"Gouldtown, A Very Remarkable Settlement of Ancient Date" by William Steward & T. G. Steward, Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Co., 1913 --
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The Cuff family was of slave origin, though in a time quite remote; Cuff, a slave, was owned by a man named Padgett. 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 (no
marker in 2009), 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,
(Dec. 1912).
1. Cuffee Cuff was born before 1734. He was buried in colored burying ground at Canton, Salem, NJ.
Cuffee married Mrs. Padgett. Mrs. was born before 1734.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i Rev. Reuben Cuff + 3 M ii Mordecai Cuff + 4 M iii Seth Cuff
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