William Ballard

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Birth:  03 AUG 1603  Warwickshire, EnglandBirth of Daughter:  1632Name:  Esther BallardImmigration:  13 JUL 1635 on the “James”Details:  “W[illia]m Ballard,” aged 32, husbandman, “Elizabeth Ballard,” aged 26, “Hester...

Joseph Jencks

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Birth:  26 AUG 1599  Hammersmith, Greater London, EnglandNote:  The origins of the Jencks family in England is treated in NEHGR, Volume 110.1st Marriage:  05 NOV 1627  to Joan Hearne in Horton, Buckinghamshire, EnglandBirth of Son:  George JencksBirth of Son: ...

Joseph Jencks Jr.

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Baptism:  12 OCT 1628  Colnbrook, Horton, Buckinghamshire, EnglandName Var:  JenksNote:  Joseph Jenckes II is known as the founder of Pawtucket. A skilled ironworker, he had come to the New World to join his father, Joseph Jencks I, who had organized and operated the...

John Tefft

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Birth:   EnglandImmigration:  1633Details:  John, his brother William and their sister Sara arrived in the Boston, Massachusetts area circa 1633. The early Tefft family was an intensely patriotic family participating in the Colonial, Revolutionary and 1812 wars. The...

Samuel Tefft

by | Jun 16, 2016 | Genealogy, Laude

Birth: 1640  Portsmouth, Rhode IslandBirth of Son:  ABT 1673Name: John TefftBirth of Son:  ABT 1676Name: Peter TefftFreeman: 1677Place:  Kingstown, Rhode IslandDetails: There is record that he was fined 20 shillings for not attending the Jury of General Court of...