PUFFER, Esther^{[1, 2]}

1747 - 1825  (78 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Esther
  Birth	4 Feb 1747	Canterbury, CT   [2]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 79112262
  Ref#	61  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	13 Feb 1825	Canterbury, CT   [2, 3, 4]
  Burial	Canterbury, CT
  	Address: Baldwin Cemetery
  Person ID	I17715	Puffers
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2022

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Timothy,   b. 17 Jan 1714, Wrentham, MA d. 27 Sep 1781, Shaftsbury, VT (Age 67 years)
  Mother	CLARK, Esther,   b. 1 Mar 1716, CT d. 21 Aug 1805, CT (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F5060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BALDWIN, Capt. David,   b. 8 May 1742, Canterbury, CT d. 2 May 1826, Canterbury, CT (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	29 May 1774	Canterbury, CT   [2]
  Children	1. BALDWIN, Timothy,   b. 15 Apr 1775, Canterbury, CT d. 18 Dec 1840, Canterbury, CT (Age 65 years)   2. BALDWIN, Festus,   b. 24 Nov 1777, Canterbury, CT d. 12 Dec 1857, Canterbury, CT (Age 80 years)   3. BALDWIN, Susannah,   b. 28 Aug 1780, Canterbury, CT d. 12 May 1868, Cazenovia, NY (Age 87 years)   4. BALDWIN, Dr. Elijah,   b. 17 Jan 1783, Canterbury, CT d. 8 Mar 1867, Canterbury, CT (Age 84 years)   5. BALDWIN, David Clark,   b. 9 Sep 1784, Canterbury, CT d. 15 Oct 1788, Canterbury, CT (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F5080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  Esther was very pious and strict with her children. It is related that when the children picked apples to eat on Sunday, she forbade their eating them, because they were gathered on the Sabbath and, when her hired girl cooked some greens that she had picked on Sunday, Mrs. Baldwin made her throw them away. Another instance of her ideas of bringing up children is told. Dr. Elijah Baldwin when a boy did not like brown bread and milk and when he finally declined to eat a meal of it, his mother said: "Very well, I will set it away till you are hungry." When he asked for food again, she brought out the same brown bread and milk and he again refused to eat it. She put it away again and placed it before him next morning. The milk was sour and he turned away from his breakfast in disgust, but it was kept for him and served again until the poor child finally had to eat the stuff before his mother would allow him to eat anything else.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 76. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 46, 76. [S239] Barbour Collection. [S1091] Connecticut Town Death Records, pre 1870 (Barbour Collection).