Samuel TEFFT

Male Abt 1705 - Bef 1790  (85 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Samuel TEFFT was born about 1705 (son of John TEFFT and Joanna SPRAGUE); died before 19 Jan 1790 in Richmond, Rhode Island.

    Notes:

    Name:
    "The George Soule Family": The published vital records of So. Kingstown list the marriage of Samuel Tefft to 'Mary' Barber, but careful examination of the original shows the entry to be Samuel Tefft and 'Marcy' Barber. Hence the Samuel Tefft whose estate was given to Oliver Tefft to administer is not the Samuel who married Marcy Barber.

    Samuel Tefft is listed for the 1774 census of South Kingstown RI with (2-0 1-1).

    The will of this Samuel Tefft, proved 19 Jan. 1790, with receipts given 4 Feb. 1794, names wife Marcy; son Ezekiel; grandson Hezekiah Tefft; daughter Thankful Lillibridge; granddaughters Marcy wife of Gideon Lillibridge, Marcy Hoxie and Thankful Pendleton.

    Samuel married Mercy BARBER on 1 Oct 1727 in So. Kingstown, Rhode Island. Mercy (daughter of Moses BARBER and Susanna WEST) was born on 13 Mar 1706/7 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island; died after Jan 1790 in Perhaps Richmond, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John TEFFT died in 1760 in So. Kingstown, Rhode Island.

    John married Joanna SPRAGUE. Joanna (daughter of Jonathan SPRAGUE and Mehitabel HOLBROOK) died in 1757. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Joanna SPRAGUE (daughter of Jonathan SPRAGUE and Mehitabel HOLBROOK); died in 1757.
    Children:
    1. John TEFFT, Jr. was born on 4 Dec 1699 in Richmond, Washington Co., Rhode Island.
    2. 1. Samuel TEFFT was born about 1705; died before 19 Jan 1790 in Richmond, Rhode Island.
    3. Mary TEFFT was born about 1710; died in Poss. 13 Sep 1782 in in Southern Rhode Island.