I'm not sure exactly where or when this history originated. It came to me from my mother I've scanned it and converted to a web page the best I could.. I think the first page was written by Amos Teed . I think the rest was written by a nephew or niece of Delana Teed Morgan in 1942. It looks like it might have once been about 24 pages, but I only have maybe 17. The centered page numbers throughout reflect the original page breaks. I apologize for the irregularities in fonts and spacing , but I can't always make this machine do what I want. Some of the weirdness in the columns mimics the original. Jim Heffernan
The Tidds-Teeds
We can't be sure of the section of England, from which our ancestors emigrated. There were Tidds or Teeds in Lincolnshire and Norfolk for hundreds of years. There was a Thomas de Tid in Cambridgeshire in 1273, and a John de Tydd in Norfolk in time of Edw. 111-1328.
In 1637 John Tidd embarked at Yarmouth, England, aged 19, servant of Sam Greenfield of Norwich, Norfolk County, England. He settled in Woburn Massachusetts. He had many descendants, some of which went to Connecticut and Long Id., and thence spread over the state of New York. There is also the story of the Teed who came from England, Devonshire it is thought in early 1700's and settled in Westchester County, New York. This is supposed to be Wm. Teed, born 1727 died 1812, who married Anna Saville--b. 1731-d 1809.
Freeman Golding Teed, one of the Westchester family, made a study of his family genealogy. He said that four brothers were supposed to have come to America from Devonshire in early 1700's and that William was one/ He also said something about Stonington, Connecticut, but his notes were largely destroyed and nothing definite can be given about that. All that is certain is that William went from somewhere and settled in Westchester County. He was born in 1727-tradition doesn't say where.
He settled in Stephentown, later known as Somerstown. Zion Hill church stands in the heart of the farming district of Somerstown, two miles from the village of Somerstown Plains. Many Teeds are buried in Zion Hill cemetery including William whose stone records: Born 1727--died 1812. Wm. Teed married Anna Saville, born 1731, died 1809.
County records state that in 1752, Wm Teed and his brothers Joseph owned adjoining farms in Plumb Brook, Manor of Cortlandt. Dutchess and Westchester counties adjoined at that time--Putnazn County was created later. The following story may be given here as it has a bearing on that of Wm. Teed. A Mr. Colby Teed of Lima, Ohio met a Mr. Amos Teed of a town near Cincinnati or in Cincinnati itself. Asked to write out some-thing of his family history, Amos of England sent Colby the following.
"The first Teed that we know of was from a small village named Budleigh near Exeter, England, on the south coast of Devon, about the year 1695. The Teeds are scattered about the south coast of Devon. My Grandfather lived to be 96, and my father is living now at Coleton Raleigh, the home of Sir Walter Raleigh. My father is 93 and well. The first Teed that came to America was William Teed and went to New York state, then a colony, about the early years of 1720. (Note--he must mean early 1700's (But this couldn't be, as Wm. of Westchester was born in 1727). That is the story in England.
My father thinks we are of Norman descent, but the rest of the family believe we are from Holland, and that in all probability they came over with Wm. Prince of Orange, as we find many Dutch names all along the coa from Brixham where he landed to London; and further, they were all Puritans. and have all the characteristics of the Dutch.
I shall be glad to meet you should I come to Lima, Ohio.
Amos Teed
The name of father of Colby Teed was Colby.
Cady Teed - New York state
Brothers of Colby Teed Zopher Teed - Wisconsin
Another story--a family tradition links the Teeds of Westchester County NY and those of Dutchess in early times.
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The Tidd or Teed Family
From Delana Teed Morgan*, aunt of the writer, came the first hint of her ancestors in the Teed line. Being curious as to family history, as a young girl she asked her aunt to tell her about the Teeds. Aunt Delana was the eldest of twelve children and the only one at the time who remembered any of the family legends, she told what she had heard thus: "Two brothers went from Connecticut to New York State, one to Westchester County the other to Dutchess County and lived in Hyde Park (Township of course.) The one who went to Dutchess County was her ancestor." That Tidd--as all Teeds were called at first--probably was Delana's great-grandfather. His son Zephaniah, whom we will call Zeph I, was her grandfather. Zeph I probably had a number of brothers and sisters, but we know of but one, Aaron. Zephaniah after the Revolution, went across the Hudson and settled in Coxsackie, in Cairo Township, Albany County which township was a part of Greene County in 1800, when that County was formed from Albany and Ulster counties. So his family became the Greene County Teeds. Aaron remained in Hyde Park, as Delana Morgan said, and land records attest.
A Teed Cousin of Delana's remembered that tradition in her family claims that three brothers came to America.
