Thankful Tanner

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Thankful (Tefft) Tanner (abt. 1758 - 1822)

Thankful Tanner formerly Tefft

Born about 21 Mar 1758 in Hopkinton, Kings County, Rhode Island

Daughter of William Tefft and Mary (Kenyon) Tefft

Sister of Hezekiah Tefft, Pardon Tefft, David Tefft, William D. Tefft Jr., Mary (Tefft) James, John Tefft, James Tefft and Joseph Tefft

Wife of Joshua Tanner — married 24 Dec 1775 in Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island

Mother of Mary (Tanner) Baker, John Tanner, Thankful Tefft (Tanner) Barber, Susanna Tanner, Elizabeth (Tanner) Perkins, Esther Tanner, Pardon Tanner, Francis Tanner, Joshua Tanner and William Tefft Tanner

Died 18 Nov 1822 at about age 64 in Reed Corners, Ontario, New York, USA

Profile last modified 20 Dec 2021 | Created 27 Oct 2015

Biography

Thankful Tefft was born on March 21, 1757 or 1758 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island. The Vital Record of Rhode Island lists the birth of Thankful Tefft, a child of William and Mary Tefft, in both the town of Richmond and the town of Hopkinton. The Richmond section shows that she was born on 21 March 1757[1] and the Hopkinton section shows her birth on 21 March 1758.[2] Births of eight children of William and Mary Tefft are recorded in Richmond and four of those eight children (their second child through their fifth child) are also recorded in Hopkinton, where theirs are the only Tefft births in the record. It is likely that Thankful was born in Hopkinton during a period of about eight years when her parents lived there, and her birth was also recorded in her parents' home town of Richmond after her parents returned there.

Thankful Tefft married Joshua Tanner on December 24, 1775[3] probably at Hopkinton or Richmond, Rhode Island.

Joshua and Thankful appear to have resided at Hopkinton for more than 15 years. The births of seven children were recorded there. [2] The 1777 Rhode Island Military Census enumerated Joshua Tanner in Hopkinton, as a man age 16 to 50 able to bear arms.[4] The 1782 Rhode Island Census recorded Joshua Tanner as head of a five-member household in Hopkinton, consisting of one male and one female age 22 to 50 (Joshua and Thankful), and one male and two females under age 16 (children Mary, John, and Thankful). [5] The 1790 U.S. Census recorded him in Hopkinton with a household of one male over age 16, seven males under age 16, and one female.[6]

Joshua and Thankful Tanner had ten children.[7] The first seven births were recorded at Hopkinton, Rhode Island and are found in the Vital Record of Rhode Island.[2] Descendants of John Tanner also lists three more children born later, all in New York state.[7] The ten children are:

Mary ("Polly"), born 10 Mar 1776 John, born 15 August 1778
Thankful, born 20 December 1780
Susannah, born 2 May 1783
Elizabeth ("Betsy"), born 25 December 1785
Esther, 10 May 1788
Pardon, 23 May 1791
Francis, born May 10, 1793
Joshua, born November 18, 1795
William T., born September 11, 1799.
Some time after 1791 (when son Pardon was born at Hopkinton) and before the enumeration of the 1800 U.S. Census the family removed to New York State. The 1800 census found Joshua Tanner in Argyle, Washington County, New York, with a household of nine free white persons: One male and one female age 45 and above, one female age 16 to 25, two females age 10 to 15, and four males under age 10.[8] Joshua Tanner is named on tax assessment rolls for Argyle every year from 1799 to 1803. Several other Tanner family members and members of the Tefft family also were assessed tax in Argyle in these years.[9]

Joshua died in 1807. Thankful Tanner is listed as head of household in the United States Censuses conducted in 1810 and 1820. In 1810 she was recorded in Greenwich, Washington County, New York,[10] and in 1820 she was in Greenfield, Saratoga County, New York, United States[11]

No reliable record of the death of Thankful (Tefft) Tanner has been found. A Findagrave memorial for her shows a death date of November 18, 1822, at Reed Corners, Ontario County, New York, followed by burial in William Hartshorn Farm Cemetery, North Greenwich, Washington County, New York, but there is no gravestone photo, and a FindaGrave volunteer responded to a photo request with an indication that Thankful's name is not on the transcription for that cemetery or any other cemetery in the county.[12] The 18 November 1822 date appears without a location on the General Society of Mayflower Descendants application of Nathan Eldon Tanner,[13] but Society reviewers did not mark the date with a check mark, as they did with other dates. In his General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Application, Clifton Asel Barber indicated that Thankful died at North Greenwich, New York, on 30 May 1832, but Society reviewers inserted a question mark after that date. [14]

Sources

↑ Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I.). Vol. 5 (Washington County), 1894. Part VI: Richmond, page 34. Accessed on Ancestry.com at Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3897 #147793 (accessed 16 December 2021)
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I.). Vol. 5 (Washington County), 1894. Part VII: Hopkinton, page 51. Accessed on FamilySearch (accessed 16 December 2021).
↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). Multiple applications, including Application of Virginia McBride, approved February 1959, Application of Lorena Conlee Greenwood, approved October 1959, and Application of Clifton Asel Barber, approved April 1964. Note: These documents do not indicate a place of marriage, only a date.
↑ Rhode Island Roots. Warwick, RI: Rhode Island Genealogical Society, 1975–. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) Vol. 8, page 59 (November 1982). Also at Ancestry Record 3571 #28865865
↑ The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) Vol. 128 (1974), page 303.
↑ United States Census, 1790. Enumeration sheet for Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island; Series: M637; Roll: 10; Page: 126; Image: 79; Family History Library Film: 0568150. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5058 #368127 (accessed 16 December 2021). Note: This record of household members is inconsistent with other information. Perhaps the count reported as males under age 16 was actually a count of all household members under 16.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Tanner, Maurice. Descendants of John Tanner: Born August 15, 1778, at Hopkintown, R.I., Died April 15, 1850, at South Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, Tanner Family Association, 1923. Page 9. Accessed on Ancestry.com: Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 16 December 2021).
↑ "1800 United States Federal Census," Enumeration sheet for Argyle, Washington, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 26; Page: 253; Image: 249; Family History Library Film: 193714. Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GR8J-7TG?cc=1804228&wc... : 10 June 2015), New York > Washington > Argyle > image 12 of 18; citing NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: New York (State), Comptroller's Office. Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799–1804. Series B0950 (26 reels). Microfilm. New York State Archives, Albany, New York. 1799. Records for Argyle, Washington County. 1799: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_..., 1800: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_..., 1801: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_... (listed as Taner or Tanor) 1802: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_..., 1803: https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6771/images/41761_...
↑ "1810 United States Federal Census," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com); Census Place: Greenwich, Washington, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 513; Image: 00378; Family History Library Film: 0181384
↑ "1820 United States Federal Census," database, Ancestry (Ancestry.com); Census Place: Greenfield, Saratoga, New York; Page: 63; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 275.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #48317571 : accessed 16 December 2021), memorial page for Thankful Tefft Tanner (11 Mar 1757–18 Nov 1822), citing William Hartshorn Farm Cemetery, North Greenwich, Washington County, New York, USA ; Maintained by peggy thornton (contributor 47079562) .
↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020). Application of Nathan Eldon Tanner, approved April 1966.
↑ General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2020).Application of Clifton Asel Barber, approved April 1964.
See Also:
"Ancestry Family Trees," Online publication, Ancestry (Ancestry.com). Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree 82335052
Shears, Curtis Charles. Application for Membership in the National Society Sons of the American Revolution, April 1935, citing ancestor Joshua Tanner. Accessed on Ancestry.com in "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," Volume 270, SAR Membership: 53959. Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2204 #1163075 (accessed 16 December 2021). Data: Thankful Tefft; Birth Date: 11 Mar 1755; Marriage Date 24 Dec 1774.
Tanner, Maurice. Descendants of John Tanner: Born August 15, 1778, at Hopkintown, R.I., Died April 15, 1850, at South Cottonwood, Salt Lake County, Utah, Tanner Family Association, 1923. Page 9. Accessed on Ancestry.com: Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 16 December 2021)
Acknowledgements

Tefft-253 was created by Allison Fredrickson through the import of Fredricksons-Ancestry-Export.ged on Oct 19, 2015.