PUFFER, Simeon^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1752 - 1832  (79 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Simeon
  Birth	22 Apr 1752	Wrentham, MA   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Ref#	63  [6]
  _COLOR	2
  Death	7 Jan 1832	Deerfield, MA   [5, 7, 8]
  Person ID	I20475	Puffers
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2022

  
  

  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   [9]
  Family ID	F3635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	GRAVES, Lydia,   b. 25 Jan 1764, Swanzey, NH d. Bef 1864 (Age < 99 years)
  Marriage	8 Dec 1780	Swanzey, NH   [10]
  Residence	1820	Deerfield, MA   [11]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Lydia,   b. 12 Oct 1781, Swanzey, NH d. 1861, Orange, NY (Age 79 years)   2. PUFFER, Jemima,   b. 16 Feb 1784, Swanzey, NH d. Bef 1884 (Age < 99 years)   3. PUFFER, Lucy,   b. 9 Jan 1787, Swanzey, NH d. Bef 1887 (Age < 99 years)   4. PUFFER, Martha,   b. 25 Jul 1790, Swanzey, NH d. Bef 1890 (Age < 99 years)   5. PUFFER, Simeon Jr.,   b. 5 Jan 1793, Swanzey, NH d. Bef 1893 (Age < 99 years)   6. PUFFER, Lucinda,   b. 1801, Deerfield, MA d. Aft 1870, IL (Age > 70 years)   7. PUFFER, Orasmus,   b. 1804, Deerfield, MA d. Bef 1904 (Age < 99 years)   8. PUFFER, Martha,   b. 1807, Deerfield, MA d. Bef 1907 (Age < 99 years)
  Family ID	F8609	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  He was a soldier in the Revolution with his brother Amos in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment in 1776, in NH. His application for a pension, Apr. 9, 1818, when he was living in Jamaica, states that he enlisted Feb 1776, and was discharged Dec. 4, 1776 at Saratoga, in Capt. Jason Wait's company, Col. Bedel's regiment from NH.; that he was captured at the battles at the Cedars by the British and Indians and exchanged after a short time and rejoined his company at Mt. Independence. Claim allowed (S. File 33, 524). He was living in 1818 at Deerfield, MA, aged 64 years. In 1820 there was living with him wife Lydia and three children, Lucinda, aged 17 y.; Orasums, 14 y.; and Martha 11 y. (S. File 33, 524). He went to Swanzey, N.H., when a young man and was living there in 1790 , when he had six in his family, according to the census. He removed after 1793 to Deerfield, MA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 77-78. [S299] New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, Database online. Record for Lydia Puffer [S299] New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904, Database online. Record for Simeon Puffer [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 77. [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, 77. [S932] US Pension Roll of 1835, Vol 1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 47, 78. [S196] New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947. [S777] _1820 United States Federal Census.