Freelove Tillinghast

• 'Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical (1916)
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  • (The Stafford Line).
• (I) Thomas Stafford was born 1605, in Warwickshire, England, and died at Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1677. He is said to have come to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1626, and to have built there the first grist mill operated by water power in this country. His name is on the list of inhabitants admitted to Newport, Rhode Island, after May 30, 1638, and he soon received a grant there of seventeen acres of land, and was mentioned as in the employ of Nicholas Easton. He was witness to a will in Portsmouth, March 18, 1647; was received as a townsman of Warwick, June 7, 1657, having bought a house from Christopher Unthank; bought another house and land from Mr. Unthank, March 1, 1663, and in 1665 was a freeman of the colony. He bought a house and land in Warwick from Thomas Lawton, of Portsmouth, April 16, 1657; in 1667 he was granted a lot in the division of Potawomut and also one in the division of Toscunk; and in 1673 was a deputy to the General Assembly. His will was dated November 4, 1677, and proved April 27, 1679, bequeathing to wife, Elizabeth, and children. She died after 1677. Children: Thomas, died January 26, 1723; Samuel, mentioned below ; Hannah, married Luke Bromley; Sarah, married Amos Westcott; Joseph, born March 21, 1645, at Warwick ; Deborah, married, June 9, 1670, Amos Westcott.
  • (II) Samuel Stafford, second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stafford, born 1636, lived in Warwick, and died March 20, 1718. He served as deputy to the General Assembly in 1670-72-74-79-82-86-90 and 1705, and in 1674-86 was elected assistant but refused to serve. On February 24, 1671, he and his wife sold to Richard Carder land for twenty pounds, and on September 1, 1700, he gave six shillings toward building the Friends' meeting-house at Mashapaug. He was overseer of the poor in 1687. His will was dated March 16, 1711, and proved April 16, 1718, his son Thomas being executor. He bequeathed to his son, Amos, to daughters, Sarah Scranton, Patience Howland, 'Freelove Tillinghast' and Elizabeth Devotion, to granddaughters, Mary Thurber and Mary Stafford, and to son, Thomas. He married Mercy, daughter of Stukeley Westcott, who died March 25, 1700. Children, born in Warwick: Stukeley, November 7, 1661, died young; Amos, mentioned below ; Mercy, July 8, 1668 ; Sarah, April 18, 1671, married ___ Scranton; Samuel, November 19, 1673, died young; Patience, married Jabez Howland ; 'Freelove, married Joseph Tillinghast'; Elizabeth, married ___ Devotion ; Thomas, born 1682.
    • (Ill) Amos Stafford, second son of Samuel and Mercy (Westcott) Stafford, was born November 8, 1665, in Warwick, and died in that town in 1760. In 1702 he gave six shillings for building the Quaker meetinghouse at Mashapaug, and served as deputy to the General Court in 1708-21. His will was dated March 24, 1753, and proved October 20, 1760, his wife, Mary, and son Amos being executors. He bequeathed to wife, children and grandchildren. The inventory of his estate amounted to one thousand, seven hundred and four pounds, two shillings, dated December 8, 1760. He married, December 19, 1689, Mary Burlingame, who died in 1760, daughter of Roger and Mary Burlingame. Children, born in Warwick : Mary,
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    • September 16, 1690; Samuel, September 24, 1692; Mercy, September 21, 1694; Amos, mentioned below; Stukeley, November 7, 1704; Patience, April 21, 1707; Freelove, October 14, 1709.
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1. ID: I28209
2. Name: Freelove Stafford
3. Sex: F
4. Birth: 11 AUG 1677 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
5. Death: AFT 8 OCT 1711 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Father: Samuel Stafford b: 1636 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

Mother: Mercy Westcott b: ABT 1634 in St. John the Baptist Church - Yeovil, Somerset Co., England

Marriage 1 Joseph Tillinghast b: 11 AUG 1677 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Children

  1. Has Children Lydia Tillinghast b: 8 JUL 1700 in Tiverton, Newport Co., Rhode Island

2. Has No Children Joseph Tillinghast b: 1703 in Rhode Island
3. Has No Children Freelove Tillinghast b: ABT 1704 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island
4. Has No Children Anna Tillinghast b: 25 JUN 1709 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island
5. Has No Children Samuel Tillinghast b: 8 OCT 1711 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island
6. Has No Children Stukeley Tillinghast b: 1716 in Providence, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Freelove Stafford was born about 1678. She died in 1711. !Father is Samuel Stafford

Mother is Mercy Westcott

Married Joseph Tillinghast Parents: Samuel Stafford and Mercy Westcott.

