John Tiffany1

M, #12037, * 10 Aug 1784, + 16 Nov 1853
FatherJohn Tiffany1 * 16 Oct 1747, + 16 or 17 Jan 1825
MotherRuthey Clapp1 * 1758, + 12 Feb 1839
1830 census entry: John Tiffany

Family

Sally Bigelow * 19 Mar 1785, + 2 Sep 1848
Children
     John Tiffany was born on 10 Aug 1784 in Attleboro, Massachusetts.1 He married Sally Bigelow, daughter of James Bigelow and Mary Graham, on 28 Apr 1812 at Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania.2,3 He died on 16 Nov 1853 in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania,2, and was buried in the Wheeler Hill Cemetery at Pleasant Mount.4

He is listed in the following census:
1800 Fed. census (4 Aug): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. John Tiffany was probably included in the Free Males 10-15 years of age.5
1810 Fed. census (6 Aug): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. John Tiffany was probably included in the Free Males 26-44 years of age.6
1820 Fed. census (7 Aug): Household of John Tiffany Jr., Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. John) and 1 female 26-45 (prob. his wife Sally), 1 male under 10 (prob. his son Hiram, Mary and Sarah), 3 females under 10 (prob. his daughters Hiram, Mary and Sarah and ?)7
1830 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. John) and 1 female 30-40 (prob. his wife Sally), 1 male and 1 female 10-15 (prob. Hiram and Mary), 1 male and 1 female 5-10 (prob. John Sheldon and Sarah), and 1 female under 5 (Minerva.)8
1840 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Household includes 1 male (prob. John) and 1 female 50-60 (prob. his wife Sally), 1 male and 3 females 20-30 (among them prob. Hiram, Mary and Sarah), 1 male 15-20 (prob. John Sheldon) and 1 female 10-15 (prob. Minerva.)9
1850 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of John Tiffany, Mount Pleasant, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. Household consists of John and Minerva P. (27) and Thomas (6) Tiffany.10

Name variants: John Tiffany Jr. (in the 1820 census.)7

Citations

  1. [S183] MA Attleborough, Attleborough, MA, pg. 262. Births. John, son of John jr. Tiffany and Ruth (Clapp), 10 Aug 1784.
  2. [S176] Bigelow, Dorotha Adams note., online: http://bigelowsociety.com/rod/bigsoc1.htm
  3. [S181] Seidler Family, Papers. Personal Files.
  4. [S575] Memorial# 8193433, Find-A-Grave. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  5. [S108] Fed. Census: 1800. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 952, line 22 (NARA: M32, Roll 44, Page 952). Household of John Tiffany.
  6. [S108] Fed. Census: 1810. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 114, line 3 (NARA: M252, Roll 57, Page 114). Household of John Tiffany.
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1820. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 57, line 33 (NARA: M33, Roll 112, Page 57). Household of John Tiffany, Jr.
  8. [S108] Fed. Census: 1830. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant Township, page 210, line 24 (NARA: M19, Roll 160, Page 210). Household of John Tiffany.
  9. [S108] Fed. Census: 1840. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant, page 285, line 11 (NARA: M704, Roll 493, Page 285). Household of John Tiffany.
  10. [S108] Fed. Census: 1850. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant, sheet 8, line 5-7 (NARA: M432, Roll 835, Page 19). Household of John Tiffany.
  11. [S376] Northeastern Pennsylvania, pg 52-53. Online at http://archive.org/details/commemorativebio02chic
  12. [S108] Fed. Census: 1880. Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Mount Pleasant. pg 10B, line 41-50. (NARA# T9-1202. Page 40B). Household of John S. Tiffany.