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Descendants of Richard Durfee

Generation No. 1

1. Richard2 Durfee (Thomas1) was born Abt. 1667 in Portsmouth, RI, and died 1700 in Tiverton, RI. He married Ann Almy Abt. 1686 in Portsmouth, RI, daughter of Christopher Almy and Elizabeth Cornell.

Notes for Richard Durfee:
Ann Durfee, widow, and Robert Durfee (Richard's brother) took an inventory of the estate of Richard Durfie, late of Tiverton, deceased, on April 10, 1700, and it was recorded in the Bristol County Registry of Probate in Taunton, MA, on June 14, 1700, in Book 2 Page 20.
In his will September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711 and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amey were both under 21.
In his will dated February 4, 1710, and proved July 14, 1712, Thomas named his wife Deliverance executrix and left " ... To grandson Richard, eldest son of Richard, deceased, 5 shillings. To grandson, Thomas, son of Richard, 60 acres in Tiverton. ... ".
If Hope Durfee was a resident of Newport when she married Jacob Anthony in 1713, it is quite probable that her mother Ann (Almy) (Durfee) Jefferson, if still living, also lived there. Ann may have died before 1708, as she was not mentioned in her father's will.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.
According to Alden Beaman in Rhode Island Vital Records, New Series Volume 11, page 230, A Benjamin Jefferson, mariner, had a wife named Elizabeth who died April 23, 1750, age 70 who was buried in the Common Burial Ground in Newport, RI. This may or may not be Ann's Benjamin Jefferson and Elizabeth might have been his second wife.

Children of Richard Durfee and Ann Almy are:
+ 2 i. Richard3 Durfee, born Bef. 1687 in Portsmouth, RI; died September 11, 1757 in New London, CT.
3 ii. Mary Durfee, born 1689 in Portsmouth, RI; died Aft. 1708. She married Wodell Bef. 1708.

Notes for Mary Durfee:
In his will September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711 and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amey were both under 21.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.

+ 4 iii. Thomas Durfee, born Abt. 1691 in Portsmouth, RI; died November 1734 in Jamaica, West Indies.
5 iv. Ann Durfee, born Abt. 1693 in Portsmouth, RI.

Notes for Ann Durfee:
In his will dated September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711, and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amy were both under 21.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.

+ 6 v. Hope Durfee, born Abt. 1695 in Portsmouth, RI; died 1734 in Bristol Co., MA.
7 vi. Amy Durfee, born Abt. 1697 in Portsmouth, RI; died Aft. 1708.

Notes for Amy Durfee:
In his will dated September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711, and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amey were both under 21.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann ( Almy) Durfee, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.

Generation No. 2

2. Richard3 Durfee (Richard2, Thomas1) was born Bef. 1687 in Portsmouth, RI, and died September 11, 1757 in New London, CT. He married Sarah Palmer February 25, 1738/39 in Newport, RI, daughter of Andrew Palmer.

