PUFFER, Jonathan

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He was a farmer at Harvard. He was a soldier in the Lancaster Troop under Captain Thomas Gates and rode on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775. He was also in Captain Manasseh Sawyer's company in 1775-1776 and was at Dorchester Heights when the British evacuated Boston. He was afterward a lieutenant, as indicated by the record on his gravestone.

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Jonathan married FAIRBANK, Abigail on 5 May 1774 in Concord, MA. Abigail was born on 24 Nov 1756 in Harvard, MA; died on 13 Sep 1841 in Harvard, MA; was buried in Harvard, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was appointed guardian of her children Polly, Sally, Nancy, and Nabby, after the death of her husband, and Silas Holman was appointed guardian of Jonathan.

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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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