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Mary Tiffany

Mary Tiffany

Female 1777 - 1845  (68 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Mary Tiffany 
    Birth 17 Jun 1777  Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Sep 1845  Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 15 Sep 1845  Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Initiatory (LDS) 2 Jun 1909  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FamilySearch ID L2YR-43L 
    Person ID I686  mytree
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2024 

    Father Samuel Tiffany,   b. 13 Jul 1740, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1822, Cortland, Cortland, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Abigail Curtis,   b. 17 Mar 1742, Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1820, Cortland, Cortland, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Marriage 1760  Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Daniel Whipple,   b. 27 Aug 1779, Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1839, Elyria, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 1804  Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Cynthia Whipple,   b. 15 Jan 1805, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889 (Age 83 years)
    +2. Samuel Whipple,   b. 21 Dec 1808, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1887, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +3. Almira Whipple,   b. 13 Jun 1810, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1889, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    +4. Phoebe Whipple,   b. 13 Aug 1813, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1846, Zarahemla, Lee, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
     5. Carum Whipple,   b. 12 Aug 1815, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843, Garden Grove, Decatur, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
     6. Gerua Whipple,   b. 12 Aug 1815, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 1848, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)
    +7. Nelson Wheeler Whipple,   b. 11 Jul 1818, Sanford, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1887, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F68  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

    Family 2 Zenos Aldrich,   b. Abt 1773, Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1856, Waterloo, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1798  Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sylvanus Aldrich,   b. 1799, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Nov 1856, Waterloo, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    +2. Azuba Aldrich,   b. Abt 1801, Deposit, Broome, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Jun 1777 - Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1798 - Barkhamsted, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1804 - Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Sep 1845 - Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 15 Sep 1845 - Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInitiatory (LDS) - 2 Jun 1909 - SLAKE Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Life sketch of Mary Tiffany
    Life sketch of Mary Tiffany

    Histories
    History of Mary Tiffany b1777
    History of Mary Tiffany b1777

  • Notes 
    • SOURCE: LDS Collectors Library: Early LDS Membership Data, (c) 1995 Info b ases, Inc. Also LDS Ancestral File.

      SOURCE: Clair A. Hemenway Newton, Captain John Whipple, 1617-1685, and H i s Descendants (Naperville, Ill., 1946), p. 62.

      Mary died in her 69th year in Nauvoo of billicus fever.


      History of Mary Tiffany by Nelson Wheeler Whipple (Son)

      History of Mary Tiffany

      "My mother, Mary Tiffany, was born in Berk Hemsted, State of Conn. In t h e year 1777, June 13. She went with her father to Cortland in the sam e st ate and lived there until about the year 1800.
      I am not certain whether she came into New York or Pennsylvania when s h e left her native state. I do not know exactly the time she was marre d t o Aldrich, her first husband, nor when she was married to my father , bu t her first marriage must have been about the year 1798 and her seco nd ab out the year 1804, as near as I can learn.

      After she was married to my father she labored faithfully to help suppo r t her family. She was a woman of great patience and strong mind and go o d character. She never allowed her children to keep bad company or us e ba d language or contend with each other or anything that could be call ed ba d behavior in anywise.

      She raised a family of eight children and lived to see them all men an d w omen grown and able to take care of themselves. She used to say tha t is s he could live to see this she would be willing to die. But after s he join ed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, she said tha t if sh e could live to see Nauvoo and hear instructions from the authori ties o f the Church that she would be willing to leave this world. This s he als o lived to see.

      She was baptized in Litchfield, Media County, on the 23rd day of June, 1 8 42, by Elder John Hughes. She came to Nauvoo with me in 1842 or rathe r t o Knox County, Illinois where we stayed till the next year and move d to N auvoo in 1844, on the 9th of May. Here she enjoyed herself well i n havin g instructions from the servants of God from time to time. She wa s smar t and active as women generally at 40, until she was taken with th is las t illness.

      She was a woman of rather less than middle size, fair complexion, hair a n d eyes dark. She had double teeth all round, many which were sound at h e r death. She was remarkably strong constitutioned and never kept her b e d 3 days at a time after she was 16 years of age, at which time she h a d a slight attack of consumption, of which she was cured by a skillfu l ph ysician.

      A few days before she was taken sick she walked to Almira’s, a distanc e o f 1½ miles, apparently as smart as when she was young. She was take n wit h a violent fever and was deranged considerably for several days, b ut rat ional before she died. I called on Dr. Burnheisel to attend her bu t he sa id it was extremely doubtful whether she would recover. After 3 d ays sh e did not appear to be in any pain, but slept most of the time unt il th e 9th day of her illness. On the night of her death, myself and m y firs t wife Jane, and my sister Gerua were with her. My sister was als o sick a t the time and was not able to help take care of her and my wif e and I to ok turns in attending to her in the night.

      She appeared to feel much better and wished me to comb her hair. I di d s o and she talked cheerfully and told me to lie down and rest. My wif e wa s lying down on a bed by the fire. We had prepared this bed to lie o n whe n she did not need our assistance. I accordingly went and lay dow n and a s I did so my wife raised up and said she thought my mother did n ot breat h natural, upon which I got up again and went to her bed and tho ught sh e was asleep but behold she did not breath again. She appeared t o go to s leep before I lay down and she lay precisely as she did and loo ked perfec tly natural, Sept. 17, 1845.
      Thus ended the days of Mary Tiffany. She lived a life of toil and hardsh i p but she ended her days in peace.

      My mother’s first husband was named Aldrich, by whom she had two childre n , a son and a daughter. Her son’s name was Sylvanus and her daughter Az ub a, the history of whoom will be given on another page. These and anoth er , her 3rd child Cynthia and her 4th child Samuel, were in the State o f Ne w York at the time of her death. She had not heard from any of the m for m any years. ( I have never heard from any of them up to this dat e 1878)

      We were obliged to keep her for three days before s he was buried becau s e there were eleven buried the day my mother was and 4 left unburied th a t had been dead for several days.
      I tried to get someone to make her coffin but could not and had to mak e o ne myself and being quite out of health at best, I was not able to g o t o her grave. She was taken and burined by WM. Huntington who was sext on a t that time in Nauvoo.The doctor I employed to attend on my mother i n he r last illness was John Burnheisel. He is still living in Salt Lak e Cit y at this day, Jan. 17, 1877. He is old but still hale and hearty.