Susan (Moors) Puffer (1796 - 1821)

Ancestors

Wife of John Puffer — married 9 Apr 1818 in Wakefield, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

Died 2 Jan 1821 at age 24 in Peterborough, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

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SUSAN MOORS, b. 10 May 1796 daughter of Abraham and Susanna (Stevens) Mooar Abraham Moor and Susanna Stephens;^[1] d. at Peterborough, 2 Jun 1821;^[2] m. at Wakefield, NH, 9 Apr 1818,^[3] JOHN PUFFER, b. 13 Mar 1791 son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Jackson) Puffer;^[4] John d. at Madison, IN, 7 Feb 1862.^[5] John married second Mary Wood.

Susan and John resided in Peterborough and were parents of one known child. After Susan’s death, John remarried and had daughter Susan with his second wife Mary Wood. John relocated to New York and then Madison, Indiana after his second marriage.^[6]

i JOHN PUFFER, b. at Peterborough, Jun 1821; d. at Utica, NY, 1871; m. 1st before 1859, JANE WOOD, b. 22 Aug 1825 daughter of Ezra and Susanna (Wilcocks) Wood;^[7] Jane d. at Madison, IN, 10 Oct 1863. John m. 2nd JANE MARIA S. who has not been identified, but born in NY, 1827; Jane d. at Utica, 10 Oct 1909. In his will written 12 February 1871, John Puffer of Utica directed that his property be divided equally among his wife Jane Maria S. Puffer, daughter Hattie Alice Puffer, and daughter Jennie Mariah Puffer. He also directs that any property that had been the property of his first wife Jane Wood deceased should go to daughter Hattie Alice.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Mooar, Mooar Genealogy, p 44, https://archive.org/details/mooarmoorsgeneal00mooa/page/44/mode/2up
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSLM-43D : 23 February 2021), Susan Puffer, 02 Jun 1821; citing Peterborough, Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,099.
3. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDKW-KQX : 24 January 2020), John Puffer, 1818.
4. ↑ Smith, History of the Town of Peterborough, p 229, https://archive.org/details/historytownpete00morigoog/page/228/mode/2up
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV26-1656 : 10 September 2021), John D. Puffer, ; Burial, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States of America, Fairmount Cemetery; citing record ID 70285686, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4NF-V26 : 18 February 2021), John Puffer, 1860.
7. ↑ The will of Ezra Wood written in 1859 (probate 1870) includes a bequest to daughter Jane Wood Puffer wife of John Puffer, Jr.; New York Probate, Oneida County, Wills Volume 0023, p 354
8. ↑ New York Wills and Probate, Oneida County, Wills Volume 0023, p 388

• Mooar, George. 1901. Mooar (Moors) Genealogy: Abraham Mooar of Andover, and His Descendants. Boston: Press of David Clapp.

• Smith, Albert, and John Hopkins Morison. 1876. History of the Town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis.