PUFFER, Capt. Jabez^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1704 - 1789  (85 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Jabez
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Abt 1704	Braintree, MA   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1712	Sudbury, MA   [5]
  Confirmation	12 Jul 1727	Sudbury, MA   [6]
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 68619568
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 68619568
  Ref#	17  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	21 Jun 1789	Sudbury, MA   [4, 6]
  Burial	Sudbury, MA
  	Address: Revolutionary War Cemetery
  Person ID	I23410	Puffers
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	PUFFER, Capt. Jabez,   b. 4 Feb 1672, Braintree, MA d. 5 Nov 1746, Sudbury, MA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	GLAZIER, Mary,   b. 6 Oct 1682, Sudbury, MA d. 2 Jan 1749, Braintree, MA (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1702	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Family ID	F5245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	HAYNES, Thankful,   b. 22 Apr 1708, Sudbury, MA d. 11 Jun 1737, Sudbury, MA (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	24 Jul 1731	Sudbury, MA   [6, 7, 8]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Lt. James,   b. 11 Aug 1734, Sudbury, MA d. 1810, Sudbury, MA (Age 75 years)   2. PUFFER, Josiah,   b. 21 Mar 1735, Sudbury, MA d. 9 Jul 1806, Westminster, MA (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F8550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	TREADWAY, Hannah,   b. 19 Mar 1714   d. 28 Jul 1777, Sudbury, MA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1738	Framingham, MA   [6, 7]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Thankful,   b. 2 Sep 1739, Farmington, MA d. Abt 1740, MA (Age 0 years)   2. PUFFER, Thankful,   b. Oct 1741, Sudbury, MA d. Bef 1841 (Age < 99 years)   3. PUFFER, Jacob,   b. 10 Apr 1743, Sudbury, MA d. 20 Apr 1777, Ashby, MA (Age 34 years)   4. PUFFER, Daniel,   b. 2 Jan 1745/6, Sudbury, MA d. 13 Mar 1829, Sudbury, MA (Age 83 years)   5. PUFFER, Rebecca,   b. 21 Feb 1747, Sudbury, MA d. 7 Oct 1815 (Age 68 years)   6. PUFFER, Sarah,   b. Bef 11 Nov 1750   d. Bef 1850 (Age < 99 years)   7. PUFFER, Rev. Reuben D. D.,   b. 5 Jan 1756, Sudbury, MA d. 9 Apr 1829, Berlin, MA (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F8551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	PERRY, Sarah,   b. Abt 1708, Braintree, MA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	22 Jul 1778	Sudbury, MA   [7, 9, 10]
  Family ID	F8552	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He went to Sudbury with his father, and became a substantial citizen. He served in the French and Indian Wars, as private in Capt. Josiah Brown's Co., in 1739 and as ensign in Capt. Josiah Richardson's Co., in 1757. Later he was captain of a Sudbury company. He was on a town committee to widen the causeway at Ironworks meadow in 1771. He lived in the house, built by his father, enlarged by himself, and still standing in 1900. He and his brother Ephraim of Sudbury deeded to Ephraim Keith of Bridgewater land at Petersham, July 21, 1738 (W.D. 10-526) and also land bought of Thomas Baldwin at Petersham (Nichewaug) March 5, 1743-4 (W.D. 2 9-355). He deeded land to his son Jacob at Templeton, April 13,1764 (W .D. 55-379). His gravestone is in the burying ground at Sudbury Center. In his will dated April 8, 1785, he bequeaths to his wife Sarah: children James, Jacob, Daniel, Reuben, Rebecca Gibson and grandchildren Nahum and Reuben Rice. Will of Capt. Jabez Puffer "The following was one of the five wills made by Capt. Jabez Puffer and w as not the one offered for probate: "In the name of God Amen! This eighteenth Day of March Anno Domini One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy Nine and in the third year of American Independence, I Jabez Puffer of Sudbury, in the county of Middlesex and state of the MA Bay, New England, Gentleman, being indisposed in Body, but of good and perfect mind and memory (thanks to Almighty God) and calling to remembrance the uncertain state of this transitory Life, and that all flesh must yield to death when it shall please God to call; do make and declare this my last will and Testament in manner and form following: -- Being penitent and sorry for all my sins, and most humbly imploring forgiveness for the same I commend my soul unto Almighty God my saviour and Redeemer in whom and by whose merits i trust and believe assuredly to be saved, to receive a full remission of all my sins, and inherit the Kingdom of God; and my body I commit to the Earth to be decently interred at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named: and for the settleing of my temporal estate, and such Goods, Chattels and Debts as shall be found at m y decease, all lawful demands on the same being satisfied, I appoint an d order to be done in the following manner: -- First-- I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Sarah Puffer, the income of all my Lande lying in Sudbury, she being at the charge of all the Labor for said income. Also I give her a good steady Horse and Chaise to use at her election; also the use of that part of the dwelling house and Sellar which I now possess, together with the free use of all other buildings on the Premises; also I bequeath unto her my loving wife two Cows, and all the Household furniture she brought with her, to dispose of as she shall think proper, the income of said Lands, and the use of Horse, Chiase, House, Sellar and other buildings to be hers so long as she remains my widow . Also I give and bequeath to my four dutiful and well beloved sons (viz) James puffer, whom I have settled in Sudbury, Josiah Puffer whom I have settled in Westminster in the county of Worcester, Jacob Puffer whom I have settled in Ashby in the county of Middlesex and Daniel Puffer whom I have settled with myself in Sudbury, to them and each of them five shillings to be paid to them by my Executor in one year after my decease. To each of them I have give good farms or settlements and my son Daniel Puffer is to have the refusal of my Homestead at the appraisal after my Decease if he pleases and agrees with his mother in law (stepmother), an d pays at, otherwise it shat be free for the purchase of any other person. Also I give and bequeath to my dutiful and well beloved son Reuben Puffer having already given him an education at Harvard College twenty six Pounds thirteen shillings and four pence to be paid him by my Executor in one year after the beginning to settle my estate. Also I give to the s aid Reuben Puffer a Bed, with the furniture thereto." (Charles Nutt has another will dated Feb. 21, 1774.) Epitaph: "Here rests in hope of a resurrected life the mortal part of Capt. Jabez Puffer who departed this life June 21 A.D. 1789 in the 85th y ear of his age. "My flesh shall slumber in the ground Till the last trumpet's joyful sound Then burst the chains without surprise And in my Saviour's image rise."

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27, 33-36. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27, 33. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27. [S854] North America Family Histories 1500-2000. [S1436] History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Vol III, page 447. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 33. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253. [S1114] Massachusetts Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 34. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988.