PUFFER, Lt. James

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He was a soldier from Sudbury in the French and Indian War, a private in Capt. Josiah Richardson's company, April 25 1757; also an ensign in Capt. Aaron Hayne's company (second Sudbury), Col. Elisha Jones's regt., list of officers, third regt., in 1771, and Second Lieut. on the Lexington alarm in the Revolution, in Capt. Aaron Hayne's company, Col. Elisha Jone's regt, list of officers, third regt, in 1771, and second Lieut. on the Lexington alarm in the Revolution, in Capt. Aaron Hayne's company. His will dated Dec. 22, 1810, bequeathing to wife Submit, son of Jonas of Westminster, daughter Lydia, daughter Mary Conant of Sterling, daughter Rebecca, wife of Nathan Lee; sons James Goddard Puffer, Stephen Puffer. He and his wife Submit with other heirs of Benj. Goddard, quitclaim, Aug. 5, 1800 (W.D. 146-352).

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James married DAKIN, Marcy on 12 May 1757 in Concord, MA. Marcy (daughter of DAKIN, Samuel and MINOTT, Mercy) was born on 24 Apr 1733 in Sudbury, MA; died on 31 May 1790 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PUFFER, Thankful was born in Nov 1759 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 25 Nov 1759; died before 1859.
2. PUFFER, Dorcas was born in May 1761 in MA; was christened on 24 May 1761; died before 1871.
3. PUFFER, Stephen was born on 16 Aug 1763 in Wayland, MA; died on 3 Oct 1781.
4. PUFFER, Jonas was born on 6 Jul 1765 in Sudbury, MA; died on 21 Feb 1813 in Westminster, MA; was buried in Westminster, MA.
5. PUFFER, Mercy was born on 25 Oct 1767 in Shrewsbury, MA; died before 1867.
6. PUFFER, Rebecca was born on 9 Apr 1770 in Sudbury, MA; died on 23 Oct 1845 in Lee, ME; was buried in Lee, ME.

James married GODDARD, Submit on 14 Feb 1792 in Shrewsbury, MA. Submit (daughter of GODDARD, Benjamin and FISKE, Grace) was born on 7 Aug 1754; died on 4 Sep 1844 in Tewksbury, MA; was buried in Tewksbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PUFFER, James Goddard was born in 1792/3 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 10 Mar 1793; died in 1830.
2. PUFFER, Grace Fisher was born before 29 Jan 1796; was christened on 29 Jan 1796; died before 1896.
3. PUFFER, Stephen was born in 1798 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 13 Jan 1799 in Sudbury, MA; died on 30 Sep 1842 in Tewksbury, MA; was buried in Tewksbury, MA.

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• Arrival: 1712, Sudbury, MA
• Confirmation: 12 Jul 1727, Sudbury, MA

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He went to Sudbury with his father, and became a substantial citizen. He served in the French and Indian Wars, as private in Capt. Josiah Brown's Co., in 1739 and as ensign in Capt. Josiah Richardson's Co., in 1757. Later he was captain of a Sudbury company. He was on a town committee to widen the causeway at Ironworks meadow in 1771. He lived in the house, built by his father, enlarged by himself, and still standing in 1900. He and his brother Ephraim of Sudbury deeded to Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater land at Petersham, July 21, 1738 (W.D. 10-526) and also land bought of Thomas Baldwin at Petersham (Nichewaug) March 5, 1743-4 (W.D. 2 9-355). He deeded land to his son Jacob at Templeton, April 13,1764 (W .D. 55-379).

His gravestone is in the burying ground at Sudbury Center. In his will dated April 8, 1785, he bequeaths to his wife Sarah: children James, Jacob, Daniel, Reuben, Rebecca Gibson and grandchildren Nahum and Reuben Rice.

