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Thomas Durfee

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Death: February 11, 1729 (59)
Portsmouth, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Immediate Family:

Son of Thomas Durfee; Thomas Durfee; Ann Tallman and Ann Durfee
Husband of Ann Durfee
Father of Ann Estes; Sarah Ann Dennis; Freeborn Durfee; Patience Anthony; Mary Darby and 8 others
Brother of Robert Durfee; Richard Durfee, Sr.; William D. Durfee; Anne Potter; Benjamin Durfee and 4 others
Half brother of Patience Tallman; Deliverance Durfee; Mary Pearce; Elizabeth Lawton; Ann Lee and 4 others

Managed by: Gene Daniell
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About Thomas Durfee

Family

https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_043.html#P65558

Children of Anne Hill & Thomas Durfee:

Thomas Durfee. Born on 28 Mar 1669 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Thomas died in Portsmouth, RI, on 11 Feb 1729; he was 59.

Ca 1690 Thomas married Anna Freeborn, daughter of Gideon Freeborn (1 Apr 1635-28 Feb 1720) & Sarah Brownell (ca 1641-6 Sep 1676). Born on 28 Mar 1669 in Portsmouth, RI. Anna died in Portsmouth, RI ca 1729.

Their children include:

  1. Ann Durfee (25 Jun 1691-27 Apr 1734)
  2. Sarah Durfee (1 Mar 1692/3-21 Apr 1759)
  3. Freeborn Durfee (15 Dec 1695-bef 1715)
  4. Patience Durfee (12 Jun 1697-aft 1729)
  5. Mary Durfee (22 Jan 1700/1-aft 1729)
  6. Martha Durfee (20 Feb 1701/2-aft 1777)
  7. Gideon Durfee (15 Jan 1703/4-5 May 1766)
  8. Thomas Durfee (6 Jan 1706-Apr 1784)
  9. Susannah Durfee (say 1707-aft 1729)
  10. Job Durfee (ca 1710-Apr 1774)
  11. Elizabeth Durfee (say 1712-)

Origins

Anne Hill second married Thomas Durfee, son of Job Durfee & Judith Borden. Born on 16 Oct 1643 in Exeter, Devon. Thomas died in Portsmouth, RI, on 14 Jul 1712; he was 68.

Will of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, dated 4 Feb 1709/10, proved 17 Jul 1712, mentions wife Deliverance Durfee; sons Robert Durfee eldest, Thomas Durfee, William Durfee, Richard Durfee deceased, and Benjamin Durfee youngest; two daughters Patience Tallman and Deliverance Durfee youngest; grandsons Richard Durfee eldest and Thomas Durfee, sons of son Richard Durfee deceased; and Ann Potter wife of William Potter–no relationship.


  • 'The descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I (May 1902)
  • http://www.archive.org/details/descendantsoftho00reed
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00reed#page/18/mode/1up
  • 1. THOMAS DURFEE, parents unknown. Born in England in 1643 ; died in Portsmouth, R. I., in July, 1712 ; married in Portsmouth, R. I, about 1664, to ___ , of Portsmouth, R. I. Their children were (born in Portsmouth, R. I.)
    • 2.— 1st. Robert, born March 10, 1665.
    • 3.— 2d. Richard.
    • ' 4.— 3d. Thomas.
    • 5.— 4th. William, born about 1673.
    • 6. — 5th. Ann.
    • 7. — 6th. Benjamin, born in 1679.
  • Mr. Durfee married a second time 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. Their children were —
    • 8. — 1st. Patience.
    • 9. — 2d. Deliverance.
      • COPY OF WILL OF THOMAS DURFEE.
      • "1710, February 4th. Will proved 1712, July 14. Exx. wife Deliverance.
      • "To wife, housing and land in Portsmouth for life, and then to daughters, Patience Tallman, and Deliverance Durfee equally. ......
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/descendantsoftho00reed#page/31/mode/1up
    • 8. Durfee, Patience (Thomas 1st). Daughter of Thomas and (2d wife) Deliverance (Hall) (Tripp) Durfee, of Portsmouth, R. I.; born in Portsmouth, R. I. ; died in Portsmouth, R. I., in 1723 ; married in Portsmouth, R. I., September 23, 1708, to Benjamin Tallman, of Portsmouth, R. I,, son of Peter and Joan (Briggs) Tallman. Born in Portsmouth, R. I., January 28, 1684. Died in Warwick, R. I., May 20, 1759. Their children were :
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Marriage: about 1690, Portsmouth

Sources

  • Mary Durfee in the Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Name: Mary Durfee Birth Date: 22 Jan 1700/1 Birth Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA Father Name: Thomas Durfee Mother Name: Anne Durfee Page Number: 55 Source Information Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. AncestryImage
  • Reed, William Field. The descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1902) p 24 archive.org
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Thomas Durfee's Timeline

1669
March 28, 1669
Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1670
1670
1691
August 25, 1691
Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1693
March 1, 1693
Portsmouth, Aquidneck Island, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1695
December 15, 1695
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1697
June 12, 1697
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
1700
March 1, 1700
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
April 9, 1700
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
1701
January 22, 1701
Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States