Joseph Latham Sr. (aft. 1690 - bef. 1758)

Born after Apr 1690 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Plymouth Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Hayward) Latham — married 27 Nov 1717 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died before 9 Oct 1758 before age 68 in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Joseph Latham was a horse trader and farmer. He was the son of Deliverance Alger and James Latham.

On 17 Nov 1717, Joseph married Sarah Hayward, daughter of Nathaniel Hayward (26 Apr 1664-17 Jul 1734) & Elizabeth Crossman (2 May 1665-26 Dec 1739), in Bridgewater, MA.^[1]

Children of Joseph & Sarah (Hayward) Latham, born at Bridgewater

1. James Latham, b. ca. 1718; Twins
2. Betty Latham, b. ca. 1718; Twins
3. Joseph Latham, b. ca. 1719;
4. Thomas Latham, b. ca. 1721; Twins
5. Nathaniel Latham, b. ca. 1721; Twins
6. Sarah Latham, b. ca. 1723
7. Seth Latham, b. ca. 1724

He enlisted in the Canada Expedition and made his will on 02 June 1758 in which he named his wife Sarah, eldest daughter Betty Latham and daughter Sarah Latham. He must have died not long after as his will was proved on 09 October 1758, and his daughter Betty Latham of Bridgewater was granted administration of his estate.^{[2] [3]}

His inventory was taken on 19 June 1759 om Bridgewater.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4F-3TT : 28 December 2022), Joseph Latham, 1717.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-6S9N : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 59 of 623; State Archives, Boston.
3. ↑ History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater: In Plymouth County, p 222> https://books.google.co.uk/books?redir_esc=y&id=npclAQAAMAAJ&q=Hanmer#v=snippet&q=Hanmer&f=false
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997D-69P5 : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1758-1764 vol 15-16 > image 151 of 623; State Archives, Boston.

• Mayflower Families Fifth Generation Descendants, 1700-1880. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2017). From Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Descendants of the Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620. Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1975-2015. James Chilton & Richard More, Vol. 15:89. Link by $ubscription.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31994504/joseph-latham: accessed 01 July 2023), memorial page for Joseph Latham (1697–1758), Find A Grave: Memorial #31994504, citing Old Graveyard, East Bridgewater, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Sue Williams (contributor 46538018). (Includes gravestone photo & inscription.)
• "The Latham's and Starrett's of Maine and Massachusetts:Information about Joseph Latham" (Unsourced genealogy)