Notes for Richard Durfee:
Sarah's father, Andrew Palmer was a 1703 graduate of Harvard.
In his will September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711 and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amey were both under 21.
In his will dated February 4, 1710, and proved July 14, 1712, Thomas named his wife Deliverance executrix and left " ... To grandson Richard, eldest son of Richard, deceased, 5 shillings. To grandson, Thomas, son of Richard, 60 acres in Tiverton. ... "
In December 1723, according to Dow in Pirates of the New England Coast page 284, a pirate named Francis Spriggs captured and then released, a ship bound from New Havana, Cuba to Newport, RI, Richard Durfey was the captain.
On July 24, 1730, Augustus Lucas and one Coggeshall were confined to jail for fighting and a mob tried to free them and in melee a Mr. Bassee was injured when he was hit on the head with the back of a cutlass by Richard Durfee. From Fox's Two Huguenot Families, page 109.
About April 1731 Richard Durfee, of Newport, RI, was appointed by James Stevens, to the office of Surveyor General of Connecticut for the district including New London. From the Christopher Family Genealogy on page 216.
On April 12, 1735, Martha Durphey, widow, was named administrator of the estate of Thomas Durphey of Bristol, Rhode Island, who died intestate. His estate owed Gideon Durphey (son of Thomas and Ann (Freeborn) Durfee) 8 pounds 15 shillings. Thomas's Estate was paid 21 pounds 15 shillings by Richard Durphey. It is assumed that Thomas was Captain of a sloop owned by his brother Richard, then of New London, CT, and that it was due Thomas as his share of his last voyage. From the Bristol County, MA, Registry of Probate in Taunton in Probate Book 8 page 205.
In 1736 Richard was a resident of New London and bore the title Captain. In 1737 he served on the Grand Jury. In 1739 he owned a sloop and was called a trader.
The record of their marriage is on a card file of New London Vital Records from Book 2, page 48, in the Connecticut State Library in Hartford which gives their marriage date as February 25, 1738/39. They were married in Trinity Church, Newport, RI, and that record from Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Records Volume 10, page 446, gives February 29, 1739/40, as their marriage date.
He was a mariner and a farmer. He bought a farm in 1741 just east of the Niantic River at a place which is now called Durfee Hill. From Hughes' Connecticut Place Names, page 634.
In October 1741, Richard petitioned the Connecticut Assembly for permission to raise the fare for the use of his Nahantic (Niantic) Ferry in New London. From the Connecticut Archives Volume 8, page 428.
On May 10, 1744, he was elected Deputy to the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut in Hartford. From the Connecticut Archives Volume 9, page 1. Also in May 1744, Richard and two other men petitioned the Connecticut Assembly for funds (6000 pounds +-) to outfit a privateer. It was granted. From the unpublished Connecticut Archives. Colonial War Series 1 Volume 4, page 138A.
In June 1746, the Colony of Connecticut as well as the other New England Colonies mounted a military expedition to attack the French fortress at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. One of the three ships used to transport the Connecticut troops was owned and captained by Richard Durfey, of New London. From the Colonial Archives of Connecticut Volume 15, page 1455.
Richard's headstone states that he was 59 years old at the time of his death. Sarah (Palmer) Durfey's death was recorded in the Durfee / Harris Family Bible in the Connecticut State Library in Hartford.
On July 20, 1759, Edward and Sarah (Durfey) Wanton received 2 mules (?) from her mother Sarah (Palmer) Durfey.
On April 12, 1760, Edward Wanton sold the moveable estate left to his wife Sarah, the only daughter of Captain Richard Durfey.
Richard and Sarah were buried in the Durfey Cemetery on Rope Ferry Rd. (Rte 156 in 1980) in Waterford, CT. Waterford was formerly part of New London, CT.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.

Children of Richard Durfee and Sarah Palmer are:
+ 8 i. Richard4 Durfee, born April 20, 1740 in New London, CT; died September 25, 1780 in New London, CT.
9 ii. Sarah Durfee, born June 3, 1741 in New London, CT; died Aft. 1759. She married Edward Wanton Abt. 1761.

Notes for Sarah Durfee:
The Vital Records of New London Book 2 page 48 gives her birth as June 3, 1740, but Richard's birth is April 20, 1740.
On July 20, 1759, Edward and Sarah (Durfey) Wanton received 2 mules (?) from her mother Sarah (Palmer) Durfey.
On April 12, 1760, Edward Wanton sold the moveable estate left to his wife Sarah, the only daughter of Captain Richard Durfey.
According to a death notice in the Hartford Courant issue of September 21, 1773, page 26, an Edward Wanton died last Tuesday in New London.

10 iii. Christopher Durfee, born December 25, 1742 in New London, CT; died September 12, 1747 in New London, CT.

Notes for Christopher Durfee:
His birth is from the New London Vital Records Book 2, page 48. Christopher was buried in the New London Cemetery and his age at the time of his death was 5 years and 3 months.

11 iv. Thomas Durfee, born November 5, 1744 in New London, CT; died August 28, 1794 in New London, CT. He married Rebecca Manwaring October 23, 1766 in New London, CT.

