Puffer Genealogy
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| 25601 | He was of E. Windsor, CT, Oct 4, 1839, when he and Martha joined in a deed of land in the south part of Monson to Beremiah Bumstead (112-231) . He mortgaged land in So. Monson, Nov 23, 1837 (104-353). In 1873-9, with wife Harriet and daughter Nellie, he was living in Redfield, Dallas, Co., IA, as shown by letters to his brothers dated may 21, 1873 and preserved. A farmer "Last Will & Testament John Puffer, died" I, John Puffer, of Wiscotta, in the County of Dallas, State of Iowa, now in the sixty second year of my age, being of a sound and disposing mind, in view of the uncertainty of life, and the certainty of death, do hereby on this the Fifth day of March 1872, publish this as and declare the same to be my last Will and Testament. First, it is my will that out of my estate, the Executrix of this my last Will and Testament Shall pay or cause to be paid all my just and legal debts and for said purpose I hereby confer upon her full discretionary power to sell or convey the said estate or any part thereof as in her judgment seemeth good and proper. Second: after the payment of my just debts as as above described, I give and bequeath unto my beloved wife, Harriet J. Puffer, all and every of my estate bot Real and Person of whatever kind or nature, to have and to hold the same to herself and in there own right, subject to no conditions or reservations, saving and excepting as herein provided in the third and fourth sections of this my Will. Third: I give and bequeath unto my son, Charles A. Puffer, the sum of ten ($10.00) dollars to be paid out of my estate, and hereby authorize and direct my Executrix to pay the same to him. Fourth: I have and bequeath unto my grand daughter, Nellie Jane Puffer the sum of Ten ($10.00) dollars, to be out of my estate, and hereby authorize and direct my Executrix to pay the same to her. (Ed. Note: the transcription says "Wellie", but is incorrect) Fifth: Reposing in my wife full and explicit confidence, I hereby appoint her, Harriet J. Puffer to be my Executrix of this my last Will and Testament, subject to no further conditions than those herein expressed, and hereby relieve her from any necessity of giving bond, or any security for the faithful performances of her duties as such Executrix. Signed, sealed and delivered by me on the day and date first above written in the presence of and before, J. S. Morgan and H. K. Jameson, called my me to witness this my last Will and Testament and whose names are appended hereto as witnesses." | PUFFER, John (I2699)
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| 25602 | He was on the Defense aged 10. | FRENCH, Francis (I6191)
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| 25603 | He was on the Board of Supervisors for Calhoun County, MI in 1880, from the town of Pennfield. | KEELER, Hon. Richard (I9989)
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| 25604 | He was on the military list of Readsboro in 1857 and 1862. He was guardian of the children of his wife by her first marriage, Sereno, Lorin A ., and Ella J. Sprauge. They lived in school district 7, Readsboro, VT. | PUFFER, William (I19143)
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| 25605 | He was on the militia list of Stow, MA. His fathers farm stood on the line, partly in Stow. He remained on the farm until he came of age and received his education in the public schools. In 1864, he went west and entered the employ of the American Express Co. at Mattoon, IL. Thence he went to Chicago and worked as weigher in a grain elevator for a time. He established a flour and grain business at Springfield, MA, in 1868, and built up a large and successful business, which was afterward incorporated as the H.C. Puffer Co., of which he is the president and treasurer. The company deals in flour, feed and grain and operates a grain mill. Milling in transit is the principal business. Mr. Puffer has been prominent in public life, a leader in the Republican party. He cast his first vote in Stow for Lincoln. He has served in the city council of Springfield and in the board of alderman. He has represented his district in the General Court and is now on the board of water commissioners. He is a deacon of the First Highland Baptist Church, and has been superintendent of the Sunday School and president of the men's class of two hundred. The 1917 Springfield, MA Street Guide has him living at 145 Dartmouth Terrace. | PUFFER, Herbert Cyrus (I4383)
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| 25606 | He was one of the first 2 Englishmen to enter Nicaragua after the Spaniards left. He and a Mr. Manning went there in 1823. He lived there for the rest of his life and owned rubber plantations and exported. He married Thereza Gonzales, daughter of Pedro Gonzales and Dorothea Sol, of Spain. Thereza was born in Nicaragua. She and Jonas had at least seven children. | GLENTON, Jonas Wilson (I20959)
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| 25607 | He was one of the Pioneers of Stratford CT. | HAWLEY, Samuel (I259)
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| 25608 | He was only three years old when he sailed the wide Atlantic ocean in a s queaky, condemned ship on his way to America. The ship was the old Keni lworth with Captain Joseph S. Rawlins at the helm. Little Charlie left h is native land before he was old enough to remember. Because he was so y oung, he could not understand why they had left home. Later he learned t hey had joined the true Church and were on their way to Utah. After arriving in Utah, his father found he could not manage to care fo r the children and earn a living too, so the two older boys earned thei r own way. Mary went to live at the home of Bishop Ruben Miller, and Ch arlie was given to a family by the name of Colburn at Peterson, Utah. John Nils worked in Peterson, Utah, but lived about two miles f rom the Colburns. When little Charlie was just passed three y ears old, one of the big Colburn girls gave him a spanking b ecause he accidentally wet his pants. As a result, he ran away and wen t back to his father's house. He told me of how desperate he was and h ow brave he had to be to walk across a very high, long footbridge, over t he Weber river. From then on Charlie lived with his father, who had mar ried Harriet Burl, so Charlie had a stepmother. | OLSON, Charles Frederick (I2805)
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| 25609 | He was originally buried at Brown's Farmhouse, Spotsylvania. Reinterred at Fredricksburg National Cemetery | DAVIS, Maynard G. (I2453)
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| 25610 | He was originally interred at Junction Cemetery but was moved on 31 Oct 1904 to Locust Grove by request of his widow, Rebecca B. Spaulding | BADGER, Samuel Puffer (I11932)
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| 25611 | He was originally interred in St. John's Burial Ground, Manhattan. His stone lies in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, but there is no record of him being buried there. | PUFFER, George (I17915)
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| 25612 | He was overcome by illuminating gas and never recovered. | BATTLES, Joseph A. (I13694)
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| 25613 | He was paroled, most likely exchanged for Confederate soldiers. A parole is, usually, a voluntary release of a prisoner in exchange for his promised not to take up arms again. | PUFFER, Frederick (I6733)
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| 25614 | He was personal secretary (aide) to Minneapolis mayor A. B. Bainbridge at the time of his marriage. | Family: GUISE, George Earl / GARDNER, Helen Sadie (F21228)
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| 25615 | He was picked by Edward the Confessor to succeed him as king of England. But when Edward died suddenly, Duke Harold Godwinson, took control and crowned himself King of England. This infuriated William and he began to make plans to take the throne by force, leading to the invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. | Guillaume Duke of Normandy (I30668)
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| 25616 | He was placed in the Iowa Children's Oprhan's Home in 1908. He was placed in a foster home (Ira and Viola Williams) and from there he ran away. He was discovered and "captured" in Waverly, IA, "begging money on the streets, saying they wanted to get to their old sick mother in Waverly." The "they" may have been he and his sister. In 1915 he was an inmate at the Industrial School for Boys in Eldora, IA. On Jun 10, 1922 he was convicted of larceny and sentenced to 5 years in prison. He began his prison stay at the Men's Reformatory in Anamosa, IA. He was transferred to Ft. Madison Prison on Oct 26, 1922. | PUFFER, Irvin Dewey (I3790)
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| 25617 | He was president and valedictorian of the class of 1886, Natick High School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1890 (A.B. magna cum laude), taking second year and final honors in physics. In 1890-1 he was a eporter on the Worcester Daily Spy and in 1891 founded the New Rochelle Paragraph at New Rochelle, NY. and afterward also acquired the Paragraph , Mamaroneck, NY. He bought the Worcester Spy, Oct 1, 1899, and in the following year sold both weekly papers in New York. He was editor and publisher of the Spy until May, 1904. Since that time he has been a writer of genealogical works and has compiled the genealogical sketches for some forty volumes published by Lew Historical Publishing Company of New York. Until 1912 he was a Republican. He served on various ward and city committees of the Republican party; was delegate to the state convention that nominated Roosevelt for governor; was Republican candidate for supervisor in 1907. In 1912 and 1913 he was a candidate of the Progressive party for representative in Ward 10, Worcester, and in 1913 was chairman of the executive committee of the city organization of the Progressive Party. He was Memorial Day orator at Natick in 1907; was secretary of the association that erected the Soldier's Monument at New Rochelle. He is a member of the Worcester Society of Antiquity; the New England Historic Genealogical Society; MA Society, Sons of the American Revolu tion; the American Historical Association; Huguenot Lodge, Free Masons, and Huguenot Council, Royal Arcanum, New Rochelle, and of the Church of the Unity (Unitarian). Resided at 7 Monroe Ave, Worcester, MA. CHARLES NUTT, Journalist, genealogist, historian, was born in Natick, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, September 26, 1868, and died September 26. 1918, at Wareham, Massachusetts, the son of Colonel William and Abigail (Puffer) Nutt. His preparatory education was acquired in the schools of his native place, he graduating from the Natick High School in 1886, president and valedictorian of his class. He then entered Harvard University, took second-year honors in physics in 1887, and was graduated in 1890 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, both for general rank and for honors in physics. During his course in school and college, Mr. Nutt did newspaper work for the Natick "Bulletin," Natick "Citizen" and Boston "Evening Record," this experience laying the foundation for his after career in journalism, he having been one of the best known men in that line throughout his section of the State of Massachusetts. In 1890, the year of his graduation from Harvard, he accepted a position as reporter on the staff of the Worcester "Daily Spy," for many years the leading paper in that thriving city, and in the following, year, having gained additional experience, he founded "The Paragraph," in New Rochelle, New York, and later became the owner of newspaper and printing plants at New Rochelle and Mamaroneck, New York. On October 1, 1899, he purchased the Worcester "Daily Spy" and conducted it until June 1, 1904, a period of five years, when it passed out of his hands and was suspended. The plant was destroyed by fire. May 21, 1902, and the loss was disastrous to the business. He disposed of the New Rochelle "Paragrapli," November 1, 1900, and the Mamaroneck "Paragraph" to Charles F. Rice. With thorough training, true journalistic instinct, broad knowledge of affairs, he reflected honor upon his profession, and in his conduct of the various papers with which he was identified he made them the exponent of the highest interests of the community, of the State and of the Nation. In addition to his journalistic work, Mr. Nutt devoted considerable time to genealogical research, in which he was an expert, and from 1904 until his death was associated with the Lewis Publishing Company, of New York, 'and at the time of his death was watching through the press the later pages of a monumental work which he had already completed—"A History of Worcester," which will be read with great interest by his many friends and acquaintances in Worcester, his adopted city. He completed a history of the First Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, which was begun by the late Hon. Alfred S. Roe; wrote a history of the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works, one of the largest enterprises in Worcester, and was the author of several other books which received favorable comment from the press and from the reading public. Although so much of his time and thought were given to the duties above mentioned, Mr. Nutt was also an active participant in political affairs, in which he took a keen interest, and was chosen by his fellow-citizens to serve as delegate to various Republican conventions, including the State Convention when the late Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for Governor of New York. He was the candidate of the Republican party lor the office of supervisor; during the presidential campaign of 1904 was in charge of the Speakers' Bureau of the Massachusetts Republican State Committee; was chairman of the Fourth Ward Republican Committee of New Rochelle, New York, and treasurer of the New Rochelle Republican Club. Mr. Nutt held membership in the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution; the New England Historic-Genealogical Society; the Worcester Society of Antiquity; Huguenot Council, Royal Arcanum; and Huguenot Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, both of New Rochelle; and during his collegiate course was a member of the Pierian Sodality, in which he played the double bass, and he was also a member of various other clubs. Mr. Nutt married (first) August 26, 1891, Ada Sophia Robinson, born March 5, 1871, at Natick, died November 17, 1909, at Worcester, daughter of Walter Billings arid Ella Maria (Bullard) Robinson. He married (second) at Haverhill, New Hampshire, November 28, 1911, Lucia Jeanette Morrill, born November 28, 1885, at Benton, New Hampshire, daughter of Eben and Nancy (Holt) Morrill, of Haverhill, New Hampshire. Children by first wife: 1. Isabel Ella, born at New Rochelle, New York, June 27, 1892; married, February 15, 1919, Robert Trumen Bamford. United States Navy, of Ipswich, Massachusetts. 2. Harold, born December 3, 1893. at New Rochelle, New York; graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1916. 3. Arthur, born February 6, 1895, at New Rochelle, New York; graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, class of 1916; married, November 29, 1917, Anne Josephine Dewey, of Buffalo, New York, daughter of Frank Cline and Helen May (Keon) Dewey. 4. Dorothy May, born August 23. 1897, at New Rochelle, New York. 5. Charles Stanley, born at Worcester, November 10, 1899; seaman, United States Navy, on United States Steamship "Kansas." Child by second wife, born at Worcester: Ruth Nutt, born April 7, 1913. In the death of Mr. Nutt the city of Worcester lost a man who had made a name for himself in the city of his adoption, a man of courage and determination, of untiring energy, who added to these qualities the courtesy of a gentleman. Burial was in Dell Park Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts. | NUTT, Charles Robinson (I18799)
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| 25618 | He was proprietor of the Westminster House, which he conducted as a tem perance hotel for seven years. He lived at Groton, West Acton, Princet on, Charlestown and Leominster. The family attends the Unitarian Churc h. | PUFFER, Merrick Harwood (I16902)
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| 25619 | He was raised by Rufus and Phebe Wright Tabbutt | WORCESTER, Abijah A. (I36757)
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| 25620 | He was removed in his early childhood by his step-father from his home in Wolcott, N. Y. to Phelps in the same state, where he lived until the fall of 1831. He then went to reside with his uncle Daniel, in Troy, N. Y. In May, 1842, he started a dry goods business in Troy in partnership with Joseph J. Alden, but died October 22, 1842. He was unmarried. | WIGHT, Thomas Potwin (I52386)
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| 25621 | He was residing in Newmarket, NH at the time of his death | DENIO, Philo (I49436)
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| 25622 | He was run over by a train as he attempted to board it while it was moving. | PUFFER, Lewis Richardson (I21136)
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| 25623 | He was seriously injured in a car accident, outside Ajo, AZ, when the car he was riding in left the road and flipped over. (Oct 1973) He died of his injuries, 9 Nov 1973. | PUFFER, Larry James (I1947)
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| 25624 | He was shot in the neck by a drinking companion in 1992. | PUFFER, Leonard Manuel (I40521)
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| 25625 | He was shot to death in Houston, TX, a homicide. | PUFFER, George Elmo (I22256)
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| 25626 | He was solder in the French and Indian War, a drummer in Capt. Stephen Miller's company (list dated May 3, 1757). He was also in the Revolution in Captain James Endicott's company, Col. Lemuel Robinson's regiment, April 19, 1775; also in Capt. Samuel Fisher's company, Col. Jonathan Titcomb's regiment; also in Capt. John Bradley's company, Col. Benj. Gill's regiment and marched to Manchester, Vermont, to join the northern army; also in Capt. John Baxter's company, Maj. Job Cushing's regiment at Hull; roll dated at Medfield. Abner Crane was appointed administrator over his estate. After the death of his 2nd wife, the estate was divided by a committee. "Division of the Real Estate that now remains which is that part of said Deceased Real Estate that was set off unto his Late widow Patience Puffer who is since deceased. And we find that said Estate Lyeth in Five Seperate pieces of land which we have proceeded to Appraise and assign in the following manner viz.: No. 1 Consisting of about Five Acres of Land be the same more or less together with the Westerly part of the dwelling house, the yard room, the privilege of the well of water, the cellar &c near said house being what was set to said widow near the house and is bounded as by the sitting of said thirds recorded in the Probate Office may appear, this lot we appraise at the sum of Twenty Pounds Twelve Shillings and this lot we have assigned unto Elijah the eldest and only son of said deceased he to pay unto Nathl. Tilden Junr and Sarah his wife Seven Pounds Two Shillings to help make up said Tilden's part reserving the barn on this piece of land it being the property of Nathaniel Hunt. No. 2 consisting of about 8 acres of land lying at the South east corner of said deceased homested farm be the same more or less bounding on the Northerly on Nathl. Hunt's land, Easterly on Jonathan Farrington land and Southeasterly and Southwesterly on and John and Abel Puffer's land. His part of pasture l and we value and appraise at the sum of Twenty Pounds Six Shillings and this lot we have assigned and set off unto Abijah Tisdale and Meriam his wife in her right they to pay unto Nathl. Tilden Jun and Sarah his wife in her right Five Pounds Six Shillings and to pay John Randall the 2nd of Easton and Hannah his wife in her right thirty shillings to make up said Randall right in said estate. No. 3 consisting of about one acre and seventeen rods of Cedar Swamp bounding Westerly on John and Able Puffers Cedar Swamp Easterly on Seth Wentworths land Southwerly on Adam Blackman's upland and Northwerly on Poye Pond Boggs - this piece we appraise at the sum of One Pound Two Shillings and this piece of Cedar Swamp we have set off and assigned unto Nathanial Tilden Junr. and Sarah his wife in her right 1 2 0 And they to receive of Abijah Tisdale and Meriam his wife 5 6 0 And of Elijah Puffer 7 2 0 _ _______ making up in the whole 13 10 0 No.4 A piece of wood land containing about Twelve acres be the same more or less bounding Southwerly on Punke Poye Pond so called Easterly on Elijah Puffer's land Northerly and Westerly on John and Abel Puffer's land - this piece of Wood land we appraise at Thirteen Pounds and Ten Shillings and we have sett off and assigned this piece of land unto Ebenezer Tisdale the 2d and Mace Tisdale Junr. of Easton Minors and children of Mace Tisdale of said Easton and Unice his late wife the said Eunice being a daughter of said Seth and she being lately deceased. No. 5 a peice of Meadow lying in Burnt Swamp so called containing by estimation one acre and ten rods be it more or less bounding Northeasterly on Joseph Puffing's meadow Southeasterly on a ditch Southwesterly on Benj'n Busseys meadow and Northwesterly on Joseph Whitings meadow. This piece of meadow we value and appraise at the sum of Twelve Pounds and we have sett off and assigned the same meadow unto John Randall the 2d of Easton and Hannah his wife in her right L 12 0 0 They to receive from Abijah Tisdale of said Easton and Meriam his wife 1 10 0 _ _______ making in full their share 13 1 0 0 (The heirs assenting, there are name of five men, each writing for hims elf.) | PUFFER, Seth (I14888)
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| 25627 | He was soldier in the War of 1812, in Capt. N. Shattuck's company, Col. J . Page's regt., Sept. 13 to Nov. 7, 1814, serving at Ft. Warren, Boston . | PUFFER, Jesse (I34030)
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| 25628 | He was struck and killed by an automobile while standing in the middle of a road. | PUFFER, Leonard Manuel (I40521)
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| 25629 | He was suspended for two weeks for disobeying an order and neglect of duty for not patrolling his beat properly. | PUFFER, Edwin Augustus (I1188)
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| 25630 | He was the beginning of the "Carolingian" Dynasty. "Frankish King, Mayor of the Palace, victor at the Battle of Tours in Oct 732, stopping the Saracen invasion of Europe insuring our Western Christian civilization. Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa by George Andrew Moriarty Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society SLC 1985 pp 5-220;The Plantagent Ancestry by W.H. Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1984 pp 8, 171; Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11201, 11602, 11624, 112 27, 11701;Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society Torrance Ca 1986 chart W; Some sources from Paula Evans 1992; Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical Publishing Co.,Baltimore 1988 line 50-11, 191-11, 198-11; Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; Source: Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society, Inc., Torrance, CA,1986; chart W. The Plantagenet Ancestry Of King Edward III And Queen Philippa; by George Andrews Moriarty; Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985; pp5, 220.The Plantagenet Ancestry; by Lt.-Col. W.H. Turton, D.S.O.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984 ; pp 8, 171. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition; by Frederick Lewis Weis; Genealogical Publishing Co.,Inc., Baltimore, 1988; line 50-11, 191-11, 198-11. Royal Ancestors Of Some American Families; by Michel L. Call; Salt Lake City, 1989; chart 11601, 11602, 11624, 11627, 11701. Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Charles "Martel", Mayor of the Palace md (1) Rotrude, Duchess of Austrasia. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ "Frankish King, Mayor of the Palace, victor at the Battle of Tours in Oct 732, stopping the Saracen invasion of Europe insuring our Western Christian civilization. Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa by George Andrew Moriarty Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society SLC 1985 pp 5-220;The Plantagent Ancestry by W.H. Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1984 pp 8, 171; Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11201, 11602, 11624, 112 27, 11701;Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society Torrance Ca 1986 chart W; Some sources from Paula Evans 1992; Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical Publishing Co.,Baltimore 1988 line 50-11, 191-11, 198-11; Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; Source: Descents From Antiquity; The Augustan Society, Inc., Torrance, CA,1986; chart W. The Plantagenet Ancestry Of King Edward III And Queen Philippa; by George Andrews Moriarty; Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985; pp5, 220.The Plantagenet Ancestry; by Lt.-Col. W.H. Turton, D.S.O.; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1984 ; pp 8, 171. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition; by Frederick Lewis Weis; Genealogical Publishing Co.,Inc., Baltimore, 1988; line 50-11, 191-11, 198-11. Royal Ancestors Of Some American Families; by Michel L. Call; Salt Lake City, 1989; chart 11601, 11602, 11624, 11627, 11701. Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Charles "Martel", Mayor of the Palace md (1) Rotrude, Duchess of Austrasia. | MARTEL, Charles Mayor Of The Palace Of Austrasia (I2754)
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| 25631 | He was the Census Enumerator in Jun 1880 | PUFFER, Lewis Arthur (I21452)
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| 25632 | He was the citrus farm advisor for San Bernardino County, CA, from 1957 to 1963, then again in 1971 | PUFFER, Richard Eugene (I35969)
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| 25633 | He was the City Editor for the Daily News Co., Minneapolis, MN | GUISE, George Earl (I35932)
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| 25634 | He was the first historically recognized King of Denmark. Legend says he is descended from Sigurd "Snake-in-the-Eye" Ragnarson, the progenitor of Caunte I. | Gorm King of Denmark (I10132)
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| 25635 | He was the first King to hold the title Emperor because he ruled East Francia, West Francia, and Middle Francia | Charles III Emperor (I2301)
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| 25636 | He was the first permanent English settler in Dublin, NH. A very influential citizen in Framingham and Dublin, NH, as were his sons Thomas and Reuben Morse. A Capt. in the War of Independence " A captain's commission was sent him (Thomas Morse) by the royal Governor Wentworth, of New Hampshire, to keep him loyal, which he indignantly spurned; and, ere hostilities com- menced, he had three sons trained to volunteer at the first call, while he, advanced in years, remained at home with the others to carry on the farm, and encourage his fellow-citizens to patriotic efforts. He was pronounced by one of the signers of the Declara- tion of Independence, who had much intercourse with him, to be the ' shrewdest man he ever knew.' " History of Dublin, pg 836 | MORSE, Capt. Thomas (I22510)
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| 25637 | He was the first person bearing the name of Farnsworth that we know of in this country. He is first heard of there about 1632, but probably came over with the Dorchester company, though perhaps not in the first vessel. He was admitted freeman march 14, 1638-9. Another Joseph Farnsworth, probably his son, was admitted freeman may 2, 1649. The name is spelled in the record in both cases “ffarnworth" he died Jan. 12, 1660,and his will was proved and is recorded in Suffolk Registry of Wills, Vol. 1, folio 327, and has been printed in the New England Historic-Genealogical Register, Vol IX, page 140. He provides in it for his wife, whom he calls "Mary, formerly wife of John Long and Thomas Long." He also gives legacies to his daughters, Elizabeth, wife of John Mansfield, Esther, Mary wife of Abraham Ripley, his grandson, "Joseph Peck, son of Simon Peck, who married with Hannah,my daughter, now deceased, " and Rebecca, and also to his eldest son Joseph, although he had, as he says, "already assisted him greatly, and the rest to his son Samuel, who appears to have been a minor. The inventory returned amounted to L 206.18 S. Joseph's first wife's name was Elizabeth, surname unknown. After Joseph's death his widow very soon married John Wilcock, then resident at Dorchester. She was executor of her husband "ffarnworth's” will, and joining her husband Wilcock she made a deed of part of his land, April 20, 1660, to William Pond (Suffolk Deeds b. VII folio 296). He was a cooper, according to his son, Samuel. | FARNSWORTH, Joseph Sr. (I2761)
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| 25638 | HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BEARING THE NAME OF FARNSWORTH THAT WE NOW OF I N THIS COUNTRY. HE IS FIRST HEARD OF THERE ABOUT 1632, BUT PROBABLY CAME OVER WITH THE DORCHESTER COMPANY, THOUGH PREHAPS NOT IN THE FIRST VESSEL. HE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MARCH 14, 1638-9. ANOTHER JOSEPH FARNSWORTH, PROBABLY HIS SON, WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MAY 2, 1649. THE NAME IS SPELLED IN THE RECORD IN BOTH CASES FFARNWORTH" HE DIED JAN. 12, 1660, AND HIS WILL WAS PROVED AND IS RECORDED IN SUFFOLK REGISTRY OF WILLS, VOL. 1, FOL 327, AND HAS BEEN PRINTED IN THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGIC-AL REGISTER, VOL IX P. 140. HE PROVIDES IN IT FOR HIS WIFE, WHOM HE CALLS "MARY, FORMERL Y WIFE OF JOHN LONG AND THOMAS LONG. " HE ALSO GIVES LEGACIES TO HIS DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN MANSFIELD, STHER, MARY WIFE OF ABRAHAM RIPLEY, HIS GRANDSON, " JOSEPH PECK, SON OF SIMON PECK, WHO MARRIED WITH HANNAH, MY DAUGHTER, NOW DECEASED, " AND REBECCA, AND , AND ALSO TO HIS ELDEST SON JOSEPH, ALTHOUGH HE HAD, AS HE SAYS, "ALREADY ASSISTED HIM GREATLY, AND THE REST TO HIS SON DAMUEL, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A MINOR. . . THE INVENTORY RETURNED AMOUNTED TO LL 206 18 S 2 ND JOSEPH'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WAS ELIZABETH, SURNAME UNKNOWN. AFTER JOSEPH'S DEATH HIS WIDOW VERY SOON MARRIED JOHN WILCOCK, THEN RESIDENT AT DORCHESTER. SHE WAS EXECUTOR OF HER HUSBAND "FFARNWORTH'S WILL, AND JOINING HER HUSBAND WILCOCK SHE MADE A DEED OF PART OF HIS LAND, APRIL 20, 1660, TO WILLIAM POND SUFFOLK DEEDS B. VII FOL. 296 HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON BEARING THE NAME OF FARNSWORTH THAT WE NOW OF I N THIS COUNTRY. HE IS FIRST HEARD OF THERE ABOUT 1632, BUT PROBABLY CAME OVER WITH THE DORCHESTER COMPANY, THOUGH PREHAPS NOT IN THE FIRST VESSEL. HE WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MARCH 14, 1638-9. ANOTHER JOSEPH FARNSWORTH, PROBABLY HIS SON, WAS ADMITTED FREEMAN MAY 2, 1649. THE NAME IS SPELLED IN THE RECORD IN BOTH CASES FFARNWORTH" HE DIED JAN. 12, 1660, AND HIS WILL WAS PROVED AND IS RECORDED IN SUFFOLK REGISTRY OF WILLS, VOL. 1, FOL 327, AND HAS BEEN PRINTED IN THE HISTORIC-GENEALOGIC-AL REGISTER, VOL IX P. 140. HE PROVIDES IN IT FOR HIS WIFE, WHOM HE CALLS "MARY, FORMERL Y WIFE OF JOHN LONG AND THOMAS LONG. " HE ALSO GIVES LEGACIES TO HIS DAUGHTERS, ELIZABETH, WIFE OF JOHN MANSFIELD, STHER, MARY WIFE OF ABRAHAM RIPLEY, HIS GRANDSON, " JOSEPH PECK, SON OF SIMON PECK, WHO MARRIED WITH HANNAH, MY DAUGHTER, NOW DECEASED, " AND REBECCA, AND , AND ALSO TO HIS ELDEST SON JOSEPH, ALTHOUGH HE HAD, AS HE SAYS, "ALREADY ASSISTED HIM GREATLY, AND THE REST TO HIS SON DAMUEL, WHO APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A MINOR. . . THE INVENTORY RETURNED AMOUNTED TO LL 206 18 S 2 ND JOSEPH'S FIRST WIFE'S NAME WAS ELIZABETH, SURNAME UNKNOWN. AFTER JOSEPH'S DEATH HIS WIDOW VERY SOON MARRIED JOHN WILCOCK, THEN RESIDENT AT DORCHESTER. SHE WAS EXECUTOR OF HER HUSBAND "FFARNWORTH'S WILL, AND JOINING HER HUSBAND WILCOCK SHE MADE A DEED OF PART OF HIS LAND, APRIL 20, 1660, TO WILLIAM POND SUFFOLK DEEDS B. VII FOL. 296 | FARNSWORTH, Richard (I4101)
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| 25639 | He was the first settler of Alley's Bay, Beals Island, Maine. He was a sea captain and he arrived on the Great Wass Island in the mid-1820's and settled Alley's Bay in Beals, which was a part of the town of Jonesport at that time. On 27 June 1804, John married Tryphena Heath, in Penobcot, Hanover, Maine. Tryphena was the daughter of Revolutionary Soldier Eldad Heath and Lydia Bowden Heath. Together John & Tryphena had 12 children. Zebediah, Joshua Edwin, Elizabeth, Hannah, John M, Eldad Heath, Joseph Leach, Alexander A, Levi K, George Washington, Andrew, and Lucy Ann - Alleys' all | ALLEY, John (I58072)
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| 25640 | He was the first settler of Aurora, Maine. In 1805, he came from Acworth, New Hampshire to Amherst, Maine to work with his brother Goodell Silsby. | SILSBY, Samuel (I37243)
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| 25641 | He was the first to be buried in St. George's Chapel vaults, where QEII is buried. | George of York, Duke of Bedford (I4147)
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| 25642 | He was the first to use the honorific "King of France" instead of King of the Franks. He also was a part of the 3rd Crusade alongside Frederick Barbarosa | Philippe Auguste II King of France (I27696)
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| 25643 | He was the founder of the firm Scott & Browne, dealers in proprietary medicines, of which Scott's Emulsion is one of the best known. The firm has branches in England, Paris, Milan and Spain. He was interested also in Brazilian Railroads. He died in the prime of his life, having won a phenomenal success in business. (Ed. note: Scott's Emulsion is still being sold today (2013) around the world) | SCOTT, Alfred Browne Sr. (I19177)
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| 25644 | He was the informant on his fathers's death | PUFFER, James Lawrence (I22137)
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| 25645 | He was the inspector in charge of the San Fernando port of entry, 70 miles west of Tuscon, AZ. | PUFFER, Charles George (I55361)
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| 25646 | He was the king of Provence from 887, king of Italy from 900, and brief ly Holy Roman Emperor, as Louis III, between 901 and 905. In 905, Louis launched an attempt to invade Italy. He was again defeate d by Berengar, with the aid of Bavarian troops, captured, and imprisone d in Verona, where, on 21 July 905, he had his eyes put out (for breaki ng his oath) and was forced to relinquish his royal Italian and imperia l crowns. | Louis King of Provence Holy Roman Emperor (I9049)
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| 25647 | He was the last emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople. | COURTNEY, Baldwin De Emperor of Constantinople (I1514)
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| 25648 | He was the last great leader of the Norman conquest of southern Italy | HAUTEVILLE, Roger I De Count of Sicily (I2758)
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| 25649 | He was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Cha rles the Fat. Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle, Babenberg (Germany), on the R iver Main, around which the later city of Bamberg was built. | Henry de Franconia (I9768)
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| 25650 | He was the pilot of a Cessna plane that went down in foul weather near Nassau, NY on his way to Albany with 2 passengers. He survived the crash but died later in the Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY. His two passengers were submariners from the Groton Naval base. | TRESTER, Lt. Cmdr. Wilbert Lewis (I9039)
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| 25651 | He was the second physician in town, Jeremiah Hall having been the first (see sketch of Dr. Hall), and his practice covered a large territory, extending as far as Hardwick and Royalston, Mass., Westminister, Vt., and Croydon, N.H. His journeys, on horseback, by trails or marked trees, were usually long, and his fees were small, and were usually taken in products of the farm. He had a jocose way of keeping his accounts, sometimes closing them with the entries: "Cancelled in full by poverty;" "Ran a way;" "settled by death;" "Left with Noah Cooke (the lawyer);" and, at long intervals, "Paid in cash to me." He bequeated his saddlebags, vials and lancet to his son, Obadiah, Jr. He died in 1810, aged ninety-two, and was buried in the west yard, on Bradford street. | BLAKE, Dr. Obadiah (I13773)
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| 25652 | He was the station agent many years at Saxonville, MA, on the Boston & Albany Railroad, a useful and highly respected citizen. | PUFFER, George Dana (I17595)
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| 25653 | He was the village mayor and Rechensmann (?) | JÜRGENS, Jung Jürgen (I48380)
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| 25654 | HE WAS THE YOUNGEST SON, TOOK THE LARGEST PART OF HIS FATHER ESTATE UNDER THE WILL. HE SOLD PART OF THAT ESTATE APRIL 26, 1678, TO THOMAS PLATTS, IN THAT DEED HE DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "SAMUEL FFARNWORTH", OF WINSOR, IN THE COLONY OF CONNETTICOT, HOUSEWRIGHT (SON OF JOSEPH FFARNEWORTH SOMETIME OF DORCHESTER IN THE MATTACHUSETTS COLONY OF NEW ENGLAND, COOPER, DECEASED) | FARNSWORTH, Samuel Sr (I9429)
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| 25655 | he was their grandson | COTTON, Earnest (I46869)
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| 25656 | He was town treasurer from 1810 to 1830. | WHITNEY, Capt. Nathan (I23800)
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| 25657 | He was treasurer of the Savings Bank, at Dexter, ME, and lost his life, murdered, in defense of the bank. | BARRON, John Wilson (I37611)
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| 25658 | He was wheelwright and baker. He lived at Watertown and Gosport. he w as for some years in charge of John R. Poor's property on Star Isle. " No man can say," he wrote, "that he was ever cheated to the extent of o ne cent by Reuben Puffer." | PUFFER, Reuben (I14954)
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| 25659 | He was with the Heywood-Morrill Chair Co., Chicago. The Gibson genealogy incorrectly states his name as "Frank E. Puffer" and his birth date as "May 10, 1865" | PUFFER, Frank Henry (I16264)
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| 25660 | He was working for the Kennecutte Wire and Cable, Co., Phillipsdale, RI, at the time of his enlistment. | FRENCH, Owen Forrester (I12356)
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| 25661 | He was wounded during the Ambush Rock attack at Eliot, ME, while trying to save his wife and daughters. | HEARD, Capt. John (I35797)
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| 25662 | He was, along with his wife, a missionary with the Salvation Army, a Brigadier. | WARD, Harry Henry Alfred (I33501)
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| 25663 | He was, at first, a carpenter, taking over his father's business. He initially bought 40 acres and when he died there were over 100 acres under cultivation. | PUFFER, Ezra II (I15087)
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| 25664 | He went to California in 1849, in the ship Sweden, Capt. Cotting, and was one of the pioneer gold miners. He afterward lived at Morristown, CO. He was on the Sudbury draft in the Civil War. | PUFFER, Napoleon Bonaparte (I13637)
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| 25665 | He went to Canada when young. He was a physician and farmer, faithful worker in the Methodist Church, "one of God's best men." He moved to Canada when 21 years old. He had studied medicine, but gave up the profession on account of ill health. For about nine years he had a farm near Smith's Falls, Ontario; then bought a 640 acre farm near Westport, Ontario where he followed farming for 21 years. Finally he settled in Minden, Ontario. He was a Methodist in religion and Conservative in politics. He was always known as Dr. Puffer and acquired a reputation for setting broken limbs, etc. | PUFFER, Dr. Isaac (I20775)
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| 25666 | He went to England with his brother, Peter and then to America. He was a c alker who deserted a British warship in Boston harbor and settled in Ry e, NH. He was an innholder between 1694 and 1698 in Rye, Ne w Hampshire. He served in 1698 in Rye, NH, as a Selectman. H e left a will on 13 September 1710 in Rye, NH. Originally Jo hn Foss settled at "Reid's Temple" a place near Boston, and then later r emoved to Rye | FOSS, John Johan (I6414)
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| 25667 | He went to Hamilton, MO, with his parents when he was fifteen and was in business there. He was an inventor, and though he failed for lack of capital to profit by his patents, others are now reaping a profitable harvest from his inventions. | PUFFER, Charles Josiah (I17130)
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| 25668 | He went to Iowa in 1843 and settled near Marion, removing later to Cedar County, the first of the family to live in Mechanicsville. He came to Iowa in 1843 from New Hampshire and settled with his brother on a farm north of Mt. Vernon | PUFFER, Charles Andrew Sr. (I23047)
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| 25669 | He went to Manitoba in 1882 with his parents and settled in Dominion City. In 1885 he moved to Winnipeg. He was educated in Wesley College and at Manitoba College of Pharmacy. He is now a druggist in business in Swan River, Manitoba. | AGNEW, Isaac Henry Horatio Ximino (I20769)
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| 25670 | He went to New York state (Sag Harbor?). A baker in 1860, his birthplace is listed as "Can E" (Canada East)? | PUFFER, Phineas (I34239)
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| 25671 | He went to South Amherst when a young man and followed farming. In 1843-4 he settled on a farm at North Amherst and spent the rest of his days there. | PUFFER, Reuben Gilbert (I14714)
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| 25672 | 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." | PUFFER, Capt. Jabez (I23410)
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| 25673 | He went with his parents to Ludlow, VT, in infancy. In 1823 he located i n St. Lawrence County, NY and bought a farm on which he lived the rest o f his life. | PUFFER, Levi (I18853)
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| 25674 | He went with his uncle, Gen. Miles, in the campaign against the Sioux Indians as clerk for the paymaster of the army. Afterward he settled in Livingston, MT where he is a very successful merchant and owned many business blocks. He is president and general manager of the Wylie Camping Co., operating in Yellowstone Park. He has been state senator and lieutenant governor of Montana. | MILES, Arthur Wellington (I16409)
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| 25675 | He worked at the Canadian Immigration office in Los Angeles in 1960. | PUFFER, Hubert Gordon (I32605)
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| 25676 | He worked for his father on the homestead and attended the district sch ools in his youth. Until 1899 he followed farming. He is a mechanic a nd stationary engineer, now employed by a brick making concern at Conne aut, OH. | PUFFER, Benjamin Jay (I15013)
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| 25677 | He worked for Richard Smith at an Indian trading post in the wilderness of the Narragansett around 1639. This area was called Aquidnesset by the Indians which was shortened to Quidnesset by the colonists. Hence, he is known as John Greene of Quidnesset. Smith and Green at one point threw in their lot with CT during the controversy over which state (CT, MA, RI) controlled the Narragansett probably because the Rhode Island Assembly had sought to void any purchase of land from the Indians without permission of the Assembly. The result was that John Greene was arrested on 11 May 1664. In court John Greene tactlessly spoke his mind offending the court and was forced to retract his statement. He then revised his position and requested that the court pardon his "offense in adhering to the government of Connecticut." This pardon was granted and he was permitted to return home. | GREENE, John of Quidnessette (I2139)
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| 25678 | He worked in a lumber mill | PIKE, Charles Wadley (I23215)
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| 25679 | He worked in his father's marble shop | PUFFER, Herbert J. (I6711)
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| 25680 | He worked in the saw mills and lumber camps until six months before he came of age, when he bought his time and entered Cherryfield Academy. He continued his studies at various academies for the next five years, teaching in winters. For thirty years he taught school at Washington County, ME., and was one of the best known and most successful teachers in that section. He taught in Columbia Falls, Addison, Harrington, Mill bridge, Cherryfield, Josesport and Machias. He was a prominent leader in the Methodist church, a great reader and somewhat independent thinker. "Henry another of John Sr. sons older than Taphenus lived here from 1867-1871 also lumbering and mill business. Then he turned into a student and became a teacher and a preacher and spent his life teaching and preaching in the surrounding towns. He taught 40 terms in the same school (Turkey Hill) going toward Geo. Norton's place on the right side of the road in old school house mother attended." Hazel Bradeen | PUFFER, William Henry (I32841)
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| 25681 | He's a harness maker, married. | GOULD, Albert (I44577)
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| 25682 | He's listed as "Widowed" in this Census, however his wife, Mabel didn't die until 1987. | WOODARD, Harry F. (I43368)
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| 25683 | He's listed as married | PUFFER, John (I126593)
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| 25684 | He's not found in the 1900 Federal Census, his wife Almira is listed as 'widow'. | HAMILTON, Henry (I61200)
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| 25685 | Head of household, living with wife Phoebe, son James, William and daughter Harriett, and grand-daughter, Effie Puffer Washburn | PUFFER, Garrett H. (I32684)
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| 25686 | Head of the local National Guard unit. Served on the Mexican border and WWI and WWII. | BOYD, Maj. Leon (I58341)
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| 25687 | Henry Patrick Moran was born to Michael and Julia Puffer Moran on March 17, 1863. Julia died six days after his birth, consequently, in need of a "wet nurse," Henry was raised by Mr. and Mrs. Washington Schell and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schell of Lake Pleasant, MI (Attica Twp.; Lapeer Co.). On January 2, 1889 he married Mary Viola Hilborn of Speaker; Sanilac County, Michigan. Their only child was a daughter, Elsie Lavern. He farmed for a living and was a life-long admirer of horses. He was a member of the Melvin Baptist Church. Mr. Moran died May 20, 1947 at his home in Melvin and is buried at Fairview Cemetery (Hilborn plot) in Melvin. | PUFFER, Julia Anna (I22815)
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| 25688 | Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham held the office of Constable of N ottingham Castle on 17 June 1460.2 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Du ke of Buckingham [E., 1444] on 10 July 1460.2 He succeeded to the title o f 4th Earl of Buckingham [E., 1377] on 10 July 1460.2 He was invested a s a Knight on 26 May 1465.2 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the G arter (K.G.) in 1474.2 He held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports i n 1483.2 He held the office of Hereditary Lord High Constable on 15 Jul y 1483.2 He joined in the plot to place the Earl of Richmond on the thr one.2 He was also attainted | STAFFORD, Henry 2nd Duke of Buckingham (I3623)
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| 25689 | Henry was a sea captain, also served 7 years in the Royal Navy. He died in Springfield, but had his body shipped back to Paignton, Devonshire for burial-- odd at first glance because his parents were bur in the New World. However the note I have on his gf is "Paignton, Devonshire, buried at sea"-- so perhaps the Royal Naval connection took precedence for him. | CHAPIN, Henry (I19766)
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| 25690 | Her 4th cousin | Family: PETTINGILL, Myron Delos / PUFFER, Sarah Jane (F13814)
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| 25691 | Her ashes were returned to McCalls. | PUFFER, Alice Lucile (I23308)
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| 25692 | Her ashes were scattered at Lake Powell. | PUFFER, Linda June (I8066)
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| 25693 | Her birth certificate clearly shows her birth year as 1904, not 1914 | AMES, Mary Lois (I2664)
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| 25694 | Her birth certificate says "Glenton".. the writer of the certificate always dots their "i"s, and there is no dot on her name so it cannot be Glinton. And her father's name is clearly written "Glenton". | GLENTON, Frances (I54609)
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| 25695 | Her birth father's name is Solomon Puffer, mother Alice Dyke, according to her death certificate. She was adopted in 1908 by Thomas and Virginia Evans. She died of sepsis (blood poisoning) after she pricked her face with a darning needle (a large, not very sharp needle, with a large eye for use with yarn, etc.) She was an inmate at the State Industrial School for Girls, in Adrian, MI at the time of her death. Founded in 1879 "..for the reception, care, and training of convicted female juvenile offenders between the ages of seven and twenty." According to her death certificate she is buried at the school cemetery, however no information exits on this cemetery. | PUFFER, Clarissa Caroline (I11213)
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| 25696 | Her birth name is Sarah Howard Wales Curtis, she legally changed it to Martha Mary Worcester Curtis on 24 Mar 1843. | CURTIS, Martha Mary Crane (I13515)
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| 25697 | Her birth parents are unknown. | PUFFER, Hannah (I23424)
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| 25698 | Her birthday is correct in that she, along with 2 other siblings, were born a few years after their father died. Her mother simply listed her dead husband as the father. Her real paternity is unknown. Yet, the Iowa State Dept of Health has on record her birth certificate which was an affidavit from her half-sister, Julia. Half-sister?? George, her father was married previously, in 1880, but had no recorded children by her. And to add further mystery, the affidavit states that George was 34 years old when Irma as born. Yet, he was actually dead. 34 years would have made him born in 1859, not 1851 like all records show. With her siblings, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Julia Nancy Puffer and George Olmstead. Some records show her with the Olmstead surname, but she's a Puffer, sort of. | PUFFER, Irma Gladys (I17493)
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| 25699 | Her birthday is correct in that she, along with 2 other siblings, were born years after their father died. Her mother simply listed her dead husband as the father. Her real paternity is unknown. She appears in the 1910 Federal Cenus in Spencer, IA, living with her mother and sister Emma in the house of Francis A. Cady. With her siblings, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Julia Nancy Puffer and George Olmstead. Some records show her with the Olmstead surname, but she's a Puffer, sort of. | PUFFER, Olive Alice Evelyn (I3991)
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| 25700 | Her birthday is correct in that she, along with 2 other siblings, were born years after their father died. Her mother simply listed her dead husband as the father. Her real paternity is unknown. With her siblings, she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Julia Nancy Puffer and George Olmstead. Some records show her with the Olmstead surname, but she's a Puffer, sort of. | PUFFER, Alta Vae (I20663)
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| 25701 | Her birthday is recorded as in March, 1917, however her mother's obituary states that her mother never saw Lucy before she died. It is possible she was born in March and her mother had a difficult childbirth and died two months later, never seeing Lucy. | PUFFER, Lucy Arvilla (I36248)
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| 25702 | Her birthday is recorded as in March, 1917, however her mother's obituary states that her mother never saw Lucy before she died. It is possible she was born in March and her mother had a difficult childbirth and died two months later, never seeing Lucy. | PUFFER, Lucy Arvilla (I36248)
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| 25703 | Her body was stored in the vault at Westlook Cemetery in Glover, VT for the winter before being moved for burial to Pine Grove Cemetery in Manchester, NH by funeral director W. Hartwell of Barton, VT on May 14, 1956 | GREEN, Ida Cora (I20832)
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| 25704 | Her brother, Peter, is living with them, as well as her two children, Jean M. and Dorothy M. Wells. | Family: WELLS, Frank / WASER, Elizabeth (F19397)
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| 25705 | Her brothers, Captains Caleb Clapp and Joshua Clapp, were both in the Revolution. | CLAPP, Catherine (I19249)
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| 25706 | Her burial records at Cedar City show her name to be Elizabeth Adaline. | PUFFER, Elizabeth Adalin (I38866)
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| 25707 | Her cause of death was "inanition", which is generally the lack of will to live, due to lack of nutrition or lack of mental or spiritual vigor. | PUFFER, Hazel Jane (I24021)
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| 25708 | Her color is not listed in 1920 Federal Census | GALLIARD, Elizabeth (I48231)
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| 25709 | Her daughter Cora's marriage record to David Gale shows her name as Julia M. Puffer. It is not known who this Puffer spouse was. The marriage must have been prior to her 1884 marriage to Warren S. Bemis as her gravestone states she is his wife. | ASHCRAFT, Julia M. (I47483)
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| 25710 | Her daughter, Mrs. Walter B. Hatch, resides 135 Southworth St., West Springfield, Mass. | PUFFER, Clarabelle Lovinia (I22013)
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| 25711 | Her death certificate shows her last name as "Warrane". | PUFFER, May A. (I38764)
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| 25712 | Her death certificate shows her last name to be Wilshier. The 1860 Federal Census shows her and her siblings living with John and Martha Gray Puffer. It's unknown if they were adopted or were foster-children. | WILCHIER, Catherine (I6994)
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| 25713 | Her death certificate states that her father is Ellis I. Gould. In Apr 1910, a month before her death from pneumonia, she is staying with her aunt and uncle (Ethan H. and Jennie R. Hulett) in West Dummerston, VT where she died. | HARRIS, Flora Etta (I35414)
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| 25714 | Her death notice in the Vermont Vital Records shows clearly her mother's name is Mary Puffer. | STICKLE, Suanna Maria (I40275)
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| 25715 | Her death was ruled a homicide, a gun shot to the chest, on Jun 23 1949. (See photos) | PUFFER, Charlotte Juliet (I34598)
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| 25716 | Her divorce from William Prouty was surrounded by accusations of her being too familiar with the "Negro chauffeur" (Wade). A divorce was granted and Mr. Prouty paid a sum of $1 in permanent alimony. She resumed her maiden name. | RAND, Isabella McNeal (I38011)
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| 25717 | Her early years were spent, after the marriage of her mother to Rufus Cobb, at Hawkinsville, NY. In 1875 she moved to Muscatine, IA and in Oct. 1877 to Phillips Co., Kansas where she spent the rest of her life. She was a zealous Methodist. | PUFFER, Susan (I21562)
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| 25718 | Her estate was transferred to her two daughters, Evelyn and Gladys. | CHICKERING, Clarissa Jane (I21150)
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| 25719 | Her family is known as the "Robertians". | BAVARIA, Hedwig of Dutchess of Hesbaye (I11804)
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| 25720 | Her father died when she was very young and she was adopted by an uncle, David Loring, who came to IL when she was very young. She had a brother George and an Uncle Russell Potter, an Englishman, who married Elizabeth Barry. Mrs. Puffer "was to the day of her death a blessing and a benediction to all who came in contact with her. She passed through great trials and hardships in war times with her large family and sick husband and her two eldest sons in the army, by she came out of it all the same sunny, devoted Christian she has always been, never too tired or busy to go to a friend or neighbor night or day if they needed her. They had the true pioneer spirit and our home was a shelter and refuge for all who needed their help. And they believed in 'freely have you received, freely give.' They were rich only in love and kindness and a big farm that was home to all." A local newspaper said of her: "Perhaps no figure in the community was better known or better loved than this beautiful woman whose whole life was one of utter unselfishness and devotion to the interests of those about her. A devout Christian and an old-fashioned mother, who believed that woman's place was in the home, and yet with a vision so broad that she could find good in all things and interest in all people. Her sympathy and love went to every one who needed her assistance and nothing that she could give or do was ever withheld. Such a personality cannot but leave its imprint upon those who knew her, and her spirit like a fragrance will remain to bless and hallow every corner of the old homestead that saw the growth and beauty of her character develop as the years rolled by." | KENYON, Rozella Sandusky (I19184)
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| 25721 | Her father was a Loyalist soldier in the Queen' Rangers during the Revolutionary War. | BUDD, Esther (I51558)
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| 25722 | Her father-in-law was the executor of her estate | PINKERTON, Jessie Pearl (I20435)
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| 25723 | Her first husband supposedly was a Confederate colonel Lyder. No record of him can be found. | BRADY, Hannah Virginia (I15001)
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| 25724 | Her fourth marriage | Family: PUFFER, Frank Harrison / HEIMAN\HINDEMAN, Adeline (F15447)
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| 25725 | Her granddaughter states she was adopted by the Puffers, but doesn't know the year. | PUFFER, Imelda Mary (I38844)
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| 25726 | Her grandmother was a descendent of the royal house of Hesse, Germany. The marriage record for her son, Harlan, shows her maiden name as Steenstra (?) | PIERCE, Eva Maude (I35343)
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| 25727 | Her gravestone is standing beside her husband's. | HAYNES, Thankful (I34230)
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| 25728 | Her gravestone reads "Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep From which none ever wakes to weep A calm and undisturbed repose Unbroken by the last of foes" A letter from Roberta Puffer lists her as "(the one who was heir to the German throne." (Ed Note: this has long been a family anectdote. Small doll china in the possession of David Caranci, is supposed to have come from a German castle. DMC 2-18-16) A letter from Hazel Bradeen says "Through the Redmond side she was heir to the German Throne." According to some old deeds she's named as Catherine E. | STANWOOD, Catherine Redman (I18467)
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| 25729 | Her gravestone says she is 79 years at death. The death year is hard to read and in question | SMYTHE, Emma (I9404)
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| 25730 | Her husband Charles Parkes appears as a 'widow'. | PUFFER, Minerva (I36026)
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| 25731 | Her husband is listed as widower in th 1880 Federal Census | PUFFER, Mary C. (I21296)
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| 25732 | Her husband's father John was a prominent patriot, born in 1739 in Stou ghton, Captain of Minute Men; town treasurer; Representative to the Gen eral Court. | PUFFER, Abigail (I16156)
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| 25733 | Her husband, Alden, was remarried in 1883 and listed as "widowed". | MOORE, Ella (I54644)
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| 25734 | Her husband, Benjamin, appears as 'widow' in 1880 Federal Census. | PUFFER, Emily (I40790)
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| 25735 | Her husband, Bernard, is listed as 'widowed' in the 1900 Federal Census. | PUFFER, Minnie Gandy (I41575)
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| 25736 | Her husband, Squire H. Rogers is listed as widowed | FISHER, Aurelia B. (I50818)
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| 25737 | Her last husband's obituary doesn't mention her as a survivor. | HART, Louisa Azubah (I57430)
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| 25738 | Her lineage and marriage is subject to a letter written by her to Charles Nutt, 14 Mar 1882, which has not been recovered. The North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 verifies her birth date and marriage to Joseph Hinkson. | PUFFER, Ruth (I17745)
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| 25739 | Her maiden name is spelled incorrectly in Nutt's book | DWIGHT, Elizabeth A. (I20827)
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| 25740 | Her marriage records state her name as Ida M. Robeson Williams. Her mother is listed as Charlotte M. (Puffer). The record states this is her first marriage (age 30). Her father's name is Charles but no last name is given. Her mother's only marriage record is for Charles Hagadorn. No Williams exist. How is this so? | HAGADORN, Ida Mae (I40276)
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| 25741 | Her mother was Administratrix of her estate. Her estate consisted of approximately $1300 dollars. Which went to her mother as sole surviving relative. Curious that her father is not mentioned in any of the court proceedings. | PUFFER, Sophia E. (I36037)
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| 25742 | Her mother's maiden name is listed as Mancini on the death certif. | CARANCI, Agnes Valerie (I11710)
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| 25743 | Her mother, Elizabeth, probably died giving birth to Silence on 1 Jul 1 707. | FRENCH, Silence (I10105)
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| 25744 | Her name in records is Anna Euins | Family: MACOMBER, John Jr. / EVANS, Ann (F2327)
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| 25745 | Her name is spelled "Aurende" in this census. | SANFORD, America Myra (I62657)
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| 25746 | Her obit says she died in 1985, but the gravestone says 1951 | DOUBEK, Mary (I104)
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| 25747 | Her obituary says dod was Jul 19 1909. | PUFFER, Alyce Jean (I22139)
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| 25748 | Her obituary says she's the wife of "Ebin" Puffer. | MEREDITH, Elizabeth Jane (I32790)
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| 25749 | Her occupation is listed as "missionary" in this census | WEBSTER, May Locke (I13716)
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| 25750 | Her parent were both born in Syria. | DE MERJIAN, Mary (I6032)
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| 25751 | Her parents (?) are buried in the same cemetery as she and her husband http://www.trackingyourroots.com/data/baldcem.htm | PUFFER, Sallie H. (I39672)
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| 25752 | Her parents came from Vermont. | TUTTLE, Eva Lovicy (I20819)
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| 25753 | Her parents had been married for a very short time, when her mother caught consumption and died, leaving a small baby. Her father, Frank, had no idea what to do with a baby, so he brought her to his unmarried sister, Minnie and his parents. Letty's grandfather died when she was still a child, and she grew up in Glenfield, on an isolated farm with only her grandmother and maiden aunt, and was very lonely. She graduated from Lyons Falls High School in 1908. Letty went to Potsdam to the Crane School of Music, and then got a job teaching at the Lansing St. School in Watertown, NY. It was there that she met Fred Kirch, who was a good friend and brother-in-law to her father. Fred was still married , but was in the process of getting divorced. Fred was fifteen years older than Letty, who was past thirty. They went to New Jersey to get married Sept. 27, 1921. | TIFFANY, Letty May (I24509)
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| 25754 | Her parents were natives of Ireland, coming to America when young and locating in DeKalb, NY. | GRAHAM, Matilda Ellen (I15101)
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| 25755 | Her parents were not expecting twins so she was taken home without a name. Her name was changed in 1946 to the present one. | PUFFER, Roberta Fay (I10723)
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| 25756 | Her remains were removed from Mountain View Cemetery, Bridgeport, CT and reinterred in Texas. | MACSHEFFREY, Florence J. (I32769)
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| 25757 | Her sister, Abigail, married Matthias Puffer (his second wife). | EVERETT, Ruth (I15742)
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| 25758 | Her small stone is behind the gravestone for Reuben and Nancy Puffer. It could possibly mark the burial for an infant daughter. There are no records in Stow of her birth/death, which would not be unusual in the mid 1800's. | PUFFER, Sallie (I34341)
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| 25759 | Her son, John Streeter Puffer, was the informant on her death | STREETER, Constance (I43969)
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| 25760 | Her stone reads "Catherine Puffer - mother of Clark" | HOWE, Catherine (I5043)
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| 25761 | Her surname is clearly Mirr in the Ohio County Births source. | MYER, Alice (I986)
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| 25762 | Her uncles, James Atkins and Calvin Smith, each served four years in the Confederate army. | ATKINS, Ethel Jane (I6422)
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| 25763 | Her VT Vital Records spell her name as "Senah" | BAKER, Cena (I22431)
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| 25764 | Her will, dated April 8, 1910, mentions Melissa, widow of her step-son, Merrick H. Puffer and Merrick's four children, grandchild Laura L. Cook; also brothers, sisters, nephew and nieces (W. P. 49, 476). | MASON, Jennie Eliza (I22453)
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| 25765 | Heritage Consulting, The Millennium File, Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting | Source (S507)
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| 25766 | Hiram started the first school in Muskegon Twp, first called "Hiram's School" then "Puffer School" and today called "Reeths-Puffer School", after the 2 schools merged in 1934 | PUFFER, Hiram B. (I5306)
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| 25767 | His 1917-18 WWI Draft Registration Card shows him living at 42 Liberty Street, New Haven, CT. He was a laborer on the NY, NH & Hartford Railroad. | CARANCI, Costantino (I68632)
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| 25768 | His 1942 WWII draft registration card shows him living at 191 Wallace S treet, Providence, RI. He lists his employers address as East Providen ce Mill, Inc., East Providence, RI. The 1930 Federal Census shows him living in Warrentown, RI. He immigra ted to the US in 1901 and lists his occupation as a weaver in a cotton m ill. In Feb 1921 he landed in Philadelphia aboard the ship Orizaba. He list s his cousin Giovanni Narducci at 571 Charles Street, Providence, RI as t he person he is going to. He had been in the US (RI) twice before, 191 2 and 1916. | CARANCI, Luigi (I4560)
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| 25769 | His 2nd marriage his name is either Daby or Derby | Family: DABY, Ethan / GOLDSMITH, Lucy Hapgood (F16797)
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| 25770 | His 2nd wife, Lydia Babcock, "daughter of William and Elizabeth Babcock , in 1742;... their son Seth was the grandfather of General Edwin V. Su mner of Civil War fame; their son Job, b. April 23, 1754, Harvard Colle ge 1778, buried in Trinity churchyard, New York City; father of Job, Jr ., b. at Milton, Jan 20, 1776 (who had his name changed to Charles Pinc kney Sumner by act of General Court); graduate of Harvard in 1796, sher iff of Suffolk County, Mass.; father of Hon. Charles Sumner, the states man, who was b. in 1811. (See Sumner Genealogy.)" | SUMNER, Seth (I21089)
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| 25771 | His ancestors were from Tewksbury and lived early at what is now Lowell. His grandfather kept a ferry at Central village and was toll keeper of the first covered bridge. He attended the public schools and a commercial school in Boston. He entered the employ of his father's firm, Puffer & Bradley, and in 1888 bought the business, which he conducted under the firm name of James F. Puffer & Sons, at 9-13 Market St., Lowell, dealers in furniture, carpets and house furnishing goods. In politics he was a Republican. He was in the common council in 1882. He is was a member of St. Anne's P.E. church; member of the Free Masons, Odd Fellows , Knights of Pythias, Elks and United Workmen. After he was widowed he stayed for a time at the Washington Pub and Tavern, Lowell, made famous for visits from Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Dickens. He was a member of the Centralville Methodist Episcopal Church, Lowell, beginning 6 Mar 1910. He was a city employee (Lowell) in 1892. He was born in Canada and his wife was born in Lowell, MA. ED Note: there is a Frank Puffer who sold "Rare Indian Relics" and advertised in the Harvard Register in Jan 1880. Could this be the same man? | PUFFER, James Francis Jr. (I16888)
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| 25772 | His ancestry has not been traced. No earlier record of the surname is f ound in England, and it is possible that he was of German stock. | POUGHER, William (I17913)
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| 25773 | His ashes were placed along the Jemez River in Alburquerque, NM | YORK, Dr. Philip Kimbrough (I41851)
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| 25774 | His ashes were spread at Montezuma's Pass in AZ. | PUFFER, Robert Allen (I24391)
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| 25775 | His birth father is a Jones, but was raised by his step-father, John Shoemake, and took the Shoemake name as have all his descendants. | SHOEMAKE, John (I38636)
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| 25776 | His birth parents are Arthur Beard and Mamie ????. Mamie married Lacy Stubbs and Oliver took his step-father's surname. WWII Veteran, US Army | BEARD, Oliver (I58931)
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| 25777 | His birth parents were born in Ireland. | PUFFER, Dr. Maurice Lyon (I9316)
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| 25778 | His burial records say he is buried in "New Cemetery" | DAVIS, John Wesly (I1748)
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| 25779 | His Californian Voter Registration in 1895 describes him as 5'4" tall, dark complexion, gray eyes and hair. He had a scar on his nose, and was a laborer He registered to vote on 1 Jul 1896. Resided at Elk Grove, California. His widow lived at 83 Globe Mills Ave, Fall River, MA. | PUFFER, Albert Warren (I32818)
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| 25780 | His daughter's (Sarah Jane) death certificate shows his name as "John" | QUACKENBUSH, Isaac John (I16186)
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| 25781 | His daughter's death records shows her mother's maiden name as Puffer. The US Social Security Applications and Claims Index source shows her parents as Ira A. and Helen A. Puffer. | PUFFER, Ira A. (I42052)
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| 25782 | His daughter's marriage record to Wendell Freeman Puffer shows his name as Francis Lafountain, born in Malone, NY | TRUDEAU, Frederick C. (I40207)
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| 25783 | His death certificate says both his parents came from England. Nothing more is known of him. | PUFFER, John Augustus (I3449)
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| 25784 | His death certificate shows he was divorced but no marriage record has been found for him. In 1950 he was still single. | PUFFER, Bert Sherman (I11465)
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| 25785 | His death certificate shows he was to be buried in Whigville Cemetery, Flint, MI. | DEWITT, Walter Earl (I59312)
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| 25786 | His death certificate shows this name. | PUFFER, Edson Alfred (I5686)
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| 25787 | His death certificate states he's buried in this cemetery however none exist by that name in Jackson County. There is one is Wyandott county and a Highland Cemetery, in Jackson County. He was living at 15 West 31st Street, Kansas City, MO at the time of his death. As was the informant "C. M. Janes" | PUFFER, Alan (I49666)
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| 25788 | His death records indicate he is buried in Antham, NH, although no such town exists today | AVERILL, John (I38731)
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| 25789 | His early academic course was one of disappointed hopes. After struggles in various fields of commercial life, he took a collegiate course in Lindsay, Ont., and matriculated into Victoria College, Coburg, Ontario in 1887. After a year's theological work, he joined the Central Illinois Conference and completed his theological studies on the field, receiving New Boston, IL as his first appointment. In the year 1902, after a career that promised to be one of intense usefulness, he was accidentally killed at Decatur, IL. He was a preacher of unusual ability and his personality attracted many friends. After their marriage they migrated to the USA around 1885 - 1890 with other family members. They first settled around the Lovejoy, Iroquois County, area in Illinois. But had to have spent sometime in Mercer County as both Isaac and their young son T. Clement are both listed as being buried in the New Boston Cemetery. When Isaac died in 1902 at the age of 42, he left behind his young wife, Angelina age 37 and their 2 small children; Ina Elizabeth was only 5 years old and her brother DeWillet was only 12. Thoburn also died in Illinois at the age of one and is buried in the New Boston Cemetery in Mercer County with his father. Around 1905 Angelina took her two remainigng children and went back to Canada where they lived the rest of their days. | PUFFER, Rev. Dr. Isaac Willett (I15164)
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| 25790 | His father deeded him 39 acres of land in So. Taunton, MA 28 Feb 1731/3 2. In 1735 this land became a part of the town of Berkley. | SATELY, Mercy (I12513)
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| 25791 | His father was living on Beacon Hill, Boston when he was born. He was educated in the public schools and at the Friends School, Providence, where he was a student for three years. but early in life began to work for his father learning the trade of brass finisher in his father's factory. He was admitted to partnership by his father. He inherited the mechanical gifts of his father and was for many years in charge of the manufacturing plant of A.D. Puffer's Sons Manufacturing Company. He continued in the firm and contributed his share to the success of the business until 1891, when it was amalgamated in the American Soda Fountain Company. Since then he has followed farming most of the time. He lived for a few years at Oak Grove, Malden, removing to Medford in 1892. Afterward he owned a farm at Lexington. He bought a large farm at Concord, MA, and moved there to the house he has since occupied. The farm is now in charge of his son Willis. Mr. Puffer has a shop equipped with a large variety of machinery and spends much of his time in experimental work . He is a stockholder in the Puffer Manufacturing Company, but not active in the management. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge at West Medford, of which he was formerly an officer; of Simon W. Robinson Lodge, Free Masons, of Lexington; Menotomy Chapter, Royal Arch masons of Arlington; of Carlisle Grange, Patrons of Husbandry; of the Knights of Malta. For three years he was a member of the volunteer fire department of West Medford. | PUFFER, Alvin Davis Jr. (I14518)
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| 25792 | His father was the executor of his estate | PUFFER, Robert Elmer (I20436)
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| 25793 | His first mention in records of the time was of his move to Leiden by 1610 where he was a witness to his sister Ann’s betrothal. In 1611 he witnessed the betrothal of future Mayflower passenger Degory Priest to Sarah Allerton, sister of another Mayflower passenger, Isaac Allerton. His name appears in the Leiden records, as an active church congregation member. In Leiden records he was referred to as “a serge worker of London". | FULLER, Samuel MAYFLOWER (I13985)
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| 25794 | His first name is Bolin, as shown on his Probate Records | CHITWOOD, Bolin Green (I39254)
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| 25795 | His full name was probably Rowland Barnes French. This family tradition is passed from Uncle to nephew. From this supposition it is likely that he is descended from Barnes French, a soldier in the 3rd NH Regiment during the War of 1812. I've included him in the line as a strong possibility. | FRENCH, Rowland (I37206)
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| 25796 | His funeral was held on the 14th of May 1891, at the United Presbyterian Church, Mason Street, San Francisco (between Eddy and Ellis Street). | SHUTE, Daniel Stanwood (I33070)
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| 25797 | His general education was acquired in common and private schools, which he attended until he reached the age of eighteen years, and he graduated from the Boston Dental College March 17, 1870. From 18 to 25 years of age he was engaged in machine shop work and the manufacturing of pegging awls, but ill health obliged him to change his occupation and the three years following were devoted to the study of medicine and dentistry. He began the practice of dentistry in 1854, and for nearly fifty-five years followed the profession actively, mainly in North Bridgewater, which afterwards became Brocton. Since 1858 he has been engaged in life and fire insurance business, and now (1915) represents a number of the old-line companies of England and America. This business in connection real estate in time almost entirely replaces this profession. Dr. Puffer is a great reader, and for over sixty years has devoted and average of five hours in twenty-four to reading. Quite early in life Dr. Puffer became a copious correspondent for various newspapers, and later was editor of the Brockton Advance for one year, and editor and proprietor of the Brocton Eagle in 1885-85. Other literary work, especially in historical and biographical lines, has widened his reputation. In 1871-72 he was adjunct professor of operative and clinical dentistry in the Boston Dental College, and professor in the institute of the Old Colony Dental Association and was a frequent essayist at its meetings. He has at two periods during his residence in North Bridgewater, or Brockton, been a member of the school committee (1875 -1885); and for over a third of the century he has been one of the trustees of the public library, of which he is known as the "father" having served as president of the board. He was one of the number of citizens who originally purchased the library, and some years later gave it to the town. He was appointed a justice of the peace in 1885, and is now holding a commission, one of the oldest in the State; in 1883 he was appointed a notary public, and also holds a commission to perform marriages in Brockton. Since its incorporation he has been a trustee of the Brock ton Savings Bank. Originally and anti-slavery man, he was among the first to help from the Republican party, and has been steadfastly devoted to its cause. Outspoken and frank with tongue and pen, he is counted one the most efficient, honorable and successful political workers in MA. He has been on the Republican city committee of Brockton for many years, and has served as chairman. The Brocton Eagle is given credit for presenting Benjamin Harrison as a candidate for president in a very appreciative article, Feb. 6, 1885, when Dr. Puffer was the editor. This article was reprinted in an IA newspaper, the editor of which was afterward appointed private secretary by President Harrison. Dr. Puffer had a personal friendship through political and lyceum work with Lowell, Whittier, Sumner, John D. Long, and cherishes many interest ng letters from famous men of his acquaintance. In 1856 he became an active member of the Plymouth County Agricultural Society; was trustee for many years, and has been vice-president. In 1860 Dr. Puffer built the first greenhouse ever constructed in North Bridgewater; and from that date to the present he has been an ardent horticulturist, florist and frequent contributor to agricultural, horticultural and floricultural publications. Dr. Puffer was one of the active originators of the Brockton Agricultural Society founded in 1874, which was a success from the start. Its opening exhibition, held in a tent for ten days, received an income of $7,400; and now it's annual income exceeds $100,000. He is also a member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; of the Natural History Society of Boston; of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society, of which he has served as president, and now president-emeritus; of the Stoughton Historical Society, of which he is a trustee; of the Old Colony Historical Society (honorary member), of Taunton; and of the MA and Suburban Press Association; and a charter member of Paul Revere Lodge, A.F.&A.M. and of Satucket Chapter, R.A.M. of Brockton. A Plymouth County editor wrote: "Loring W. Puffer's long life has been one of useful activity along many lines. As a town and city official he instituted reforms and progressive ideas in the health and school departments and public library. As a write on political and civic subjects h e has been vigorous and outspoken. Always a busy worker upon whom his private concerns mad large demands he never hesitated to give his time and talents freely to further any community cause that appealed to him as being right and worthy. A keen and kindly observer, his periods of recreation or travel have been made to add to his knowledge of men, matters and manners. His remarkable memory, has been a storehouse of things worth while, and a wide acquaintance among people of note and achievement has be fostered by his fondness for the now too uncommon art of personal correspondence. Rich in historical and genealogical lore, he has been a recognized authority, a voluminous writer and a frequent public speaker along these lines, and his estimates of his fellowmen have be en characterized by a spirit of broad charity and of appreciation of the best that was in them. While never hesitating to let it be known where he stood on any public issue, to assail a worn or champion a right in plain and unmistakable English, Dr. Puffer has loved friendships, flowers and all the finer things of life that blossom and bloom in the sunshine of the passing years. " A.J.H.R. | PUFFER, Dr. Loring William DDS (I13999)
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| 25798 | His grave, along with many others, was moved to Hope Cemetery, ca 1878, from the Mechanic Street Burial Ground in downtown Worcester, MA. | GODDARD, Luther Daniel (I52033)
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| 25799 | His homestead was on the west side of the Sudbury River. A hundred acres of land that he and his brother Lieut. Phineas jointly purchased of t heir Uncle Jonathan, was divided in 1771 by a committee appointed by the court, Josiah Haynes, John Balcom, James Mossman and Stephen Hosmer. When he died, his widow was but eighteen years old, and the court appointed her guardian and the guardian also of her son Nathan, aged one year, William Baldwin, Nov 19, 1771. | PUFFER, Nathan (I34308)
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| 25800 | His house was on the "great road" to Boston a little south of the "Pres cott place." He and six of his children were interested in the exodus t o Nova Scotia when the British government opened territory in eastern C anada. He took a land grant at Granville near Annopolis, N.S. However t hey relocated to Plantation #22 (Jonesboro) in Maine, at the beginning o f the Revolutionary War. He was a joiner by trade. | FARNSWORTH, Jonas (I6609)
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