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Ebenezer Tiffany

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Ebenezer Tiffany

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Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
4 Apr 1826 (aged 72)
Barrington, Bristol County, Rhode Island, USA
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Ebenezer Tiffany, son of Ephraim and Esther (Viall) Tiffany, was born June 10, 1753. He was one of the most prominent men in the community and took part actively in its affairs. He served as a soldier in the Continental Army during the American struggle for independence, and was later chosen to represent Barrington in the General Assembly of Rhode Island. On April 1, 1776, on the alarm at Bristol, he joined the company commanded by Captain Thomas Allin, and from April 5 to May 20, of that year was a member of the militia company which guarded Barrington, and was later called into service on the Island of Rhode Island. In 1780 he was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Viall Allin. His services in the State Legislature occurred during the two terms beginning respectively 1788 and 1806, during which he proved himself a capable and disinterested legislator. He was president of the United Congregational Society of Barrington from 1807 to 1821, and his death occurred April 4, 1826, and that of his wife, December 17, 1848. He married, Feby. 2, 1783, Mary Ann Bullock, a daughter of Colonel William Bullock, of Rehoboth. To them the following children were born: Elizabeth, Oct. 14, 1784; Sarah, Jany. 27, 1786; Alethea, Feby. 26, 1788; Mary Ann, Feby. 17, 1790; Esther Viall and Susanna Kent (twins), Feby. 13, 1793, the latter dying April 5, 1803; Ebenezer, mentioned below; Lydia, March 23, 1798; Hezekiah, born Jany. 18, 1800; and Lemira, Feby. 3, 1802. (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 Ephraim and Esther (Viall) Tiffany, was born June 10, 1753. He was one of the most prominent men in the community and took part actively in its affairs. He served as a soldier in the Continental Army during the American struggle for independence, and was later chosen to represent Barrington in the General Assembly of Rhode Island. On April 1, 1776, on the alarm at Bristol, he joined the company commanded by Captain Thomas Allin, and from April 5 to May 20, of that year was a member of the militia company which guarded Barrington, and was later called into service on the Island of Rhode Island. In 1780 he was a soldier in the company commanded by Captain Viall Allin. His services in the State Legislature occurred during the two terms beginning respectively 1788 and 1806, during which he proved himself a capable and disinterested legislator. He was president of the United Congregational Society of Barrington from 1807 to 1821, and his death occurred April 4, 1826, and that of his wife, December 17, 1848. He married, Feby. 2, 1783, Mary Ann Bullock, a daughter of Colonel William Bullock, of Rehoboth. To them the following children were born: Elizabeth, Oct. 14, 1784; Sarah, Jany. 27, 1786; Alethea, Feby. 26, 1788; Mary Ann, Feby. 17, 1790; Esther Viall and Susanna Kent (twins), Feby. 13, 1793, the latter dying April 5, 1803; Ebenezer, mentioned below; Lydia, March 23, 1798; Hezekiah, born Jany. 18, 1800; and Lemira, Feby. 3, 1802. (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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