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

1624 - 1692  (68 years)

• Name	PUFFER, James
  Birth	1624	England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Ref#	2
  _COLOR	11
  Death	25 Jul 1692	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Person ID	I17263	Puffers
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, George,   b. 1600, Dorchester, Dorchestshire, England d. 27 Sep 1639, Braintree, MA (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. CA 1620, Weymouth, MA d. 18 Feb 1676, Braintree, MA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F8161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, George,   b. 1600, Dorchester, Dorchestshire, England d. 27 Sep 1639, Braintree, MA (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F33597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LUDDEN, Mary Swalden,   b. 17 Dec 1636, Weymouth, MA d. 22 Jul 1700, Braintree, MA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1656	Braintree, MA   [1, 3, 5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Richard,   b. 14 Mar 1657, Braintree, MA d. 3 Aug 1723, Wrentham, MA (Age 66 years)   2. PUFFER, Martha,   b. 28 Dec 1658, Braintree, MA d. 29 Mar 1701, Braintree, MA (Age 42 years)   3. PUFFER, Mary,   b. 11 Feb 1659, Braintree, MA d. Braintree, MA   4. PUFFER, James D.,   b. 5 May 1663, Braintree, MA d. 11 Nov 1749, Sudbury, MA (Age 86 years)   5. PUFFER, Jane,   b. Oct 1664, Braintree, MA d. 17 Dec 1749, Smithfield, RI (Age 85 years)   6. PUFFER, Rachel,   b. 25 Jan 1667, Braintree, MA d. Bef 1767, MA (Age < 99 years)   7. PUFFER, Ruth,   b. 25 Jan 1667, Braintree, MA d. 29 Jan 1667, Braintree, MA (Age 0 years)   8. PUFFER, Capt. Jabez,   b. 4 Feb 1672, Braintree, MA d. 5 Nov 1746, Sudbury, MA (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F7646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  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.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Marriage date: 14 Dec 1655 Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, Page 14. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 14. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 13-14. [S48] NEHGR.