Person:Thomas Tillinghast (1)

Thomas Tillinghast
d.14 Dec 1828
m. 30 Nov 1740
  1. Stukely Tillinghast1741 - Bef 1825
  2. Pardon Tillinghast, Jr.1743 -
  3. John Tillinghast1745 - 1799
  4. Mary Tillinghast1747 -
  5. Samuel Tillinghast1749 - 1823
  6. Thomas Tillinghast1751/52 - 1828
  7. Barbara Tillinghast1755 - 1809
  8. Marcy Tillinghast1759 - 1826
  9. Hannah Tillinghast1761 - 1826
  • HThomas Tillinghast1751/52 - 1828
  • WAnna Wightman1750 - Bef 1791
Facts and Events
Name Thomas Tillinghast
Gender Male
Birth[1] 7 Jan 1751/52 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage to Anna Wightman
Will[2] 4 Apr 1828 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Death? 14 Dec 1828

Was a Colonel in the Revolution. He was a shoemaker by trade. Married late in life, the widow of his brother, John. source: Westcott History by J. Russell Bullock

References
  1. West Greenwich Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    98.

    TILLINGHAST, Thomas, of Pardon and Hannah, [born] Jan. 7, 1752.

  2. Hathaway, Carol Joyce. West Greenwich Wills Recorded Between July 1743 and Ma, in Rhode Island Roots. (Cumberland, Rhode Island: The Rhode Island Genealogical Society)
    13, Mar 1986.

    pps. 158-151 Thomas Tillinghast, dated 4 April 1828, rec. 22 Jan. 1829.
    Wife Nancy.
    Brother Samuel Tillinghast deceased, late of Foster, RI.
    Hannah Tillinghast and Welthan Tillinghast (daughters of late brother Samuel Tillinghast).
    Hannah Whitford (daughter of Amos Whitford of Exeter, RI;
    Hannah Willcox (daughter of John Tillinghast, late of Exeter, RI and wife of Othniel Willcox of Exeter, RI);
    Hannah Codner (widow of John C. Codner of some western counties);
    Lydia Tillinghast and Earl Tillinghast (children of the late Pardon S. Tillinghast);
    Dorcas Knowles (wife of Joseph N. Knowles of Westerly, RI);
    James Tillinghast (son of testator's wife).
    Exors: wife Nancy Tillinghast and James Tillinghast.
    Witnesses: Amos Reynolds, Amos Reynolds, Jr. and Pardon Tillinghast.