PUFFER, Anna

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• Immigration: 1812, NY

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He removed to Coleraine (NY). He was the first to buy land in Villenova, Chautaugua County, New York, his deed being dated Oct. 28, 1809, for lots 19, 27 and 36, and he took his family to what was then the wilderness. They endured much hardship. He was the first supervisor of that town, 1823, and school commissioner 1823-4; justice of the peace for many terms. He was a farmer, mechanic and land surveyor, and laid out most of the highways and many of the farms in Villenova. He was at Hanover, from which Villenova was set off, when he was appointed guardian of his four youngest children, in 1815, by the Worcester County probate court. In 1843 he removed to Bristol in Northern Indiana and died there.

He was a Senior Warden in the Masons

He "was a cultured man, of literary and scientific tastes. He was a first-class surveyor, and ran many of the lines, laid out the early roads, was the first justice of the peace and drew the legal papers called for in the early days. He moved to Indiana in the early forties."

Ezra married HAYNES, Mary on 2 Jan 1793 in Sudbury, MA. Mary (daughter of HAYNES, Lt. Joshua Sr. and PUFFER, Susannah) was born on 10 May 1769 in Sudbury, MA; died on 4 Nov 1812 in Villenova, NY; was buried in Balcom Corners, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He joined the Sudbury church, Nov 1 1770. He resided in what is known as the old Maynard house. He was a soldier (Pvt-Ed.) in the Revolution in Capt. Asahel Wheeler's company in 1778. In his will he bequeathed to his children Ezra, Jacob, Achsah Gibson, Anne Balcom and Daniel.

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Daniel married BALCOM, Mary on 5 Jul 1770 in Sudbury, MA. Mary (daughter of BALCOM, Lt. John and HAYNES, Susannah) was born on 6 Mar 1748 in Sudbury, MA; died on 10 Sep 1802 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Revolutionary War Veteran.

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Joshua married PUFFER, Susannah before 1756 in Sudbury, MA. Susannah (daughter of PUFFER, Capt. Samuel T. and HAYNES, Dorothy) was born on 26 Sep 1733 in Sudbury, MA; was christened on 30 Sep 1733; died on 15 Jan 1818 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Arrival: 1712, Sudbury, MA
• Confirmation: 12 Jul 1727, Sudbury, MA

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He went to Sudbury with his father, and became a substantial citizen. He served in the French and Indian Wars, as private in Capt. Josiah Brown's Co., in 1739 and as ensign in Capt. Josiah Richardson's Co., in 1757. Later he was captain of a Sudbury company. He was on a town committee to widen the causeway at Ironworks meadow in 1771. He lived in the house, built by his father, enlarged by himself, and still standing in 1900. He and his brother Ephraim of Sudbury deeded to Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater land at Petersham, July 21, 1738 (W.D. 10-526) and also land bought of Thomas Baldwin at Petersham (Nichewaug) March 5, 1743-4 (W.D. 2 9-355). He deeded land to his son Jacob at Templeton, April 13,1764 (W .D. 55-379).

His gravestone is in the burying ground at Sudbury Center. In his will dated April 8, 1785, he bequeaths to his wife Sarah: children James, Jacob, Daniel, Reuben, Rebecca Gibson and grandchildren Nahum and Reuben Rice.

