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- George Puffer, the first of the family in this country and the pioneer a ncestor, lived but a few years after coming to New England, and we know v ery little about him. He was one of the residents of Boston to whom lan d was granted at Mount Wollaston, which was afterwards the town of Brai ntree, now the city of Quincy. The record shows that he was granted twe nty acres and that there were five in his family, indicating that he ha d three children, February 24, 1639. His homestead was located about tw o miles east of the railroad station of the New York, New Haven & Hartf ord Railroad (formerly the Old Colony Railroad) at Quincy. It is the si te of the present Fore River shipyards. In the early records the name i s often spelled Poffer.
George Puffer, the first of the family in this country and the pioneer a n cestor, lived but a few years after coming to New England, and we know v e ry little about him. He was one of the residents of Boston to whom lan d w as granted at Mount Wollaston, which was afterwards the town of Brai nt ree, now the city of Quincy. The record shows that he was granted twe n ty acres and that there were five in his family, indicating that he ha d t hree children, February 24, 1639. His homestead was located about tw o m iles east of the railroad station of the New York, New Haven & Hartf or d Railroad (formerly the Old Colony Railroad) at Quincy. It is the si t e of the present Fore River shipyards. In the early records the name i s o ften spelled Poffer.
George Puffer, the first of the family in this country and the pioneer a ncestor, lived but a few years after coming to New England, and we know v ery little about him. He was one of the residents of Boston to whom lan d was granted at Mount Wolla ston, which was afterwards the town of Brai ntree, now the city of Quincy. The record shows that he was granted twe nty acres and that there were five in his family, indicating that he ha d three children, February 24, 1639. His homestead was loca ted about tw o miles east of the railroad station of the New York, New Haven & Hartf ord Railroad (formerly the Old Colony Railroad) at Quincy. It is the si te of the present Fore River shipyards. In the early records the name i s often spelled Po ffer.
George Puffer, the first of the family in this country and the pioneer a n cestor, lived but a few years after coming to New England, and we know v e ry little about him. He was one of the residents of Boston to whom lan d w as granted at Mount Wo llaston, which was afterwards the town of Brai nt ree, now the city of Quincy. The record shows that he was granted twe n ty acres and that there were five in his family, indicating that he ha d t hree children, February 24, 1639. His homestead wa s located about tw o m iles east of the railroad station of the New York, New Haven & Hartf or d Railroad (formerly the Old Colony Railroad) at Quincy. It is the si t e of the present Fore River shipyards. In the early records the name i s o fte n spelled Poffer.
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1600 - 1639 (39 years)
