Gazlay Family History
Ezekiel Tefft
Parents
| Father | Ezekiel Tefft (1728 - 1811) |
| Mother | Eunice Chapman (1730 - 1814) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 February 2021; Last Edited: 22 February 2021 |
| Person ID | 10479 |
| Name | Ezekiel Tefft |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | ca. 1760 in Rhode Island1, 2 |
| Married | 13 October 1785 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Amie Wilcox1, 3 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Amie Wilcox |
| Born | ca. 1764 in Glasgow, Scotland |
| Married | 13 October 1785 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Ezekiel Tefft |
| Children | of Ezekiel Tefft and Amie Wilcox: |
| 1. | Susan Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1788 |
| Died | ca. 1789 |
| +2. | Stephen Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1790 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Susan Wilcox |
| Married | to Rebecca _____ |
| Died | 4 January 1866 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut |
| 3. | Nathan Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1790 |
| +4. | Hulda Tefft |
| Born | 1793 in Rhode Island |
| Married | 19 August 1810 in Rockville, Washington County, Rhode Island to William V. Brand |
| Married | to Gardiner James |
| Died | 1874 |
| +5. | Ezekiel A. ‘Squirrel Hunter’ Tefft |
| Born | January 1799 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island |
| Married | ca. 1820 to Mercy Wilbur |
| Died | 16 February 1868 in Perrysburg, Wood County, Ohio |
| +6. | Samuel Tefft |
| Born | 1804 in Rhode Island |
| Married | to Julia Ann Brown |
| Died | 14 January 1891 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York |
| +7. | Rowland B. Tefft |
| Born | 25 May 1807 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island |
| Married | 13 March 1834 to Lucy M. Bill |
| Died | 16 April 1891 in Saint Charles, Saginaw County, Michigan |
Sources
- Gazlay, Lee, Ancestors of Stephen Tefft, Late of Jewett City, Connecticut. August 5, 2020, Mystic, Connecticut. This paper presents research on Stephen Tefft, who lived in Rhode Island and Connecticut, eventually settling in Jewett City, Griswold, Connecticut. The research indicates that Stephen was a son of Ezekiel Tefft and his wife Amie (or Amy) Wilcox. The couple raised their family in Rhode Island and later removed to Smyrna, New York, while son Stephen remained in Connecticut. Available as a .pdf at Gazlay Family History (website), under Sources.
- Early Years in Smyrna and Our First Old Home Week, by George Albert Munson. Chenango Union Presses, 1905. Exact facsimile, First Reprint Edition: June 4, 1997 by RSG Publishing, Bainbridge, New York. Page 66, biographical sketch of Ezekiel Tefft and family. Available at books.google.com.
- Arnold’s Rhode Island Vital Records through 1850, compiled by James N. Arnold. Volume 5, Part VI, Richmond, Marriages, page 19. “Tefft, Ezekiel, of Ezekiel, and Amie Wilcox, of Stephen; married by Thomas Tefft, Justice, Oct. 13, 1785.”