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Family History - Hezekiah Tefft

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 Hezekiah Tefft and two of his descendants down to the second generation.

First and Second Generations

1. Hezekiah Tefft,¹ born 1753, the son of Ezekiel Tefft and Patience Potter;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:

	2	i.	John Tefft.
	3	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.”