PUFFER, Matthias^{[1, 2]}

1744 - 1806  (62 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Matthias
  Birth	8 Mar 1744	Stoughton, MA   [3, 4]
  	Hand written town records show his birth year as 1743.
  Baptism	11 Mar 1744  [3]
  Gender	Male
  Ref#	51  [1]
  Residence	1790	Society Land, NH   [5]
  vital	18 May 1790	Sharon, MA   [2]
  Residence	1800	Caanan, NH   [6]
  _UID	E264310F7D3A4AF4B33C088021DA348BAC30
  Death	13 Sep 1806	Society Land, NH   [3]
  Person ID	I17457	Puffers
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Matthias,   b. 5 Feb 1715, Dorchester, MA d. 1806, Sharon, MA (Age 90 years)
  Mother	ESTEY, Rebecca,   b. 8 Aug 1709, Topsfield, MA d. 22 Feb 1777, Sharon, MA (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	7 Apr 1743	Stoughton, MA   [7]
  Family ID	F4904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BOYDEN, Olive,   b. 2 Feb 1744, Walpole, MA d. 13 Feb 1790 (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1764	Sharon, MA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Olive,   b. 27 Feb 1765, Stoughton, MA d. 23 Mar 1854, Dexter, ME (Age 89 years)   2. PUFFER, John,   b. Sep 1767, Sharon, MA d. 10 May 1813, Rumford, ME (Age 45 years)   3. PUFFER, Jacob,   b. CA 1770   d. Yes, date unknown   4. PUFFER, Prudence,   b. 4 Nov 1771, Walpole, MA d. 20 Jul 1841, Clarendon, VT (Age 69 years)   5. PUFFER, Seth,   b. 1774, Walpole, MA d. Bef 1874 (Age < 99 years)   6. PUFFER, Matthias,   b. Abt 1779, MA d. Aft 14 Mar 1882 (Age > 103 years)   7. PUFFER, Daniel Boyden,   b. 6 Sep 1785, Rumford, ME d. 8 Jun 1840, Dexter, ME (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F5306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2023

  
  

• Notes

  He was a soldier in the French War, 1762 at Halifax, Capt. Tim. Hamant' s company. He was also a soldier in the Revolution in Capt. Samuel Cowell's company, Col. Haw's regiment in 1778, also in Captain Jeremiah Smith's company, Col. John Smith's regiment. The federal census of 1790 shows that Matthias Puffer was at Society Land, Hillsboro County (NH), and had in his family two males over sixteen, two under that age and two females. The history of Weare, NH relates a story of an encounter with a bear. Matthias was splitting oars when a bear came into view. He struck the bear which retaliated with a blow that broke Puffer's arm. The bear escaped. The same work states that he was a shingle "weaver" by trade, and also calls him a blacksmith, having a shop on Sugar Hill. He was sued in 1787 by Nathaniel Fifield, and the town voted to defend the suit. He must have gone to Maine soon afterward. (Ed Note: the "Descendants of George Puffer.." book incorrectly attributes 2 additional marriages to him. Those marriages are correct for Matthias Puffer (1715-1806) Ref #23 in the book and this tree- DMC)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 44, 70. [S469] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Database online. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 70. [S469] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. [S729] _1790 United States Federal Census. [S956] _1800 United States Federal Census. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 44.