Suffolk County, Massachusetts was created by the Massachusetts General Court on May 10, 1643. It initially contained Boston, Roxbury, Dorchester, Dedham, Braintree, Weymouth.
Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
Rebecca Estey Tucker Puffer was born on August 8 1709 in Topsfield, Essex County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Isaac Estey, Jr. and Abigail Kimball.
She married Preserved (Preservit) Tucker on November 12, 1729 in Topsfield, Massachusetts. Preserved was born in 1704 in Milton, Norfork County, Massachusetts. His parents were Joseph Tucker and Judith Clapp.
Rebecca and Preserved children may have included:
Judith Tucker Johnson (1730, married Caleb Johnson),
Uriah Tucker (1733, married Eunice Dayton),
Joseph Tucker 1736), and
Preservit Tucker (1739).
Preserved died before 1742 when she married Matthias Puffer on April 7, 1743 in Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He was born on February 5, 1715/16 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Eleazer Puffer and Elizabeth Talbot.
Rebecca and Matthias' children may have included:
Matthias Puffer (1743/44),
Mary Puffer,
Rebecca Puffer(1745)
Abigail Puffer Oliver (married Russell Oliver),
Isaac Puffer, and
Benjamin Puffer (1750).
Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
The settlement of New Meadows was incorporated as the Town of Topsfield in 1650. The church "gathered" on November 4, 1663. The third Meeting House was built in 1703 with Rev. Joseph Capen as pastor.
