Puffer Genealogy
CORLISS, Clarissa
1802 - 1870 (68 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. CORLISS, Clarissa was born in 1802 (daughter of CORLISS, David E. and TUCKER, Mary, daughter of TUCKER, Mary); died in 1870. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Family/Spouse: ADAMS, Theodore. Theodore was born in 1800; died in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- ADAMS, Hannah R. was born on 12 Jul 1841 in Linneus, ME; died on 25 Nov 1870 in Linneus, ME; was buried in Linneus, ME.
2. CORLISS, David E. was born in 1777 in ME (son of CORLISS, Jonathan); died before 1877. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 8
David married TUCKER, Mary. Mary (daughter of TUCKER, Josiah and LEIGHTON, Susanna) was born in 1782 in Cherryfield, ME; died in 1845 in ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. TUCKER, Mary was born in 1782 in Cherryfield, ME (daughter of TUCKER, Josiah and LEIGHTON, Susanna); died in 1845 in ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Children:
- CORLISS, John was born on 15 Mar 1820 in Eastport, ME; died on 18 Mar 1900 in Oakfield, ME.
- 1. CORLISS, Clarissa was born in 1802; died in 1870.
Generation: 3
4. 
CORLISS, Jonathan was born in 1724 in Haverhill, MA; died in 1811 in Orford, NH. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 2
Children:
- 2. CORLISS, David E. was born in 1777 in ME; died before 1877.
6. TUCKER, Josiah was born on 2 Jan 1726/7 in York County, ME (son of TUCKER, Nicholas and ENDLE, Jane); died in 1798 in Cherryfield, ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
Notes:
Nothing is known about the date or place of his birth. He first appears to have settled in Gouldsboro,Maine sometime before 1760. He subsequently lived in Steuben and then Cherryfield. In Cherryfield he lived in a house on the East side of the Narraguagus River and was very active in the then Plantation #11 affairs. For a time he operated a sawmill on the Narraguagus River. He had a settler's right in Plantation # 11 and subsequently purchased and sold sizeable pieces of land. A land record of 1792 refers to him as the moderator of a Town Meeting held in his house and town records refer to a school being held in one room of his house. He served twice in the American Revolution, first in 1775 for four months for defense of the seacoast and again in 1779 for one month,marching to Majorbagaduce (Castine) and the Battle of Penobscot. He did not leave a will, and his last deed of record was dated at Cherryfield in 1796. The surname of his wife, Susanna, is not known but Perley Leighton believes it to be Leighton. It is the opinion of one descendant, Allen L. Sproul, that Josiah and his wife moved to Lubec where they both died.
Josiah married LEIGHTON, Susanna about 1758 in Columbia, ME. Susanna (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas and CHESLEY, Susannah) was born on 6 Dec 1742 in Dover, NH; died in 1794 in Cherryfield, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. 
LEIGHTON, Susanna was born on 6 Dec 1742 in Dover, NH (daughter of LEIGHTON, Thomas and CHESLEY, Susannah); died in 1794 in Cherryfield, ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Susannah Leighton
- _COLOR: 6
Children:
- 3. TUCKER, Mary was born in 1782 in Cherryfield, ME; died in 1845 in ME.
- TUCKER, Susan was born in 1776 in ME; died in 1810 in ME.
- TUCKER, Betsey was born on 8 Jan 1796 in Cherryfield, ME; died on 5 Sep 1885 in Cherryfield, ME; was buried in Cherryfield, ME.
- TUCKER, Samuel was born in 1758 in Columbia, ME; died after 1840.
- TUCKER, Robert was born in 1760 in ME; died in 1841 in ME; was buried in Cherryfield, ME.
- TUCKER, John was born in 1766 in ME; died in 1840 in ME.
- TUCKER, Dorcas was born in 1768 in Cherryfield, ME; died on 23 Nov 1826 in ME.
- TUCKER, Josiah Jr. was born in 1769 in Cherryfield, ME; died in Sep 1850.
- TUCKER, Theodore was born in 1772 in Cherryfield, ME; died after 1867 in Trescott, ME.
- TUCKER, William was born on 3 Jun 1774 in Cherryfield, ME; died on 28 Jul 1822 in Cherryfield, ME.
Generation: 4
12. TUCKER, Nicholas was born in 1653 in Isle of Shoals, ME (son of TUCKER, William and FREYER, Grace); died on 21 Jan 1717 in Kittery, ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
Notes:
He was an apprentice to William Diamond, a cooper. His step-father Hugh Allard detained Nicholas for his own services, and Mr. Diamond brought Allard to court over it.
In 1686 Nicholas bought 40 acres along Spruce Creek.
He was wounded in 1703 during the Casco massacre, where his mother and sister were killed.
From 1707 to 1714 he was a culler of fish and pipe staves.
His will of 1717 names his wife Jane, 3 children and 1 grandson.
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He was wounded in the Casco massacre, where his mother and sister were killed.Nicholas married ENDLE, Jane on 6 Jan 1690 in Kittery, ME. Jane was born in CA 1655; died on 4 Dec 1719 in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. ENDLE, Jane was born in CA 1655; died on 4 Dec 1719 in MA. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
Children:
- TUCKER, Joseph and died.
- TUCKER, Grace was born in 1681 in Dover, NH; died on 27 Sep 1707 in Kittery, ME.
- TUCKER, William was born in 1690 in ME; died after 1716.
- TUCKER, Margaret was born in 1692 in ME; died on 2 May 1740 in ME.
- TUCKER, Samuel was born in 1711 in Dover, NH; died in 1731 in Dover, NH.
- 6. TUCKER, Josiah was born on 2 Jan 1726/7 in York County, ME; died in 1798 in Cherryfield, ME.
14. LEIGHTON, Thomas was born in 1696 in Dover, NH (son of LEIGHTON, John Sr. and CROMWELL, Sarah); died on 16 Jan 1763 in Gouldsboro, ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: farmer & cordwainer
- _COLOR: 6
Notes:
He was a farmer and cordwainer. Served as sergeant in Capt. Thomas Millett's company||and was listed as lieutenant in Capt. Ichabod Tibbett's company of scouts on 24 May 1744 His sons Thomas, Samuel and Theodore were among those||on the Penobscot||petitioning for land grants there. Unsuccessful, they moved further east to Gouldsboro, taking up land not yet legally open to settlement
Thomas married CHESLEY, Susannah about 1718 in Dover, NH. Susannah (daughter of CHESLEY, Thomas and HUNTRESS, Ann) was born in 1696 in Dover, NH; died on 9 Jan 1786 in Gouldsboro, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. CHESLEY, Susannah was born in 1696 in Dover, NH (daughter of CHESLEY, Thomas and HUNTRESS, Ann); died on 9 Jan 1786 in Gouldsboro, ME. Other Events and Attributes:
- _COLOR: 6
Children:
- LEIGHTON, John was born on 27 Jun 1719 in Dover, NH; died in 1778 in Barrington, NH.
- LEIGHTON, Sarah was born on 10 Aug 1721 in Dover, NH; and died.
- LEIGHTON, Dorothy was born on 18 Oct 1723 in Dover, NH; died on 11 Aug 1801 in Mount Vernon, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Thomas was born on 13 Nov 1725 in Dover, NH; died on 9 Mar 1813 in Steuben, ME.
- LEIGHTON, George was born on 18 Nov 1727 in Dover, NH; died on 13 Feb 1807 in Falmouth, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Samuel was born on 20 Dec 1729 in Dover, NH; died on 21 Mar 1812 in Columbia, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Cpl. Gideon was born on 14 Feb 1731 in Dover, NH; died on 13 Feb 1807 in Falmouth, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Joseph was born on 23 Apr 1733 in Dover, NH; died on 14 Jun 1803 in Cumberland, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Elizabeth was born on 11 Mar 1737 in Dover, NH; died in 1768 in Wolfeboro, NH.
- LEIGHTON, Theodore was born on 22 Mar 1739 in Dover, NH; died on 9 May 1817 in Cherryfield, ME.
- 7. LEIGHTON, Susanna was born on 6 Dec 1742 in Dover, NH; died in 1794 in Cherryfield, ME.
- LEIGHTON, Olive was born in 1744 in Dover, NH; died in 1745 in Barnstead, NH.
- LEIGHTON, Elizabeth was born on 25 Aug 1750 in Barrington, NH; died in 1848 in Steuben, ME.