PUFFER, Benjamin

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• Milit-Beg: 18 Jul 1782, Bernardston, MA
• Residence: 1850, Berkshire, VT

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He removed to Dublin, NH about 1772 with his father's family. He settled in Westmorland, NH and about 1813 removed to Richford, VT., near the Canadian line. He died at the home of his daughter Mrs. Nancy Rogers in Westfield, VT. He was a farmer.

Benjamin Puffer, the Son of a Patriot of the American Revolution (Jabez Puffer) and the Father of a Patriot of the War of 1812 (Erasmus Puffer). He was esteemed as a neighbor, honored as a man and beloved as a brother and father. He found religion in 1813 with the Baptist Church and then joined the M.E. Church where he was a member until his passing. 

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Milit-Beg:
Receipt dated Springfield, MA, Jul 19 1782, signed by Seth Banister, Captain, 4th Mass. regt., Muster Master, stating that he had received said Puffer of Lieut. Michael Frizzle, Chairman of Class No. 5 of the town of Bernardston, MA, and mustered him as a recruit to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years; also, Private, 7th Co.; entries dated Oct 25, 1783, and Jan. 29, 1784, or orders for wages for May-Dec (year not given), appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages, etc.

Residence:
Living with his daughter Nancy and her husband Samuel Rogers.

Benjamin married WHITE, Sally\Sarah on 27 Oct 1794 in Westmoreland, NH. Sally\Sarah (daughter of WHITE, Moses and STONE, Dinah) was born on 16 Nov 1767 in Westmoreland, NH; died in Apr 1826 in Richford, VT; was buried in Chelsea, VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PUFFER, John was born about 1790 in VT; died before 1890.
2. PUFFER, Erasmus was born on 11 Aug 1793 in Westmoreland, NH; died on 22 Oct 1886 in Conneaut, OH; was buried on 22 Oct 1886 in Conneaut, OH.
3. PUFFER, Nancy was born about 1795 in NH; died in 1834 in Richford, VT.
4. PUFFER, Philena was born on 20 Aug 1797; died on 9 Jan 1881.
5. PUFFER, Sally S. was born on 26 Nov 1794 in NH; died on 16 Feb 1854 in Richford, VT; was buried in Richford, VT.
6. PUFFER, Martin was born on 30 Dec 1802 in Westmoreland, NH; died on 20 Aug 1889 in Richford, VT; was buried in Richford, VT.
7. PUFFER, Alfreda\Alpheda was born in 1809 in Richford, VT; died on 9 Sep 1858 in Richford, VT; was buried in Richford, VT.

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• Arrival: 1773, Dublin, NH

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He resided on the old Amasa Kendall farm in Framingham. About 1767 he removed to Dublin, NH. He was a taxpayer in 1773. In 1790 he was living in Dublin and had three children then living in his family. He was very poor. In 1786 the town built a house for him (Lot 10, range 4).

"Jabez Puffer was reckoned as one of the Revolutionary
soldiers of Dublin. His name is not discovered in the Revo-
lutionary Rolls. This may be due to a loss of some of the old
records, or to a defect in the index. The indexes to the Rolls
are far from complete. Jabez Puffer came to Dublin from Fram-
ingham, Mass., and married a daughter of Capt. Thomas
Morse. He had a large family of children, several of whom
were feeble-minded and eventually supported by the town.
We have found no record of his death. He lived at first on the
tenth lot of the eighth range, and later on the eleventh lot of
that range, on the Milliken place." History of Dublin, Centennial Celebration, 17 Jun 1852.

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Jabez married MORSE, Rachel on 13 Feb 1763 in Sherborn, MA. Rachel (daughter of MORSE, Capt. Thomas and TREADWAY, Mary) was born on 13 Feb 1743 in Framingham, MA; died on 6 Feb 1818 in Hinsdale, NH; was buried in Westmoreland, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Confirmation: 8 Nov 1741, Sudbury, MA

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He joined the Sudbury church Nov. 8, 1781 and his wife joined Oct. 5, 1746. They moved to Framingham where he was a town officer 1749-53. He was soldier in the French and Indian War in Captain Belknap's company, Colonel Joseph Buckminster's regiment, April 22, 1756; also in Captain John Nixon's company, Colonel Timothy Ruggle's regiment, August 28 1756 (aged 36 according to the pay roll) and clerk of the company. He was reported dead at Camp Fort William Henry. His wife Abigail was appointed administratrix January 3, 1757.

William married TREADWAY, Abigail on 8 Jun 1742 in Sudbury, MA. Abigail (daughter of TREADWAY, Benjamin and MAYNARD, Mary) was born on 2 Dec 1719 in Framingham, MA; died on 6 Feb 1818 in Hinsdale, NH; was buried in Hinsdale, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was the first permanent English settler in Dublin, NH. A very influential citizen in Framingham and Dublin, NH, as were his sons Thomas and Reuben Morse. A Capt. in the War of Independence

" A captain's commission was sent him (Thomas Morse) by
the royal Governor Wentworth, of New Hampshire, to keep him
loyal, which he indignantly spurned; and, ere hostilities com-
menced, he had three sons trained to volunteer at the first call,
while he, advanced in years, remained at home with the others to
carry on the farm, and encourage his fellow-citizens to patriotic
efforts. He was pronounced by one of the signers of the Declara-
tion of Independence, who had much intercourse with him, to be
the ' shrewdest man he ever knew.' " History of Dublin, pg 836

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Thomas married TREADWAY, Mary on 19 May 1736 in Framingham, MA. Mary (daughter of TREADWAY, Benjamin and MAYNARD, Mary) was born on 16 May 1718 in Framingham, MA; died on 25 Dec 1776 in Dublin, NH; was buried in Dublin, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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Benjamin married MAYNARD, Mary on 19 Apr 1714 in Framingham, MA. Mary (daughter of MAYNARD, Zachariah and GOODRICH, Hannah) was born on 2 Jan 1690 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 10 Aug 1714 in Marlborough, MA; died on 27 Nov 1766 in Framingham, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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James married SAWIN, Ruth. Ruth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]