PUFFER, William Elijah^{[1, 2]}

1778 - 1847  (69 years)

• Name	PUFFER, William Elijah
  Birth	CA 1778
  Gender	Male
  Birth	16 Jul 1779	Peterborough, NH   [3]
  Burial	Ferrisburg, VT
  	Address: Kellogg-Field Cemetery
  	Burial card just says "Old" for name of cemetery
  FindaGrave	Address: 189723980
  	FindAGrave Memorial 189723980
  Ref#	119  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	4 Apr 1847	Essex, VT   [4]
  Burial	Essex Center, VT   [5]
  	Address: Essex Common Burial Ground
  	The Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, state the name of cemetery as "Old"
  Person ID	I13686	Puffers
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Elijah,   b. 18 Aug 1737, Wrentham, MA d. 28 Feb 1816, Peterborough, NH (Age 78 years)
  Mother	JACKSON, Elizabeth,   b. 19 Jun 1744, Abington, MA d. 3 Apr 1822, Peterborough, NH (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1764	Abington, MA   [6]
  Family ID	F5466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	WARE, Betsey,   b. 16 Jul 1779, Peterborough, NH d. 16 Nov 1835, Ferrisburg, VT (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	29 Mar 1802	Ferrisburg, VT   [4]
  Residence	1810	Keene, NY
  Children	1. PUFFER, Mary,   b. 4 May 1802, Peterborough, NH d. Bef 1810 (Age < 7 years)   2. PUFFER, Emerson,   b. 17 May 1804   d. Bef 1904 (Age < 99 years)   3. PUFFER, Rebecca,   b. 29 Dec 1806, Peterborough, NH d. Bef 1906 (Age < 99 years)   4. PUFFER, Thomas,   b. 4 Dec 1807, Peterborough, NH d. Abt 1850 (Age 42 years)   5. PUFFER, Elijah,   b. 16 Sep 1810, Keene, NH d. Bef 1910 (Age < 99 years)   6. PUFFER, William Henry,   b. 1 Sep 1811, Keene, NH d. 1894, VT (Age 82 years)   7. PUFFER, Clara C.,   b. Abt 1811, MA d. Aft 1885 (Age > 75 years)
  Family ID	F8167	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Settled in Colchester, VT. He left Peterboro, NH in the winter of 1808-9 and moved to Keene, NY; stayed there till Dec., 1811; moved over to Addison, VT; stayed there till Dec, 1824; moved to Vergennes, VT., where he lived until May, 1828. He went to Panton, VT, where he lived till Se pt, 1833. He was one year at Plattsburgh, NY, whence he returned to Panton, moving soon afterward to Ferrisburg, VT, whence in April, 1840, he moved to Waltham, VT, where he lived three years. He lived the rest of his life at Essex, VT.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 74, 116-117. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 74, 116. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, page 74. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 116. [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 74.