Hello listers, I'm wondering if anyone can help me with this family - all supposedly born in NJ - possibly Wantage, Sussex County. Henry TEDFORD - of Sussex County, NJ - died (?NY) circa 1777 m. Gitty _______ , who ca 1787 in Nova Scotia Son - Samuel TEDFORD m. Abigail PITMAN - 4 April 1787 in Nova Scotia d. 1 Nov 1812 - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia Son - John TEDFORD, Capt. m. Olive SCOTT, May 1795 - in Nova Scotia Son - Jacob TEDFORD,1st, Capt. -- (my ancestor) b. ca 1756 - ?Wantage, Sussex County, NJ m. (1) Anna PORTER - ca 1788 in Nova Scotia - (my ancestor) m. (2) Sarah HICKS - in Nova Scotia d. 29 Jan. 1848 - Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia Dau. - Catharine TEDFORD - m. David FLINT, Capt. - April 1795, Nova Scotia d. 9 March 1850 In "American Loyalist Claims, Vol. 1" - I found the following listing: Tedford, Henry, Sussex County, N.J., deceased, by widow Gitty/Gertrude Tedford. He served as foreman to Maj. Brewen in N.Y. She was too poor, and family too large, to be able to submit claim before now. Memorial 17 April 1786 Shelburne. Claim: House; sawmill and 2½ acres; gelding; two cows." Jacob and Anna Tedford were the parents of 14 children, all born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I am descended from Anna, who married Jesse S. Shaw, M.P.P. Any help at all would be so greatly appreciated. Barbara Love, in Massachusetts Barmanlove@aol.com