Concerning Connecticut it may be noted here that late delving into history of several Teed families not descendants of Zeph I or Aaron develops that two of them are connected with Stonington, Connecticut, and that both were definitely related to Wm. of Westchester, tho not his immedediate family. It really looks as if that not only two but three or even four brothers came to America. The question is, did the one, two, three or four brothers come to Connecticut and New York Colony directly from England, or did they or their ancestor come to Massachusetts and the brothers spread into Connecticut and New York from there? In either case family tradition would have it that the ancestors came from England.
That the ancestors of the Westchester and the Dutchess County Teeds were brothers is undoubtedly so. A legend in the families of the two helps to comfirm it. In Delana Teed's time the descendants of the brothers had lost all track of one another, yet at the present time this legend is found in three different families, two of them related but having little or no communication with or knowledge of one another, and knowing nothing of the existence of the third--the Westchester family.
This is the legend common to the descendants of two different lines of the Zephaniah Teed Clan.
In early times a little girl, Mary Teed, the name was thought to have been, was stolen by Indians. She grew up among them and was married to the son of the Indian chief and had a child. She had watched for a long time before for a chance to escape, but without avail. After the child was born the Indians thought she would not try to escape and because less watchful.
She used to go after the cows. Once she hid and thought to get away. The Indians came out seeking her and called Mary.' Mary.' She might have gotten away but she remembered her baby and felt she could not go without it. Later another chance came and with her child she escaped and got back to her people.
This far the three stories, two of them by the Teed clans of Delaware and Greene Counties, and the other by Westchester clan are the same. The story has two different endings. Helen Shaw Teed of Rensselaerville said she had heard the story many times and that it said that Mary lived at
* (added by Jim Heffernan) Delana Morgan Teed was the daughter of Nathaniel Teed and was one of 12 children. Narrows down the choice of authors, but must be 20 to
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Part III
Tidd--Teed
home for a time but became more and more moody, and finally returned to the Indians and spent the rest of her life there. The Delaware Teeds had a slightly different version. Mary and her boy remained with her people, the boy grew to manhood and died.
It was years after hearing these stories that the writer learned of the Westchester County Teeds and read their legends as given in their history. The full story of the child stolen by the Indians is there as fact not legend. With one difference the first part of the stories of the three clans is the same. The name of the child was Martha not Mary as Helen Shaw Teed thought, but she was calling the name up from an almost forgotten past.
Martha was the eldest child of Wm. Teed of Westchester County, born 1748 and died 1832. She was captured by Indians when a child, grew up among them and married a chief. Eventually she got back to her people, was detained by them and lived to an advanced old age with her brothers, William, and Isaac. She was known to the whole countryside as "Aunt Polly Teed" and was renowned for her charitable work.
While the tales differ as to the ending, the changes as a whole are slight, and surprisingly few incident to the handing down from generation to generation by word of mouth. The Rensselaerville Teeds knew that the child belonged to the family but couldn't place her. Helen Shaw Teed thought she might have been great-grandfather Teed's sister (Sister of Zeph I) The Wm. Teed's story would make her a cousin if Wm. Teed's brother was father of Zeph Teed, I, the brother whose name we do not know. The story of a cousin instead of an aunt would necessarily be hazier especially where the families subsequently lost sight of and almost knowledge of each other. That the legend survived in the families of Zeph. I is strong proof of the relationship of the families.
This legend connected with Delana Teed Morgan's story of the two brothers who went from Connecticut to New York one to Westchester and one to Dutchess County seem to leave no question of the relationship of the Westchester County Teeds, clan founded by Wm. Teed, and that headed by the father of Zephaniah Teed of Dutchess and Greene Counties.
This brother whom we seek as father of Zeph Teed may have been Joseph whom County history calls William's brother of Plumb Brook, who probably settled in Hyde Park.
It is quite possible that Wm. Teed and his brother or brothers reached mainland New York by way of Connecticut from Massachusetts. Or they might have imigrated from Massachusetts to Long Id. And from there to Connecticut and on to New York state--a route followed by many.
A family of Teeds were living in Stonington, Connecticut in the early 1800's and their graves may be seen in the cemetery there. No older graves have been found there, but that can easily be accounted for. The Stonington Teeds were connected with the Westchester family all agree; though just how connected is not indicated.
Also, connected with the Wm. Teed family was a Teed family in Brooklyn, New York. They were not children of Wm. In any case, so the legend of three brothers or even four may be true.
