Four children were born to Peter Joslin and his first wife, Sarah Howe; but, only one was recorded, Peter who was born 08 Dec 1686. His wife and three children were attacked by Indians and "barbarously butchered by their hatchets" on 18 July 1692[1][2]
Peter married four times. He also had two sons named Peter ( One with first wife, Sarah; second one with Joanna Whitcomb)
Peter married 4th Martha (Prescott), widow of Josiah Wheeler, after 1738 (when Josiah Wheeler died).[4]
Sources
↑ Pg.126. History of the Town of Lancaster - Rev. Abijah P. Marvin,(1879).
↑ History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861: with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town.By Charles Hudson. (Boston: Press of T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862)
↑ Holton, David, and Frances Keturah Forward Holton. Farwell Ancestral Memorial: Henry Farwell, of Concord and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and All His Descendants to the Fifth Generation: To Which Are Added Three Branches--the Families of Daniel⁵, of Groton and Fitchburg, Mass., 1740-1815; Bethiah⁵, of Mansfi. New York: D.-P.⁷ Holton, 1879.
Notes on the Josselyn Family of Massachusetts, Page 308.by T. W. Harris, M.D.New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1848
History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908 with Family Genealogies by Matt Bushnell Jones, published by George E. Littlefield, Boston, MA, 1909. Page 360 https://archive.org/details/cu31924028838600
Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13, 2006, p. 34-5
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Peter:
Abigail Joslin-506 is also very likely a daughter
edited by Jill (Neibaur) Olson