PUFFER, Elijah^{[1, 2]}

1737 - 1816  (78 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Elijah
  Birth	18 Aug 1737	Wrentham, MA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Ref#	57  [2]
  _COLOR	2
  Death	28 Feb 1816	Peterborough, NH   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I18565	Puffers
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, William Jr.,   b. 9 Mar 1712, Wrentham, MA d. 7 Oct 1792, Medway, MA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	WARE, Rebecca,   b. Abt 1716, Wrentham, MA d. Abt 1800 (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1733	Wrentham, MA   [6]
  Family ID	F5425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	JACKSON, Elizabeth,   b. 19 Jun 1744, Abington, MA d. 3 Apr 1822, Peterborough, NH (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	20 May 1764	Abington, MA   [1]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Matilda,   b. 26 Jan 1765, Peterborough, NH d. 28 Feb 1771, Peterborough, NH (Age 6 years)   2. PUFFER, Polly,   b. 28 Aug 1766, Peterborough, NH d. 30 Nov 1790, Peterborough, NH (Age 24 years)   3. PUFFER, Betsey,   b. 11 Aug 1768, Peterborough, NH d. Mar 1858, Peterborough, NH (Age 89 years)   4. PUFFER, Esther,   b. 18 Dec 1770, Peterborough, NH d. 27 Feb 1802, Peterborough, NH (Age 31 years)   5. PUFFER, Elijah,   b. 25 Feb 1773, Peterborough, NH d. 29 Jul 1777, Peterborough, NH (Age 4 years)   6. PUFFER, Samuel,   b. 13 Jan 1777, Peterborough, NH d. 25 Jan 1777, Peterborough, NH (Age 0 years)   7. PUFFER, Matilda,   b. 3 Apr 1778, Peterborough, NH d. 17 Apr 1778, Peterborough, NH (Age 0 years)   8. PUFFER, William Elijah,   b. CA 1778   d. 4 Apr 1847, Essex, VT (Age 69 years)   9. PUFFER, William,   b. 15 Apr 1781, Peterborough, NH d. 1 Mar 1870, Peterborough, NH (Age 88 years)   10. PUFFER, Sally,   b. 1782   d. 31 Oct 1868, Milton, NH (Age 86 years)   11. PUFFER, John,   b. 3 Nov 1786, Peterborough, NH d. 1 May 1787, Peterborough, NH (Age 0 years)   12. PUFFER, John,   b. 13 Mar 1791, Peterborough, NH d. 7 Feb 1862, Madison, IN (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F5466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

  orlin george puffer obit.jpeg

  
  

• Notes

  French and Indian War Veteran, He lived for many years in Norton, MA removing finally, in 1764, to Peterborough, NH where he died, aged 77 years, 6 months, 10 days. His farm in Peterborough was north of the Gen. David Steele Place. In 1786 he exchanged that farm for the place subsequently occupied by him and his descendants. He was a soldier in the French and Indian War, March 28 to April 26, 1759, in Col. Ephraim Leonard's regiment, enlisted for the Canada Invasion and delivered to Capt. Jonathan Eddy; also in Capt. Eddy's company till Nov. 28, 1760, 87 weeks, three days, serving at Fort Cumberland, whence he returned on the sloop "Prosperous", Capt. John Bragdon, as shown by the latter's bill dated Nov 24, 1760.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 74. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45, 74. [S301] New Hampshire, Death and Burial Records Index, 1654-1949. [S575] New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947. [S1086] Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45.