PUFFER, Capt. Samuel T.^{[1, 2]}

1707 - 1773  (65 years)

• Name	PUFFER, Samuel T.
  Title	Capt.
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	12 Oct 1707	Braintree, MA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 128283909
  Ref#	18  [2]
  _COLOR	11
  Death	4 May 1773	Sudbury, MA   [3]
  Burial	Wayland, MA
  	Address: North Cemetery
  Person ID	I23413	Puffers
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2022

  
  

  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   [4]
  Family ID	F5245	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAYNES, Dorothy,   b. 23 Dec 1710, Sudbury, MA d. 1744, Sudbury, MA (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1732	Sudbury, MA   [3, 5]
  Children	1. PUFFER, Susannah,   b. 26 Sep 1733, Sudbury, MA d. 15 Jan 1818, Sudbury, MA (Age 84 years)   2. PUFFER, Capt. Samuel T. Jr.,   b. 30 May 1735, Sudbury, MA d. 24 May 1811, Sudbury, MA (Age 75 years)   3. PUFFER, Silas,   b. 6 May 1737, Sudbury, MA d. 24 Oct 1758, Sudbury, MA (Age 21 years)   4. PUFFER, John,   b. 18 Aug 1739, Sudbury, MA d. 16 Sep 1759, Sudbury, MA (Age 20 years)   5. PUFFER, Lieut. Phineas,   b. 23 Sep 1741, Sudbury, MA d. 1817, MA (Age 75 years)   6. PUFFER, Nathan,   b. 2 Jul 1744, Sudbury, MA d. 30 May 1771, Sudbury, MA (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F8597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  He came to Sudbury as a boy where he spent the rest of his life. He wa. s a "slay-maker" by trade and also a farmer. He was a member of the church, active in town and church and captain of the Sudbury company, as shown by town records. Samuel and Dorothy Puffer, James Haynes, Abijah Haynes, the heirs of Deacon James Haynes, confirmed the title of David Bugbee to land at Shrewsbury sold by their father, giving a deed dated Feb. 13, 1737-8 (W.D. 10-493) to replace the original deed, which was burned when Bugbee's house was destroyed. Captain Samuel Puffer's will was dated March 4, 1773, proved in 1776, bequeathing to his son Samuel; son Phineas; daughter Susanna Haynes, wife of Joshua Haynes; to grandson Nathan puffer, son of Nathan, deceased, land at Gulf Neck, Sudbury; to wife Dorothy his personal estate and ample supplies from the homestead during her life. Witnesses: John Maynard, Isaac Haynes, Micah Sanderson.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27, 36-37. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27, 36. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 36. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 27. [S436] Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts To the Year 1850, page 253.