Harty Potter JOHNSON

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]

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:

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]

Marion — Smith. [Group Sheet]

Elwyn — Anna Bundy. Anna was born 21 Feb 1916, CT; died 24 Feb 2003. [Group Sheet]

Robert married Lorraine Margaret Genereux 18 Apr 1942, Windham, CT. Lorraine (daughter of Albert Genereux and Mary Louise St. George) was born 25 Jan 1914, CT; died 30 Mar 2022, CT; was buried 2022, Maple Cemetery, Berlin, CT. [Group Sheet]

Elsie — Sumner. [Group Sheet]

James married Evelyn May Kretzmer 25 Jan 1947, San Francisco, CA. Evelyn was born 14 Aug 1922, San Francisco, CA; died 6 Dec 2009, San Jose, CA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Shirley was originally named Shirley Melba Van Horn, her father being John Edson Van Horn, but in 1929 she was adopted by her mother's second husband, William Thompson Forrest, and her name was changed to Shirley Forrest.

Notes:

Gladys was always so friendly. Once when my daughter Laura was little, we stopped at Gladys's home on Knotty Oak Road to say hello, and she invited us in. Laura, still a baby, was content for Gladys to hold her, and so she commented, "She's such a good baby -- she'll go to anybody!" Gladys came to our Christmas 1976 Open House at 81 Darrow Dr., and to the 50th Anniversary Open House for my parents at 183 Shun Pike (1991). She sent us a Christmas card every year. Though we were all very sad when she died, I believe she lived a good life and a long life. I have a copy of her online obituary from ProJo.com.

Gladys married Chauncey E. Champlin, Sr. 15 Oct 1930, Coventry, RI. Chauncey (son of Henry C. Champlin and Ida E. Congdon) was born 2 Jun 1910; died Apr 2000. [Group Sheet]

Helen married James Edward "Buster" Tourgee 9 Oct 1931, Coventry, RI. James (son of James Whitman Tourgee and Eliza Ann Pierce) was born 8 Jul 1906, Anthony, Coventry, RI; died Oct 1974; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Helen married Edgar Reid Aft 1946. [Group Sheet]

Helen married Richard Bartlett Aft 1960. [Group Sheet]

Julia — Edward DelPozzo. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have a copy of her DAR application, and a copy of her online obituary from ProJo.com.

Barbara was always good at keeping in touch. She has been my inspiration to work on the family tree and finally to join DAR.

Her gravestone has been photographed.

Barbara married Richard Arthur Shaw, Sr. 25 Aug 1945, Danielson, CT. Richard (son of Thomas Shaw and Dorothy Pavey) was born 25 Dec 1916, Woonsocket, RI; died 15 Nov 1982, Fort Lauderdale, FL. [Group Sheet]

Dorothy married Leslie James Marcotte 29 Apr 1934, Knotty Oak Baptist Church, Coventry, RI. Leslie (son of William H. Marcotte and Florence G. Sprague) was born 11 Feb 1916, RI; died 5 Feb 2003, Coventry, RI; was buried , Woodland Cemetery, Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Donald — Marguerite "Peach" Tefft. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

I have two different copies of his birth certificate, one a card issued at Coventry, RI, and the other a paper from the RI Dept. of Health. I am told he was born on a Tuesday.

My dad Norman was born on the family farm off Knotty Oak Rd. in Coventry, RI. We have some pictures of the farm (see Remington section of the photo gallery, "Remington brothers together," at our web site). Tragically, the two-family farmhouse burned down when my dad was six years old. After this, his family moved into a shanty and stayed there for a while. Quoted below are some reminiscences from my dad Norman about his grandmother Angeretta (Whitford) Remington, about the big farmhouse, and about the fire there. They always believed the fire was set. The adjoining farm belonged to my dad's uncle, John Francis (we called him Uncle Fran), who kept cows there even when I was a child in the 1950s. We used to go blueberrying there, and I was afraid of being confronted face-to-face by a cow, which did actually happen once! In very recent years that property has passed out of our family, and part of it is now a new plat. One of the streets is Remington Farm Drive. On an old map, I've seen that another Remington may have owned that land adjacent to my great uncle.

About the farmhouse: "There were two front doors. The first one as one approached from the road led into a long hall way extending the width of the main section of the house. At the end was the door opening into the ell kitchen. Doors on the left were to my Grandmother's bedroom (used whenever she was with us) and to a downstairs bedroom. At a right angle to that was the door to the cellar stairs. The stairway to the upstairs rooms began near the door to the kitchen. From the right side of the hall were doors to the parlor (as it was called in those days) and the dining room.

