI; died 2 May 1967; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.
    8. 42. Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 2 Oct 1884, RI; died 19 Jul 1960; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI.

  5. 24.  Allie A. Tibbetts Descendancy chart to this point (18.Daniel3, 7.Benjamin2, 1.Mercy1) was born 5 Mar 1855; died 26 Sep 1882.