Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Timothy[1]

Male 1759 - 1839  (80 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Timothy 
    Birth 25 Mar 1759  Norton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1823  Wales, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 1829  Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
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    Death 18 Jun 1839  Brimfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Address:
    Brimfield Road Cemetery 
    Person ID I18871  Puffers
    Last Modified 21 Sep 2019 

    Father PUFFER, William Job,   b. 24 Apr 1734, Wrentham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1809, Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother WETHERELL, Mary,   b. 13 Apr 1732, Norton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 1781, Wrentham, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 27 Feb 1753  Norton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5469  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family LETHBRIDGE, Sarah,   b. 1764, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jan 1838, Brimfield, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 2 Aug 1781  MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Polly,   b. 14 Aug 1783, Wrentham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1873 (Age < 89 years)
     2. PUFFER, Elijah,   b. 19 Sep 1787, Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. PUFFER, Timothy,   b. 21 May 1794, Cumberland County, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1894 (Age < 99 years)
     4. PUFFER, Elisha,   b. 4 Feb 1799, Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860 (Age < 60 years)
     5. PUFFER, Hepsibel Hepsibeh Hepsibeth,   b. 2 Feb 1798, Monson, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Nov 1855, Ware, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    Family ID F7992  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2024 

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  • Notes 
    • He was a private in the Revolution in Capt. Samuel Fisher's company (Fourth Suffolk Regiment) under Major Seth Bullard, July 28, 1780, on a Rhode Island alarm. He was of Wrentham and Franklin, later of Monson. He was of Franklin, Dec 14 1785 when he bought of Joseph Holmes of Monson land at Monson, but was in Monson, Dec 8,1 787, when bought more land there of Luke Chapin of Palmer. He also bought 46 acres at Monson, April 11, 1788, of Nathan and Mary Stratton of Sherborn and four acres at Monson, Feb. 18, 1797, of Jonathan Crouch of Butternuts, NY (27-312; 37- 252 H.D.) He sold land at Monson Nov. 1, 1822, to Henry Lyon of Monson ( 69-559 H.D.) He sold 25 acres, Jun 1, 1805 to Dr. Joseph Grout (46-369 H .D.). Also land to Jephthah Tupper, April 13, 1821 (68-285) and to Ichabod Goodell of Holland, land in Monson, Jun 15, 1823 , and 19 acres, Dec 5 1791, at Monson to Edward Adams, Jr. (130-547).
      "His moral character bore the gloss of unfeigned uprightness, but he was not extremely shrewd, energetic, or knowing."

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 73, 113.

    2. [S1086] Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Norton Births, page 121.

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 113.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 73.