Puffer Genealogy

NELSON, Hannah Stone[1]

Female 1809 - 1890  (80 years)


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  • Name NELSON, Hannah Stone 
    Birth 22 Oct 1809  Shrewsbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 31 Jul 1890  Grafton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Grafton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Riverside Cemetery 
    Person ID I19112  Puffers
    Last Modified 28 May 2015 

    Father NELSON, Capt. Jonathan,   b. 6 Jul 1773, Shrewsbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1827, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Mother STONE, Eunice,   b. 3 Apr 1774, Shrewsbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 1841, Shrewsbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 8 Mar 1798 
    Family ID F7827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family PUFFER, Phineas,   b. 11 Apr 1803, Stow, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1876, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1843  Shrewsbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Family ID F8992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

  • Photos
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    hannah stone nelson gs.jpg

  • Notes 
    • She left an estate valued at about $100,000. William Woodward of Worcester was executor of her will. She left $1,000 each to the Grafton Cong. Church and to the American Home Missions. She bequeathed to nephews and nieces of her husband and herself: Albert Warren Puffer of Stow; Herbert C. Puffer and Sophia Elizabeth Smith of Springfield; John P. Eager of West Newton; Caroline A. Britton of Albany, NY; Elizabeth P., wife of Jesse H. Smith of Grafton; Nellie S. Kinsley of Burlington, VT; Henry J. Nelson of Burlington, VT; Mrs. S. Elizabeth Anderson, of Ogden, UT, She gave her residence to Cyrus and Lucy Ann Puffer for caring for her during her last years. She had no children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 166.

    2. [S211] Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915.

    3. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.