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Tidd--Teed
Theodore Teed married Harriet C Lewis-Stonington, Conn. b.1809-d. 1901 B.1814-D. 1854 B.1814-D. 1854
Children of above--Henry
Martha b. 1839 d. 1911 Married Elisha Wilcox-Gt.granddaughter of couple is Constance Wilcox
Stewart, who has charge of family graves in Stoningtan, Conn
Mary
Hannah
Edward
Bessie
Mrs. Stewart looked for older graves but found none. She once visited
her great-grandmother Martha in Stonington who showed her where she used to live in the country and the place where she went to school. (See chart below & next sheet.)The writer got in touch with a Mrs. Du Bois of San Jose who was a Teed. Her father died in1934 at the age of 92. Mrs. Du Bois as a young girl lived with relatives in Brooklyn, New York., a grandfather, I think, At one time she was sent to Stonington, Conn. to stay with Martha Teed Wilcox, a relative of her grandfather. She was there only a short time., was young, and didn't learn much of the family.
Lillian Teed Du Bois got her father--E. G. Teed--to write out what he knew of the family. The letter in part follows reduced to a chart to be more readily grasped. He starts out by saying there were 5 brothers.
Lillian Teed, Du Bois
..1. E.G Teed San Jose, Calif.
1. George Teed 1842-1934 Emma Teed) Edward
The b. 1779 d. 1896 Mar ..Wm. Teed
Mother Brooklyn, New York .Augusta Atkinson .Florence Teed
Buried in .Mar .2. Emma Teed
Somerstown Cath. De Groat ..3. Elizabeth Teed
Plains .2. John Teed 4. Oscar Teed
Westchester ..3. Edward Teed ..Reading Penn.
County 4. Merritt Teed Stonington, Conn
New York ..5. Oscar Teed .St. Louis
..New York- Died around 1876 or earlier
E. G. Teed states that the five brothers went to the places above given presumably from Brooklyn, but not so stated. The Geo. Teed line was furnished by Mrs. Du Bois herself. The name of the mother not known, E. G. Teed simply stated that the mother of the five boys was buried in Somerstown Plains, evidently in Zion Hill Ch. Cemetery where so many Teeds are interred.
The order in which the five brothers above are named does not mean order of birth. E. G. Teed was an old man and writing from memory.
If the Edward Teed above was the eldest, he could have been Theodore's father.
The fact established is that the Brooklyn, and Stonington Teeds were closely related to the Westchester County Teeds, and thus with the Dutchess County line. Now see chart of Stonington Teeds.
Dutchess County Teeds
From County records. In 1779 Joseph Tidd was given 16pounds for use of cow, could this have been a brother or father of Zeph. I and Aaron?
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Tidd--Teed
There were several Tidds in Dutchess County, all with biblical names. Some could have been brothers of Zeph and Aaron? Zeph. I born in 1763. It is quite possible Joseph was father of Zeph and Aaron who was born in 1776. Several children could have been born in this interval of 13 yrs. Some of course may have been sisters of whom we have no means for tracing.
There was a Joseph & others in 1790 census--Dutchess County. Joseph Tidd, Two adult males one of whom could have been a child over 10 yrs of age.
Joshua Tidd 1 adult male 1 under 10... 2 females
Jesse Tidd 1 adult male 2 under 10 5 females
Joseph Tidd ...2 adult male 6 under 10 4 females
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Tidd--Teed
Aaron Tidd or Teed never left Dutchess County to live elsewhere. Zephanish's descendants knew nothing more than that Zephaniah had a brother Aaron, who lived in Hyde park, and one descendant bore his name.
In 1790 census Aaron was not the head of a family, being only 14 years old.
Census 1820-Aaron Tidd had 8 children.
Dutchess County Hyde Park 1830 Aaron Tidd was 50 to 60 years old.
2 males in family 20 to 30
1 male in family 50 to 60 (Aaron)
1 female """"""" 50 to 60 (Lydia, wife)
1 female """""" 5 to 10
1 """" """"" 10 to 15
1 """" """"" 20 to 30
Census 1850 Dutchess County Hyde Park P. 0.
Aaron Teed, 74 yrs. born in New York Farmer. Value of real estate $10,000.
Lydia Teed, 73 yrs. born in New York. Keeps house.
From the above we learn Aaron was born 1776.
Land transactions of Aaron Tidd-Teed
1828 Eliza Wood, widow of Gabriel Wood, sells to Aaron Tidd-Hyde Park for
$10 a title to Dower right in Gabriel's Wood's Estate.
1827 Aaron Tidd--Hyde Park, inheritor of Gabriel Wood in will of 1826 land
in Great Nine Partners Patent, on border of Hudson River. S. W. corner of
land in Township of Hyde Park, New York.
1831 Aaron Tidd--Hyde Park--bough from Teller on New York & Albany turn~
pike--17 acres for $400.
1849 Aaron & Lydia Teed--Hyde Park-- sold to Hudson River Railroad Company
$30 in Town of Hyde Park 41/1000 acres above high water mark
Town of Hyde Park 986/1000 acres below high water mark.
Under act of New York 1846 to construct New York to Albany Railroad 1853 Will of Aaron Teed executed.
Land in Hyde Park which was conveyed to Aaron Tidd, July 30, 1827 1853 The above land was sold to Boorman by Lydia Teed, widow, for $6500
We thus have the few facts concerning Aaron.
Aaron Tidd born 1776, died 1853, Age'77. He lived in Hyde Park married Lydia Wood, whose parents were Gabriel and Eliza Wood. Aaron and Lydia had a large family, the descendants of whom must be perhaps numerous at the present time (1942) and possible to be traced but the tracing hasn't yet been done. Here is a field for someone. It is quite possible that thru Aaron' S descendants the name of father of Zeph and Aaron can be obtained. Aaron remained in the home section and family legends doubtless remained with him and his brothers and sisters, if any, who did not migrate as Zephaniah did.
Other 1790 Census Records
Dutchess County Frederickstown--Anemia etc.
Tidd, Joseph 2males over 10 0 males under 10 4 females
Tidd, Joshua 1 """"""""""""" 2""""""""""""""" 2"""""" N.E. Town
Tidd, Nathan 2""""""" 0""""""""" 4"""""" Fishkill
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Tidd, Jesse 1 males over 10 2 males under 10 . 5 females N.E. Town
Ulster County
Tidd, Jesse 1 """" " " " ..2 " " " " " " .. 5 " " " " " Walkill
Tidd, Zopher ..1" " " " " .4 " " " " " " " 6 " " " Montgomery T
Montgomery County
Tidd, Samuel 1" " " " " " .5 " " " " " " " 2 " " " " " " Harpersfield T
Orange County
Teed, Solomon .2" " " " " " .. 5" " " " " " " . 4" " " " " "" Warwick T
Teed, James Westchester County Stephentown
Teed, William Sr 2 males over 10 .1 males under 10 .3 females
Teed, William Jr .1 """""""""""" .2"""""""""""" ...5 females 1 slave
Teed, Charles ..3 """"""""""" 3"""""""""""" 8 """""""
Teed1 John 2"""""""""" ...2""""""""""" .4 """"""""""
Albany County Cairo Township
Tidd, Benjamin ..1 Male over 10 0 Males under 10 .. 1 Female Coxsa
Tidd, Benjamin Jr 2 """""""""" 1 """""""""""" 2 """"" Coxsackie
Tidd, Zephaniah 1 """"""""""" ..2 """""""""""""" ..1""""" Coxsackie
Zephaniah was 27 years old. The census gives him two male children under 10. One was
Nathaniel, the eldest cbild. As the other male under 10 was not Zephaniah II, born
after 1790, this child must have died, for Zeph I had only two boys who grew up
No Teeds given in Census for Delaware County. It was probably not then formed. It was formed in 1800.
The story of Zephaniah, whom we will call Zeph I.
He was born 1763. The name Tidd survived till long after the Revolution. As we have seen, Zephaniah after the Revolution went from Dutchess County across the Hudson and settled at Coxsackie, Cairo Township, then in Albany County. This section became a part of Greene County. When Greene was formed from Albany and Ulster in 1800.
Cairo Township is very picturesque with Hudson on the east and hills and the Catskills Mts. on the west. Swift streams called kills rush down from the mountains in many falls and cascades and empty into the mighty Hudson. Zephaniah's farm was near that of Benjamin Sr., and that of Benjamin Jr., and it must have been the families were related, perhaps closely, though we have nothing more to prove it.
In those times every man had a trade and Zeph in addition to being a farmer was a shoemaker.
Zeph married Hannah Thorn (or Thorne)whose home could not have been far from that of Zeph.
The Thorn homestead having been between Greenville and Freehold. Hannah
was the daughter of Edward Thorne and Hannah Tripp. What is here
related of her family comes from a descendant now dead, the story of the romance handed down in her
family.
Hannah was the daughter of a younger son of a noble English house who had migrated to Long Id. Edward Thorn who came to Greene County (then Albany) was a sea captain. On a voyage to New York from England the Tripp family were his passengers. Hannah was a girl of 15. A love affair developed between Hannah and the captain. The family did not approve of this and when on Long Id. Capt. Thorns approached them and requested Hannah's hand, his attentions were forbidden. Undaunted Edward and Hannah eloped and went to Greene County (then Albany) County to live. In those times there was sometimes trouble with the Indians. At one time Hannah fled with her
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baby to the woods and lived among rocks, feeding on wild berries until danger was past. Greene County history states that in 1780 residents of Cairo Township had trouble with the Indians. Some people were killed and some were captured.
We know of but two of Edw. & Hannah's children tho doubtless they had more. One child was William Thorns whose descendants have a record of their own line but not that of any other. Here is a part of the record9
Edward Thorne-died 1805. Married Hannah Trip-born 1738 died Feb. 23, 1844. (We see she was 106 yrs. old)
children:
1. William Thorne-born Dec. 19, 1758 died Apr. 23, 1824. married
Mary Parks born July 7, 1767 died July 22, 184?
The 4th child of Wm and Mary Thorn was Prudence, who married Lewis
Spawn Feb. 27, 1810. William Thorn's sister Hannah, daughter of Wm and Hannah Trip, married Zephaniah Tidd of Coxsackie, and thus became the ancestress of the Greene County Teeds. We know of her only through land transactions.
Hannah Trip was buried in the family cemetery on the Thorn homestead between Greenville and Freehold, Greene County, as doubtless was Edward and also William the son, though not all the stones remain.
As Hannah Teed' s stone cannot be found in other cemeteries she may have been buried there also.
Prudence Thorn, daughter of William Thorn, married Lewis Spawn, brother of Anna who married eldest son of Zephaniah and Hannah Teed.
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History of the Thorn or Thorne Family
The Thornes of New York, and there are many of them or were, on Long Island, in Dutchess County, and elsewhere, are said to be descended from William Thorne who went from Dorsetshire, England, to Boston. He was a freeman in Lynn in 1658, he was in Flushing L. I. in 1645. Later there were marrv Thorns in Flushing, L. I. as also in Dutchess County and in New Jersey. Those in New Jersey came from Flushing and were Quakers so we may assume the others were Quakers. Records in Friends' Meeting House, Plainfield, New Jersey, give the following:
Births: Edward Thorne, son of Wm. & Mary Thorne, born Dec. 3, 1729. William Thorne, born Sept. 19, 1732.
This Edward could have been the one who married Hannah Trip, 'who died 1805. He would have been 76 years old at his death. Win. was, of course, his brother. Edw. & Hannah named their son William.
The writer of the Thorne family history thinks that all Thorns or Thornes in New York state have a common ancestor, William Thorne.
The name is spelled with an e or without.
The Thornes were sea-faring people.
1678 New Eng. Robert Thorne, coimiander of a ship.
1712 Joseph Thorne, part owner of sloop "Wm & Mary" sailing New York to
Boston.
Records, Flushing, Long Island
..Wm Thorne a Quaker ..William
Sons of Wm ..William ..John
John . Joseph
Joseph .. ..Mary
Samuel ... .Elizabeth
.Hannah
.. Sarah
(I'm not sure what the two columns above mean, but it is how they are in the original-Jim Heffernan)
*The Tripp family book is HisT. of Tripps of Kent, England.
Census records and land transactions tell us most of what we know of Zephaniah I.. and Hannah in Greene County. The census of 1790 as has been noted, gives them two boys under 16 years of age. Nathaniel, born 1788 was one, the eldest son as has been supposed. If there was another born before 1790, he must have died in childhood and no memory of him exists. Zephaniah II was born in 1794.
1810 census. Zeph and Hannah now have a family of 13. Family legend said there were five possibly six sisters. A partial record was names of two girls and the names of the husbands only of some others. This
- information was supplemented 30 years later when a descendant of Zillah
Teed was found; and in 1941 a descendant of the sister who married a
Wilber was discovered and records in the Wilber family Bible added a
few more facts
At present (1942) the record stands thus:
1. Nathaniel Teed Born Sept. 16, 1788 Died Dec. 29, 1840
2..Zephaniah Teed II ...Born Dec.25, 1794 ..Died May 19, l873
(Not in order birth following)
3. Sarah (Sally Jane) .Born Dec. 19, 1798 .Died Apr. 12, 1873
(1) Married Aug. 31, 1817 Eseck Wilber b. Oct. 4, 1794-d. Dec. 5, 1821
(2) Married 2nd John Driggs-Died Nov. 7, 1829
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Children of Sally & Eseck Wilber
.1 Zephaniah, Born Jan.17, 1818 married Nov 2, 1841 to Mary Patrick
.2 .Mary Born June 30, 1820 Married Orin Weed, March 28, 1842
..3 Eseck Born April 1, 1822 Married Euphemia Sincerbox, May 8,1844
4. Jane Teed married 1st Diedrich children( Caspar,son,son,etc,Sally Ann
..died June 6, 1844
2nd marriage .Ver Planck
5 .Charlotte Teed died Sept. 14, 1835
married Michael Earls who died Feb. 1, 1882 aged 86 years--l--27
6 .Harriet Teed married Sopher Sammons or Simmons born Apr. 10, 1802 died Aug. 3, 1833
children .Harriet A. Born Jan. 14, 1830 at Florence, New York
Charlotte M. Feb. 2, 1832
7. Zillah Teed born Dec. 3, 1809; died Sept. 21, 1895
..married Sept. 16, 1832 to Spencer Stevens born Jan. 13, 1812. He
..died Jan. 24, 1885.
8 children
Uriah July 20, 1833
Sarah Jane Apr. 6, 1835
.Wm. M Jan. 27, 1837
.Charles Jan. 17, 1839
.Egbert ..Sept. 19, 1842 died 1843
.Harriet .Jan. 22, 1844
.Mary July 16, 1846
.John .November 7, 1848
It is a curious fact that these five sisters married and settled down not far distant from one another and yet the descendants of Zillah, two grand children living in the Stevens home near Coxseckie and the Thorne homestead, can give practically no information about their relatives. The information which led to the discovery of the Stevens and other lines came from a person who had never lived in the vicinity of any of them, was not a Teed by birth but had married one. From the few facts & suggestions thus obtained the writer managed after considerable time and effort to contact Zillah Stevens, grand daughter of Zillah Teed Stevens. Later, a descendant of Zephaniah II managed to get information from a Wilber descendant.
Some points omitted from informtion obtained in 1905. Diedrich lived at Greenvllle, Cairo Township.
Ver Planck lived at Dormansville between Albany and Rensselaerville.
The Stevens family lived and live at Greeneville, Cairo Township, Greene County, New York.
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Land Records--Greene County
1795 Zeph and Hannah Tidd sell land near Benjamin Tidd's farm (farms adjoined) 100 acres 126 pounds to Abial Wilber, Coxsackie.
1813 Zeph and Hannah Teed, Catskill, sell land to Nathaniel Teed.
Note: Nath, their eldest son.
1816 Zeph and Hanah sell land to Nathaniel Teed both Zeph and Nat. of
Cairo Township. (Cairo Township was formed 1803 from union of
Coxsackie, Catskill and Freehold. Greene County had been formed
1800 from Albany & Ulster Countie~)
This transaction was sale of 1and 1/2 acres for $200. Sally Teed a witness.
This land begins at N. W. corner of land of Wilber Earl's and runs
to Abial Williams' land.
1825 Apr. 13, Zeph. Teed bought land in Coxsackie. paid $370.
The two sons of Zeph. I,and Hannah were Nathaniel, born Sept. 16,
1788. Died Dec. 29, 1840 in Bainbridge, New York, Chenango
1815 he married 1st, Lana Spawn who died Oct. 14, 1817
.. married 2nd, Anna Spawn in 1818. Twin of Lana.
Zephaniah Teed born Dec. 25, 1794 in Coxsackie, died May 19, 1873. Married Polly Hendrix Aug. 2, 1814.
1825 ..Zeph. II and Polly bought land in Coxsackie from Wright. 13 acres $100
1825 ..ZephTeed II and Polly bought land in Coxsackie of Hendrix-1/2 acre $10
. WhenZeph. II married Polly he was 20 years old and she 14. Theylived in Greene County till a short time after1825 .when they moved to Canada near Toronto. Just what year they went there is uncertain. There is no land record of their .selling their property in Green County.They lived in Canada seven years, and left in the early thirties. One son, Zeph III, was born there in 1828. One son died there of cholera (John) which was afflicting that region and probably was the cause of their returning to the States, but it appears they went to Delaware County, New York and settled there in vicinity of Masonville and Sidney, where many of their descendants yet live, 1942. A chart gives an almost complete genealogy of this fami1y. see end of history
Nathaniel Teed, eldest son of Zeph I, married first Lana Spawn of Rensselaerville, daughter of Henry and Catherine Spawn.
Lana was one of twins, born May 14, 1795. Her twin Anna, became Nat's second wife upon the death of Lana.
Nat & Lana were married about 1815. The child Sally Ann was born Jan. 15, 1816.
Land record says:
1816 Zeph and Hannah Teed sold to Nat Teed 41+ acres of land for $200,
both parties of Cairo Township. Sally Teed a witness.
1816 Nathaniel and Lana Teed of Cairo sell 41 acres of land for $600. They must have gone north directly after this forin1817 Lana died in Lysander, New York.
1825 Nathaniel and Anna Teed of Rensselaerville sell land in Greenville, Greene County.
53 acre farm for $700
Signed: Nat. Teed
her
Anna X Teed
mark
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It is a curious thing that Anna never learned to write, though she could read. Her husband could do both..
It is evident Nat. & Anna never lived in Greene County for their eldest child Delana, was born 1819 in Rensselaerville Township. In 1822 another daughter was born in Rensselaerville, and in 1824 a third was born at Oak Hill not far from Rensse1aervi11e. They later went to Delaware County where Zeph 1 had settled.
In 1833, Zephanieh Teed and Hannah of Cairo Township sold part of their holdings to Lampman.
In 1834 they sold 81 acres to Lampman for $1400.
Apparently they had sold all their property in Greene County and intended to go to Delaware County where the two sons were. But Hannah died shortly after this. We do not know the date or where she was buried. The cemeteries round about do not contain her stone. She may have been buried in the Thorne family cemetery, but not all stones are standing there. The farm with the old cemetery belongs to strangers.
Hannah Trip and her husband Edward as also son William were buried here and it would only have been natural to have buried Hannah, the daughter, there also, as no death in Zeph or Hannah's family bad called for a cemetery of their own. In the Thorne family cemetery the stone of Edward is missing and something may have happened to that of Hannah.
The Thorne family cemetery with the farm long ago passed into the hands of strangers. It is a wonder that any stones are left standing. The cemetery is on the road between Greenville and Freehold.
Foreigners now occupy the part of the farm on which the cemetery is located.
Zephaniah I following the death of Hannah, went to Delaware County NY and lived near Sidney, in an old stone house, legend says, which must have been the house of one of his sons.
He died June 5, 1838, and was buried in Union Cemetery on Ouliliout Creek, a few miles from E. Sidney, Delaware County.
His burial was evidently the earliest here for the stone is of sandstone, the only one of its kind in this beautiful spot, and the decorations on it are distinctly of the old style, cherub kind.
The inscription on the stone reads thus:
Zephaniah Teed--Died June 3, 1838, aged 75 years.
The graves of his two sons follow his. They both are marked by marble slabs, not sandstone.
Nathaniel Teed--Died Dec. 29, 1840, aged 52 years 3 months. This makes his birth Sept. 16, 1788.
Zephaniah Teed--Died May 19, 1873, aged 79 years 4 months, 28 days.
Polly Teed--Died Feb. 20, 1880, aged 79 years 3 months 24 days. (Polly
Hendrix)
Others follow:--descendants of Zeph II
Nathaniel Teed--Died Aug. 10, 1876, aged 56 years (Son of Zeph. II) The descendants of Zeph Teed II as he is called here in this account,have an annual reunion at some place in Greene County, as many live there. And it was from the members at one of the reunions that one story of the child captured by the Indians was told.
There are Teeds of at least three lines in Delaware County, all related without doubt but all knowledge of the facts lost. One legend related is that one of the early Teeds disgraced the family and the other members sundered all relations with him and his family though living in the same County. Succeeding generations ignored and then
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Tidd--Teed
forgot the relationship. It may be surmised that some of the Teeds in Delaware County were relatives of the Greene County Teeds and that would account for the fact that Zephanish and his two sons located there in the twenties and thirties. There was one place called Tiddville, now Trout Creek.
This brings us to the story of Nathaniel and Anna Spawn Teed. Anna's antecedents have already been described, the stories of the Spawns and the Houyck or Houcks told, and that of her sister Lana, Nathaniel's first wife, follows. Anna and Lana twins, were born in Bethlehem May 14, 1795, in Albany County, New York, probably in the home of their grand-father Philip Spawn. They were fourth and fifth in a family of nine children. The name Lana is undoubtedly a shortened form of the name Magdelana, handed down for generations in the Houyck, Houck family.
The name usually appears as Lana. Anna evidently knew the full name. When she named her eldest daughter for her dead sister she used more of the original name, rejecting only the first syllable, Magdelana became Delana, by which Alice Delana Teed was always called.
At the risk of repeating what has been given in the Spawn story, the following description is given here.
Lana and Anna were brought up on the Spawn homestead at Rensselaerville and could speak Dutch as well as English when they were young. Whether they were identical twins we do not know, but Lana' s child, Sally Ann, and Anna' s eldest daughter Delana resembled each other strong enough to be sisters if not twins.
Anna & Lana must have resembled their dark-haired, dark-eyed father rather than their blonde mother, Catherine. Anna had a prominent, tho not unduly large, nose like her father and slanting eyelids. At eighty years of age her black hair had not a streak of gray. She was not tall but of sturdy physique and had a wonderful constitution.
Anna as a girl was something of a joker and never lost her sense of humor. A family legend runs as follows. The young people of the family were returning one night from an evening frolic. Anna slipped away home ahead of the others, arrayed herself in a sheet and hastened to the cemetery above the house and the road along which the party were coming. At the psychological moment Anna appeared among the headstones, a veritable ghost, and the young people fled in panic to the house.
Anna retained her sense of humor even in old age. She was living with her daughter Delana, who had less of her mother's sprightly fancy but a great sense of decorum. One day Anna was guilty of doing or saying something which Delana thought not entire fitting, a little frivalous for her years. Delana reproved her mother thus, Mother, you know you are living on borrowed time." "Yes," said Anna, "and I'll just borry some more." And she did borrow some more till she was 93.
Anna was of a very social nature. She always made friends even on jounneys to visit her daughters and grand children. She pieced many blocks for quilts in her old age and everyone saved calico scraps for grandma.
She loved to slip over to a neighbors with knitting or patchwork and have a quiet chat.
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ZEPHENIAH TEEI)'S WILL.
BE IT REMEMBRED, That at a Surrogate's Court held at the Surrogate' s Office in Delhl, in and for the County of Deleware, on the 7th day of July, 1873, the last will and testament of ZEPHENIAH TEED, late of the town of Masotwille, in the County of Deleware, deceased, was duly proved before Edwin D. Wagner, Surrogate of said County, & was by said Surrogate duly adjudged valid and established as a Will of Real and Personal estate, and the same together with the proofs and examinations taken on the probate thereof are pursuant to an order of said Surrogate here recorded to wit:
In the name of God, Amen. I, Zepheniah Teed, of the town of Masonville, in the county of Deleward and State of New York, of the age of seventy-eight years and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last Will and Testament, in manner following that is to say:
First, I give and devise to my daughters Hannah E. Huyck, Abby A. Thorpe and Charlotte E. Spencer, and to my sons Nathaniel Teed, Zepheniah Teed 2nd, Hezekiah Teed, Abram Teed, John H. Teed, Calvin W. Teed, and George W. Teed, the balance of my estate both real and personal to be equally divided between them share and share alike.
And Lastly, I do hereby nominate and appoint my sons Abram Teed and Calvin W. Teed to be executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me made~
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of July, 1872.
Zepheniah Teed. (SEAL)
The above instrumentconsisting of one sheet was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Zepheniah Teed as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us who at his request and in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto.
James R. Baumes, residing at Masonville, Deleware county, Lockwood Keith, residing at Masonville, in Deleware County
Deleware County, Surrogate's Court.
In the Matter of the Probate of the last Will and Deleware
Testament of Zepheniah Teed, late of said County, deceased, County, 55.
as a Will of real and personal estate.
James R. Baumes, of the town of Masonville, in the County of Deleware, being duly sworn deposes that he saw the above named Zepheniah Teed, late of the town of Masonville, in the County of Deleward, deceased, sub-scribe and execute the instrument shown him and which purports to be the last Will and Testament of the said Zepheniah Teed, and &'ars date the 9th day of July, 1872, and that he heard the said Zepheniah Teed declare the same to be his last will and testament, and that he this deponent together with Lockwood Keith, the other subscribing witness subscribed
his name
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-2- Zephaniah Teed Will.
as a witness to said instrument at his request, and at the time thereof the said Zephaniah Teed was of sound mind and memory of full age to make said will and not under any restraint.
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 7th day of July, 1873.
Edwin D. Wagner, Surrogate.
James R. Baumes.
Deleware County, Surrogate's Court.
In the matter of the Probate of the last Will and Testament of Zephaniah Teed, late of said County, deceased, as a Will of Real and Personal Estate.
Deleware:
County : ss.
Lockwood Keith of the town of Masonville, in the County of Deleware, being sworn deposes that he saw the above named Zephaniah Teed late of the town of Masonville, in the County of Deleware, deceased, subscribe and execute the instrument shown hini and which purposs to be the last Will and Testament of the said Zephaniah Teed and bears date the 9th day of July, 1872, and the heard the said Zephaniah Teed declare the same to be his last will and testament and that he, this deponent, together with James R. Baunes, the other subscribing witness, subscribed his name as a witness to said instrument at his request; and at the time thereof the said Zephaniah Teed was of sound mind and memory, of full age to make said will and not under any restraint.
Sworn and subscribed before me
this 7th day of July, 1873. Lockwood Keith.
Edwin D. Wagner, Surrogate.
I, Edwin D. Wagner, Surrogate of the County of Deleware, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of probate of the last will and testament of Zephaniab Teed, late of Masonville, deceased, and of the proofs and examinations taken on the probate thereof.
Edwin D. Wagner, Surrogate.
STATE OF NEW YORK, Delaware County ss. Surrogate's Court
I, EMMA C. LESLIE, Clerk of the Surrogate's Court of the County of Deleward, do hereby certify that I have compared the annexed copy "from the record of the Will of Zephaniah Teed, as recorded in Book H. of Wills at page 254," with the original record in this office, and have found the same to be a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of said original record.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Surrogate's Court of the County of Deleware, at Delhi, this 8th day of July, AD., 1936.
(SEAL) (Signed) EMMA C. LESLIE,
Clerk of Surrogate's Court
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