PUFFER, Jonathan

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He lived in Concord and Carlisle. He was a soldier in the French and Indian war in the first Concord regiment, Col. James Minott, in 1757. He was selectman of Carlisle in 1754 and 1756 and moderator of the town meeting May 26, 1777. He was third on a committee of five to prepare a letter instructing the representative to the General Court. he was of Concord April 22, 1771, when he bought land at Harvard of Joseph Atherto n of Harvard (W.D. 66-433). He removed in 1771 to Harvard and died there.

His gravestone inscription reads:
"In memory of Mr. Jonathan Puffer who died Nov 1, 1782, aged 71 years." He and wife Mary deeded land to their daughter Sarah Merriam at Harvard i n 1778 (W.D. 117-458).

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Jonathan married MAYNARD, Mary on 14 Jan 1734 in Sudbury, 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]

1. PUFFER, Adam was born about 1732; died in 1747.
2. PUFFER, Huldah was born on 14 Aug 1735 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 24 Aug 1735; died on 9 Dec 1818 in Harvard, MA.
3. PUFFER, Mary was born on 15 Aug 1741 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 16 Aug 1741; died before 1756.
4. PUFFER, Sarah was born on 18 Jun 1745 in Sudbury, MA; died on 2 Jan 1747 in Middlesex County, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA.
5. PUFFER, Sarah was born on 30 May 1748 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 5 Jun 1748 in Sudbury, MA; died on 13 Sep 1824 in Harvard, MA.
6. PUFFER, Lieut. Jonathan was born on 24 Oct 1751 in Concord, MA; died on 2 Sep 1789 in Harvard, MA; was buried in Harvard, MA.
7. PUFFER, Lois was born on 18 Feb 1754 in Concord, MA; died on 30 Dec 1754 in Carlisle, MA; was buried in Carlisle, MA.
8. PUFFER, Mary was born on 19 Oct 1756 in Concord, MA; died on 19 Oct 1756 in Concord, MA.

Jonathan married DAKIN, Mary on 12 May 1757 in Concord, MA. Mary was born in CA 1710; and died. [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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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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• Arrival: 1639, MA

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The first of the family in this country, and the pioneer ancestor, lived but a few years after coming to New England, and we know very little about him. He was one of the residents of Boston to whom land was granted at Mount Wollaston, which was afterwards the town of Braintree, now the city of Quincy. The record shows that he was granted twenty acres and that there were five in his family, indicating that he had three children. February 24, 1639. His homestead was located about two miles east of the railroad station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (formerly the Old Colony Railroad) at Quincy. It is the site of the present Fore River shipyards. In the early records the name is often spelled Poffer. The Widow Puffer died at Braintree, February 18, 1676. He was born as early as 1600, died at Braintree, Sept. 27, 1639, (See Pother in records.) (J.W. Porter, Bangor, Me., 1882.)

(ED NOTE: I can find no listing of him or his supposed wife (Elizabeth Sedley) or her family on any manifests of ships arriving in the general area of Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1620-1640. Since he was married in the Massachusetts Colony and his son Matthias was born in 1635 there, it is assumed he arrived before that time. One possibility is that he came over in the "Higginson Fleet" so called, ca 1629. Some 350 men, women and children arrived in that fleet, but I am unable to find lists of passengers at this date 5/6/13.)

(Ed. Note: A cousin has, supposedly, found the ship that George and his family came over on. "The Recovery" of London, 1633/34. It sailed from London and arrived in Dorchester, MA. Captain Gabriel Cornish. There is a "George Puffer" listed in the The Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650 on page 233. However, there is no further information about him. 12/21/17 DMC)

There is no evidence whatsoever that George was married to Elizabeth Sedley. I include her here as a possibility, not a certainty.

He had sons James and Matthias. The records show that Matthias married Rachel Farnsworth. According to the Farnsworth genealogy and public records, Ruth Farnsworth, born June 3, 1642, married William Puffer. In his account of the Puffer family, Mr. Appleton, finds no further trace of William Puffer, and the compiler of this work has also failed. A Thomas Puttne of R.I. died in Wrentham, July 11, 1702. This name was printed "Puffer" in the Register, owning to an error in transcribing. Mary Puffer, who died at Braintree, July 22, 1700, was probably the widow of James. It may still be questioned whether George had a son William.

George married Elizabeth. Elizabeth (daughter of SEDLEY, James and Sarah) was born in CA 1620 in Weymouth, MA; died on 18 Feb 1676 in Braintree, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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It is unproven if Elizabeth Sedley was the wife of George Puffer. Some modern genealogies put her here and I have included her just on that possibility. There is some speculation that her husband George may have been an indentured servant of her father, James Sedley. Again, there is no historical proof that this is so. In fact, there are no records at all of any Sedley's arriving in the colonies from 1620-1640.
We do know that the wife of George Puffer "died at Braintree, February 18, 1676". DMC

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A pioneer of the town of Weymouth, corporal of the military company and town officer.

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James married JOHNSON, Mary on 18 Feb 1635 in Weymouth, MA. Mary (daughter of JOHNSON, David and Elizabeth) was born in 1614 in England; died on 10 Mar 1656 in Weymouth, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1619 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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