Sarah (Tefft) Witter (1680 - bef. 1725)

Born 25 Mar 1680 in Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of John Witter — married 1703 (to before 1721) in Stonington, New London, Connecticut

Descendants

Died before 16 Mar 1725 before age 44 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

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Biography

Sarah Tefft was born about 1680 in Kingstowne, Kings County, Rhode Island, to parents Samuel Tefft and Elizabeth (Jenckes) Tefft. She married John Witter in 1703 in Stonington, New London County, Connecticut.

Sarah Tefft Witter's Family ^[1]

The following excerpt from Witter Genealogy names her parents, her husband, and her children.

3 SARAH TEFFT, the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Jenckes) Tefft, was mentioned as deceased in her father's will (which was March 16, 1725) and called therein by her married name, Sarah Witter. She married John Witter, of Westerly and later of Hopkinton, Rhode Island. He was the son of Josiah and Sarah (Crandall) Witter, and he and Sarah Tefft were the parents of John Witter, Jr., and Joseph Witter, from both of whom descends Mr. Francis Augustus Loveland, as has already been recorded above under the Witter family. emphasis added

Find A Grave Burial Record ^[2]

Name Sarah Tefft Witter

Maiden Name Tefft

Event Type Burial

Event Place Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, United States of America

Photograph Included N

Affiliate Record Identifier 136297669

Cemetery Witter Lot

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[3] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Sarah /TEFFT/^[4][5]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 25 MAR 1668

Place: Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island^[6][7]

Death

Death: Age: 51

Date: 1719

Place: Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island^[8]

Marriage

Husband: @I2795@

Wife: Sarah Tefft

Marriage:

Date: 1690

Place: Preston, Norwich, Connecticut^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Witter Genealogy, Descendants of William Witter of Swampscott, Massachusetts, 1639-1659, Compiled by Georgia Cooper Washburn from Witter Family Records and Data Gathered, and Edited by Mabel Thacher Rosemary Washburn. Via https://babel.hathitrust.org. See: https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89088779962?urlappend=%3Bseq=263.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #136297669 : accessed 21 February 2019), memorial page for Sarah Tefft Witter (1680–Mar 1725), Find A Grave Memorial no. 136297669, citing Witter Lot, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA ; Maintained by Jean Jorgensen (contributor 47179150).
3. ↑ Tefft-202 was created by Mary Ann Keith through the import of Keith and Mahan Tree-1_2014-07-31.ged on Jul 31, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
4. ↑ Source: #S296 Page: Birth year: 1668; Birth city: South Kingston; Birth state: RI
5. ↑ Source: #S235 Page: Source number: 759.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PC3
6. ↑ Source: #S235 Page: Source number: 759.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PC3
7. ↑ Source: #S296 Page: Birth year: 1668; Birth city: South Kingston; Birth state: RI
8. ↑ Source: #S296 Page: Birth year: 1668; Birth city: South Kingston; Birth state: RI
9. ↑ Source: #S235 Page: Source number: 759.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: PC3

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