Will of Capt. Jabez Puffer

"The following was one of the five wills made by Capt. Jabez Puffer and w as not the one offered for probate: "In the name of God Amen! This eighteenth Day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy Nine and in the third year of American Independence, I Jabez Puffer of Sudbury, in the county of Middlesex and state of the MA Bay, New England, Gentleman, being indisposed in Body, but of good and perfect mind and memory (thanks to Almighty God) and calling to remembrance the uncertain state of this transitory Life, and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call; do make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: -- Being penitent and sorry for all my sins, and most humbly imploring forgiveness for the same I commend my soul unto Almighty God my saviour and Redeemer in whom and by whose merits i trust and believe assuredly to be saved, to receive a full remission of all my sins, and inherit the Kingdom of God; and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named: and for the settleing of my temporal estate, and such Goods, Chattels and Debts as shall be found at m y decease, all lawful demands on the same being satisfied, I appoint an d order to be done in the following manner: -- First-- I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah Puffer, the income of all my Lande lying in Sudbury, she being at the charge of all the Labor for said income. Also I give her a good steady Horse and Chaise to use at her election; also the use of that part of the dwelling house and Sellar which I now possess, together with the free use of all other buildings on the Premises; also I bequeath unto her my loving wife two Cows, and all the Household furniture she brought with her, to dispose of as she shall think proper, the income of said Lands, and the use of Horse, Chiase, House, Sellar and other buildings to be hers so long as she remains my widow .
Also I give and bequeath to my four dutiful and well beloved sons (viz) James puffer, whom I have settled in Sudbury, Josiah Puffer whom I have settled in Westminster in the county of Worcester, Jacob Puffer whom I have settled in Ashby in the county of Middlesex and Daniel Puffer whom I have settled with myself in Sudbury, to them and each of them five shillings to be paid to them by my Executor in one year after my decease.
To each of them I have give good farms or settlements and my son Daniel Puffer is to have the refusal of my Homestead at the appraisal after my Decease if he pleases and agrees with his mother in law (stepmother), an d pays at, otherwise it shat be free for the purchase of any other person.
Also I give and bequeath to my dutiful and well beloved son Reuben Puffer having already given him an education at Harvard College twenty six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to be paid him by my Executor in one year after the beginning to settle my estate. Also I give to the s aid Reuben Puffer a Bed, with the furniture thereto."
(Charles Nutt has another will dated Feb. 21, 1774.)
Epitaph: "Here rests in hope of a resurrected life the mortal part of Capt. Jabez Puffer who departed this life June 21 A.D. 1789 in the 85th y ear of his age.
"My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Then burst the chains without surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise."

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Jabez married HAYNES, Thankful on 24 Jul 1731 in Sudbury, MA. Thankful (daughter of HAYNES, Deacon James and NOYES, Sarah) was born on 22 Apr 1708 in Sudbury, MA; died on 11 Jun 1737 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Her gravestone is standing beside her husband's.

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• Confirmation: 21 May 1704, Braintree, MA
• Residence: 1712, Sudbury, MA

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Baptized in Sudbury Feb 22, 1673-4. He and his wife joined the Braintree church, May 21, 1704. He was a boatman, resided at Ship Cove, now Quincy Neck. "Jabez Puffer, boatman, for L 20 7s, sold to John Ruggles 4 acres of upland and meadow called the "great fence field" near the house of Ruggles. Bounded westerly on land of Samuel Newcome, deceased, easterly and northwesterly on land of Ruggles, southerly on the creek called Sheep Cove." In 1712, he bought land in Sudbury and came with his brother James to settle there. He was captain of the Sudbury company (militia). His farm was in the northeast part of Sudbury in what is now Maynard, near Puffer's Pond, which took it's name from the family.

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Jabez married GLAZIER, Mary on 3 Dec 1702 in Braintree, MA. Mary (daughter of GLAZIER, John and GEORGE, Elizabeth) was born on 6 Oct 1682 in Sudbury, MA; died on 2 Jan 1749 in Braintree, MA; was buried in Wayland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James Haynes was born in Sudbury, MA on March 17, 1660/61. He was the eighth child of John Haynes and Dorothy Noyes, daughter of Peter Noyes, and grandson of Walter Haynes. James married, in Sudbury, Sarah Noyes of the same town. There are contradictory records of the date of the marriage, it was either November 21, 1689, or December 21, 1690. Sarah was born in Sudbury on September 28, 1669, the daughter of Joseph Noyes and Mary Darnell or Darvell. Sarah was not a descendant of the Peter Noyes who is so often linked with Walter Haynes in the history of Sudbury. Her father was of the Newbury Noyes clan, but a link between that family and the family of Peter Noyes, back in England, has been established.

