Deliverance (Hall) Durfee (1652 - bef. 1721)

Born 8 Jan 1652 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Wife of Abiel Tripp — married 30 Jan 1679 (to 1684) in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British America

Wife of Thomas (Durfee) Durfey — married about 1687 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 13 Feb 1721 before age 69 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

Deliverance Hall was born...

Birth dates for this merged profile vary

• 1642, 1643, 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
• 1650 in Rhode Island^[1]
• 8 January 1652 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
• 1655 in Rhode Island

Thomas Durfee's second marriage was "in Portsmouth, R.I., to Deliverance (Hall) Tripp (widow of Abiel Tripp), daughter of William and Mary (___) Hall. Born in Portsmouth, R.I., where she died in February, 1721.

Marriage Discrepancy

Benjamin Durfee, youngest child of Thomas Durfee's first wife, was born in 1679 and supposedly was the youngest child of Thomas Durfee's first wife.^[2] Yet the marriage date of 30 January 1678 in Portsmouth has been associated with the two of them. Other family group sheets give a more likely marriage date of 1684.

Death and Legacy

Her will, as quoted by Reed

"1718, April 8. Will proved 1721, February 13. Ex. son Abiel Tripp.

To daughter, Patience Tallman, two iron pots, an iron kettle, all my cups, handkerchiefs, aprons and shifts, only one to be buried in; and a cedar tub and the rowing boat.

To daughter, Deliverance Durfee, bed, etc., I now lie on at my son-in-law, Tallman's, and all movables at my son Abiel Tripp's, only what i have given to son Abiel already.

Inventory, £55, 5s, 6d; viz, purse and apparel, £15, 5s, 6d; books, 10s; the rowing boat and an old axe, £1 spinning wheel, warming pan, pewter looking-glass, spice mortar, 11 yards of drugget, sugar box, etc."^[3]

Note that in some gedcoms, her date of death was given as 14 July 1712. This might be a transcription error?

Research Notes

Records of the Colony of Rhode Island, 1698, page 346:

Proceedings of the General Assembly held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Kingstown, by adjournment, the 2d day of August, 1698.

"Voted, Whereas there was a petition presented to this Assembly, by Thomas Durfee and Deliverance Durfee, his wife, late widow to Bikill Trip, of Portsmouth, deceased, for the settling and confirming the ferry between Rhode Island and Bristol, upon the heir of the said Bikill Trip, this Assembly, upon good consideration, do hereby enact, and it is hereby enacted, that the said ferry be stated upon the said Thomas Durfee and his wife, till the said heir of the said Bikill Trip come of age, which will be in about seven years..." (https://archive.org/details/recordscolonyrh02bartgoog/page/346/mode/1up?q=Durfee)

Sources

1. ↑ American Genealogical-Biographical Index
2. ↑ Reed, p. 29
3. ↑ Reed, William Field. The descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1902), 19. link

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970

• U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 * http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=68927171&pid=1028

• Reed, William Field. The descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1902)

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Hall-7666 created through the import of Ancestry Audrey Harrington.ged on Nov 14, 2012 by Kim Myers.

• Thank you to Jon Myers for creating WikiTree profile Hall-9035 through the import of MYERS-EVEY Family WikiTree.ged on Apr 18, 2013.

• Hall-13045 was created by David McKnight through the import of Tracy_A_Beadle_11Generations.ged on Jul 6, 2014.

• Hall-16848 was created by Tom Greene through the import of wikigeorgeladd1.ged on Apr 26, 2015.

• Hall-13498 was created by Marybeth O'gorman through the import of O_Gorman-Flynn-Kimble-Mosher2.ged on Aug 11, 2014.