Puffer Genealogy

PUFFER, Simeon[1, 2]

Male 1759 - 1825  (65 years)


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  • Name PUFFER, Simeon 
    Birth Aug 1759  Hebron, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Death 16 Jun 1825  Cramahe, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    FindaGrave Address:
    182433999 
    Ref# 54  [2
    _COLOR 11 
    Death 16 Jun 1825  Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Morganston, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Puffer Farm Family Cemetery 
    Person ID I32791  Puffers
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2023 

    Father PUFFER, Lazarus,   b. 1 Jun 1729, Stoughton, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1778, Valley Forge, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother REYNOLDS, Sarah,   b. CA 1725, Norwich, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1792, Colchester, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1753  Lebanon, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F7655  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family TURNER, Fanny,   b. Abt 1763, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1843, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 1784  Fredericksburg, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. PUFFER, Benjamin,   b. 17 Feb 1785, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1851, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     2. PUFFER, Daniel Turner,   b. CA 1788, Dutchess County, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1850 (Age < 61 years)
     3. PUFFER, James Simeon,   b. CA 1789, New City, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1846, Cramahe, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
     4. PUFFER, Cornelius,   b. 25 May 1793, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1860, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     5. PUFFER, Sally Sarah,   b. 1794, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1861, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 68 years)
     6. PUFFER, Neil,   b. 1795, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1825, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)
     7. PUFFER, Harriet,   b. 1800, Coeymans, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1861, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 62 years)
     8. PUFFER, Hannah,   b. 1810, Coeymans, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1846, Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    Family ID F8925  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • He was a soldier in the Revolution in Capt. Judah Allen's company in Lebanon, Conn., Col. Samuel B. Webb's regiment, June 1777, to April 28, 1780. He was in Sullivan's Expedition and several skirmishes. He was granted a pension for his service and his name placed on the roll, April 25, 1819. His age was then given as 67 years, his service in Conn. and his residence as Coeymans, Albany County, NY (p. 112, Senate Documents 1833-4; Pension Rolls, V. p. 13). The pension records show that he enlisted at Lebanon, Conn. He was living at Pawling, Dutchess County in 1790, as shown by the census, and had three sons under sixteen at the time.

      His children sued to get his Rev. War Pension when his marriage to Fanny Turner was in question. They were married by a Justice of the Peace and no records were filed. After many affidavits from people who were present at the union, they got the pension.

      Some highlights of those affidavits: Daniel Haynes a resident of the Town of Patterson in said County aged 80 yrs and upwards.  He was sworn in and gave testimony. He was brought up and raised in Patterson, NY. He was well Acquainted with Simeon Puffer & Fanny Turner when a girl. He lived within 2 miles of Fanny. Simeon came to town right after his discharge from Army. Worked as a laborer for Nathan Sheldon. Sheldon owned the farm on which Fanny Turner resided. He then saw Simeon and Fanny married. Abt 1794 (right after Simeon came and abt end of war). Simeon lived in Patterson, NY abt 2 yrs, then Fredericksburgh, NY until they moved north to Dutchess County, then they moved north again (Albany) then he, Daniel, never saw them again.
      Affidavit of Daniel Dorman. Daniel lived near Simeon in Coeymans, NY for abt 10 yrs.  Then he was informed that Simeon's wife and children went to Canada and Simeon stayed in NY living with different friends and when he would receive his pension he would take it to his family in Canada but he would not live there because he hated the British.
      Affidavit of Daniel Turner (brother of Fanny). His sister left for Canada about 1818.
      Affidavit of Hannah DeGroat Turner (wife of Daniel). Simeon and Fanny had a family of children together – some of the children were persuaded to go to Canada by some friends they had in Canada & after the children were in Canada they persuaded they prevailed on their mother said Fanny to move to Canada.  Simeon refused to go. The last time he (Simeon) went to Canada he brought his pension for the family and a Large Bible for his wife & children then I (Hannah DeGroat Turner) was informed said Simeon was taken sick when he arrived in Canada and was unable to get back to Coeymans. He died in Canada. Simeon was poor but a good respectable man and lived happily with his wife and family. Simeon always saved as much of his pension as he could to bring to Fanny and the children in Canada.
      Affidavit of Cornelius Turner (Mar 14, 1846). After living in Coeymans for abt 15 years (according to Cornelius, they came to Coeymans about 1800) or more, Fanny left here and went to Canada to see her children & sister when then resided in Canada and Simeon continued to live in Coeymans. He went to visit his wife and children about 4 times before he died.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45, 72.

    2. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45, 71.

    3. [S161] Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection).

    4. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 45.

    5. [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 72.