Born about in Rhode Island
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Benjamin Durfee
and Amey (Chase) Durfee
Husband of
Sarah (Cook) Durfree
— married
25 Nov 1762 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island
Husband of
Rhoda (Brightman) Durfee
— married
8 Sep 1774 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Father of
Amey (Durfee) Orswell and Eliphal (Durfee) Estes
Died after
after about age 41
in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2014
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Biography
Captain Benjamin (Durfee) Dufree served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.
Benjamin (Durfee) Dufree is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A035257.
Benjamin Durfee
Private was born about 1835. Private Dufree ... First-hand information as remembered by Mardi Taubert, Monday, March 3, 2014.
The DAR record A035257 lists Benjamin as a Captain under command of Colonel John Cooke 2nd Regiment, Newport County Militia, Rhode Island, 1776 & 1778. Spouses: Sarah Cook, Rhoda Brightman. The DAR cites Smith, Civil & Military Lists of RI 1647-1800, Vol. 1, PP 329, 365-6. [1]
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Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 21 Mar 2018), "Record of Durfee, Benjmain", Ancestor # A035257.
- Reed, William Field. The descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R.I. (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., 1902) p 244
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Categories: Rhode Island Militia, American Revolution | NSDAR Patriot Ancestors
Father of Amey (Durfee) Orswell Born 1770
Please check the Dates of Birth as this has produced an error 205 Father too Young or not born.
Regards Barry Malcolm Data Doctor, Database Error Project