Gazlay Family History
Ezekiel Tefft
Parents
| Father | [unknown] |
| Mother | [unknown] |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 22 February 2021; Last Edited: 25 May 2021 |
| Person ID | 10487 |
| Name | Ezekiel Tefft |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 17281 |
| Married | 21 October 1750 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Patience Potter1, 2 |
| Married | to Eunice Chapman1 |
| Died | 18111 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Patience Potter |
| Born | 1730 |
| Married | 21 October 1750 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Ezekiel Tefft |
| Died | 1803 |
| Children | of Ezekiel Tefft and Patience Potter: |
| +1. | Marcy Tefft |
| Born | 1751 |
| Married | to Gideon Lillibridge |
| Died | 1829 |
| +2. | Hezekiah Tefft |
| Born | 1753 |
| Married | 23 March 1775 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Sarah Lillibridge |
| Died | 1822 |
| Spouse 2 | Eunice Chapman |
| Born | 1730 |
| Married | to Ezekiel Tefft |
| Died | 1814 |
| Children | of Ezekiel Tefft and Eunice Chapman: |
| +1. | Samuel Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1756 |
| Married | to Phebe Niles (née Moore) |
| +2. | Ezekiel Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1760 in Rhode Island |
| Married | 13 October 1785 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Amie Wilcox |
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.
- Arnold’s Rhode Island Vital Records through 1850, compiled by James N. Arnold. Volume 5, Part VI, Richmond, Marriages, page 19. “Tefft, Ezekiel, of Richmond, and Patience Potter, of Exeter; m. by Stephen Richmond, Justice, Oct. 21, 1750.”