PULSIFER David

1731 - 1832  (100 years)

• Name	PULSIFER David
  Birth	29 Sep 1731	Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Death	1832	Poland, ME
  Notes	David Pulsifer Jr. served as Pvt. in the Revolutionary War. In 1790 he settled in Poland, Maine, where he moved from Essex Co., Mass., taking all his family with him except for Hannah (Mrs. Knowlton). She followed him some 25 years later with part of her family. David purchased his farm at Bakersfield, now Poland, consisting of 5 hundred acres of land, at $1.25 per acre which he divided among his sons, all grown men. Two of his sons, Jonathan and Ephraim had already married and had children. These two sons followed the sea previous to emigration to Maine. David and his sons cleared the farm by cutting and burning the trees, which remained in the Pulsifer family for nearly a century. The last Pulsifer owner of this farm was the Hon. John Rust Pulsifer. It was sold to Mr. James S. Sandborn of Chase and Sanborn of Boston in 1886 and was known as the Sanborn farm and later as the Elmwood farm. After Mr. Sanborn's purchase of the property from John Rust Pulsifer, he erected on it one of the largest, most commedious and finely finished barns to be found in New England. On the Sanborn or Elmwood farm, Mr. Sanborn bred fine horses. The Elmwood farm lay on the south side of the county road and along the western boundry of New Glousester, Me. in the Empire Settlement.
  Person ID	I7009	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	PULSIFER David,   b. Abt 09 Jan 1700, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. d. Jun 1791, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. (Age ~ 91 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	MAXWELL Mary,   b. Wenham d. 12 May 1773, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	29 Nov 1723	Wenham, Essex Co., MA
  Family ID	F7018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PULSIFER Hannah,   b. 1729, Brentwood, Rockingham Co., NH d. 1831, Poland, ME (Age 102 years)
  Marriage	04 Feb 1762	Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.
  Children	1. PULSIFER Mary,   b. 23 Aug 1763, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.  [natural]   2. PULSIFER Jonathan,   b. Jan 1765, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. d. Poland, ME  [natural]   3. PULSIFER Ephraim,   b. Jul 1766, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. d. 20 Sep 1854, Poland, ME (Age ~ 88 years)  [natural]   4. PULSIFER Susanna,   b. May 1768, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.  [natural]   5. PULSIFER Child,   b. 1769, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass. d. Yes, date unknown  [natural]   6. PULSIFER Sarah,   b. 1770, Gloucester, Essex Co., Mass.  [natural]   7. PULSIFER David,   b. 15 Sep 1771, Bakersfield (Poland), ME  [natural]   8. PULSIFER Samuel,   b. 15 Sep 1771, Bakersfield (Poland), ME  [natural]   9. PULSIFER Hannah,   b. 23 Nov 1777, Bakersfield (Poland), ME  [natural]   10. PULSIFER Solomon,   b. 18 Jul 1779, Bakersfield (Poland), ME  [natural]
  Family ID	F7009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2024