James was a defender at the Haynes Garrison House during King Philip's War. He was a farmer, and a deacon in the church at Sudbury from 1706 to 1715. James contracted to build a new meeting house for Sudbury. He was to be paid in merchantable Indian corn, peas, beef, pork and malt. James and Sarah had seven children. James died in Sudbury on October 15, 1732, and is buried in the old cemetery, called the Revolutionary War Cemetery, at Sudbury. Sarah died on September 13, 1756, but her death is not recorded in Sudbury vital records.

James married NOYES, Sarah on 21 Dec 1689 in Sudbury, MA. Sarah (daughter of NOYES, Joseph and DARVELL, Mary) was born on 28 Sep 1669 in Sudbury, MA; died on 13 Sep 1756 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MA Sarah Noyes was born in Sudbury, MA on September 28, 1669, the daughter of Joseph Noyes and Mary Darnell or Darvell. Sarah married in Sudbury, James Haynes of the same town. There are contradictory records of the date of the marriage, it was either November 21, 1689, or December 21, 1690. James was the son of John Haynes and Dorothy Noyes, daughter of Peter Noyes. Sarah was not a descendant of the Peter Noyes who is so often linked with Walter Haynes in the history of Sudbury. Her father was of the Newbury Noyes clan, but a link between them and the family of Peter Noyes, back in England, has been proven.

Sarah and James had seven children, all born in Sudbury. James died in Sudbury in 1732. Sarah died on September 13, 1756, but her death is not rcorded in Sudbury vital records. She is buried in the old cemetery, called the Revolutionary War Cemetery, in Sudbury.

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Born about 1624, probably in England. He succeeded his father's homestead in Braintree and lived there to the end of his life. His farm was at Ship's Cove, now called Quincy Neck, and he also owned land in what is now the town of Randolph. Though he followed farming, he is also described as a boatman. He was elected constable in place of John Bass, Mch 1679-80. He died at Braintree, July 25, 1692, aged about sixty-eight years. He married at Braintree, February 14, 1656, Mary Ludden, who was born at Weymouth, December 17, 1636, daughter of James Ludden, a pioneer of the town of Weymouth, corporal of the military company and town officer. She died at Braintree, July 22, 1700.

(References" Prince's Chronology, p. 407; Winthrop's New England, p. 92 , Vol. I; Drakes Boston, pp. 145-6.)

In the will of John Saunders of Braintree, 1684, he describes his land as "Next the sea" adjoining James Puffer's. (Suffolk, XVI, p. 207.)

James married LUDDEN, Mary Swalden on 14 Feb 1656 in Braintree, MA. Mary (daughter of LUDDEN, Capt. Cpl. James and JOHNSON, Mary) was born on 17 Dec 1636 in Weymouth, MA; died on 22 Jul 1700 in Braintree, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married GEORGE, Elizabeth in 1661 in Charleston, MA. Elizabeth (daughter of GEORGE, John and Elizabeth) was born in 1640 in Charleston, MA; died on 7 Apr 1691 in Lancaster, MA; was buried in Lancaster, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John Haynes came to America when abt. sixteen years of age, and lived f or a time at Watertown, Mass., with "cousin Rice." He was a freeman in 1 646, and Representative from Sudbury to the MA General Court i n 1669, '83 and '84. He was also owner and commander of the Haynes Garr ison House at Sudbury, which was attacked April 21,
1676.

Residence - 1640; Sudbury, MA;

Residence - 1637; Watertown, Litchfield, CT;

Lived with cousin Reed (or Rice) in 1637.

Emigration - 1637; London, England;
one year before his father.

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John married NOYES, Dorothy on 13 Oct 1642 in Sudbury, MA. Dorothy (daughter of NOYES, Peter and Elizabeth) was born about 1626 in Penton Grafton, Hampshire, England; was christened on 23 Apr 1627 in Weyhill, Hampshire, England; died on 8 Apr 1715 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 1627, Foxcotte, Hampshire, England

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Immigrated to US from England in 1638, when 12 yo.

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Joseph married DARVELL, Mary on 12 Nov 1662 in Sudbury, MA. Mary (daughter of DARVELL, Robert and Hester) was born on 10 May 1642 in Sudbury, MA; died on 24 Sep 1677 in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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