Elizabeth Tefft

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Elizabeth Jenckes

• Birth: 1658 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
• Death: before May 12 1740 - Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island
• Parents: Joseph Jenckes, Esther Ballard
• Married: Samuel Tefft (1643 - 1725)
• NOTE: Her will, dated Jul 4,1738, was proved on May 12,1740
• Family links: 
  •  Parents:
    •   Joseph Jencks (1628 - 1717)
    •   Esther Ballard Jenckes (1632 - 1717) 
  •  Spouse:  Samuel Tefft (1643 - 1725) 
  •  Children:  
    • John Tefft (1676 - 1762)*
    • Sarah Tefft Witter* 16801725** Siblings:
    • Joseph Jenckes* 1656–1740
    • Sarah Jencks Brown* 1660–1707
    • Nathaniel Jencks* 1663–1723
    • Ebenezer Jenckes* 1669–1726
    • Joanna Jencks Scott* 1672–1756
    • William Jenckes* 1675–1765
• Burial: Samuel Tefft Lot Johnston, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
  • Also known as: Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Johnston #52

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From: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/tefft.html

Children of Elizabeth and Samuel Tefft (from Austin's GDRI):

(II) Samuel Tefft

• son of John and Mary (Barber) Tefft,
• was born in Providence, Rhode Island, 1644.
• He died in 1725, and his will was proved December 20, 1725.
• He resided in Kingstown, Rhode Island, where he was a freeman in 1677.
• He was fined twenty shillings for not attending the jury of general court of trials, but this fine was remitted the following year because he had not been duly summoned by the general sergeant.
• He and twenty-six others bought, June 2, 1709, the tract called "Swamptown," a portion of vacant lands in Narragansett.
• He married Elizabeth Jenckes
  • daughter of Joseph and Esther (Ballard) and sister of Joseph Jenckes, deputy governor of Rhode Island from 1715 to 1727.
  • She was born 1658,
  • died 1740.
  • Her father was a man of extraordinary mechanical genius, and cut the die for the first issue of the "Pine Tree shilling."
• Children of Samuel Tefft:
  • 1. John, married Joanna Sprague;
  • 2. Samuel, married Abigail Tennant;
  • 3. Peter, married Mary ————;
  • 4. Sarah, married Ebenezer Witter;
  • 5. Elizabeth, married Solomon Carpenter;
  • 6. Esther, married, November 25, 1788, Thomas Mumford;
  • 7. Mary, married ———— Newton;
  • 8. Tabitha, died unmarried;
  • 9. Mercy, died unmarried;
  • 10. Susannah, married Peter Crandall.

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NOTE: Her will, dated Jul 4,1738, was proved on May 12,1740.

Children: John Tefft, Samuel Tefft, Peter Tefft, Sarah Tefft Witter, Elizabeth Tefft Carpenter, Esther Tefft Mumford, Mary Tefft Newton, Tabitha Tefft, Mercy Tefft, and Susannah Tefft Crandall.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Mar 31 2016, 2:58:59 UTC

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3. Elizabeth Jenckes was born in 1658.

• She married Samuel Tefft, as has appeared in the account of the Tefft ancestry of Mr. Loveland.
• She survived her husband, being the executrix of his will, which was proved on December 20, 1725.
• Elizabeth Jenckes, through her marriage to Samuel Tefft, became the ancestress of Mr Loveland.

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NOTE: Her will, dated Jul 4,1738, was proved on May 12,1740.

Children: John Tefft, Samuel Tefft, Peter Tefft, Sarah Tefft Witter, Elizabeth Tefft Carpenter, Esther Tefft Mumford, Mary Tefft Newton, Tabitha Tefft, Mercy Tefft, and Susannah Tefft Crandall.

Created by: Kevin Avery

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GEDCOM Note

Sources: R.I. Genealogical Register; Austin; De Forest; Virkus.
RI Register: Elizabeth Jenckes, born 1658, Lynn, Essex Co., Mass.; died in
1740. Sister of Joseph Jenckes, deputy governor of R.I. from 1715 to 1727.
Austin: Elizabeth Jenckes, 1658-1740, daughter of Joseph and Esther
(Ballard) Jenckes.
De Forest: Elizabeth Jenckes, 1658-1740.
Virkus: Elizabeth Jenckes, 1658-1740, daughter of Joseph Jenckes of R.I.