Ann? HILL?

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abt. 1628 ,

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abt. 1686 , Rhode Island, Dominion of New England

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Born: abt. 1628

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Ann? married Thomas DURFEE abt. 1664 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 6 children.
Thomas DURFEE was born 16 October 1643 in Exeter, Devon, England. Thomas died 14 July 1712 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.

Ann? HILL? died abt. 1686 in Rhode Island, Dominion of New England.

NOTE: THERE ARE CONFLICTING VIEWS AS TO WHETHER THIS PERSON IS ANNE HILL OR DELIVERANCE HALL. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ, I WOULD GUESS THAT ANNE HILL WAS THE FIRST WIFE AND DELIVERANCE HALL WAS THE SECOND WIFE.

NOTE: IT LOOKS LIKE ANNE HILL MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARRIED TO PETER TALLMAN FIRST.

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Thomas DURFEE
Marriage date: abt. 1664
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Source: 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.

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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

Born: 10 March 1665, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 10 May 1718, Freetown, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Mary SANFORD 1687 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

Richard DURFEE

Born: abt. 1667, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1700, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Ann ALMY

Thomas DURFEE

Born: 28 March 1669, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 24 February 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Ann FREEBORN 1690 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

William DURFEE

Born: abt. 1673, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1727, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Ann UNKNOWN

Married: Mary UNKNOWN

Ann DURFEE

Born: abt. 1676, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: abt. 1731, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: William POTTER

Benjamin DURFEE

Born: abt. 1679, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 6 January 1754, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Prudence EARLE 1699 Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

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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 signed with a mark, the others were able to write their names. From Rhode Island Land Evidence Volume 1, page 189, and Plymouth (MA) Court Records Volume 4 or 5.
It is likely that he arrived in 1660, or shortly before. It is unlikely that, at about seventeen years of age, he could pay for passage to America and it is possible that he came as an indentured servant, and that he worked for an unknown number of years for whoever paid for his passage. It is my belief that he was bound to Peter Tallman because of his early and long association with Peter and...Read full story