Gouldtown,
a very remarkable settlement of ancient date - William Steward,
T. G. Steward, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1913 -
Page 113: "The Cuff family was of slave origin, though in a time quite remote; Cuff, a slave, was owned by a man named Padgett. Mr. Padgett had 3 daughters, and he by some means got into the Continental army, in the French and Indian War, and was killed. "Cuff took care of the widow, and she finally married him. He was called "Cuffee Padgett"; they had three sons and when these went to school they were taunted by the other boys as being the sons of "Old Cuffee Padgett"; so they would have their father drop the "Padgett" and take the name Cuffee Cuff. The names of these three sons were Mordecai, Reuben, and Seth. "The grave of
Cuffee Cuff is in the colored
burying ground at Canton, NJ, the land for which was given by
his oldest son, Mordecai, and his is the first grave in it. Mordecai dug
the grave himself for his father, and while digging it, his little daughter,
Dorothy, was playing about; on the fence nearby she found a gold chain
hanging, which is was supposed was lost by some young people from Philadelphia
who had been there the day before. She kept this chain for years and before
her death she gave is to her son, Jacob B. Pierce, of Gouldtown, an old
man now, who still had it at this time (Dec. 1912)." |
CUFFEE perhps married MRS PADGETT.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i REUBEN CUFF + 3 M ii MORDECAI CUFF + 4 M iii and perhaps 3 daughters
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History and Genealogy of the Mixed-blood |