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Birth	:	1691 County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Death	:	2 Mar 1767 Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial	:	Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, Rockingham County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8905983, -71.2944031
Plot	:	Section W Lot 12
Inscription	:	"He departed this life March the 2nd 1767 - In the 76th year of his age"
Description	:	Aged 70. Husband of Ruth. Of the numerous children who settled in New Hampshire and elsewhere, Daniel appears to be the only one who settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, formerly called Nutfield. He came with his family to Boston in 1720 and lived there a few months, and then removed to Andover, Massachusetts, subsequently in 1721 removing to Londonderry, New Hampshire. His farm of one hundred acres was laid out to him by the committee, November 20, 1721. Daniel, son of John and Martha McDuffie, served his time as a lockmaker, and married Ruth Britton of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland;... Read More	Aged 70. Husband of Ruth. Of the numerous children who settled in New Hampshire and elsewhere, Daniel appears to be the only one who settled in Londonderry, New Hampshire, formerly called Nutfield. He came with his family to Boston in 1720 and lived there a few months, and then removed to Andover, Massachusetts, subsequently in 1721 removing to Londonderry, New Hampshire. His farm of one hundred acres was laid out to him by the committee, November 20, 1721. Daniel, son of John and Martha McDuffie, served his time as a lockmaker, and married Ruth Britton of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland; he came here with his wife and daughter then two years old. Their pastor, Rev. James McGregor, of whose church he was a member, left Ireland a year or two before with some sixteen families of his parish. Daniel and Ruth Britton McDuffie had nine children. Martha, the oldest, was born in Ireland, and the remainder were born in America. Two sons and a daughter settled in Chester, New Hampshire; three sons went to Bradford, Vermont; and a son and daughter remained in Londonderry, New Hampshire". (McDuffee/Macfie Historical Reference Posted by: Jay McAfee; Date: April 25, 2013) BIRTH: Marion Lang Driscoll, "Descendants of NH MacDuffees"; p.10; DAR library, Washington D.C., 1949. DEATH: MLD, Ibid. p.10. MISC.: Daniel came to America in 1719, and was in Andover, MA, in 1721. He settled in Londonderry, NH. CEMETERY: died 2 March 1767; 75 yrs.; Derry (or Londonderry), NH, cemetery; "Some Colonial Gravestone Inscriptions"; Mrs. Josiah Carpenter; 1913, p. 11; mistakenly (?) listed this as Dover, NH; epitaph: "The path of the just is a shining light that shineth more and more unto ye perfect day"; buried with wife, Ruth. (Note: G.F. Carter could not find Daniel's tombstone in the old cemetery near Londonderry, NH.) MISC.: He was an apprentice locksmith; he married Ruth Britton of Coleraine, Ireland. Henry Clay McDuffee, "McDuffee Family"; 1906. He was called Daniel McFee in 1721 in the Town Book of Nutfield (Londonderry), page 85; he was paid 14 shillings for making the town supply of bullets. Vol 1 page 51 on 20 Nov 1921, "Laid out to Daniel Mcfee one hundred acres of land in the above said town..." (Giles F Carter, 2011)

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Daniel McDuffee's memorial is located at: Forest Hill Cemetery, East Derry, Rockingham County, USA.
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Daniel McDuffee death on 2 Mar 1767 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA
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Latitude: 42.8905983
Longitude: -71.2944031

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Ruth Britton McDuffee

(1692 - 1778)

Siblings

John McDuffee

(1690 - 1752)

(unknow - unknow)

Children

Ruth McDuffee Brown

(1730 - 1807)

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