Martha (Lewis) Goldthwaite (1708 - 1783)

Born 29 Feb 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Joseph Goldthwaite — married 8 Feb 1727 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1783 at age 75 in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Captain Joseph Goldthwaite (fourth generation) fourth child of John, was born November 11, 1706, in Boston. He married February 8, 1727, Martha Lewis, who was born in Boston and baptized in the second church, Feb. 29, 1707, the daughter of Martha (Burrell) and Philip Lewis. Joseph joined the Artillery Company in 1730 and in 1738 was First Sergeant. In 1745 he joined the Colonial army for the siege of Louisburg and according to records in the British war office, being commissioned adjutant in the first Massachusetts regiment, Honorable William Pepperell, colonel, March 12, 1744-(5) and captain (brevet) March 20, 1744-(5). After his return from the war he became a private citizen, and is seldom spoken of in records by his military title, being rather called esquire, or gentleman. In 1728 he appears as a goldsmith, and later as a merchant, licensed as a retailer at his store on Marlboro Street (part of Washington) in 1737 and again in 1742. He held several appointments and later became constable. His home in 1744 was on Fish, afterwards North Street. In 1773 he and his family retired to a farm purchased by him in western Massachusetts, July 10, 1773, ten acres and mansion house. Here Joseph Goldthwaite died March 1, 1780, aged seventy-two. His widow died October 26, 1783, aged seventy-five, and a double stone marks their graves in Weston. He had ten children. THE LOYALISTS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY JAMES H. STARK W. B. CLARKE CO. 26 Tremont Street Boston COPYRIGHTED 1907 BY JAMES H. STARK p. 356

Christening

Date: 29 Feb 1708

Place: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA

Boston, MA 02201

Name: Second Church

City: Boston

State: MA

Postal Code: 02201

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