>Return-Path: <[email protected]> >From: [email protected] >Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 17:54:20 -0400 (EDT) >To: [email protected] >Subject: Canadian Tufford Families with U.S. Origins > >I am currently researching my Tufford family line and found a reference to >some information published in Volume III: 1997, No. 1 Jan. 1997 of your >newsletter. The article concerns Canadian Tufford Families with U.S. >Origins, and wonder if your article might contain something which might help >in my research. > >I have been researching Philip Tufford born 15 February 1795 supposedly in >Trenton, N.J., died 15 August 1870 Suspension Bridge (or Niagara Falls), New >York. He is my 3rd great grandfather. I learned through another Tufford >researcher, who descends from the Canadian Tuffords, that a Miss Muriel >Tufford of Ontario feels that Philip is a direct descendent of one Isaac >Tufford, although I know nothing about Isaac, other than he lived in Clinton >Township, Lincoln Co., Ontario. Philip apparently lived in Canada prior to >the War of 1812, as I find him listed as a �Canadian Volunteer� under Joseph >Willcocks in the War of 1812. The Canadian Volunteers were Canadians who >actually fought for the American side in this war, and were branded traitors >by Canada. Philip survived the war, and married Harriett Childs on October >8, 1816. They resided in Niagara County, New York, and he supposedly bought >land in the former Holland Purchase. They had children Barbara, Mary Ann, >Isaiah, Bartlett, Sarah Jane, Edwin C., Martha Elizabeth, and Emmett Harrison >(my 2nd great grandfather). I first thought that Philip was a descendent of >the Tuffords/Duffords from German Valley, N.J., but none of the literature >lists Philip. I contacted a lady who maintains a database of all the known >American Duffords/Tuffords, and she has no listing of him, either. It appears >that there is a missing generation for which none of the other researchers >has been able to discover. It is almost as if he didn�t exist in the U.S. >prior to the War of 1812 - no census listings, etc., so I feel there is a >very good chance he �belongs� to the Canadian Tuffords. I have found >Canadian research to be very difficult, so I�m looking for other resources >which may lead me in the right direction! > >If you know anything about Philip or his parents and siblings and ancestry, I >would really appreciate the information! Also, I would like to obtain a copy >of the article "Canadian Tufford Families with U.S. Origins", if possible. > >I look forward to hearing from you! > >Sincerely, >Judy Tufford Crain