Gazlay Family History
Ellen O. Boyens
Parents
| Father | Daniel Boyens (17 October 1811 - 30 August 1900) |
| Mother | Mary Ann Frissell (1814 - 1893) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 27 February 2010; Last Edited: 20 June 2020 |
| Person ID | 552 |
| Name | Ellen O. Boyens |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | December 1839 in Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 |
| Married | ca. 1855 to _____ Chapman9 |
| Married | ca. 1866 to John H. Tefft4 |
| Divorced | from John H. Tefft10 |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Ezra S. Bennett6, 7 |
| Died | 15 January 1936 in New London, New London County, Connecticut1, 2, 11 |
| Buried | in Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut1, 2 |
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Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  _____ Chapman |
| Born | |
| Married | ca. 1855 to Ellen O. Boyens |
| Children | of Ellen O. Boyens and _____ Chapman: |
| +1. | Elizabeth Augusta ‘Lizzie’ Chapman |
| Born | March 1862 in New Jersey |
| Married | ca. 1881 to Frank Lawton Weaver |
| Died | 7 October 1943 in Waterford, New London County, Connecticut |
| Spouse 2 | John H. Tefft (son of Stephen Tefft and Rebecca _____) |
| Born | November 1844 in Jewett City, New London County, Connecticut |
| Married | ca. 1866 to Ellen O. Boyens |
| Married | 1 November 1887 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut to Jeanette Groves |
| Died | 2 June 1916 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| Children | of Ellen O. Boyens and John H. Tefft: |
| +1. | Elmer James Tefft, Sr. |
| Born | 12 April 1867 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | 19 July 1887 in Griswold, New London County, Connecticut to Jessie Louise McClure |
| Died | 27 April 1935 in Montville, New London County, Connecticut |
| +2. | Annie Dora Tefft |
| Born | August 1868 in Connecticut |
| Married | to _____ Phillips |
| Married | 16 October 1895 in Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island to Horace Congdon Chapman |
| Died | 10 December 1957 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| 3. | Orion L. Tefft |
| Born | ca. 1870 |
| Died | 16 March 1885 |
| +4. | Luella Mabel Tefft |
| Born | 15 September 1873 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | 27 August 1891 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Charles Timothy Senay |
| Died | 12 August 1960 in New London, New London County, Connecticut |
| +5. | Nellie E. Tefft |
| Born | 24 June 1879 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut |
| Married | 30 November 1893 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut to Joseph W. Martin |
| Died | 20 June 1905 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut |
| Spouse 3 | Ezra S. Bennett |
| Born | May 1854 in Connecticut |
| Married | to Waity E. _____ |
| Married | ca. 1888 to Ellen O. Boyens |
| Died | 1932 |
Sources
- Windham County, Connecticut, Cemetery Records, Volume 1. Available at Ancestry.com.
- Headstone, Carey Cemetery, Canterbury, Connecticut, Ellen O. Boyens His Wife 1839-1936
- U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Connecticut, Windham County, Killingly, family of Daniel Boyns, 35, Spencer, Mass., soap manufacturer; Mary Ann Boyns, 35, Woodstock, Ct.; Ellen O. Boyns, 10, Grafton, Mass.; Hannah E. Boyns, 7, Webster, Mass.; Alvira A. Boyns, 5, Oxford, Mass.; Charles H. Boyns, 3, Thompson, Ct.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Connecticut, Windham County, Canterbury, Pages No. 39 and 40, John H. Tift, 26, Connecticut, farmer; Ellen Tift, 28, Massachusetts; Lizzie A. Chapman, 8, Conn.; John E. Tift [sic, this is Elmer James], 4, Conn.; Anna D. Tift, 2, Conn.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Connecticut, Windham County, Town of Scotland, Enumeration District 146, Page 5. John H. Tefft, 36, Connecticut, farmer, parents born in Connecticut; wife Ellen O. Tefft, 40, Connecticut [sic]; son Elmer J. Tefft, 14, Connecticut; daughter Annie D. Tefft, 12, Connecticut; son Orion L. Tefft, 9, Connecticut; daughter Luella M. Tefft, 7, Connecticut; daughter Nellie M. Tefft, 11/12, June, Connecticut; step daughter Lizzie O. Chapman, 18, New Jersey.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 474, Sheet 28A, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages and birth years conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 541, Sheet 5A, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 289, Sheet 5B, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Connecticut, New London County, Norwich, Enumeration District 6-53, Sheet 12B, Ezra S. and Ellen O. Bennett. Their ages conflict with several other records and are probably inaccurate here. This census shows that Ellen was 16 at first marriage.
- Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, containing the Register of Marriages in the Town of Griswold, 1887-88, Page 5, 1 November 1887, John H. Teft, 42, born in Jewett City, Ct., peddler, 2nd marriage, divorced; and Jannett Groves, 30, born in Blackstone, Mass., first marriage.
- Connecticut Vital Records - Index of Deaths, 1897-1969; available at https://www.ctatatelibrarydata.org/death-records/. Ellen Bennett, died: 15 January 1936 in New London, Connecticut.