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Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD

Male 1805 - 1882  (76 years)


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  • Name Jeremiah Bailey WHITFORD 
    Born 18 Sep 1805  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 29 Aug 1882  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Maple Root Cemetery, Coventry, RI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I00336  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Carmi WHITFORD,   b. 13 Feb 1766, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1842  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Barbary BAILEY,   b. 16 Sep 1765, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Dec 1846, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 24 May 1787  West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Notes 
    • I have a photocopy of their marriage entry from West Greenwich. It reads: "These May Certify all persons whom it may Concern that Carmy Whitford of Westgreenwich and Barbary Bailey of East Greenwich was Lawfully Married May the 24 AD 1787 By me James Wightman Elder"
    Family ID F00168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sally Williams TIBBETTS,   b. 30 Dec 1808, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1899, Coventry, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1826  Warwick, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Notes 
    • The marriage of Jeremiah and Sally was recorded in two newspapers: The Providence Journal of 11 Jan 1827, and the Providence Phenix of 24 Dec 1826. (See newspaper announcements transcribed in Arnold's Vital Record of RI)

      I have a photocopy of the original marriage entry recorded at West Greenwich Town Hall (p. 46), which reads: "Warwick December 24th AD 1826 -- I hereby Certify that Mr. Jeremiah Whitford and Miss Sally W. Tibbits were Lawfully Joined Together in Marriage by me the Subscriber Jonathan Wilson"

      The family Bible says they were married at West Greenwich. It is unclear exactly where they were married, although the record at West Greenwich has a reference to Warwick.

      Under that entry the births of their two children are recorded: Mercy Waterman Whitford and Charles Carmi Whitford. Also, according to "Alden G. Beaman's Vital Record of RI, New Series," an infant son was born in 1830 and died 1 April 1830, buried in West Greenwich.
    Children 
     1. Mercy Waterman Whitford,   b. 30 Mar 1831, West Greenwich, Kent Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1899  (Age 68 years)
     2. 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)
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00166  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.

  • Notes 
    • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012485] Records of the Bailey Family, Hannah C. (Bailey) Hopkins, 59.

    2. [S012500] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Births & Deaths, 102.

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

    4. [S012481] East Greenwich Town Hall Records, Vol. 2, p. 78.

    5. [S012452] James N. Arnold's Vital Record of RI, West Greenwich -- Marriages, 57.

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

    7. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, 3-46.

    8. [S012486] West Greenwich Town Records, Marriages & Births Book #3, p. 46.

    9. [S012361] Alden G. Beaman's RI Vital Records: New Series, Vol. 7, 368.