His inventory was taken on 8 March 1724/25 and recorded at Fairfield. His father Richard was the administrator of the estate. The estate was to be distributed between the widow and two children, a son and a daughter.[1]
The estate distribution is dated 21 September 1725 and is between the widow, Mary, and two children, Joseph (eldest) and Mary (youngest).[2]
Sources
↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TK56 : 17 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 146-147, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1721-1750, Page 170-171.
↑ “Probate Records, v. 6-8, 1717-1750”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TKNJ : 26 April 2021), , FHL microfilm 007627301, image 397, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 7, 1721-1750, Page 281.
Savage, James A., A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register, 4 volumes (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1890-1892)
Orcutt, Reverend Samuel, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut (Fairfield, CT: Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886)
Barnum, Patrick Warren, Barnum Genealogy: 650 Years of Family History, Salem, MA, USA: Higginson Book Company, 2006, pg. 9. Cit. Date: 8 Mar 2016.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Patrick Barnum :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 36000 markers, haplogroup R-BY12211, FTDNA kit #63407, MitoYDNA ID T10988[compare] +
Y-Chromosome Test 100572 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
Dick Barnum :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #118801 +
Y-Chromosome Test 100 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
Albert Burnham :
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Y-Chromosome Test 100 markers, haplogroup R-FGC57007
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph: