Elder Pardon “Molasses” Tillinghast, Esq.

• Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A115490
• Service: RHODE ISLAND Rank: PATRIOTIC SERVICE
• Birth: 6-3-1718 EAST GREENWICH RHODE ISLAND
• Death: 1810 WEST GREENWICH RHODE ISLAND
• Service Description: 1) MEM OF COMM OF SAFETY,WEST GREENWICH, 2) MEM OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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Pardon “Molasses” Tillinghast BIRTH 3 Jun 1718 East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA DEATH 30 Aug 1810 (aged 92) West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA BURIAL Pardon Tillinghast Lot West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, USA MEMORIAL ID 32586477 · View Source MEMORIAL PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 6 PLANT TREES Pardon was known as "Molasses pardon", and married in Warwick on 30 November 1740 Hannah Stafford, the daughter of Samuel Stafford and Hannah Bennett. Pardon was close to his grandfather, Pardon-2 Tillinghast, who deeded the subject Pardon a farm when he was three years old. The will of the grandfather later confirmed the deed, and this farm is where the subject lived, being located in the part of East Greenwich that later became West Greenwich.

Pardon held several minor offices in West Greenwich, including Justice of the Peace. He was successful at a number of business enterprises, one of which was making rum, which was made from molasses. This gave him his nickname, used to distinguish him from the many other Pardon Tillinghasts. When he died in 1810, he left a sizable estate, which, excluding real estate, was valued at nearly $28,000. He and Hannah had nine children.

Family Members Parents Photo John Tillinghast 1691–1777

Photo Ann Greene Tillinghast 1689–1718

Spouse Photo Hannah Stafford Tillinghast 1721–1798

Siblings Photo Phebe Tillinghast Hazard 1744 – unknown

Half Siblings Photo John Tillinghast 1722–1744

Photo Benjamin Tillinghast 1726–1817

Charles Tillinghast 1729–1777

Photo Thomas Tillinghast 1732–1827

Photo Joseph Tillinghast 1734–1816

Children Stutley Tillinghast 1741–1826

Photo Pardon Tillinghast 1743–1831

Photo John Tillinghast 1745–1799

Photo Mary Tillinghast Whitford 1747–1823

Samuel Tillinghast 1749–1823

Photo Thomas Tillinghast 1752–1828

Photo Barbara Tillinghast Clarke 1755–1809

Photo Marcy Tillinghast Greene 1759–1826

Photo Hannah Tillinghast Clarke 1761–1826

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GEDCOM Note

Source: Fiche # 6046912 Vital Records of R I, 1636-1850 Pardon Tillinghast son of John Tillinghast of E. Greenwick, RI Hannah Stafford dau., of Lieut., James Stafford of Warwick