"Grandma's bedroom windows were between the front doors. The second one was Aunt Velna's front door, which opened into a small entry, from which a door to the left led into her parlor.

"My grandmother [Angeretta] was a practical nurse, attending women about to give birth and for some time afterwards. Confinements lasted several days at that time. Between work opportunities she would be on the farm, sleeping in her room in our house, where the furnishings were hers. So my earliest memories are that she was with us from time to time. When she was there she was a great help to my mother. Later on she also worked as a housekeeper/cook. When I was in the second grade she kept house for a Mrs. Maynard (or Menard), who was legally blind. This was on Boston Street, Anthony, which is off the main street directly opposite the big mill.

"The fire destroyed the house December 27, 1924. It was discovered some time before daybreak, when my mother thought my father was trying to waken her. Later, she always said she thought it was an angel. Anyway, she smelled smoke, and woke my father. Our collie dog, Major, usually was in the kitchen overnight (no doubt, during cold weather), and he pushed open the door to the hall, again no doubt because of flames and heat. All of us were out of the house, and in my father's truck, in the big meadow across the driveway from the house, while it was still dark."

Dad enlisted at Providence, RI, on 29 Aug 1942, as a Private in the US Army. He was a resident of Providence, married, an insurance clerk with 2 years of college; height 74 inches and weight 158 lbs.

Norman married Edna Virginia BERRY 6 Sep 1941, Providence, RI. Edna (daughter of John Holland BERRY and Ellen COLEMAN) was born 25 Mar 1918, Providence, RI; died 20 Nov 2010, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; was buried 24 Nov 2010, Woodland Cemetery, Washington & Knotty Oak Sts., Coventry, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Raymond Remington is listed in the 1936 yearbook of Central High School, Providence, as the Treasurer of the club Il Circolo Giovanile.

In the 1939 Cranston City Directory, Raymond was listed as living at 67 Turner Ave. In the 1940 federal census he was age 19, living on Kilvert St., Warwick, and was a fireman at a laundry. The 1941 Cranston City Directory listed him as a station attendant at the Esso Service Station in Hillsgrove.

Ray enlisted in the US Navy on 14 Aug 1941.

After serving in the Navy, Raymond came home from the service 8 Feb 1948.

Raymond married Marie Frances Scott 15 Jul 1944, Athens, GA. Marie (daughter of James Henry Scott and Mildred Edson) was born 12 May 1919, MA; died 17 Feb 2012, MA; was buried , Edgell Grove, Framingham, MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

The One Consolation of a Soldier

poem written by Pvt. Russel Philip Remington on January 2, 1943
sent to his mother, Laura Russel Remington, from North Africa, during World War II
he died in combat on March 31, 1943

Dear Mom as I sit looking up into the sky tonight
all lighted with millions of stars and the silvery moonlight
My thoughts are brought closer to home and you
Because this same sky over me is over you too.
The sky covers a great span
over thousands of miles of sea from land to land
On that side is glittering New York and home
and on this side the dark African sand and me sitting alone.
There's a bitter war to be fought over here
where many fellows like me are fighting
for loved ones at home who we love so dear.
But some day we're going to win this fight
And then we too will be looking at
the other side of the sky and the moonlight.


RI Pvt 39 Inf 9 Inf Div/World War II


The following link leads to a web site which tells of the battles in Tunisia around the time Russel was killed:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Tunisia/

I believe Russel died, probably between 6 am and 12:45 pm, in an offensive commanded by General Patton and known as Benson Force. The took place in and around the El Guettar Valley, between Gafsa and Gabes, Tunisia.

Russel — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elliott enlisted in the Army 2 July 1942.

Elliott married Luena Mildred Angell 24 May 1947, Rhode Island. Luena (daughter of George Frederick Angell and Mildred Lowary Anderson) was born 31 Dec 1924, Providence, RI; died 4 Jul 1999; was buried , Moshassuck Cemetery, Lonsdale Avenue, Central Falls RI. [Group Sheet]

Elliott married Jacqueline Rae Hall 8 Jul 1955, Lewiston, ME. Jacqueline (daughter of Leslie Raymond Hall and Frances Gertrude Shaw) was born 6 Dec 1927, Augusta, ME; died 2 Jul 2017, Hawaii. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He enlisted in the US Navy 11 Aug 1944 and was released 6 June 1946.

US Navy World War II Muster Rolls list Chester's service number as 205 78 76.

His rating was S1c (Seaman 1st class) on some of the ship USS Anacosta's muster rolls, for example: quarter ending 1 Oct 1945; month ending 1 Mar 1946, sailing from Okinawa to Pearl Harbor.

On other muster rolls of the same ship, his rating was S2c (Seaman 2nd class): 25 Feb 1945, 31 Mar 1945, and 27 Apr 1945 sailing from San Pedro, CA.

Report of changes for period ending 19 June 1946 USS Saginaw Bay: Chester P. Remington, rating at date of last report: Cox (Coxswain).

Coxswain: works with canvas and handles boats; knows signaling.

Chester married Ruth H. Burlingame Abt 1948, Rhode Island. Ruth was born 16 Nov 1927, RI; died 31 Jan 2001, TX. [Group Sheet]

Chester married Lillian Eva Bennett 26 Apr 1958, Old South Church, Boston, MA. Lillian (daughter of John Alan Bennett and Mary Watson Nisbet) was born 13 Jun 1918, Riverside, RI; died 21 Jun 2002, Marblehead, Essex Co., MA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

He enlisted in the US Navy 13 Feb 1948.

Richard married Althea Lowary Angell 1958, Great Lakes, IL; divorced 20 Mar 1990, Virginia. Althea (daughter of George Frederick Angell and Mildred Lowary Anderson) was born 17 Dec 1928, Providence, RI; died 14 May 2022, Virginia Beach, VA. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Eunice Irene Wilder 28 May 1991, Phoenix, AZ. Eunice (daughter of Paul Luther Wilder and Nellie Maude Miller) was born 24 Mar 1931, St. Petersurg, FL; died 11 Jun 2021, Virginia Beach, VA. [Group Sheet]

Merill married Margaret Jane Clark 21 Jun 1970, Providence, RI. Margaret was born 3 May 1944, Llandrindod, Wales. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Melanie Delane Anderson 28 Mar 1969, LaGrange, GA. Melanie (daughter of James Anderson and Martha Smith) was born 30 Aug 1951, LaGrange, GA. [Group Sheet]

Lloyd married Linda Marie Ranallo 22 Dec 1984, Foster Baptist Church, Foster, RI. Linda (daughter of Thomas F. Ranallo, Jr. and Helen B. Piacente) was born 30 Apr 1948. [Group Sheet]

Mildred married Richard Donald Jacques 7 Sep 1968, West Warwick, RI. Richard was born 26 Dec 1939, West Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]

Linda married Robert Dietzel Knotty Oak Baptist Church, Coventry, RI. Robert was born 8 Oct 1950, Methuen, MA. [Group Sheet]

Linda married Richard Eric Palazzo 27 Feb 1981, Sprague Mansion, Cranston, RI. Richard was born 18 Jun 1942, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

"Jane Margaret Hopkins, 76, of Silver Spring, Maryland and Charlestown, Rhode Island, died on January 1, 2014. The daughter of the late Margaret T. and Elliott A. Hopkins, she is survived by her brothers; James A. Hopkins and Mark E. Hopkins (Andrea); nieces; Kathryn J. Hopkins (Francis Morey) and Jennifer M. Skerrett (William); great nieces; Elizabeth Skerrett and Anna Skerrett and great nephew Ian Morey.

"A graduate of the University of Rhode Island, Jane taught elementary school in Rhode Island and Montgomery County, Maryland for 48 years. She was passionate about and dedicated to education, and made a difference in the lives of the children she taught. Jane will be remembered, too, for her unique laugh, warm and open personality, and her ability to maintain many friendships through decades and despite geographical distances."

Mark married Andrea M. Frechette 10 Aug 1968. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Obituary from Byles-MacDougall Funeral Home:
"Carole Whitford Simpson passed away Friday, 24 January, 2014 at L & M Hospital in New London, CT. She was born 25 June, 1940 on the family

Carole married William Simpson 12 Jun 1965. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

As of August 2002, Sandra had the old family Bible with the records of the Remington and Battey families.

Since that time, she and her sister agreed to send it to me and now I have it. The Bible dates from before The Revolutionary War and belonged to an officer on a British ship.

Sandra married Paul Emile Grenier 29 Nov 1969. [Group Sheet]