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Harty Potter JOHNSON

Harty Potter JOHNSON

Female 1850 - 1917  (67 years)

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  • Name Harty Potter JOHNSON 
    Born 12 Apr 1850  Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 27 Nov 1917  Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00141  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Philip JOHNSON, Jr.,   b. 30 Mar 1822, Marion County, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1914, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Tryphena Hoxsie GREENE,   b. 19 Aug 1827,   d. 9 Jul 1866, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1849  West Greenwich, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • I have a photocopy of the original record from the official book of the Town of West Greenwich for 1851, p. 77. They were married on 25 Nov 1849 by Caleb Green, Minister of the Gospel, and the marriage was recorded by John James, Town Clerk, about a year and a half later. The minister, Elder Caleb Green(e) (elsewhere it is spelled with a final "e"), was married to Lucetta Nichols, daughter of Susanna Whitford and Ambrose Nichols.
    Family ID F00163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charles Carmi WHITFORD,   b. 14 Dec 1834, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1910, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 25 Nov 1866  Richmond, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7] 
    Notes 
    • The original marriage entry is at the Richmond Town Hall in the "Book of Marriages and Deaths, 1850-1910, p. 14. It says, "In Richmond, Nov. 25th (1866), Charles C. Whitford born in West Greenwich, age 31 -- a farmer, and Hatty P. Johnson born in Coventry, age 17; parents of each: Jeremiah and Sally W. Whitford, Phillip and Tryphena H. Johnson; married by Gilbert Tillinghast, Minister of the Gospel." It was the first marriage for both of them.
    Children 
     1. Hattie Lenora Whitford,   b. 4 Jan 1869, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jun 1945  (Age 76 years)
     2. Angeretta Williams WHITFORD,   b. 10 Nov 1870, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1958, Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     3. Julia Erespa Whitford,   b. 11 Jul 1873, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Dec 1918, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     4. Lena May Whitford,   b. 27 Nov 1875, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1935, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     5. Olive "Ollie" Louise Whitford,   b. 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Nov 1967  (Age 89 years)
     6. Twin Daughter Whitford,   b. 16 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1878, West Greenwich, Kent Co. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Charles William Whitford,   b. 27 May 1882, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1967  (Age 84 years)
     8. Jeremiah "Jerry" Nelson Whitford,   b. 2 Oct 1884, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1960  (Age 75 years)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00103  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos


    Charles J. Battey is my ancestor Maplet's son by her second marriage. This page records his children, the deaths of Maplet and husband James, and two marriage records of my ancestors: Jeremiah and Sally Whitford, and Charles and Harty Whitford.

    Johnson family group
    Great Great Grandmother    		Great Great Grandmother

  • 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.

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

    2. [S012489] Gravestone at Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI.

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

    4. [S012488] Coventry Town Records, Deaths 1900 - 1923, p. 51.

    5. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p. 77.

    6. [S012452] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Marriages, 22 & 30.

    7. [S012429] Richmond Town Records, Births, Marriages, & Deaths 1850 - 1910, p. 14.