Notes for Thomas Durfee:
Thomas's birth is from the New London Births Book 2, page 48.
Their marriage was recorded in the New London Vital Records Book 3, page 59 as October 1776. In the records of The First Church of Christ in Book 2, page 194 the marriage date was October 23, 1766.
In Volume 1, pages 9 and 10, of Non Military Service in the Revolution Thomas Durfey was appointed to a Committee of Inspection in 1774 by the New London Town Council.
Thomas Durfy enlisted as private June 11, 1777, in Captain Eell's Company 3rd Regiment of the Connecticut Line (Colonel Samuel's Regiment).
According to Connecticut Colonial Archives Volume 20, page 431, Thomas Durfey's house on Millstone Point in New London was used for a barracks for the 28 days preceding August 17, 1779.
On April 22, 1780, a mulatto girl named Elizabeth was bound to Thomas and Rebecca Durfey by the selectmen of New London. From Brown's Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut Volume 8, page 127.
On about September 6, 1781, British troops and Tories led by General Benedict Arnold conducted a raid on New London, CT, and the vicinity. New London was looted and partially burned and Connecticut Militiamen in Ft. Griswold in Groton were butchered as they attempted to surrender. Thomas apparently resisted as his house was burned and he was taken prisoner.
According to Dandridge's Prisoners of the American Revolution, on page 460, Thomas Duffy was a prisoner of the British on the prison ship Old Jersey in New York Harbor. The date was not listed.
In the Connecticut State Library in Hartford in the Unpublished Connecticut Archives Volume 6, pages 278-279, October 1784-May 1785, Proceedings in Crimes and Misdemeanors. On September 13, 1782, Thomas Durfey, of New London petitioned the Connecticut Superior Court at New London to refund a forfeited bond in the amount of 150 pounds for failing to appear in court in September 1781, to testify against Collins Gordon who he had charged with illicit trade with the enemy. He could not appear because he was captured September 6, 1781 by the British and imprisoned in New York until November 3, 1781.
In the March 28, 1783 issue of the Connecticut Gazette Thomas Durfey advertised a Negro boy for sale. From Brown's Black Roots in Southeastern Connecticut Volume 8, page 607.
On July 9, 1784, Thomas Durfey, of New London, purchased a house and lot in Lyme, CT, from William Angel and on November 15, 1784 he sold the same property to Thomas Gardner. Lyme Deeds Book 16, page 336 and Book 17, page 3.
When the U. S. 1790 census of New London, CT, was taken Thomas' family was 1 male over 16, and 2 females.
In the State of Connecticut Records in the State Library in Hartford Volume 8, pages 189-192, dated May 1792, there is a list of those residents of New London who suffered loss at the hands of the British. Timothy (Thomas) Durfey was on this list and his loss was 20 pounds 14 shillings and 0 pence. His compensation was land in the northeast corner of Ohio bordering Lake Erie. The area was called the Fire Lands.
Thomas and Rebecca had no children. Thomas Durfey's estate, Case # 1858, was distributed by Richard Durfey, who was appointed administrator by the New London Probate Court, to Thomas' nieces and nephew. The receipts from Enoch Lord for his wife's share were dated November 3, 1794, and May 9, 1796. Elizabeth Harris gave a receipt dated August 10, 1794, for a portion of her share and on October 10, 1794, Elizabeth Harris signed a receipt for an additional payment and May 12, 1797, her husband, Peter B. Harris, signed a receipt for the balance. On June 17, 1795 and on December 15, 1795, Thomas Wilson received 51 pounds, for his wife's share. On August 15, 1795 Thomas Guion signed a receipt for the full share of his deceased wife. On August 4, 1795, Mary Young signed a receipt for her full share. Her relationship to Thomas is not known, perhaps she was a relative of Rebecca (Manwaring) Durfey. On June 4, 1795, Simeon Wolcott signed a receipt for money from the estate. This may have been for some service for the estate or perhaps he was a relative of Rebecca.
Thomas and Rebecca were buried in the Durfey Cemetery on Rope Ferry Rd. (Rte 156 in 1980) in Waterford, CT. Waterford was set off from New London in 1801.

4. Thomas3 Durfee (Richard2, Thomas1) was born Abt. 1691 in Portsmouth, RI, and died November 1734 in Jamaica, West Indies. He married Martha Toman July 16, 1727 in Bristol, RI, daughter of Stephen Toman and Martha Newton.

