Barbary BAILEY

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Barbary and her sister Comfort married two half brothers, Carmi and Reuben Whitford. Barbary's gravestone has been photographed along with her husband's. Some records show her name as Barbara; the gravestone says Barbary.

Barbary married Carmi WHITFORD 24 May 1787, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Carmi (son of Nicholas WHITFORD and Susannah CARR) was born 13 Feb 1766, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 9 Dec 1842; was buried , Maple Root Cemetery, Harkney Hill Rd., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

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Her birth record states: "Susannah Whitford the first Daughter of the aforesaid Carmi Whitford by barbary his wife was born the 28th of June AD 1788." I have a photocopy of this, and one of her will which was copied into the West Greenwich town record book. Her date of death is recorded in the Comstock-Remington-Tibbitts-Battey-Whitford family Bible. It says she died at age 82 y 5 m 10 d.

Susannah married Ambrose Nichols 31 Dec 1807, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Ambrose (son of William Nichols and Sarah Hall) was born 25 Apr 1786, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 1 Sep 1874, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. [Group Sheet]

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His birth record is on the same page as his parents' marriage record at West Greenwich Town Hall. Also, see his will dated 6 Aug 1846, proved 18 Oct 1846. He was buried in the Caleb Whitford Lot, Burnt Saw Mill Road, West Greenwich, RI. I have tried to get to this cemetery, but as yet have not been successful.

Caleb married Polly Matteson 21 Mar 1811, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. Polly (daughter of Stephen Matteson) was born Abt 1795; died 25 Feb 1854; was buried , Historical Cemetery 62, West Greenwich, RI. [Group Sheet]

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I have a photocopy of Phebe's birth entry at West Greenwich.

Phebe married William F. Potter, Jr. 22 Oct 1820, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. William was born Abt 1795. [Group Sheet]

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I have a photocopy of his birth entry at West Greenwich. Also, a photograph of his gravestone has been posted on the family tree at our web site [www.thesorensens.net].

In the 1850 Federal Census, Jeremiah is 44 and Sally W. is 41. Their children, Marcy W. & Charles C., are 19 & 15. The family is living in West Greenwich, RI.

In the 1860 Federal Census, Jeremiah, 54, & Sally W., 53, are still at West Greenwich. Son Charles C., 25, is with them, as well as married daughter Marcy W. Church, 29.

In the 1870 Federal Census, Jeremiah & Sally W., ages 64 & 61, are living at West Greenwich, RI. With them is married son Charles C., 34, his wife Harty 21, and their child Hattie L. 1.

In 1880 Jeremiah & Sally W. Whitford, ages 74 & 71, are still at West Greenwich. In the household with them are Charles C. & Harty P., ages 45 & 30, and their five daughters. Jeremiah is a retired farmer; his son Charles is a farmer.

I believe the Whitford farm was up on the hill near the intersection of Rt. 3 and Interstate 95, where a motel is now. This is where my great-grandmother lived as a child. At one time there was a spring there, about where a gas station is now.

Jeremiah married Sally Williams TIBBETTS 24 Dec 1826, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. Sally (daughter of Charles TIBBETTS and Maplet REMINGTON) 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. [Group Sheet]

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I have a photocopy of the original birth entry, which follows her parents' marriage entry in the West Greenwich town records.

She is mentioned in her grandfather Carmi's will (proved in 1843), where her name is given as Lucitta, and in her mother's will written in 1865, by which time Lucetta had died.

Lucetta married Caleb Greene 15 Apr 1830, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI. Caleb (son of Gideon Greene and Mary Tillinghast) was born Abt 1802, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI; died 27 Dec 1894. [Group Sheet]

Darius married Laurinda Johnson 15 May 1834, Coventry, Kent Co., RI. (daughter of James C. Johnson) [Group Sheet]

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The Remington/Battey/Whitford family Bible has her name written as Deliah or Deliak.

Delila — Ira Barstow. [Group Sheet]

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Stephen and his four oldest children are mentioned in the will of Susanna Nichols, his aunt (father's sister).

In the Federal Census of 1860, this family is living at Brooklyn, NY.

Stephen married Sarah L. Unknown Abt 1846. Sarah was born Abt 1832, NY; died Aft 1 Jun 1880. [Group Sheet]

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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]

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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]

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Ambrose and his brother Urbane died just two days apart.

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A note in the family Bible spells his name as Urbin. Probably this is how it was pronounced.

The two young brothers, Urbane & Ambrose, died just two days apart.

Caleb married Louisa J. Unknown Bef 1 Jun 1870. Louisa was born Abt 1852. [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]

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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]

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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.

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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]

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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]

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

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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]

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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]