Jeremiah Tefft

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Jeremiah Tefft

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Birthplace: Richmond, Kings, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
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Son of John Tefft, II and Mary Bundy
Husband of Rhoda Tefft
Father of Jonathan Tefft; Mary Tefft; Jeremiah Tefft; John Tefft; Abigail Tefft and 5 others
Brother of Deliverance Barber; Sarah Tefft; Jonathan Tefft; John Tefft; Robert Tefft and 6 others
Half brother of Benjamin Cahoon; Reynolds Cahoon, Sr and William Cahoon, Sr

Managed by: Lori Lynn Wilke
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About Jeremiah Tefft

  • Wikitree: Jeremiah Tefft (1747–abt. 1824).—Note: No evidence is given for circa death date.
  • See document posted in Sources RE birth to parentage. Mentioned also in: A Partial Record of the Descendants of John Tefft, of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and the Nearly Complete Record of the Descendants of John Tifft, of Nassau, New York. Available at: Archive.org.
  • In His Father's Will: "Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved Son Jeremiah Tefft all the remaining part of my homestead farm Which I now live on to him his heirs and of signs forever and also one cow my cart and wheels two small draught chains two pair of plow irons and my new horse chains and collar with my yokes and yoke irons and my old great Chair....Also I Give and bequeath to my aforesaid Son Jeremiah Tefft my Gun."—@Archive.org.
  • No evidence for death date and place.
    • Removed: 11/29/1824 - Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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  • Note: Some Teffts moved to Rensselaer county, NY, which may've included Jeremiah.
  • Removed "Jr." His father was not named Jeremiah.
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Jeremiah Tefft's Timeline

1747
May 29, 1747
Richmond, Kings, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America
1772
1772
1787
1787
1790
March 13, 1790
Richmond, Washington County, RI, United States
March 18, 1790
Richmond, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
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