Spouse: Joseph Tillinghast. Children were: Lydia Tillinghast, Joseph Tillinghast, Freelove Tillinghast, Anna Tillinghast, Samuel Tillinghast.

sources:

Book: The Westcott Family Tree edited by Edna Jay Lewis; Sharp Offset Printing, Inc. Rutland,VT. 1999.

GEDCOM Note

<u><b>Freelove Stafford </b></u> 1680 – 8 October 1711 • LHHC-L5Q

<b>Sex</b> Female
<b>Birth</b> 1680
Warwick, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
<b>Death</b> 8 October 1711
Providence, Providence, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
<b>Burial</b> October 1711
Newport, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America

<u><b>Family Members
</u>Spouse</b> Joseph Tillinghast 1677-1763 • L8B5-JQ8 ​
<b>Marriage:</b> 1697
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Joseph Tillinghast 1677-1763 • 21TM-7YQ ​
<b>Marriage:</b> 1699
Newport, Rhode Island, United States

<b>Children</b> Lydia Tillinghast 1703-1777 • L6JZ-T57 ​
Joseph Tillinghast Jr. 1703-1779 • MPG6-M4Q ​
Anna Tillinghast 1709-1747 • L4R3-4JM ​
Samuel Tillinghast 1711-1787 • LCP2-C9K ​
Mercy Tillinghast 1713-Deceased • KZS1-ZJS ​
Stukeley Tillinghast 1716-1740 • LC5K-FB5 ​
John Tillinghast 1721-1795 • KDQN-147 ​
Judge Nicholas Tillinghast 1726-1797 • LHTX-SVG ​
Henry Tillinghast 1727-1739 • 9QZG-X7J ​
Sarah Tillinghast 1728-1804 • LZVS-MM3 ​
Mary Tillinghast 1729-1730 • LHTX-SKX ​
Daniel Tillinghast 1729-1730 • K2Y7-CT9 ​
Daniel Tillinghast 1732-1803 • LZQP-XXV ​
Henry Tillinghast 1735-Deceased • LZJ9-5ZT ​
Eilizabeth Tillinghast 1731-1805 • 27N5-WMH ​
James Tillinghast Deceased • 932J-BX1 ​
Thankfull Tillinghast Deceased • 932J-1CM ​
Thomas Tillinghast Deceased • 932J-BT3 ​

<b>Parents</b> Samuel Stafford 1636-1717 • LHZD-8XC ​
Mercy Westcote 1634-1700 • MD7R-V4S ​
<b>Marriage:</b> about 1653
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Samuel Stafford 1635-1718 • LZK8-5KS ​
Mercy Westcott 1635-1700 • LKCQ-5NB ​
<b>Marriage:</b> 24 February 1661
Warwick, Kent, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America

Samuel Stafford 1636-1717 • LHZD-8XC ​
Mercy Westcott 1635-1700 • LKCQ-5NB ​

<b>Siblings</b> Stuckley Stafford 1661-1661 • LZGW-HJL ​
Samuel Stafford 1673-1717 • LHHC-2JL ​
Freelove Stafford 1680-1711 • LHHC-L5Q

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!BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH : Archive sheet--SAMUEL STAFFORD 1636 & MERCY WESTCOTT. Submitted by Floyd W. Stafford of Salt Lake City, UT in 1948. Sources: Eda Safford, Burlington, VT DAR Genealogist; Westcott History and Gen by Roscoe I. Whitman p.123-155. SAMUEL STAFFORD B.1636 Warwick, Kent,RI, s/o Thomas Stafford and Elizabeth, d. 20 Mar 1718 Warwick, md abt 1660 to MERCY WESTCOTT b.abt 1640 of Warwick, d/o Stukely Westcott and Juliana Marchante, d.25 Aug 1700 Warwick. 9 ch-- all b. Warwick. Including #7 Freelove b.1677, d.1711, md Joseph Tillinghast.

Freelove may have died in childbirth. Her fourth child also died 1711.

GEDCOM provided by Carolyn Proffitt Winch <gumby@edge.net>

Film No. 456500 Libry call no. B.pre 1970 End. pre 1970 SP. 24 Feb 1949 SS. Film no 1761199 Libry call no. B.24 JUn 1992 SGEOR End. 18 Mar 1993 " SP. 13 Apr 1993 " SS.

From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

!SOURCE: "Stafford Family in America", an account of Col. Joab Stafford, by Henry Marvin Benedict.

others indicated; data not found

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