Joseph Purdy (abt. 1682 - bef. 1726)

Born about 1682 in Budd's Neck, Rye, Westchester Co., New York Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Park) Purdy — married 1704 in Westchester, New York Colony

Descendants

Died before 1726 before about age 44 in Westchester County, New York Province

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Biography

This profile is part of the Purdy Name Study.

Joseph was apparently the first of the dozen children of Judge Joseph and Elizabeth Odgen Purdy. They were married in 1680 (see father's profile) so their first child was likely born in 1681 or 1682.

No record has yet been found of Joseph's marriage, nor of his wife's name.

Children

Joseph and his wife are reported in 19th century sources to have had a son Obadiah.^{[1] [2]}.

In a will dated Dec. 6, 1769 and proved June 24, 1778,a Joseph Purdy of Westchester mentions his brothers Obadiah, Abraham, and Jonathan. ^[3] That suggests that Obadiah had at least three siblings, as does a note by Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling^[4], so it seems that this Joseph's children were:

• Obadiah, b. 1712
• Joseph, the aauthor of that will, b. 1714?
• Abraham, b. 1716, married Phebe Strang
• Jonathan

Death

Joseph Purdy, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth died in 1726 or earlier, a conclusion based on real estate records. A 1726 record with respect to 60 ares on the White Plains Road states that an Abraham Smith "held in joint tenancy with Obadiah Purdy, heir to Joseph Purdy of s. White Plains, dec'd."^[5] The 19th century sources cited above state that Obadiah inherited, from his father Joseph, what had been his grandfather Judge Joseph's lands in Rye and White Plains.

Research Notes

This is not the Joseph Purday who died in 1777 or 1778, at the rarely attained age of 95. That was this man's son Joseph, the author of the will cited earlier.

Profile Purdy-3866 had his birth date as 1 May 1695. No source was cited.

Joseph was born in 1682. He passed away in 1777.

Sources

1. ↑ Baird: Page 435, "He (Joseph, son of Joseph) died in or before 1734, leaving a son, Obadiah." Baird's source for that appears to be Bolton
2. ↑ Bolton: Vol. 1, Page 538: "They (Joseph and Elizabeth) had, I Joseph, who left Obadiah, living in 1734, the father of Caleb, 1746."
3. ↑ Pelletreau, William, Early Wills of Westchester County, New York, (New York: 1847), page 322, viewed online at www.archive.org
4. ↑ *Silas Constant, edited by Emily Warren Roebling, The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, New York: With Some of the Records of the Church and a List of His Marriages, 1784-1825, Together with Notes on the Nelson, Van Cortlandt, Warren, and Some Other Families Mentioned in the Journal, (private circulation, 1903), viewed on Google Books, free e-book
5. ↑ Theresa Hall Bristol, in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, (New York, 1919), Volume 49, page 172, citing Westchester Co Land Records Liber F p. 170

• Baird, Charles W. Chronicle of a Border Town (Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, No. 770 Broadway, New York, 1871)
• Bolton, Robert, Jr. A History of the County of Westchester From Its First Settlement To The Present Time (New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848)
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: Ancestry Family Tree 22680201
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/n/Roxanne-Langner/PDFODT5.pdf

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Purdy-421 created through the import of Pridgen Family Tree(2).ged on May 15, 2012 by Debbie Misner. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Debbie and others.
• WikiTree profile Purdy-461 created through the import of garn.ged on Oct 25, 2012 by Dan Garnitz. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dan and others.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #140097464