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Descendants of John Hurd

Generation No. 6

6. RUTH⁶ HURD (DANIEL⁵, EBENEZER⁴, JOHN³, ADAM², JOHN¹) was born 1727. She married OLIVER TEALL 1747, son of OLIVER TEALL and PRUDENCE.
Notes for OLIVER TEALL:
Oliver Teall was a career British officer. He served in the British Army through the French and Indian Wars and the Revolution. In 1747 he married Ruth Hurd who was born in 1727. See the section on the Hurd family. A copy of the first thirty six pages of a genealogy by Dena D. Hurd, A History and Genealogy of The Family of Hurd in the United States, is included. The Hurd lineage takes our direct ancestors in America to around 1630.

Children of RUTH HURD and OLIVER TEALL are:

TIMOTHY⁷ TEALL, b. May 27, 1754, Middletown, Conn.; d. June 14, 1820, Fayetteville, New York; m. (1) PHOEBE HULL, December 13, 1781, Clinton, Conn.; m. (2) DORTHY ALCOTT FOOT, November 23, 1797, Maslius, New York.

Notes for TIMOTHY TEALL:
Timothy Teall first married Phoebe Hull, the daughter of George Hull of Killingsworth, Conn., on December 13, 1781 in Clinton, Conn. Phoebe died in Manlius,NY on July 7,1793. Both Timothy and Phoebe are buried in Fayetteville, NY Cemetery. Timothy and Phoebe had six children.

Timothy's second marraige was to Dorothy Alcott Foot. There only child was Asaph Teall, our direct ancestor.

Timothy and his brothers,Titus, Oliver, Joseph and Nathan all fought in the Revolution for the Americans. The other brother, Benjamin, was not permitted to enlist because of the loss of an eye due to a childhood accident. His sympathies were with his brothers and that of other Americans. However, their father, Oliver, a career Britsh officer fought for England. One can only imagine the family disputes that occurred at this time. Timothy Teall's first action in the Revolution was to answer the call to the Lexington Alarm. This call was in response to the British attack at Lexington and Concord on April 19,1775. Enclosed is an insert on the Lexington Alarm. Also, enclosed is a copy of several pages of Connecticut in the Revolution with several references to the Teall's in the War.

The Teall family paid a price in the fight for liberty. Titus Teall died during the brutal winter at Valley Forge on Febuary 2, 1778 of small pox. Timothy Teall was taken prisoner at Horse Neck, Conn. in 1780 during a battle made famous by the escape of General Isreal Putnam. He was confined to a hold of a British prisoner of war ship in New York harbor until the end of the war. According to a reference in Emma Teall Dunn's work, Timothy "was so emaciated that family failed to recognize him upon his return home".

After the War he returned to his profession as a physician in Middletown, Conn. In 1791, Timothy relocated his family to Manlius, New York. He became one the first physicians in Manlius. He remained a physician until public service demanded his attention. The first public office was that of Assessor in 1792-1794. In 1800 he was elected town clerk of Manlius. In 1801 he became Justice of the Peace. Also, for many years he was the Magistrate and Deputy Sheriff.

ii.

BENJAMIN TEALL, b. October 04, 1748, Killingsworth, Conn.; m. CATHERINE M. WILLARD, September 18, 1773.

iii.

MATILDA TEALL, b. February 01, 1749/50, Killingsworth, Conn.; m. DAVID SURRENBOROUGH.

iv.

RACHAEL TEALL, b. June 15, 1752.

TITUS TEALL, b. November 13, 1756, Middletown, Conn.; d. 1777, Valley Forge, PA.

Notes for TITUS TEALL:
Died at Valley Forge of smallpox in the winter of 1777-1778 where Washington's Army was stationed.

vi.

OLIVER TEALL, b. January 01, 1759, Middletown, Conn.; d. September 18, 1842, Albany , New York; m. SUSAN PAINE, November 18, 1783.

vii.

MARY TEALL, b. October 07, 1760, Middletown, Conn.; m. JOSEPH HULL.

viii.

JOSEPH TEALL, b. April 29, 1762; d. 1837, Fairfield, Conn.; m. ANA GRISWOLD, December 02, 1784.

ix.

RUTH TEALL, b. May 06, 1764.

NATHAN TEALL, b. August 16, 1765, Middletown, Conn.; d. 1841; m. POLLY PAINE.

Notes for NATHAN TEALL:
He was in the Revolution from 1781 to the end of the war. Sheriff of Tioga County, New York and owned a large mill.

xi.

PRUDENCE TEALL, b. November 26, 1776, Middletown, Conn.; m. SOLOMON WOODWORTH.

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