PULSIFER David

David married RUSSELL Priscilla on 15 Oct 1778 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. Priscilla (daughter of RUSSELL James and Lucy,) was born on 20 Feb 1754 in of Walpole, NH; died on 12 Jun 1816 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. PULSIFER Elizabeth Stoell was born on 21 Dec 1779 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 24 Feb 1811 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.
2. PULSIFER Samuel Wood was born on 13 Jan 1782 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 14 Jul 1817.
3. PULSIFER Lucy was born on 29 Nov 1784 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 11 Dec 1830 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.
4. PULSIFER Irene was born on 28 Dec 1786 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 27 May 1810 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.
5. PULSIFER Philena was born on 28 Aug 1789; died in 1860 in at the old homestead; unmarried.
6. PULSIFER David was born on 06 Dec 1791 in Rockingham, Windham Co, VT; died in 1867 in Brimfield, IL.
7. PULSIFER Elias was born on 20 Jun 1794 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 23 Jun 1858 in Windsor, VT.
8. PULSIFER Patty was born on 05 Sep 1796 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT; died on 19 Feb 1798 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.
9. PULSIFER William was born on 21 Jul 1800; died in Sep 1870 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT.

David married WEAVER Joanna on 31 Oct 1816 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. Joanna died on 03 Jul 1836 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Came to Rockingham, windham, Vt. in 1766 with his wife and, Elizabeth
and 5 children (prob. dau. Mary was already married at the time. He
settled opposite South Charlestown, N.H.
Town abd church meetings were sometimes held in his home.
He, with Ebenezer Pulsipher, were among the first nineteen members of
the First Church of Rockingham organized 27 Oct. 1773, Rev. Samuel
Whiting, pastor.
On 21 Apr. 1775, David and his son John (bn 1749) joined a band of
Patriots gathering on both sides of the Connecticut River and were
assigned to Capt. John Marcy's Co. in Col. James Reed's reg't. which
took an active part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. "In the memorable
Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 Jun. 1775, there stood David and John side
by side and fought about 13 Americans against 3000 of the British for
about two hours. When the enemy, after firing Charleston and wending
around under the smoke, had nearly surrounded that wing of their own
army, when they say but a small gap to retreat through which was then
continually plowing the ground with balls from the shipping. But
while they were going out, David Pulsipher saw one of our men wounded
and crawling on his hands and knees. In the meantime a British
soldier ran him through with a bayonet, being filled with indignation
at such rank breach of the laws of all civilized nations he, (John)
immediately stopped, amid scenes of death and carnage, loaded his gun
and shot that man down before he left the ground and then obtained a
safe retrrreat. In a few weeks after this David died with cramp
rheumatism in his breast, (no doubt heart failure).

David married STOWELL Elizabeth on 02 Oct 1740 in Pomfret, Windham Co., CT. Elizabeth (daughter of STOWELL David and HERRINGTON Patience) was born on 21 Aug 1719 in Newton, Middlesex Co., MA; died on 02 Jul 1786 in Rockingham, Windham Co., VT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married Susanna, about 1704. Susanna, was born about 1691. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married HERRINGTON Patience. Patience was born on 10 Oct 1697; died on 21 Oct 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benedict was born in England about 1635. We know he was in America by
1659; but possibly could have arrived a few years before. Around the
year 1661, he married his first wife. Unfortunately her name has been
lost to history.
In 1663 we have a record of Benedict buying a home and a son born to
him. He bought a residence with outhouse, orchards, etc. from Moses
Pengry of Ipswich, one of the town deacons; who had obtained the land
in 1652 from Richard Schofield, leather dresser for 17 pounds. The
home was situated on the intersection of East Street and Hovey Lane.
Across from his lot lay what had been the home of John Winthrop Jr.;
son of the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Ownership of
this property entitled Benedict to the right of pasturage in the
domain beyond the "common fence", but the felling of timber or
cultivation of the common land was prohibited.
In the mid 1600's these lands were held by all householders in
common. This system was a vestigial relic of the ancient system of
land holding in England and Germany and was naturally reverted to in
the necessities of primitive colonial life. By 1664, the idea of
permanent individual ownership had gained enough acceptance that the
town voted that Plum Island, Hogg Island and Castle Neck be divided
among those who had rights of commonage, based upon the amount of
personal and property tax paid by each individual determined by lot.
This right belonged to 203 individuals including Benedict.
Benedict's first wife died at Ipswich, Jul. 16, 1673. It was a common
English practice to name the first born daughter after the wife. If
this being the case here, then it is likely his first wife's name was
Elizabeth. No way of proving this however.
Benedict marries 2nd to Susanna Waters 1674.
His children gave him a good deal of frustration and embarrassment.
He had to defend them in court and even took one son to court for
some wrong committed to him by his son.
During the 1690's the notorious Salem witch trials occurred. We can
only guess how Benedict reacted to such goings-on. His wife, Susanna,
was from Salem, so certainly they were aware of the trials.
In 1700 Benedict was assigned a place on "one of ye short seats"
among the elderly in the Ipswich Meeting House and referred to as
"Goodman". On Aug. 1, 1709, Benedict conveyed his property to his
son, Capt. Joseph Pulcifer, of Boston. Benedict died the following
year.

Birth:
BET 1635 AND 1640

Benedict married WATERS Susanna about Feb 1673 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA. Susanna (daughter of WATERS Richard and PLASSE Joyce (Rejoice)) was born on 01 Feb 1648 in Salem, Essex Co., MA; died on 21 Dec 1726 in Ipswich, Essex Co., MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

A quaint Ipswich law punished "commoners" for overstepping the bounds
of propriety by daring to wear fine garments which were beyond their
proper rank in life. As early as 1651, the General court of Ipswich
had expressed its "griefe...that intollerable excesse and bravery
hath crept in upon us and especially amongst people of mean
condition, to the dishonor of God, the scandal of its professors, the
consumption of estates and altogether unsuitable to our poverty." It
was later ordered that no person whose visible estate did not exceed
L200, should wear gold or silver lace, or any bone lace above 2s. per
yard, or silk hoods or scarfs. Penalty for each such offense was 10
shillings.
In the year 1675, Ipswich was in a general state of terror over the
string of Indian attacks that became known as King Phillips' War. The
Ipswich General Court saw in such attacks evidence of rebukes from
God Almighty himself, and promptly issued fresh edicts some of the
more flagrant abuses of wearing "finery" and displaying the sin of
pride.
Susanna, the newly wed wife of Benedict, appeared one Sabbath morning
in 1675 meeting house proudly displaying such a silk scarf and hood,
along with a number of other wives of the town. Benedict was duly
fined for the violation of social decorum. The incident implies that
Benedict's estate must have been valued less than L200.

Birth:
1 FEB 1648/1649

Notes:

Married:
FEB 1673/1674