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Peter Joslin (1665 - 1759)

Capt. Peter Joslin aka Joslyn
Born in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1692 [location unknown]
Husband of — married after 28 Sep 1717 [location unknown]
Husband of — married after Aug 1739 in Lancaster, Massachusettsmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 94 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

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)

Married 3rd Hanna Farwell Woods, after 1709[3]

Peter married 4th Martha (Prescott), widow of Josiah Wheeler, after 1738 (when Josiah Wheeler died).[4]

Sources

  1. Pg.126. History of the Town of Lancaster - Rev. Abijah P. Marvin,(1879).
  2. 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)
  3. 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.
  4. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 71:256, published 1917 by The Society
  • Howe Genealogies
  • Notes on the Josselyn Family of Massachusetts, Page 308.by T. W. Harris, M.D.New England Historical & Genealogical Register 1848
  • Mayflower Families Through Five Generations Volume 13, 2006, p. 34-5




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Damaris Joslin-221 is very likely a daughter of Peter and Joahanna per the sources I added to her profile

Abigail Joslin-506 is also very likely a daughter

posted by Jill (Neibaur) Olson
edited by Jill (Neibaur) Olson

Rejected matches › Peter Joslin (aft.1788-)