The wife of Nicholas Whitford is listed as Mary Carr daughter of Caleb and Phillis P. Green at Findagrave.[1]Also listed as daughter of Caleb Carr on Rhode Island Roots Vol. 29 (Dec 2002).[2]However The Carr Ancestry of Richomond Carr of Portsmouth RI,[3]states that Caleb's daughter Mary married Benjamin Peckham.
Mary died 29 Apr 1752 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.[1]
↑ Transcribed by Barton B. Proger Ed.D, Rhode Island Roots Vol. 29 (Dec 2002), Roots The Annotations of Esther Amanda (Spencer) Briggs, part 4 pp. 266-76..
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary:
Genealogist Alden Beaman in Rhode Island Genealogical Register Jan 1979 having examined all extant original records stated “Nicholas, b ca 1670; his will proved 28Mar 1748 at West Greenwich; mar Mary CASEY b ca 1674, not mentioned in her husbands will dated 3 Dec 1743.”
FindAGrave is not an accepted source for pre1700 profiles, particularly the entry for this person which has zero documentation, no image of a marker, etc. Anything based on it should be removed unless supported by a primary source.
The Beaman research would supersede a 1948 NEHGR article.
It does not appear there is evidence that Mary Carr married Nicholas, rather it was a Mary Casey.
The indentification of Nicholas' wife as Mary Carr is uncertain yet the connection is made on this profile. See Research Notes on Mary (Stanton) Whitford (abt.1648-1743) which include "The son Nicholas Whitford married Mary ______ , whose given name appears in an early deed. Some researchers have speculated that she might be a member of the Carr family, but again there is at present no hard evidence for this (speculative) identification." This may or may not be touched upon in "Pasco Whitford of East Greenwich," in the Rhode Island Genealogical Register, Jan 1979 (which does not appear to be available online).
FindAGrave is not an accepted source for pre1700 profiles, particularly the entry for this person which has zero documentation, no image of a marker, etc. Anything based on it should be removed unless supported by a primary source.
The Beaman research would supersede a 1948 NEHGR article.
It does not appear there is evidence that Mary Carr married Nicholas, rather it was a Mary Casey.
- T Stanton, Leader, Rhode Island Project