Joseph Pritchard (bef. 1697 - 1766)

Born before 24 Oct 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gaines) Welton — married 5 May 1741 in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1766 after age 68 in Watertown, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Joseph Pritchard was christened 24 Oct 1697 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, and passed away in 1766 at Watertown, New Haven, Connecticut.^[1] He was the son of Benjamin Pritchard and Rebecca Jones.^[1] Joseph married in Bristol, Rhode Island, August, 1740, Mary Gaines, and had Joseph and Mary, recorded in Bristol. Mary Gaines was born July 29, 1722, daughter of Thomas and Tabltha Gaines. Thomas was a sea captain, and died at sea, November, 1729. Joseph Prichard died ; and his widow married, in 1763, James Welton, and died November 17, 1807, aged 86 years.^[2]

Children of Joseph Pritchard and Hannah Terrill

Joseph had a child, name unknown, by Hannah Terrill, daughter of John and Abigail. The child was born in May 1718.^[1]

Children of Joseph Pritchard and Unknown

1. Elizabeth Pritchard, m. Ezra Marchant, b. 20 Dec 1720, son of Joseph Marchant^[3] and Abigail Wheeler^[1]
2. Rebecca Pritchard, m. Peter Barnard^[1]

Children of Joseph Pritchard and Mary Gaines

1. Joseph Prichard 1741–1776;^[4] d. Oct 1776, Saybrook, New Haven, Connecticut^[5] m. 2 Aug 1761; Rebecah Smith; children: Sarah, Mary, Thomas Gains, William, Elizabeth^[1][6]
2. Mary Pritchard, b. 1742
3. Gains Pritchard, b. 1743;^[7] removed to Digby, Nova Scotia before 1784, Loyalist
4. Benjamin Pritchard 1755–1801;^[8] d. Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut of smallpox, age 46^[9] — “This Benjamin was not, as stated in Waterbury History, Vol. I, App 109, son of Benjamin and Hannah (Lambert) Pritchard, but of Joseph (of Benjamin of Roger), who married in Bristol, Rhode Island, August, 1740, Mary Gaines.”^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Ricker, Jacquelyn L., Editor. Families of Early Milford, Connecticut. Joseph Pritchard, son of Benjamin and Rebecca Jones, pg 610
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Ancient Burying-Grounds of the Town of Waterbury, Connecticut", Publications of the Mattatuck Historical Society (Mattatuck Historical Society, Waterbury, Conn., 1917) Page 124: #549
3. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F743-W9N : 7 January 2020), Ezra Merchant, 1720.
4. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F89S-XL3 : 4 November 2020), Joseph Pritchard in entry for Joseph Pritchard, 1741.
5. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V8MP-C6G : 19 February 2021), Joseph Pritchard, 1776.
6. ↑ Prichard, Sarah Johnson. The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, Volume 1. Google Books, pg 110
7. ↑ "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F89S-XLW : 4 November 2020), Joseph Pritchard in entry for Gains Pritchard, 1743.
8. ↑ "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7F9-R4S : 16 January 2020), Benjamin Prichard, 1801.
9. ↑ Grand Street Cemetery; Town of Waterbury, Hartford County, Connecticut : Inscriptions 1709-1871 Prichard, Benjamin

• MLR vol 12 pg 35 land records
• Susan Woodruff Abbott. Families of Early Milford, CT, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1979