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 1705 - 1789 (84 years)
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| Name |
PUFFER Jabez |
| Prefix |
Capt. |
| Birth |
1705 |
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Will |
18 Mar 1779 [2] |
- The following was one of the five wills made by Capt. Jabez Puffer and was 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 Massachusetts 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 settling of my temporal estate, and such Goods, Chattels and Debts as shall be found at my decease, all lawful demands on the same being satisfied, I appoint and 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, Chaise, House, Sellar and other bulidings 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 given good farms or settlements and my son Daniel Puffer is to have the refusal of my Homestead at the apprisal after my Decease if he pleases and agrees with his mother in law (stepmother), and pays to my Executor the remainder of what it shall be apprised at, otherwise it shall 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 said Reuben Puffer a Bed, with the furniture thereto."
(Charles Nutt has another will dated Feb. 21, 1774.)
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| Will |
8 Apr 1785 [1] |
- (In his will dated April 8, 1785, he bequeaths to wife Sarah; children James, Jacob, Daniel, Reuben, Rebecca Gibson and grandchildren Nahum and Reuben Rice.)
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| _UID |
9B670D38EB9ED5118A0644455354000076B3 |
| Death |
21 Jun 1789 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
- (Epitaph: "Here rests in hope of a resurrection the mortal part of Capt. Jabez Puffer who departed this life June 21 A. D. 1789 in the 85th year 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." )
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| Notes |
- He went to Sudbury with his father, and became a substantial citizen. He joined the Sudbury church July 12, 1727. 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. 29-355). He deeded land to his son Jacob at Templeton, April 13, 1764 (W. D. 55-379).
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| Person ID |
I3467 |
Noyes Family Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Feb 2003 |
| Father |
Capt. PUFFER Jabez, b. 4 Feb 1672, Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown |
| Mother |
GLAZIER Mary d. 2 Jan 1749, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
3 Dec 1702 |
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [4] |
| Family ID |
F14793 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
HAYNES Thankful, b. 22 Apr 1708, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 24 Jun 1737 (Age 29 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jul 1731 |
Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
| Family ID |
F1346 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
| Family 2 |
TREADWAY Hannah, b. 19 Mar 1715 d. 28 Jul 1777 (Age 62 years) |
| Marriage |
18 Oct 1738 |
Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [3] |
| Family ID |
F14790 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
23 Feb 2024 |
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| Sources |
- [S1151] Book-Descendants of George Puffer, p.33, R929.2 P97.
- [S1151] Book-Descendants of George Puffer, p.34, R929.2 P97.
- [S1151] Book-Descendants of George Puffer, p.35, R929.2 P97.
- [S1151] Book-Descendants of George Puffer, p.27, R929.2 P97.
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