47. TILLINGHAST6 ALMY (Job5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. 16 Mar 1754; d. 22 Sep 1830.
He m. about 1777, HANNAH CHASE, d. Westport, MA, 9 Jan 1840 in 90th year; dau. of Nathan Chase.
Children:
i | ELIZABETH7, b. 17 Oct 1778; d. 2 Jun 1781. | |
ii | MARY, b. Dartmouth, MA, 23 May 1780; d. Dartmouth, 26 Mar 1829; m. 2 Oct 1800, HENRY SMITH. | |
iii | ELIZABETH, b. Amherst, MA, 3 Feb 1782; m. Amherst, 5 Nov 1807, ELIJAH BOLTWOOD. | |
113 | iv | WILLIAM, b. Dartmouth, 29 Aug 1783; d. Portsmouth, RI, 2 Sep 1862; m. Portsmouth, 23 Nov 1805, RHODA FISH, b. about 1782; d. 5 Feb 1851; dau. of Robert and Bathsheba (Barker) Fish. |
v | CONTENT, b. Portsmouth, 3 Mar 1785; d. Portsmouth, 19 Aug 1851; unmarried; buried Swan Point. | |
vi | NANCY, b. Portsmouth, 3 Apr 1788; d. Portsmouth, 13 Sep 1866, buried Portsmouth; m. LEVI SHERMAN, b. 16 Feb 1787; d. 9 Apr 1875, buried Portsmouth; son of Richard and Elizabeth Sherman. | |
114 | vii | ALBERT HUMPHREY, b. 25 Jul 1789; d. 16 Feb 1893; m. 15 Jan 1816, SARAH A. BURGESS, b. 1796; d. 1865. |
115 | viii | BENJAMIN, b. 23 Mar 1791; d. 25 May 1869; m. RUTH LAWTON, b. Portsmouth, 3 Mar 1892; d. 26 Feb 1848; dau. of Henry and Elizabeth (Pearce) Lawton. |
Tillinghast made his will in 1825 and named four daughters: Mary Smith, Content Almy, Elizabeth Boltwood, and Nancy Sherman; three sons: William, Humphrey, and Benjamin.
Tillinghast and Hannah are buried at the cemetery at Horses Neck Road, Westport, MA.
REFERENCES: LAWTON p. 22; MAVR, Westport; RepMenMA p. 691; RIVR, Portsmouth