Thomas Durfee (abt. 1669 - 1729)

Born about 1669 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Ann (Freeborn) Durfee — married 1690 in Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 11 Feb 1729 at about age 60 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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Biography

"Son of Thomas and first wife of Portsmouth, R.I. born in Portsmouth, R.I. died in Portsmouth R.I. February 24, 1729; married in Portsmouth, R.I. to Ann Freeman of Portsmouth, R.I. daughter of Gideon and Sarah (Brownell) Freeborn. Born in Portsmouth, R.I. March 28, 1669; died in Portsmouth R.I. in 1729.... Thomas Durfee Jr. was a member of the General Assembly of the Colony of Rhode Island in 1707-1709 and 1713. His wife was Ann Freeborn..."^[1]

Name

Thomas /Durfee/^[2]

Birth

28 Mar 1669

Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States^[3]

Marriage

1690

RI^[4]

Children

Thomas and Ann had eight known children: ^[5]

1. Ann b Aug 29, 1691
2. Sarah b Mar 1, 1693
3. Freeborn b Dec 25, 1695
4. Patience b Jun 12, 1697
5. Mary b Jan 22, 1700
6. Martha b Feb 20, 1701-2
7. Gideon b Jan 15, 1703
8. Thomas b Jun 6, 1706

DNA

Ancestry: Sue Hall and treelinkages share Thomas Durfee and Ann Freeborn in their trees and 17.3 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment.

Sources

1. ↑ The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. pp. 23-27 https://archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00lcreed#page/22/mode/2up
2. ↑ Source: #S-2097592983 Page: Source number: 305.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BC2. Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=364204&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1669 Birth place: RI Marriage date: 1690 Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::364204
3. ↑ Source: #S-2097592983 Page: Source number: 305.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BC2. Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=364204&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1669 Birth place: RI Marriage date: 1690 Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::364204
4. ↑ Source: #S-2097592983 Page: Source number: 305.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BC2. Note: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=364204&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 1669 Birth place: RI Marriage date: 1690 Marriage place: RI APID: 1,7836::364204
5. ↑ Arnold, James N. Vital Records of Rhode Island 1636-1850, Volume I, Kent County. Providence, RI: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891. Page 55.

• Source: S-2097513046 Repository: #R-2142878651 Data: Text: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/12028456/family : R-2142878651 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

• Source: S-2097592983 Repository: #R-2142878651 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. APID: 1,7836::0

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

• Austin, John Osborne. Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders (J. Munsell's Sons, 1889) p 19

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Karen Johnson for creating WikiTree profile Durfee-104 through the import of Karen Parkins Family Tree (1).ged on Apr 11, 2013.

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