Puffer Genealogy
VARNEY, William
1783 - 1863 (79 years)1. VARNEY, William was born on 21 Dec 1783 (son of VARNEY, Caleb and HUSSEY, Huldah); died on 24 Nov 1863 in Farmington, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
2. VARNEY, Caleb was born on 17 Aug 1756 in Rochester, NH (son of VARNEY, Ebenezer and OTIS, Mary); died on 6 Jun 1828. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Notes:
Before marriage he purchased the old Varney homestead in Farmington (MA), which then contained 80 acres of land.
Caleb married HUSSEY, Huldah on 11 Dec 1782 in Dover, NH. Huldah (daughter of HUSSEY, Paul and HALL, Mary) was born about 1749 in Dover, NH; died on 26 Mar 1807. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. HUSSEY, Huldah was born about 1749 in Dover, NH (daughter of HUSSEY, Paul and HALL, Mary); died on 26 Mar 1807. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
- Birth: 1762, Rochester, NH
- Death: 26 Mar 1837
Children:
- 1. VARNEY, William was born on 21 Dec 1783; died on 24 Nov 1863 in Farmington, NH.
- VARNEY, Job was born on 3 Aug 1786 in Dover, NH; died on 31 Dec 1825.
- VARNEY, Mary was born on 30 Oct 1791 in Dover, NH; died on 5 Dec 1822 in NH.
- VARNEY, John Hanson was born on 31 Aug 1794 in Milton, NH; died in Jan 1850 in Strafford, NH.
- VARNEY, Elizabeth Hannah was born on 2 Mar 1799 in Rochester, NH; died on 14 Dec 1875 in Windham, CT.
Generation: 3
4. VARNEY, Ebenezer was born on 5 Sep 1664 in England (son of VARNEY, Humphrey and STARBUCK, Esther Sarah); died in Nov 1753 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Notes:
"...and, like his father, became a man of influence and substance...during the Indian troubles which accompanied the wars between the English and French powers, his house was strongly fortified and called Varney garrison house, and history states that it frequently afforded safe refuge for the families of the locality against the incursions of marauding Indians..."
Ebenezer married OTIS, Mary in 1692 in NH. Mary was born in 1675; died before 1775 in NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. OTIS, Mary was born in 1675; died before 1775 in NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
Notes:
In the Abenaki Indian massacre in 1689 in Dover, NH, many of t he Otis family were killed. One of the Otis granddaughters, in the 4th g eneration, Mary Otis, was also taken in that Indian attack and sold to t he French. How she returned to marry Ebenezer Varney is still a mystery .
Children:
- 2. VARNEY, Caleb was born on 17 Aug 1756 in Rochester, NH; died on 6 Jun 1828.
6. 
HUSSEY, Paul was born about 1728 in NH (son of HUSSEY, William and ROBINSON, Hannah); died on 22 Nov 1796 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
- Birth: 1730, Dover, NH
Paul married HALL, Mary in 1747 in Rochester, NH. Mary was born on 23 May 1736 in Dover, NH; died in 1813 in Dover, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. HALL, Mary was born on 23 May 1736 in Dover, NH; died in 1813 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Children:
- HUSSEY, Elijah was born in 1755; and died.
- HUSSEY, Micajah was born in 1758 in Dover, NH; and died.
- HUSSEY, Daniel was born on 22 Sep 1760 in Rochester, NH; died on 20 Aug 1839.
- 3. HUSSEY, Huldah was born about 1749 in Dover, NH; died on 26 Mar 1807.
Generation: 4
8. 
VARNEY, Humphrey was born about 1642 in Barbados (son of VARNEY, William and KNIGHT, Bridget); died about May 1714 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- Religion: probably a Quaker
- _COLOR: 6
- Residence: 1656, Gloucester, MA
- Will: 2 Jun 1714, Dover, NH
Notes:
FindaGrave:
GRID=126590437Humphrey married STARBUCK, Esther Sarah on 2 Mar 1663/4 in Dover, NH. Esther (daughter of STARBUCK, Elder Edward Jr. and REYNOLDS, Catherine Eunice) was born on 2 Mar 1630 in Dover, NH; died on 17 Sep 1713 in Dover, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. STARBUCK, Esther Sarah was born on 2 Mar 1630 in Dover, NH (daughter of STARBUCK, Elder Edward Jr. and REYNOLDS, Catherine Eunice); died on 17 Sep 1713 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
- Living: 1713
Children:
- 4. VARNEY, Ebenezer was born on 5 Sep 1664 in England; died in Nov 1753 in Dover, NH.
- VARNEY, Peter was born on 29 Mar 1666 in Dover, NH; died on 18 May 1732 in Dover, NH; was buried in Dover, NH.
- VARNEY, Joseph was born on 8 Oct 1667 in Dover, NH; and died.
- VARNEY, Abigail was born on 10 Jul 1699 in Dover, NH; died after 1729 in Dover, NH.
12. 
HUSSEY, William was born on 24 Mar 1711 in Dover, NH; died on 22 Jan 1778 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
William married ROBINSON, Hannah. Hannah was born on 21 Nov 1707 in Dover, NH; died on 20 Apr 1793 in Dover, NH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. ROBINSON, Hannah was born on 21 Nov 1707 in Dover, NH; died on 20 Apr 1793 in Dover, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Children:
- 6. HUSSEY, Paul was born about 1728 in NH; died on 22 Nov 1796 in Dover, NH.