Puffer Genealogy
PUFFER, Amos[1, 2]
1757 - 1832 (75 years)-
Name PUFFER, Amos Baptism 1757 Wrentham, MA Birth 30 Mar 1757 Wrentham, MA [2, 3] Gender Male FindaGrave Address:
120520692Ref# 64 [4] _COLOR 11 _FSFTID 27C3-366 Death 6 Aug 1832 Jamaica, VT [5, 6] Burial East Jamaica, VT [6] Address:
East Jamaica CemeteryPerson ID I20473 Puffer 062124 Last Modified 21 Dec 2023
Father PUFFER, Richard, b. 6 Jun 1724, Wrentham, MA d. 7 Oct 1792, Medway, MA (Age 68 years) Mother ALBEE, Jemima, b. 7 Oct 1731, Mendon, MA d. 7 Oct 1782, Medway, MA (Age 51 years) Marriage 11 Apr 1751 Wrentham, MA [2] Family ID F3635 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family HOLBROOK, Esther, b. 14 Feb 1761, Wrentham, MA d. 17 Apr 1845, Jamaica, VT (Age 84 years) Marriage 22 Dec 1785 Townshend, VT [5] Children 1. PUFFER, Ruth, b. 19 Oct 1787, Townshend, VT d. 12 Mar 1788 (Age 0 years) 2. PUFFER, Susie, b. 28 Aug 1788, Townshend, VT d. 30 Jan 1869 (Age 80 years) 3. PUFFER, Richard Holbrook, b. 31 Oct 1791, Townshend, VT d. 7 Mar 1854, OH (Age 62 years) 4. PUFFER, Anna, b. 12 Jun 1793, Townshend, VT d. 3 Apr 1881, Grafton, VT (Age 87 years) 5. PUFFER, Esther, b. 24 Apr 1796, Townshend, VT d. 6 Oct 1863, Townshend, VT (Age 67 years) 6. PUFFER, Amos, b. 1 Aug 1798, Townshend, VT d. 21 May 1889, Grafton, VT (Age 90 years) 7. PUFFER, Luke, b. 25 May 1801, Jamaica, VT d. 7 Mar 1882, Washington County, NY (Age 80 years) 8. PUFFER, Ethan Holbrook, b. 15 May 1803, Townshend, VT d. 2 Jan 1876, VT (Age 72 years) 9. PUFFER, Sally, b. 19 Jun 1806, Townshend, VT d. 19 Mar 1861, Jamaica, VT (Age 54 years) Family ID F5428 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2024
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Notes - He was a soldier in the Revolution in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment from NH in 1776 (State Papers). In his application for a pension, April 10, 1818, dated at Jamaica, VT, he states that he served a year as private in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment from NH; was discharged at Stillwater, N.Y.; that he was taken prisoner at the Cedars and after release from imprisonment joined his regiment and served out his year. He was in the Battle of the Cedars, Canada.
He settled at Keene, NH. In 1790 he was with his brothers at Townsend, VT, and had four in his family, according to the census.
According to Child's Gazette he settled at Grafton, VT, and died at Chester, VT, 1832.
- He was a soldier in the Revolution in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment from NH in 1776 (State Papers). In his application for a pension, April 10, 1818, dated at Jamaica, VT, he states that he served a year as private in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment from NH; was discharged at Stillwater, N.Y.; that he was taken prisoner at the Cedars and after release from imprisonment joined his regiment and served out his year. He was in the Battle of the Cedars, Canada.
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Sources - [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 78-79.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 78.
- [S1086] Massachusetts Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 78.
- [S538] Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908.
- [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 78-79.