John Tefft

- 1675

• Name	John Tefft  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jan 1675	Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island   [3]
  Burial	John Tefft lot, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island   [3]
  Person ID	I22168	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	29 Feb 2020

  
  

  Family	Mary Barber   d. Aft 19 Nov 1679
  Children	+ 1. Mary Tefft,   b. 1640, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island d. Aft 1674 (Age > 35 years)
  Family ID	F13395	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Beheaded by natives 26 Jan 1676 while trying to rescue his son Joshua.

  
  

• Sources

  [S997] Ken Stevens, "Descendants of Samuel Wilson of South Kingstown, Rhode Island." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 144:291, 1990. [S3763] Babcock and Allied Families by Louis Effingham De Forest. New Haven, Connecticut: De Forest Publishing Co., 1928. [S2697] Find a Grave page for John Tefft.