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Joseph DURFEE
Abigail BUCK
Husband:  Joseph DURFEE / DURPHEY
Birth:  ca. 1735, Windham Co., CT
Baptism:  8 Aug 1742, Newent Congregational Church, Lisbon, New London Co., CT
Death:  4 Jun 1794, Cornwall, Addison Co., VT
Y-DNA Haplogroup:  I1b2a1-Isles/SC
Father:  John DURFEE
Mother:  Mercy FOSTER

Many secondary sources show our subject's deathplace as "Shelbourne, Nebraska," (some spell it Shelbourae), which is utterly absurd considering the year.  The Louisiana Purchase had yet to take place, and Nebraska didn't even become a territory until 1854, not to mention that there's no such place as Shelbourne (or Shelbourn or Shelbourae) in the United States.  There is a Shelburne in Chittenden Co., VT, which is at least a credible possibility, but given that he was living in Cornwall, Addison Co., VT, in the 1790 census, those who say he died in Cornwall are almost certainly corrrect.  Or, to put it another way, given that he was living in Cornwall in 1790 and died in 1794, what evidence is there that he did not die in Cornwall?

Marriage:
Wife:  Abigail BUCK
Birth:  28 Jun 1732, Somers, Tolland Co., CT
Baptism:  4 Apr 1735, Somers, Tolland Co.., CT
Death:  9 Jun 1774
Father:  Ebenezer BUCK
Mother:  Abigail FELT
Children — born in Windham Co., CT:
1.  Molly DURFEE, b. 1753
2.  Joseph DURFEE, b. 5 Dec 1755
3.  Jedediah DURFEE, b. 15 Oct 1758
4.  Ebenezer DURFEE, b. 24 Dec 1761
5.  Elijah DURFEE, b. 7 Oct 1764
6.  Lucy DURFEE, b. 1767
Keywords for search engines:  USA, United States, Connecticut, Vermont

Sources (n.b., secondary sources are all over the map with regard to this family, so take everything with a grain of salt that isn't supported by primary documentation, which so far isn't much):

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #1 of 1; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1790 VT Addison Co. Cornwall Roll M637_12 p. 11 Ln. 44 Joseph Durphey 1-0-1-0-0
These data indicate:
Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred
1 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Joseph (b. ca. 1735)
1 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = housekeeper?
Listed one line below son, Elijah DURPHEY, who is listed one line below son, Jedediah DURPHEY; listed one line above son-in-law, Nehemiah HOPKINS, Jr., husband of his daughter, Lucy DURFEE.

3.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

4.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

5.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

6.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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