Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Israel

Male 1787 - 1814  (27 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  PUFFER, Israel was born on 15 Mar 1787 in Stow, MA (son of PUFFER, Sgt. Simon and HALE, Marcy); died on 18 Aug 1814 in Stow, MA.

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    Notes:

    In 1806 Israel Hale was guardian of Israel and Mercy Puffer. He died unmarried. His will, dated Aug 5 1814, he bequeaths to his nephews, Jonas and Daniel Puffer, sons of his brother John.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  PUFFER, Sgt. Simon was born on 23 Feb 1748 in Sudbury, MA (son of PUFFER, Ephraim and DARBY, Mary); died in 1818 in Middlesex County, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA.

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    • _COLOR: 11

    Notes:

    He lived at Stow and owned a seat in the meting house. In 1790 the census shows that he had four children, and was living in Stow. He was a soldier in the Revolution, a private in William Whitcomb's company, Col. James Prescott's regiment, April 19, 1775; also in Capt. Samuel Patch's company, Col. Prescott's regt., 1775-76; also in Capt Benj Monroe's company, 1778-9, in Rhode Island; was chosen sergeant.

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    GRID=187688038

    Simon married HALE, Marcy on 30 Sep 1770 in Stow, MA. Marcy (daughter of HALE, Deacon John and ROBINS, Marcy) was born on 23 Apr 1744; died on 23 Feb 1811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  HALE, Marcy was born on 23 Apr 1744 (daughter of HALE, Deacon John and ROBINS, Marcy); died on 23 Feb 1811.

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    Children:
    1. PUFFER, John Hale was born on 23 Jul 1772 in Ashby, MA; died on 5 May 1853 in Stow, MA; was buried in Jericho, VT.
    2. PUFFER, Mary was born on 19 Dec 1773 in Stow, MA; died on 2 Mar 1846 in Athens, VT; was buried in Athens, VT.
    3. PUFFER, Ephraim was born on 11 Sep 1777 in Stow, MA; died before 1877.
    4. PUFFER, Molly was born on 23 Apr 1780 in Stow, MA; was christened on 23 Apr 1780; died before 1880.
    5. 1. PUFFER, Israel was born on 15 Mar 1787 in Stow, MA; died on 18 Aug 1814 in Stow, MA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  PUFFER, Ephraim was born on 22 Jul 1716 in Sudbury, MA (son of PUFFER, Capt. Jabez and GLAZIER, Mary); died on 11 Nov 1756 in Stow, MA.

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    • Confirmation: 8 Nov 1741, Sudbury, MA

    Notes:

    He joined the church at Sudbury, Nov. 8, 1741, and his wife joined July 27, 1746. The removed to Stow before 1750, and he died there in 1757. Joseph Darby was appointed guardian of his minor children, Jonathan, Simon, Catharine and Ephraim. His widow Mary Crown relinquished her right of dower in the Puffer estate, April 9, 1770. She had married again. He was a soldier in Capt. Josiah Brown's Co. in 1739, in the French War.

    Ephraim married DARBY, Mary on 29 Mar 1746 in Stow, MA. Mary (daughter of DARBY, Joseph, daughter of DARBY, Joseph) was born on 20 Jul 1727 in Stow, MA; died in 1756 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  DARBY, Mary was born on 20 Jul 1727 in Stow, MA (daughter of DARBY, Joseph, daughter of DARBY, Joseph); died in 1756 in MA.

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    Notes:

    She relinquished her right of dower in the Puffer estate, Apr 9 1770.

    Children:
    1. PUFFER, Jonathan Darby was born on 9 Jun 1746 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 22 Jun 1746 in Sudbury, MA; died on 4 Sep 1817 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Stow, MA.
    2. 2. PUFFER, Sgt. Simon was born on 23 Feb 1748 in Sudbury, MA; died in 1818 in Middlesex County, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA.
    3. PUFFER, Catherine was born on 26 Jun 1750 in Stow, MA; died on 10 Apr 1811 in MA.
    4. PUFFER, Ephraim was born on 8 May 1753 in Stow, MA; died on 29 Dec 1826 in Andover, VT; was buried in Andover, VT.

  3. 6.  HALE, Deacon JohnHALE, Deacon John was born on 15 Oct 1714 in MA; died on 26 Apr 1766 in Stow, MA; was buried in Stow, MA.

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    GRID=112907979

    John married ROBINS, Marcy. Marcy was born about 1723 in Chelmsford, MA; died on 16 Nov 1802. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  ROBINS, Marcy was born about 1723 in Chelmsford, MA; died on 16 Nov 1802.

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    Children:
    1. 3. HALE, Marcy was born on 23 Apr 1744; died on 23 Feb 1811.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  PUFFER, Capt. JabezPUFFER, Capt. Jabez was born on 4 Feb 1672 in Braintree, MA; was christened on 22 Feb 1673/4 in Braintree, MA (son of PUFFER, James and LUDDEN, Mary Swalden); died on 5 Nov 1746 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in 1789 in Sudbury, MA.

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    • _COLOR: 11
    • Confirmation: 21 May 1704, Braintree, MA
    • Residence: 1712, Sudbury, MA

    Notes:

    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]


  2. 9.  GLAZIER, Mary was born on 6 Oct 1682 in Sudbury, MA (daughter of GLAZIER, John and GEORGE, Elizabeth); died on 2 Jan 1749 in Braintree, MA; was buried in Wayland, MA.

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    Children:
    1. PUFFER, Martha was born on 18 Oct 1703 in Braintree, MA; was christened on 21 Mar 1704; died in CA 1746 in MA.
    2. PUFFER, Capt. Jabez was born about 1704 in Braintree, MA; died on 21 Jun 1789 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA.
    3. PUFFER, Capt. Samuel T. was born on 12 Oct 1707 in Braintree, MA; died on 4 May 1773 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Wayland, MA.
    4. PUFFER, Jonathan was born on 2 Nov 1709 in Braintree, MA; died on 9 Nov 1709 in Braintree, MA.
    5. PUFFER, Jonathan was born on 22 Oct 1711 in Braintree, MA; died on 1 Nov 1782 in Harvard, MA; was buried in Harvard, MA.
    6. 4. PUFFER, Ephraim was born on 22 Jul 1716 in Sudbury, MA; died on 11 Nov 1756 in Stow, MA.
    7. PUFFER, William was born on 25 Feb 1720 in Sudbury, MA; died on 11 Oct 1756 in Lake George, NY; was buried in Lake George, NY.

  3. 10.  DARBY, Joseph was born on 15 Dec 1716 in Stow, MA; died on 7 Sep 1792 in Leominster, MA.

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    Children:
    1. 5. DARBY, Mary was born on 20 Jul 1727 in Stow, MA; died in 1756 in MA.