Will of Capt. Jabez Puffer

"The following was one of the five wills made by Capt. Jabez Puffer and w as not the one offered for probate: "In the name of God Amen! This eighteenth Day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy Nine and in the third year of American Independence, I Jabez Puffer of Sudbury, in the county of Middlesex and state of the MA Bay, New England, Gentleman, being indisposed in Body, but of good and perfect mind and memory (thanks to Almighty God) and calling to remembrance the uncertain state of this transitory Life, and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call; do make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: -- Being penitent and sorry for all my sins, and most humbly imploring forgiveness for the same I commend my soul unto Almighty God my saviour and Redeemer in whom and by whose merits i trust and believe assuredly to be saved, to receive a full remission of all my sins, and inherit the Kingdom of God; and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named: and for the settleing of my temporal estate, and such Goods, Chattels and Debts as shall be found at m y decease, all lawful demands on the same being satisfied, I appoint an d order to be done in the following manner: -- First-- I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah Puffer, the income of all my Lande lying in Sudbury, she being at the charge of all the Labor for said income. Also I give her a good steady Horse and Chaise to use at her election; also the use of that part of the dwelling house and Sellar which I now possess, together with the free use of all other buildings on the Premises; also I bequeath unto her my loving wife two Cows, and all the Household furniture she brought with her, to dispose of as she shall think proper, the income of said Lands, and the use of Horse, Chiase, House, Sellar and other buildings to be hers so long as she remains my widow .
Also I give and bequeath to my four dutiful and well beloved sons (viz) James puffer, whom I have settled in Sudbury, Josiah Puffer whom I have settled in Westminster in the county of Worcester, Jacob Puffer whom I have settled in Ashby in the county of Middlesex and Daniel Puffer whom I have settled with myself in Sudbury, to them and each of them five shillings to be paid to them by my Executor in one year after my decease.
To each of them I have give good farms or settlements and my son Daniel Puffer is to have the refusal of my Homestead at the appraisal after my Decease if he pleases and agrees with his mother in law (stepmother), an d pays at, otherwise it shat be free for the purchase of any other person.
Also I give and bequeath to my dutiful and well beloved son Reuben Puffer having already given him an education at Harvard College twenty six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to be paid him by my Executor in one year after the beginning to settle my estate. Also I give to the s aid Reuben Puffer a Bed, with the furniture thereto."
(Charles Nutt has another will dated Feb. 21, 1774.)
Epitaph: "Here rests in hope of a resurrected life the mortal part of Capt. Jabez Puffer who departed this life June 21 A.D. 1789 in the 85th y ear of his age.
"My flesh shall slumber in the ground
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Then burst the chains without surprise
And in my Saviour's image rise."

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Jabez married TREADWAY, Hannah on 18 Oct 1738 in Framingham, MA. Hannah (daughter of TREADWAY, Benjamin and MAYNARD, Mary) was born on 19 Mar 1714; died on 28 Jul 1777 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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For eighteen months, she was kept a captive by the Indians. She was taken when eighteen years old, and finally ransomed for L50.

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John married HAYNES, Susannah on 23 Aug 1737 in Sudbury, MA. Susannah (daughter of HAYNES, James and WOODWARD, Susannah) was born on 8 Jul 1717 in Sudbury, MA; died in 1762 in Sudbury, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Josiah married AVERY, Mary on 11 Mar 1729 in Groton, CT. Mary was born on 3 Dec 1707 in Groton, CT; and died; was buried in Groton, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He came to Sudbury as a boy where he spent the rest of his life. He wa. s a "slay-maker" by trade and also a farmer. He was a member of the church, active in town and church and captain of the Sudbury company, as shown by town records. Samuel and Dorothy Puffer, James Haynes, Abijah Haynes, the heirs of Deacon James Haynes, confirmed the title of David Bugbee to land at Shrewsbury sold by their father, giving a deed dated Feb. 13, 1737-8 (W.D. 10-493) to replace the original deed, which was burned when Bugbee's house was destroyed.
Captain Samuel Puffer's will was dated March 4, 1773, proved in 1776, bequeathing to his son Samuel; son Phineas; daughter Susanna Haynes, wife of Joshua Haynes; to grandson Nathan puffer, son of Nathan, deceased, land at Gulf Neck, Sudbury; to wife Dorothy his personal estate and ample supplies from the homestead during her life. Witnesses: John Maynard, Isaac Haynes, Micah Sanderson.

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Samuel married HAYNES, Dorothy on 12 Dec 1732 in Sudbury, MA. Dorothy (daughter of HAYNES, Deacon James and NOYES, Sarah) was born on 23 Dec 1710 in Sudbury, MA; died in 1744 in Sudbury, MA; was buried in Wayland, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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