Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyAmie Wilcox

Parents

Father[unknown]
Mother[unknown]

Personal Information

Record Created: 22 February 2021; Last Edited: 22 February 2021 
Person ID10480
NameAmie Wilcox
GenderFemale
Born ca. 1764 in Glasgow, Scotland1, 2
Married 13 October 1785 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Ezekiel Tefft3, 4

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyEzekiel Tefft (son of Ezekiel Tefft and Eunice Chapman)
Born ca. 1760 in Rhode Island
Married 13 October 1785 in Richmond, Washington County, Rhode Island to Amie Wilcox
  
Children of Amie Wilcox and Ezekiel Tefft:
  
1.FamilySusan Tefft
Born ca. 1788
Died ca. 1789
  
+2.FamilyStephen Tefft
Born ca. 1790 in Connecticut
Married to Susan Wilcox
Married to Rebecca _____
Died 4 January 1866 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut
  
3.FamilyNathan Tefft
Born ca. 1790
  
+4.FamilyHulda 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.FamilyEzekiel 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.FamilySamuel Tefft
Born 1804 in Rhode Island
Married to Julia Ann Brown
Died 14 January 1891 in Smyrna, Chenango County, New York
  
+7.FamilyRowland 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

  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.”
  4. 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.