Joseph Maxson Jr. (1692 - abt. 1747)

Born 10 Mar 1692 in Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Ancestors

Husband of Bethiah Maxson — married 1715 in Westerly, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Descendants

Died about 1747 at about age 54 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey

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Biography

Joseph Maxson Jr. was born 10 Mar 1692 at Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (later Washington County, Rhode Island), the son of Joseph Maxson and Tacy Burdick. Joseph Jr. married Bethia Maxson in 1715. They were the parents of 11 children.

Joseph and his wife Bethia were among the founding 18 members of the Shrewsbury, New Jersey Seventh Day Baptist church. They led a band of faithful to Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey to establish the Seventh Day Baptist Church in that area, sailing for the mouth of the Manasquan River in New Jersey in the fall of 1742. Because of ice and storms they spent the winter on Long Island and arrived in New Jersey in the spring of 1743.

The first members of the Shrewsbury, N. J., church were:

Elder William Davis and wife Elizabeth.

Joseph Maxson and wife Bethia

John Davis and wife Elizabeth

Thomas Babcock and wife Ruth

Thomas Davis and wife Bethia

William Ireland and wife Elizabeth

Judith, wife of James Davis

Joseph Davis

Mary Stillman

Elizabeth Davis, Jr.

Silas Maxson

Reference: Westerly and Witness, p. 279. Seventh Day Baptist by Randolph, 1905.

On 11 March 1744/45, Joseph Maxson and Bethiah his wife of Stonington sold land to Amos Lewis of Charlestown on 11March 1744/45. This land was partly in Stonington and partly in Westerly Rhode Island. Witnesses: John Ladd and Joshua Clark.

Joseph and Bethiah both died in 1747 at Shrewsbury, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Children of Joseph Maxson and Bethiah Maxson

Joseph and Bethiah had the following children: ^[1]

1. Bethiah Maxson b. 19 Oct 1716, d. 2 Feb 1786; m. 5 Jan 1736/37, Thomas Davis
2. John Maxson, b. c. 1717; m. Hannah Maxson; m. 13 Sep 1744, Martha Prosser
3. Mary "Molly" Maxson b. 28 Aug 1718, d. 12 May 1791; m. ----- Smith; m. 5 Jan 1736/37, Joseph Stillman
4. Judith Maxson b. 17 Sep 1720, Shrewsbury, New Jersey; d. 14 May 1773; m. 10 Jan 1739/40, Shrewsbury, New Jersey, James Davis, Quaker minister; he was born 1720 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, a member of Seventh Day Baptist, a ship builder carpenter; his shipyard was burned by the British at beginning of the Revolutionary War; killed by a stray British bullet at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey and died from it September 11, 1777 in Shrewsbury, New Jersey
5. Joseph Maxson b. 20 Jan 1722/23, d. 1799; m. Elizabeth
6. Zebulon Maxson b. 15 Aug 1725, d. 8 Sep 1787; m. Experience Davis
7. Simeon Maxson b. 25 Aug 1727, d. 23 Feb 1802; m. Mary Babcock
8. Mosher Maxson b. 6 Mar 1729, d. 24 Dec 1787; m. Tacy -----
9. Content Maxson b. 31 Dec 1732, d. 24 Oct 1815; m. 18 Sep 1754 New Jersey, George Potter Jan 3 1731-Aug 19 1794
10. Nathan Maxson b. 30 Sep 1736, d. 1786; m. 28 Apr 1764, Elizabeth Brown
11. Ephraim Maxson b. 1743; d. 1799; m. 27 Apr 1764, Elizabeth Davis

Geographical note

Washington County was created from Providence Plantations in 1729 as Kings County. It was renamed Washington County on October 29, 1781, in honor of General and President Washington.

Marriage

Husband: Joseph Maxson

Wife: Bethiah Maxson

Child: Bethia Maxson

Child: Mary Maxson

Child: Judith Maxson

Child: Joseph Maxson

Child: Zebulon Maxson

Child: Simeon Maxson

Child: Mosher Maxson

Child: Content Maxson

Child: Nathan Maxson

Child: Ephraim Maxson

Sources

1. ↑ Arnold, James N., Ed. The Narragansett Historical Register, Volume 1. Hamilton, Rhode Island: The Narangansett Historical Publishing Company, 1883. Page 141

• Brown, Walter Leroy. The Maxson family (Albion, NY 1954); Joseph is entry no. 20. Note: "Bethia Maxson and Joseph Maxson sailed from Westerly for the mouth of the Manasquam river in the fall of 1742. They both died in 1747. They settle at Shrewsbury, N.J." (p. 6)
• findagrave.com

Acknowledgements

• Larry Gene Flesher [Flesher-280] Nov 2019