PUFFER, Lazarus^{[1, 2, 3]}

1729 - 1778  (48 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Lazarus
  Birth	1 Jun 1729	Stoughton, MA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 189243685
  Ref#	25  [4]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	15 Jan 1778	Valley Forge, PA   [5]
  Burial	Valley Forge, PA
  	Address: Valley Forge National Historic Park
  Person ID	I15658	Puffers
  Last Modified	6 May 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Eleazer,   b. 30 Jan 1684, Dedham, MA d. 14 Jan 1747, Sharon, MA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	TALBOT, Elizabeth,   b. 13 Jan 1686, Chelmsford, MA d. 9 Feb 1759, Walpole, MA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	27 Nov 1713	Dorchester, MA   [4]
  Family ID	F3919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	REYNOLDS, Sarah,   b. CA 1725, Norwich, CT d. 2 Jan 1792, Colchester, CT (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	12 Nov 1753	Lebanon, CT   [5, 6]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Elizabeth,   b. 12 Jun 1754, Hebron, CT d. Bef 1854 (Age < 99 years)   2. PUFFER, Sarah,   b. 21 May 1756, Hebron, CT d. Bef 1856 (Age < 99 years)   3. PUFFER, Daniel,   b. Abt 1758, Hebron, CT d. 1820, Albany, NY (Age 62 years)   4. PUFFER, Simeon,   b. Aug 1759, Hebron, CT d. 16 Jun 1825, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada (Age 65 years)   5. PUFFER, Lazarus,   b. 1761, Hebron, CT d. Bef 1850 (Age < 88 years)
  Family ID	F7655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  floyd hiram puffer death cert.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  He settled in Hebron, CT. He was a soldier from Hebron in the French and Indian War. He served in Capt. Charles Dewey's company in 1757. He was in Capt. Edmond Well's company (fifth), Col. Whitney's regt. (second ), April 3 to Oct 26 1758, and in the same command in 1759. From April 5 to Dec 22, 1759, he was in Capt. Ichabod Phelps's company in 1760, 1761, and 1762. He was also a soldier in the Revolution. A Lazarus Puffer enlisted for three years in the eighth CT Line, under Colonels John Chandler and Giles Russell. The only Puffer family in CT in 1790, according to the Federal census of that year, was Sarah of New London County, living probably in Hebron or vicinity with two daughters (three females in her family). Sarah (wife of Lazarus) was administratrix of Lazarus's estate, probated in Hartford, CT, in 1788.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 30, 44-45. [S139] Connecticut Hist. Soc. IX, 38-40, 135, 202, 340. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 30, 44. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 30. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45. [S161] Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection).