PUFFER, Capt. Jabez^{[1, 2]}

1672 - 1746  (74 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Jabez
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	4 Feb 1672	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Baptism	22 Feb 1673/4	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Confirmation	21 May 1704	Braintree, MA   [3]
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 68619568
  Ref#	6  [3]
  Residence	1712	Sudbury, MA   [4]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	5 Nov 1746	Sudbury, MA   [5, 6]
  Burial	1789	Sudbury, MA
  	Address: Revolutionary War Cemetery
  Person ID	I17285	Puffers
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, James,   b. 1624, England d. 25 Jul 1692, Braintree, MA (Age 68 years)
  Mother	LUDDEN, Mary Swalden,   b. 17 Dec 1636, Weymouth, MA d. 22 Jul 1700, Braintree, MA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	14 Feb 1656	Braintree, MA   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F7646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GLAZIER, Mary,   b. 6 Oct 1682, Sudbury, MA d. 2 Jan 1749, Braintree, MA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1702	Braintree, MA   [10]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Martha,   b. 18 Oct 1703, Braintree, MA d. CA 1746, MA (Age 42 years)   2. PUFFER, Capt. Jabez,   b. Abt 1704, Braintree, MA d. 21 Jun 1789, Sudbury, MA (Age 85 years)   3. PUFFER, Capt. Samuel T.,   b. 12 Oct 1707, Braintree, MA d. 4 May 1773, Sudbury, MA (Age 65 years)   4. PUFFER, Jonathan,   b. 2 Nov 1709, Braintree, MA d. 9 Nov 1709, Braintree, MA (Age 0 years)   5. PUFFER, Jonathan,   b. 22 Oct 1711, Braintree, MA d. 1 Nov 1782, Harvard, MA (Age 71 years)   6. PUFFER, Ephraim,   b. 22 Jul 1716, Sudbury, MA d. 11 Nov 1756, Stow, MA (Age 40 years)   7. PUFFER, William,   b. 25 Feb 1720, Sudbury, MA d. 11 Oct 1756, Lake George, NY (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F5245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Baptized in Sudbury Feb 22, 1673-4. He and his wife joined the Braintree church, May 21, 1704. He was a boatman, resided at Ship Cove, now Quincy Neck. "Jabez Puffer, boatman, for L 20 7s, sold to John Ruggles 4 acres of upland and meadow called the "great fence field" near the house of Ruggles. Bounded westerly on land of Samuel Newcome, deceased, easterly and northwesterly on land of Ruggles, southerly on the creek called Sheep Cove." In 1712, he bought land in Sudbury and came with his brother James to settle there. He was captain of the Sudbury company (militia). His farm was in the northeast part of Sudbury in what is now Maynard, near Puffer's Pond, which took it's name from the family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 26-27. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 14, 26. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 26. [S1124] Western Massachusetts: a history: 1635-1925, page 338. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 321. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. Marriage date: 14 Dec 1655 Marriage place: Boston, Massachusetts [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 14. [S48] NEHGR. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27.