Individual Details
Joshua Tefft
(Abt, 1650 - January 18, 1676)
'his farm was adjacent to the Great Swamp, some records say he helped build the indian fortress there which was part of the great swamp fight
no records for younger Joshua Tefft, maybe because of a slight he suffered, unknown early in life, that caused him to join up with the Indian tribe?'
Events
| Birth | Abt, 1650 | Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 1672 | Rhode Island, United States - Sarah Unknown Tefft | | ||
| Death | January 18, 1676 | Hanging - Rhode Island, United States | | ||
| Civil | Treason |  | | ||
| Burial | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Unknown Tefft (1635 - 1672) |
| Child | Peter Tefft (1672 - 1725) |
| Father | John Tefft (1604 - 1675) |
| Mother | Mary Barber (1618 - 1680) |
| Sibling | Samuel Tefft (1643 - 1725) |
| Sibling | Tabitha Tefft (1652 - 1722) |
| Sibling | Mary Tefft (1642 - 1674) |
Notes
Civil
Tried for treason, "The fact that he was known not to have attended church, a considerable offense to the strict Puritan sensibility of the United Colonials, was also used against him at his trial."Endnotes
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8. Mather, Increase. The History of King Philip's War; Also, A History of the Same War. Albany, 1862, Page 108.
9. Arnold, James Newell, and Rhode Island Citizens Historical Association. The Narragansett Historical Register: a Magazine Devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy And Historical Matter Illustrating the History of the State of Rhode Island And Providence Plantations. Providence: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1882, Volume 3 Page 164 - 169.
10. Lincoln, Charles Henry, 1869-1938. Narratives of the Indian Wars, 1675-1699. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1913, Page 67 and a note on page 58.
11. Stocking, Charles Henry Wright. The Tefft Ancestry, Comprising Many Hitherto Unpublished Records of Descendants of John Tefft of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Chicago: The Lakeside press, 1904, Page 6, 7.
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