Individual Details
Samuel Tefft
(1643 - December, 1725)
Events
| Birth | 1643 | Providence, British America | |||
| Civil | 1676 | Guardian for nephew - Providence, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt, 1677 | Elizabeth Jenckes |  | ||
| Civil | 1677 | Freeman | | ||
| Civil | April 4, 1682 | Interpreter for court - Providence, British America | | | |
| Residence | 1687 | Kingston, British America | | | |
| Civil | June 28, 1709 | Land purchase, Swamptown | | | |
| Will | March 16, 1725 | Kingston, British America | | | |
| Death | December, 1725 | Kingston, British America | | ||
| Probate | December 20, 1725 | Kingston, British America | | | |
| Burial | Johnston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | | |||
| Occupation | Farmer, orchardist | |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth Jenckes (1658 - 1740) |
| Child | Sarah Tefft (1680 - 1725) |
| Child | Peter Tefft (1672 - 1718) |
| Father | John Tefft (1604 - 1675) |
| Mother | Mary Barber (1618 - 1680) |
| Sibling | Joshua Tefft (1650 - 1676) |
| Sibling | Tabitha Tefft (1652 - 1722) |
| Sibling | Mary Tefft (1642 - 1674) |
Notes
Civil
Guardian -along with Jireh Bull, for nephew Peter Tefft , Joshua's son.Civil
Samuel translated in CourtResidence
By 1687 Samuel moved from Providence to Kingstown, Rhode Island.Civil
He and 26 bought land in ;Swamptown' in Kingstown, Rhode Island.Will
Invenotry L401 12S daughter Susanna Crandall L20, children of Sarah Witter deceased L20, granddaughter Sarah Witter L 10 at age 18Death
He became a wealthy man and at the time of his death in 1725 owned several hundred acres of land and over L 1000 worth of personalproperty, Rhode Island Roots volume 18 page 80.
Probate
His inventory included: wearing apparel, a sword, eleven cows, four oxen, four steers, four yearlings, five calves, one hundred and twenty-one sheep, five mares, three horses, fifteen swine, two linen wheels, two spinning wheels, worsted combs, six beds, two warming pans, cider, cider mill, twenty-two geese, silver, and L155 in bonds. He passed things on to the 'children of Sarah Witter' his grandchildren.Endnotes
1. (2008). || Volume 3 page 1496.
2. (1896). || Page 14 - 16 Record of Descendants of John Tefft, the Settler of Rhode Island, 1655.
3. Providence (R.I.). Record Commissioners. The Early Records of the Town of Providence, V. I-XXI. Providence, Snow and Farnham, city printers, 1892, Volume 15 page 240 Samuel is a tranlator in court.
4. (2018) || Volume 18 page 76, several pages.
5. (1896). || Page 14 - 16 Record of Descendants of John Tefft, the Settler of Rhode Island, 1655.
6. (1896). || Page 14 - 16 Record of Descendants of John Tefft, the Settler of Rhode Island, 1655.
7. Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. Albany: J Munsell’s sons, 1887, Page 393 Samuel Tefft, Elizabeth Jenckes their children, Samuel's will.
8. (1896). || Page 14 - 16 Record of Descendants of John Tefft, the Settler of Rhode Island, 1655.
9. Austin, John Osborne. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. Albany: J Munsell’s sons, 1887, Page 393 Samuel Tefft, Elizabeth Jenckes their children, Samuel's will.
10. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave ( http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .
11. (1896). || Page 14 - 16 Record of Descendants of John Tefft, the Settler of Rhode Island, 1655.