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PUFFER, Rev. Asa Sr.[1, 2]

Male 1767 - 1841  (73 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Asa 
    Prefix Rev. 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 19 Jul 1767  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Male 
    Ref# 66  [4
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    _FSFTID KP4N-RNG 
    Death 1841  Le Ray, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18906  Puffer 062124
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2023 

    Father PUFFER, James Jr.,   b. 14 Jun 1739, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1839 (Age < 99 years) 
    Mother TAYLOR, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1743, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1843 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage 3 May 1762  Stow, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Family ID F8446  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 MAYNARD, Patty "Polly",   b. 17 Aug 1771, Templeton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1845 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 6 Jun 1793  Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    Family ID F8473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 2 STRICKLAND, Charlotte,   b. Abt 1785, IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. CA 1830 (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage 1799  [10
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Joseph,   b. 1803   d. 1812 (Age 9 years)
     2. PUFFER, Lida\Lyda,   b. 1805, Ulster, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1891, Rochester, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     3. PUFFER, Dr. Isaac,   b. 20 Feb 1807, Lowville, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1884, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     4. PUFFER, Asa,   b. 1808   d. Bef Nov 1843 (Age < 35 years)
     5. PUFFER, Sylvester W.,   b. 19 May 1810, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1882, Lexington, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     6. PUFFER, Josiah,   b. 1812, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1813, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     7. PUFFER, James,   b. 1813, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1913, Westport, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 99 years)
     8. PUFFER, Lucy Ann,   b. 1815, Waltham, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Nov 1857, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     9. PUFFER, Charlotte,   b. 1816, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1817, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 1 year)
     10. PUFFER, Rev. Asa Jr.,   b. 1 Jan 1818, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1874, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years)
     11. PUFFER, Joseph,   b. 1821, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1921, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 99 years)
    Family ID F9551  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 3 BARNES, Mary,   b. Abt 1787, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1887 (Age < 99 years) 
    Marriage CA 1820 
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Elizabeth A.,   b. 1821, Sudbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1921 (Age < 99 years)
     2. PUFFER, John Wesley,   b. Abt 1826, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1862, Perryville, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F9550  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

    Family 4 WILDER, Lydia,   b. CA 1790, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1870, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 79 years) 
    Marriage CA 1835  NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Frederick Wilder,   b. 2 Oct 1832, Watson, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1879, Chico, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     2. PUFFER, George Wilder,   b. Aug 1833, Lewis County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1922, Croghan, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F15351  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He was a jeweler by trade and a Methodist in religion. He married twice. Only one name is known, Charlotte Strickland, the mother of Isaac and James and probably some of the other children.

      This is the only Puffer in the vicinity, at that time, who could possibly have fathered Fanny. Asa went through 3 wives before he died in 1841 in NY. Supposedly he fathered over 15 kids by those wives. No records of them exist.

      Update: 3/12/2016.. upon further inspection I think the two Asa's who died in Le Ray, NY are the same. That brings Asa's wives to five.

      -- MERGED NOTE ------------

      He was a jeweler by trade and a Methodist in religion. He married twice. Only one name is known, Charlotte Strickland, the mother of Isaac and James and probably some of the other children.

      This is the only Puffer in the vicinity, at that time, who could possibly have fathered Fanny. Asa went through 3 wives before he died in 1841 in NY. Supposedly he fathered over 15 kids by those wives. No records of them exist.

      Update: 3/12/2016.. upon further inspection I think the two Asa's who died in Le Ray, NY are the same. That brings Asa's wives to five.

      Update: 1/13/2023.. taking another look at this family, the 1830 Federal Census in Watson, NY shows 11 people total in the Asa Puffer family who lives there. This fits the total # of people in the family but not the dates. For instance the Census record shows the oldest male (father) is 40-49. This Asa would be 62-63 years old. His wife, Eliza, would be 29-30 and she fits (just barely). Most sons and daughters don't fit either. More research..

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 84, 127, 338.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 79.

    3. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47. 79.

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47.

    5. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.
      Marriage date: 3 May 1762 Marriage place: Stow, Massachusetts

    6. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page186.

    7. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253.

    8. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 79.

    9. [S324] Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850.

    10. [S608] History of Lewis County, New York, page 544.



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