PUFFER, Lois

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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.

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"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]

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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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Zachariah married GOODRICH, Hannah on 15 Jul 1678 in Sudbury, MA. Hannah (daughter of GOODRICH, John and Elizabeth) was born on 3 Feb 1659 in Wethersfield, CT; died on 30 Jul 1719 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Concord, 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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John married STARR, Mary Ann on 16 May 1640 in Duxbury, MA. Mary (daughter of STARR, Comfort and MITCHELL, Elizabeth) was born on 16 Apr 1620 in Ashford, Kent, England; died on 22 Apr 1659 in Duxbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 22 Apr 1659, Sudbury, MA

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In about 1642/43 Thomas, Mary and their two children embarked for Massa chusetts, and upon arrival or shortly thereafter purchased five acres o f land from Edmund Rice in Sudbury.

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There is a family tradition that John and his brother William were orphans and came to this country from South Wales about 1644 with their mother's brother, William Stillman, and first settled in the New Haven Colony.

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John married Elizabeth in 1645 in Wethersfield, CT. Elizabeth was born about 1622 in Wethersfield, CT; died on 5 Jul 1670 in Wethersfield, CT; was buried in Wethersfield, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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