Joseph Durfee Jr (1755 - abt. 1794)

Born 5 Dec 1755 in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Alice A (Unknown) Durfee — married 1778 in Connecticut, United States

Died about 4 Jun 1794 at about age 38 in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Joseph was born in 1755. He was the son of Joseph Durfee and Abigail Buck.^[1][2]

Military Service

Joseph Durfey (1755-1803) enlisted, 1776, in Capt. Wolcott's company of volunteers from East Windsor, Conn. He was born in Killingly; died in Ellington, Conn.

Name: Joseph Durfee

Gender: Male

Birth Date: 1755

Birth Place: Killingly

First Marriage Date: 1778

Death Date: 1803

Death Place: Ellington, Conn

Spouse: Allice

Child: Joseph Durfee^[3]

Name: Joseph Durfee

Military Date: 5 Sep 1778

Military Place: Connecticut, USA

State or Army Served: Connecticut

Regiment: Enos' Regiment

Rank: Sergeant^[4]

He passed away about 1803.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Connecticut, U.S., Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1034 #328065 (accessed 12 May 2022)
   Joseph Durfee born on 5 Dec 1755 in Killingly.
2. ↑ Baptism: "Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 3032 #264758 (accessed 12 May 2022)
   Joseph Durfee baptism in Mar 1756, child of Joseph, in Putnam, Connecticut, USA.
3. ↑ Child Military: "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000"
   Book Title: Lineage Book of the Charter Members of the DAR Vol 086
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61157 #2581213 (accessed 12 May 2022)
   Name: Joseph Durfee; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 1755; Birth Place: Killingly; First Marriage Date: 1778; Death Date: 1803; Death Place: Ellington, Conn; Spouse: Allice; Child: Joseph Durfee.
4. ↑ Military: "U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4282 #1735380 (accessed 12 May 2022)
   Name: Joseph Durfee [Jospeh Durfee]; Gender: Male; Military Date: 5 Sep 1778; Military Place: Connecticut, USA; State or Army Served: Connecticut; Regiment: Enos' Regiment; Rank: Sergeant.

• Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.