 1778 - 1814 (36 years)
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| Name |
PULSIFER David |
| Birth |
17 Jan 1778 |
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
19 Jul 1814 |
Boston, Suffolk Co., MA |
- of Typhoid fever, bur. Copps Hill Cem.
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| Notes |
- David moved to Boston when young and according to tradition, worked
on the Constitution when it was being built. He was probably
apprenticed to his maternal grandfather, Nathaniel Perkins of
Ipswich, a shipwright, and learned his trade there. About the time of
his marriage, he took up the business of housewright, which he
continued until his death. David was said to have built many
important buildings and blocks of stores. His death is said to have
been hastened due to anxiety expecting the outcome of an important
contract for building a block of stores on India Street or Wharf.
After his marriage, he lived on Levette Street where his first child
was born. About this time he bought a lot of land on Brooks Street
in Charlestown from Leonard Colburn. On this he built a house,
possibly for a home. On Feb. 10, 1807, he mortgaged this house to his
brother Ebenezer for $1200.00. In 1808 he placed a second mortgage on
the same property in favor of Ebenezer for $500.00 On Sept. 11, 1811
he did something for $2000.00; however the page was torn and we can
not determine what this was. His wife did not join in the deed, but
on Nov. 9, 1829, after her second marriage, she waived her right of
dower for $100.00 in favor of George T. Granger, husband of Lucy
Parsons Pulsifer, daughter of Ebenezer Pulsifer and to Joseph P. and
Ebenezer Pulsifer, sons of Ebenezer.
David moved to Temple Street in 1805 and to Milk Street in 1809 where
he died.
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| Person ID |
I7013 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
PULSIFER Ebenezer, b. 18 Nov 1750, Ipswich, Essex Co., MA d. Abt 1780 (Age 29 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
PERKINKS Sarah, b. Abt 1757, "of Ipswich" called their nineth child |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
08 Mar 1773 |
Ipswich, Essex Co., MA |
| Family ID |
F7086 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
PRATT Patty Williams, b. 27 Nov 1782, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA |
| Marriage |
06 Oct 1803 |
Boston, Suffolk Co., MA |
| Children |
| | 1. PULSIFER Sarah Perkins, b. 07 Feb 1805, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. Abt 1870 (Age 64 years) [natural] |
| | 2. PULSIFER David, b. 23 Dec 1806, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 09 Sep 1890, Newton Highlands, MA (Age 83 years) [natural] |
| | 3. PULSIFER Eliza Ann, b. 1808, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA [natural] |
| | 4. PULSIFER Thomas Pratt, b. 19 May 1810, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. 16 Nov 1875, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 65 years) [natural] |
| | 5. PULSIFER Elbridge Gerry, b. 1814, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA d. Nov 1846, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 32 years) [natural] |
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| Family ID |
F7013 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Apr 2024 |
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