Notes for Thomas Durfee:
In his will September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711 and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear if the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amey were both under 21.
In his will dated February 4, 1710, and proved July 14, 1712, Thomas named his wife Deliverance executrix and left " ... To grandson Richard, eldest son of Richard, deceased, 5 shillings. To grandson, Thomas, son of Richard, 60 acres in Tiverton. ... ".
In Ferbuary 1723/24, a Thomas Durfee, of Portsmouth, RI, was admitted a freeman of the Colony of Rhode Island. This could be this Thomas. From Bartlett's Rhode Island Freemen in Volume 4, page 337.
In December 1726, the Bristol County Probate Court in Taunton, MA, appointed Joseph Waldren guardian of the minor children of Stephen Toman, deceased. The children, Abigail and Martha Toman were both over 14 years of age. Waldren had married their widowed mother, Martha (Newton) Toman. Probate Book 5, page 334.
Thomas and Martha were married is St. Michael's Church in Bristol, RI, by Reverend John Usher.
Thomas was a mariner and the Master (Captain) of a Sloop. He died while on a voyage to Jamaica.
On April 12, 1735, Martha Durphey, widow, was named administrator of the estate of Thomas Durphey of Bristol, Rhode Island, who died intestate. At the time of his death he owned a lot, house, and a Negro woman in Bristol valued at 320 pounds. His estate owed Gideon Durphey (son of Thomas and Ann (Freeborn) Durfee) 8 pounds 15 shillings. Thomas's Estate was paid 21 pounds 15 shillings by Richard Durphey. It is assumed this was his brother Richard, then of New London, CT, and that it was due Thomas as his share of his last voyage. From the Bristol County, MA, Registry of Probate in Taunton in Probate Book 8 page 205.
The will of Elizabeth Walker, widow, of Bristol, RI, dated June 23, 1735, and recorded in the Registry of Probate in Taunton, was witnessed by Martha Durfee, of Bristol, RI. It was recorded in Book 10, pages 313--314.
On September 21, 1737, Martha Durphey, widow and administrator of the Estate of Thomas Durphey presented an account to the court that included allowance " ... for one note that was appraised in the inventory from John Hubbard's passage from the West Indies in the sloop said Durphey was master of which was given by Captain Almey ...". From Peter Round's Abstracts of Bristol County Massachusetts Probate Records page 265.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.
There were two Thomas Durfees who lived in Bristol, RI. Thomas Durfee (Abt. 1691-1734) who married Martha Toman and Thomas Durfee (1706-1784) who married 1st Sarah Briggs and later Mary Tripp and both were mariners. Thomas and Martha lived there from 1727 until his death in 1734 then she and their children continued to live there for a number of years. Apparently Thomas and Sarah moved there about 1736 and lived there until about 1748 when they moved to Middletown, RI. Some researchers have the two families mixed up.
A Martha Durfee married John Akins in Trinity Church in Newport, RI, June 10, 1739. This marriage was recorded in Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Records in Volume 10, page 446. It is reasonably certain that she was Thomas' widow. There were only a very few Martha Durfees living at that time and Thomas' widow is the most likely one.

Children of Thomas Durfee and Martha Toman are:
+ 12 i. Anne4 Durfey, born June 7, 1728 in Bristol, RI; died January 30, 1758 in Bristol, RI.
13 ii. Richatrd Durfey, born August 1, 1730 in Bristol, RI.

Notes for Richatrd Durfey:
Richard's birth is from the Birth's Book 1, page 182 in the Bristol, RI, Town Hall.
Richard was baptized in June 1733, in St. Michael's Church in Bristol, RI.
Other than his birth and baptism, no other record this Richard has been found. He may have died young.
There was a Richard Durfey, a wool comber, who lived in North Kingston, RI, from about 1746 to 1761, when he and his family moved to Newport, RI. He married Susannah about 1745-1746. It is possible that this is Thomas' son Richard but he would have been only 15 or 16 years old when he married Susannah. Richard and Susannah had five children whose names were Philip, Richard, Benjamin, a daughter, and a son. The names of his last two children are not known. Benjamin died in Havana in 1762. Philip married Drimmins Cory in 1768. Both Richard and Philip lived in Charlestown, RI, about 1780-1785. During the British occupation of Newport, RI, in the Revolution Philip lived in South Kingston, RI (1777).
The information on Richard and Susannah is from Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Records, the Vital Records of North Kingstown and Newport, and the Town Council records of North Kingstown, Newport and Charlestown, RI.

