Robert DURFEE
1665 - 1718 (53 years)
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Name Robert DURFEE Born 10 Mar 1665 Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI 
[1] Gender Male Residence (SETTLED) Freetown, Bristol Co, MA [2] Died 10 May 1718 Freetown, Bristol Co, MA [1] Notes - "Robert Durfee settled in Freetown, Mass., on a tract of land which his father purchased .... He was the first settler by the name of Durfee in Freetown, Mass. (later Fall River)."
"On November 1, 1700, Mr. Durfee was chosen, with other persons, to settle the question of a boundary line between Freetown and Tiverton.
"In the early records of Freetown he is often mentioned.
"On page 222 of Vol. 20, N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register of 1866, is the following statement:
'Robert Durfee was a lieutentant of militia, a Selectman of Freetown 4 years, assessor 4 years. Town clerk 1 year. Representative to General Court 1716. He was buried on a hill near Taunton River, at a place called 'Gages Banks,' and when the Fall River Rail Road was built (136 years after) his remains were disinterred and removed to the easterly side of the highway leading from Freetown to Fall River.'" [2]
Person ID I72074 Doddridge County Roots Last Modified 22 Feb 2011
Father Thomas DURFEE, b. 1643, England , d. Jul 1712, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI (Age 69 years) Mother Unknown Family ID F30648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary SANFORD, b. 30 Mar 1664, Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI , d. 15 Nov 1748, Freetown, Bristol Co, MA (Age 84 years) Married 1687 Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI [1] Children + 1. Thomas DURFEE, b. 19 Jan 1690, Freetown, Bristol Co, MA , d. 12 Feb 1772, Freetown, Bristol Co, MA (Age 82 years)2. John DURFEE, b. 14 May 1691 3. Benjamin DURFEE, b. 30 Jan 1695, d. 8 Nov 1764 (Age 69 years) 4. Peleg DURFEE, b. 2 Apr 1698 5. Mary DURFEE, b. 29 Jan 1700 6. Elizabeth DURFEE, b. 1702 Family ID F30646 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- "Robert Durfee settled in Freetown, Mass., on a tract of land which his father purchased .... He was the first settler by the name of Durfee in Freetown, Mass. (later Fall River)."
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