Thomas
DURFEE
(b.
16 October 1643
,
Exeter, Devon, England
d.
14 July 1712
,
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
)
Age: 70
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Thomas DURFEE was born 16 October 1643 in Exeter, Devon, England
Thomas DURFEE was the child of ? and ?Thomas was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1660.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Thomas married Ann? HILL? abt. 1664 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Ann? HILL? was born abt. 1628 Ann? died abt. 1686 in Rhode Island, USA.
Thomas married (2) Deliverance HALL abt. 1686 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England . The couple had (at least) 2 children.
Deliverance HALL was born 8 January 1652 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Deliverance died abt. 1721 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Deliverance was the child of William HALL and Mary THOMAS.
Thomas DURFEE died 14 July 1712 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
son of Job Durfee and Judieh Borden
NEW ENGLAND FAMILIES, GENEALOGICAL AND MEMORIAL, EDITED BY WILLIAM RICHARD, PAGE 1273
"THOMAS DURFEE, THE IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR, WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, IN 1643, AND CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN 1660. HE SETTLED IN THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND. HE MARRIED AS EARLY AS 1664, AND DIED IN 172, AGED ABOUT SEVENTY YEARS. CHILDREN BORN AT PORTSMOUTH: ROBERT, MARCH 11, 1665, MARRIED IN 1686-87, MARY SANFORD THOMAS, MARRIED ANN FREEBORN, OF PORTSMOUTH WILLIAM BENJAMIN, MARRIED PRUDENCE EARLE, IN 1699, INHERITED LAND IN FALL RIVER AND BECAME WEALTHY FOR HIS TIME."
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Family and Children of Thomas DURFEE
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Ann? HILL?-- Date: abt. 1664 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
DURFEE Thomas Thomas (1643-1712) & 1-wf _____ _____ by 1665? Portsmouth, RI {Austin: GDRI 68 Brownell 37 Durfee 1:18}
Children of Thomas DURFEE and Ann? HILL?:
Robert DURFEE (b.10 March 1665, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 10 May 1718, Freetown, Province of Massachusetts Bay )
m. Mary SANFORD 1687 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Richard DURFEE (b.abt. 1667, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1700, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Ann ALMY
Thomas DURFEE (b.28 March 1669, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 24 February 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Ann FREEBORN 1690 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
William DURFEE (b.abt. 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1727, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Ann UNKNOWN
m. Mary UNKNOWN
Ann DURFEE (b.abt. 1676, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1731, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. William POTTER
Benjamin DURFEE (b.abt. 1679, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 6 January 1754, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Prudence EARLE 1699 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas DURFEE married Deliverance HALL-- Date: abt. 1686 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England
Deliverance HALL was the child of William HALL and Mary THOMAS
Children of Thomas DURFEE and Deliverance HALL:
Patience DURFEE (b.19 June 1690 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 23 September 1723, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Benjamin TALLMAN 23 September 1708 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Deliverance DURFEE (b.abt. 1690, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1745, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. William CORY 23 April 1724 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Ann? HILL?-- Date: abt. 1664 Place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsTorrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
(Online database. NewEnglandAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. CD-ROM. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001.
DURFEE Thomas Thomas (1643-1712) & 1-wf _____ _____ by 1665? Portsmouth, RI {Austin: GDRI 68 Brownell 37 Durfee 1:18}
Children of Thomas DURFEE and Ann? HILL?:
Robert DURFEE (b.10 March 1665, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 10 May 1718, Freetown, Province of Massachusetts Bay )m. Mary SANFORD 1687 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Richard DURFEE (b.abt. 1667, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1700, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Ann ALMY
Thomas DURFEE (b.28 March 1669, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 24 February 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Ann FREEBORN 1690 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
William DURFEE (b.abt. 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1727, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )m. Ann UNKNOWN
m. Mary UNKNOWN
Ann DURFEE (b.abt. 1676, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1731, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. William POTTER
Benjamin DURFEE (b.abt. 1679, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 6 January 1754, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )m. Prudence EARLE 1699 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas DURFEE married
Deliverance HALL-- Date: abt. 1686 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New EnglandDeliverance HALL was the child of William HALL and Mary THOMAS
Children of Thomas DURFEE and Deliverance HALL:
Patience DURFEE (b.19 June 1690 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. 23 September 1723, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Benjamin TALLMAN 23 September 1708 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Deliverance DURFEE (b.abt. 1690, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations d. abt. 1745, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. William CORY 23 April 1724 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
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1643 Birth 16 October 1643
Exeter, Devon, England
Biography
Thomas' date of birth is from a deposition he made on August 16, 1679, wherein he stated that he was ' ... aged about thirty six years ... '. Obviously he did not know his exact age. Rhode Island Land Evidence Volume 1, pages188-189. No other reference to his date or place of birth has been found.
It has been assumed by most writers that he was born in England even though there is no positive evidence of it. The fact that he was never referred to as a foreigner or a Frenchman and that he was literate in the English language supports that assumption.
The first record of Thomas DURFEE in America was as a witness, on a deed dated January 20, 1661(or June 28, 1661), whereby King Alexander (Wamsetta), elder brother of King Philip, and chief of the Wampanog Tribe, sold land to Peter Tallman, of Portsmouth, Newport County, RI. Those who signed as witnesses were Richard Bulgar (alias Archer), Edward Lay, John Sasoman the Interpreter Indian, Thomas Durfi, and Alexander. Lay and Alexander...Read MORE...
Thomas' date of birth is from a deposition he made on August 16, 1679, wherein he stated that he was ' ... aged about thirty six years ... '. Obviously he did not know his exact age. Rhode Island Land Evidence Volume 1, pages188-189. No other reference to his date or place of birth has been found.
It has been assumed by most writers that he was born in England even though there is no positive evidence of it. The fact that he was never referred to as a foreigner or a Frenchman and that he was literate in the English language supports that assumption.
The first record of Thomas DURFEE in America was as a witness, on a deed dated January 20, 1661(or June 28, 1661), whereby King Alexander (Wamsetta), elder brother of King Philip, and chief of the Wampanog Tribe, sold land to Peter Tallman, of Portsmouth, Newport County, RI. Those who signed as witnesses were Richard Bulgar (alias Archer), Edward Lay, John Sasoman the Interpreter Indian, Thomas Durfi, and Alexander. Lay and Alexander...Read MORE...
, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jun 9, 2007
Page 216){kind=small}
Title Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical, Volume 4
Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, William Richard Cutter
Authors William Richard Cutter, American Historical Society
Publisher The American historical society (inc.), 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jun 9, 2007
Page 216
, 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jun 9, 2007
Page 216){kind=small}
Title Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical--genealogical, Volume 4
Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, Biographical--genealogical, William Richard Cutter
Authors William Richard Cutter, American Historical Society
Publisher The American historical society (inc.), 1916
Original from the New York Public Library
Digitized Jun 9, 2007
Page 216
1665 Birth of ChildRobert DURFEE was born 10 March 1665, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas was 21 years old.
1669 Birth of ChildThomas DURFEE was born 28 March 1669, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas was 25 years old.
1690 Birth of ChildPatience DURFEE was born 19 June 1690 , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Thomas was 46 years old.
1708 Marriage of ChildPatience DURFEE married 23 September 1708, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA to Benjamin TALLMAN
1712 Death 14 July 1712
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
He died at the age of 68.
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