Almy Descendant No. 1233-5141

218. TILLINGHAST8 ALMY (William7, Tillinghast6, Job5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. Portsmouth, RI, 27 Sep 1806; d. Providence, RI, 9 Feb 1875, buried Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.

He m.(1) 31 Oct 1833, SARAH ANTHONY LITTLEFIELD, b. Warwick, RI, 1914; d. Providence, 29 Mar 1858, buried Swan Point Cemetery; dau of Thomas and Barbara (Low) Littlefield. He m.(2) Nantucket, RI, 22 Oct 1860, PRISCILLA M. CHASE, b. 1819; dau of Franklin and Nancy (Ellis) Chase.

Child of Tillinghast and Sarah:

iSARAH ELIZABETH9, b. Warwick, RI, 2 Aug 1837; d. 1 Feb 1916: m. Providence, 2 Jun 1859, HENRY CHAFFIN, b. Holden, MA, 29 Sep 1827; d. 29 Dec 1902; son of Elisha and Abigail (Goulden) Chaffin. Children: 1. Harry Almy Chaffin, b. Boston, MA, 3 Jun 1860; d. Everett, MA, 20 Aug 1921; m. Boston, 21 Feb 1897, Laurena M. Drysdale. 2. Frederick Littlefield Chaffin, b. Jamaica Plains, MA, 5 Jun 1862; d. 11 Aug 1909; c. Waltham, MA, 24 Nov 1887, Cora Wilder. 3. Lizzie Eloise Chaffin, b. Boston, 29 Oct 1864; d. Needham, MA, 8 Apr 1944. 4. Louisa Wentworth Chaffin, b. Brookline, MA, 30 Oct 1866; d. Falmouth, MA, 2 Sep 1950; m. Melrose Highlands, MA, 22 Apr 1886, Charles H. Washburn. 5. Frank Elisha Chaffin, b. Brookline, 17 Apr 1869; d. Wareham, MA, 24 May 1951. 6. Florence Abigail Chaffin, b. Brookline, 17 Apr 1869. 7. Sarah Tillinghast Chaffin, b. Swamscott, MA, 27 Sep 1870; d. 6 Dec 1928. 8. Walter Bailey Chaffin, b. Brookline, 30 Oct 1873; d. Needham, MA, 11 Feb 1949. 9. Arthur Goulding Chaffin, b. Brighton, MA, 5 Oct 1877; d. 7 Feb 1938.

The Tillinghast Almy household is in the 1850 Federal census in the city of Providence, RI, as follows. Tillinghast Almy 43; Sarah A. 36; and Sarah E. 12.


REFERENCES: FAMILY RECORDS; FEDERAL CENSUS; LAWTON p. 64; PROV VR; RIFAM II, p. 409.