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Joseph Tillinghast was born in 1705. He died in 1799 at age ~94.

Freelove Tillinghast was born in 1701. She died in 1748 at age ~47.

Anna Tillinghast was born on 25 June 1709. She died in 1747 at age ~38.

Samuel Tillinghast was born on 8 October 1711. He died in 1787 at age ~76.

Samuel Stafford was born in 1636 in Warwick, Rhode Island. He and Mercy Westcott were married about 1660. He died on 20 March 1718 at age ~82 in Warwick, Rhode Island. He was buried at Stafford Cemetery near Conimicut Pt. in Warwick, Rhode Island.

He was admitted a freeman in 1669, later elected a Deputy from Warwick.

Mercy Westcott was born about 1632 in Yeovil, Somersetshire, England. Samuel Stafford and she were married about 1660. She died on 24 August 1700 at age ~68 in Warwick, Rhode Island. She was buried at Stafford Cemetery near Conimicut Pt. in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Thomas Stafford was born in 1605 in Warwickshire, England. He and Elizabeth Leigh were married in 1634. He died on 4 November 1677 at age ~72 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.

He constructed the first grist mill in Providence. He later moved to Warwick, where he constructed another grist mill.

Elizabeth Leigh was born in 1614 in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, England. Thomas Stafford and she were married in 1634. She died in 1677 at age ~63 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.

Stukely Stafford was born on 7 November 1671.

Amos Stafford was born on 8 November 1665.

Mercy Stafford was born on 8 July 1668.

Sarah Stafford was born on 18 April 1671.

Samuel Stafford was born on 19 November 1673.

Patience Stafford was born in 1675.

Elizabeth Stafford was born after 1680.

Stukely Westcott was born in 1592. He and Rosanna Hill were married about 1617. He died on 12 January 1677 at age ~85 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island.

The Westcott genealogy indicates that Stukely can be traced back to minor nobility in the Yeovil section of England.



He came on a ship from Dartmouth, Devon, on 1 May 1635, along with his wife and six children. The William Arnold family was on board the same ship. They arrived in New England on June 24, 1635. The family initially settled at Naumkeag, later known as Salem, MA. He was a warm and close friend of Roger Williams, who was banished from Salem in 1636. The Westcotts, Throckmortons, Olneys, and several others were ordered to leave Salem in 1638. They made their way to Providence, where they joined the Arnolds, Carpenters, John Greene, Thomas James, Robert Coles, William Harris, Richard Waterman, and others. Westcott was later one of the original members of the First Baptist Church of Providence.

Westcott was allied with Samuel Gorton in the various troubles with Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth Colonies, as well as with Connecticut. The Westcotts moved to Warwick Neck and settled there.

A Stukely Westcott took refuge at Caleb Arnold's house when driven from Warwick by the Indians in King Philip's War.

Was his wife Rosanna Hill or Juliana Marchant? Stukely Westcott had person sources.¹

Benedict Arnold and Sarah Mumford were married about 1694. She died on 14 October 1746. She was buried in Governor Arnold Burial Ground, Newport, Rhode Island.

Freelove Almy was born on 18 April 1723.

Samuel Almy was born on 20 September 1725.

Joseph Almy was born on 21 November 1727.

Lydia Almy was born on 19 February 1733.

Job Almy was born on 10 October 1730.

Thomas Almy was born on 5 November 1735.

Christopher Almy was born on 29 May 1738 in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island. He died in May 1812 at age ~74 in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts. He was buried at Almy Burial Ground in Westport, Bristol County, Massachusetts.

Hope Almy was born on 14 April 1746.