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Family History - Patience Potter

Key:	1.	“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
	2.	“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.

This family history features Patience Potter and nine of her descendants down to the third generation.

First Generation

1. Patience Potter,¹ born 1730 (parents not determined);¹ died 1803.¹ Patience married, 21 October 1750 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, Ezekiel Tefft^{1, 2} (born 1728, parents not determined;¹ Ezekiel died 1811¹).

Children of Patience Potter and Ezekiel Tefft:

+	2	i.	Marcy Tefft, born 1751; died 1829. Married Gideon Lillibridge.
+	3	ii.	Hezekiah Tefft, born 1753; died 1822. Married Sarah Lillibridge.

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.”

Second and Third Generations

2. Marcy Tefft² (Patience¹), born 1751;¹ died 1829.¹ Marcy married Gideon Lillibridge¹ (born ____, parents not determined).

Children of Marcy Tefft and Gideon Lillibridge:

4	i.	Nathan Lillibridge.
5	ii.	Samuel Lillibridge.
6	iii.	Judah Lillibridge.
7	iv.	Elizabeth Lillibridge.
8	v.	Mary Lillibridge.

3. Hezekiah Tefft² (Patience¹), born 1753;¹ died 1822.¹ Hezekiah married, 23 March 1775 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island, Sarah Lillibridge^{1, 2} (born ____, parents not determined).

Children of Hezekiah Tefft and Sarah Lillibridge:

	9	i.	John Tefft.
	10	ii.	Patience Tefft.

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, Hezekiah, of Ezekiel, and Sarah Lillibridge, of Edward, both of Exeter; m. by Edward Perry, Justice, March 23, 1775.”