14 iii. Martha Durfey, born May 10, 1731 in Bristol, RI.

Notes for Martha Durfey:
Martha's birth is from the Birth's Book 1, page 182 in the Bristol, RI, Town Hall.
Martha was baptized in June 1733, in St. Michael's Church in Bristol, RI. Her birth and baptism are also in Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Records in Volume 8, page 155.
Other than her birth and baptism no other record has been found. She may have died young.
A Martha Durfee married Jeremiah Simmons in Freetown, MA, April 16, 1767. It is possible, but not probable, that she was this Martha Durfey.
On September 15, 1748 an Abigail Durfey, of New London, CT, married William Potter, a stranger, of England, in New London, CT. The only other Durfey family living in New London from about 1730 to about 1780 was that of Richard Durfey, brother of Thomas of Bristol, RI. It is unlikely that a girl so young (born about 1730) would be living in a strange town with no relatives. If Thomas' daughter Martha was Martha Abigail Durfey or Abigail Martha Durfey it would be fairly certain that Abigail Durfey of New London was Thomas' daughter.
Abigail (Durfey) Potter of New London, died there November 10, 1823.
The information on Abigail is from the Vital and Cemetery records of New London and from Beer's History of New London, Connecticut on page 101.

6. Hope3 Durfee (Richard2, Thomas1) was born Abt. 1695 in Portsmouth, RI, and died 1734 in Bristol Co., MA. She married Jacob Anthony January 17, 1713/14 in Portsmouth, RI, son of Abraham Anthony and Alice Wodell.

Notes for Hope Durfee:
In his will dated September 4, 1708, a codicil dated September 17, 1711, and proved February 9, 1713, Christopher Almy, the father of Ann (Almy) Durfee, grants "...to grandson Richard Durfee, 60 pounds, ...to grandson Thomas Durfee 10 pounds, at 21, ...to granddaughter Mary Wodell, 20 pounds....to granddaughter Amey Durfee, 20 pounds at 21. He did not mention his daughter Ann, nor did he mention his granddaughters Ann or Hope. It is not clear whether the above information is from the will in 1708 or the codicil in 1711. The reason that the year it was written is important is because it would help to establish the date of birth of four of Richard's children. Both Richard and Mary were over 21 years of age when it was written and Thomas and Amy were both under 21.
The source for Jacob's birth and the names of his parents is Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, page 4. That information was also found on a genealogy site on the internet in 1997. Jacob Anthony Sr.'s death date from the internet site is August 10, 1727, and this must be wrong because he fathered several children after that date. Perhaps Jacob Jr. died on that date ?
Jacob and Hope were both of Newport when they married. Their marriage is from Arnold's Rhode Island Vital Records Volume 4.
Information on Christopher Almy, his daughter Ann Almy, her two marriages and her children is from Genealogies of Rhode Island, Genealogy Publishing Company. 1983. Baltimore. Volume 1 Page 311. The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island by John Osborne Austin. Albany. 1887. Pages 236-237 and 68-69. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee by William Field Reed. Washington. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1 Pages 21-23. All three sources agree on these data.
The only information in Reed's Descendants of Thomas Durfee on Richard's children is their births.

Children of Hope Durfee and Jacob Anthony are:
15 i. Abraham4 Anthony, born March 19, 1714/15 in Portsmouth, RI.
16 ii. Anne Anthony, born August 11, 1718 in Portsmouth, RI.
17 iii. Jacob Anthony, born September 4, 1720 in Portsmouth, RI.
18 iv. Thomas Anthony, born February 25, 1721/22 in Portsmouth, RI. He married Agnes Cuthbartson 1752 in Tiverton, RI.

Notes for Thomas Anthony:
It is assumed that the Thomas Anthony who married Agnes Cuthbartson was this Thomas.

19 v. Richard Anthony, born March 18, 1723/24 in Portsmouth, RI.
20 vi. Job Anthony, born March 27, 1725 in Portsmouth, RI.
21 vii. Alice Anthony, born December 4, 1727 in Portsmouth, RI. She married Timothy Allen June 17, 1744 in Newport, RI.

Notes for Alice Anthony:
It is assumed that the Alice Anthony who married Timothy Allen was this Alice.

22 viii. Hope Anthony, born November 9, 1729 in Portsmouth, RI.

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