1. PASCO1 WHITFORD1 was born Abt. 1640 in England1, and died 1690 in East Greenwich, Washington, Rhode Island1. He married MARY STANTON1, daughter of ROBERT STANTON and AVIS.
Notes for PASCO WHITFORD:
[Lutz.FTW]
One source thought this person was Basco, but the better source says Pasco.
Notes for Pasco WHITFORD:
Family tradition says that Pasco was born about 1640 in England. The
family tradition was written down by William Whitford of Addison, VT (son
of Peleg, Pasco, Nicholas, Pasco) and states that Pasco and his two sons
came to Rhode Island from the West Indies, having been driven out of that
location by the French, during the naval warfare between England and
France. They fled to Rhode Island, settling in Portsmouth then East and
West Greenwich. (William Whitford's "Narrative of the Whitford Family" in
the Vermont His. Soc. Collections). William Carke Whitford(1902) says
that Pasco Whitford is reported to have come from Bedfordshire, Eng, Taxed
2s in 1680. But he was taxed in Newport, RI in 1680 according to Austin's
Genealogical Dictionary of RI. A letter of George N. Whitford dated 3
June 1911 to Walter John Coates states that many Whitfords lived in and
near the town of Truro, Cornwall, England and have been numerous there for
the last 400 years. There is also an old Cornish family, the Pascoes who
are also plentiful in the area. Possibly the maiden name of Pasco
Whitford's mother or grandmother was Pascoe. I have searched the Mormon
records for any records of marriages between Pascoes and Whitfords prior
to 1640 in Cornwall but so far have not come across any. In 1690
(proceedings of the General Assembly held at Newport May 1690, for the
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Mr Henry Bull being
governor, "Voted Mr. Pasco Whitford (and others) be admitted freemen of
the colony." (p270 Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, compiled by John
Russell Bartlett, Vol 3 Providence, RI) Pasco was living in East
Greenwich in 1690. On 13 Apr 1697 he is recorded as a witness to a deed
from Samuel Eldred, Sr. to his son John in Kings Town. Pasco Whitford is
mentioned in a will of Charles Martin (?difficult to read) of East
Greenwich dated 1682. See History of East Greenwich -1960-M.R.McPartland
pgs 25-28 for a deciphering of this will.
More About Pasco WHITFORD:
Fact 2: 1690, Tarbox Four Corners RI Hist Cem E.G. #29
Notes for Mary STANTON:
Don't know whether this is a first or second marriage for Pasco. If it is
his first marriage then he came to RI much earlier than I had guessed
since the first record of him isn't until 1680 when he was taxed in
Newport. Mary lived in Newport so they could have met there. The big
question is was Mary Stanton the mother of Pasco and Nicholas? If the
order of birth is correct then Mary might be born about 1650. This would
still place Pasco in RI about 1669 - How did he manage to be here for 11
years with no record at all?
More About PASCO WHITFORD:
Fact 1: Early Settler in Road Island1
Child of PASCO WHITFORD and MARY STANTON is:
