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Deacon Ebenezer Tiffany

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Deacon Ebenezer Tiffany

Birth
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
4 Jun 1864 (aged 68)
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
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Ebenezer Tiffany, son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Bullock) Tiffany, and well known throughout the community as Deacon Ebenezer Tiffany, was born July 13, 1795. He played a very prominent part in the life of the community, and at his death, which occurred June 4, 1864, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, the town adopted appropriate resolutions concerning his life and public services. From 1822 to 1838 he held the office of town treasurer. In 1838 he became town clerk and remained in this office from that year until 1864. He was a man of strong religious feelings and beliefs, and was particularly active as a member of the Congregational church, holding many official positions in connection therewith. He was clerk of the church from 1830 to 1838, deacon in 1838 and from 1843 to 1851, and church treasurer from 1852 to 1861. He was treasurer of the United Congregational Society of Barrington from 1824 to 1837 and from 1856 to 1864, the year of his death, while from 1851 to 1860 he was president of that society. He married at Troy, N.H., October 3, 1830, Mary Rich, of that town, and they were the parents of the following children: Susan Kent, born Oct. 11, 1832, and died Jany. 18, 1917; William Bullock, born June 13, 1834, died Jany. 12, 1904; Ebenezer, mentioned below; John Crane, born Jany. 7, 1838; Mary Louisa, born Feby. 8, 1840, died Dec. 8, 1897; Sarah Eliza, born Feby. 11, 1844; Samuel Mills, born July 4, 1846; and Rachel Ann, born Nov. 13, 1849, died Dec. 16, 1916. (from "History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical"; pub. by the American Historical Society, New York, 1920)
Ebenezer Tiffany, son of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Bullock) Tiffany, and well known throughout the community as Deacon Ebenezer Tiffany, was born July 13, 1795. He played a very prominent part in the life of the community, and at his death, which occurred June 4, 1864, in the sixty-ninth year of his age, the town adopted appropriate resolutions concerning his life and public services. From 1822 to 1838 he held the office of town treasurer. In 1838 he became town clerk and remained in this office from that year until 1864. He was a man of strong religious feelings and beliefs, and was particularly active as a member of the Congregational church, holding many official positions in connection therewith. He was clerk of the church from 1830 to 1838, deacon in 1838 and from 1843 to 1851, and church treasurer from 1852 to 1861. He was treasurer of the United Congregational Society of Barrington from 1824 to 1837 and from 1856 to 1864, the year of his death, while from 1851 to 1860 he was president of that society. He married at Troy, N.H., October 3, 1830, Mary Rich, of that town, and they were the parents of the following children: Susan Kent, born Oct. 11, 1832, and died Jany. 18, 1917; William Bullock, born June 13, 1834, died Jany. 12, 1904; Ebenezer, mentioned below; John Crane, born Jany. 7, 1838; Mary Louisa, born Feby. 8, 1840, died Dec. 8, 1897; Sarah Eliza, born Feby. 11, 1844; Samuel Mills, born July 4, 1846; and Rachel Ann, born Nov. 13, 1849, died Dec. 16, 1916. (from "History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical"; pub. by the American Historical Society, New York, 1920)

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