Joseph Weed (1708 - 1771)

Born 2 Nov 1708 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Deborah Moses — married 5 Jun 1740 in Waterbury, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1771 at age 63 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Origin

Joseph WEED was born 2 Nov 1708 in Derby, New Haven, Connecticut, a son of John Weed and Mary Beamon, daughter of George and Mary (Jackson) Beamon.^[1]

Marriage and Children

Joseph married on 5 June 1740 to Deborah Moses, daughter of John Moses of Simsbury.^[1]

Children of Joseph and Deborah:^[1][2]

1. Isaac, b 22 Mar 1741
2. Aaron b 28 May 1742
3. Moses b 5 Jan 1745/6
4. Dorcas b 19 Mar 1747/8; mar ___ Matson
5. Hannah Weed b c. 1558 (based on her marriage in 1778); mar Otheniel Gillet

Note: Jacobus mentions only the first four children, but later documents show there was also a daughter named Hannah.^[2] The Simsbury records show Hannah Weed married on 28 Jan 1778 to "Orthniel Gillet."^[3]

Waterbury

Joseph's father, John Weed, and family had removed from Derby to the Oxford Parish of Waterbury, Connecticut. In 1733, Joseph Weed was living near the top of Straits, at the same time that Job Pierson was on the same mountain (p 349).^[4] In 1740, petitioners in the Waterbury woods: Isaac Trowbridge, the three brothers John, Jonas, and Joseph Weed, and Joseph Osborne wished to become one entire, distinct, ecclesiastical society (p 335).^[4]

Simsbury

The family lived in the western portion of the town of Granby, near the West Branch of the Salmon Brook.^[2] Joseph settled at Simsbury by 1757. On 29 August 1749, Joseph purchased from Timothy Moses, for £ 300, a 113 acre parcel: bounded on the south by land laid out by heirs of John Slater; bounded on the west by division land; on the north by a parcel owned by Josiah and Joel Case (with Joseph Case's house); and on the east by Josiah and Joel Case (formerly of John Humphrey). Timothy Moses was probably his brother-in-law, wife Deborah's step-brother. On 25 June 1763, he deeded a portion of that parcel to Josiah Case. On 8 January 1768, Joseph deeded the land "bought of Timothy Moses with house barn and orchards" to Elijah Tuller.^[2]

Death and Legacy

Joseph died on November 30, 1771 at Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.^[2] His estate was inventoried on 13 January 1772 by Abel Gofard and Simeon Holcomb.^[2] On 15th of October, 1772, the two daughters, Dorcas and Hannah, receiving £30 each as their shares of their father's estate. On May 1, 1778, each of the children signed a deed giving the remainder of their father's estate to their mother. Their names: Aaron Weed, Moses Weed, Dorcas [Weed] Matson, Otheniel Gillet, Jr., and Hannah [Weed] Gillet (with her mark). On June 15, 1778, Deborah deeded lands to her sons Moses and Benjamin.^[2]

Wife Deborah died on December 15, 1809 at Simsbury.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Jacobus, Donald Lines, Families of Ancient New Haven. (Vol 8, Page 1964) (Online database accessed 18 January 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} pjeagan, Joseph Weed and Deborah Moses. Nov 01, 2014, accessed 17 January 2016.
3. ↑ Simsbury, and Albert C. Bates, editor, Simsbury, Connecticut, Births, Marriages and Deaths ... (Page 220) Hartford: [The Case, Lockwood & Brainard co.], 1898, accessed 17 January 2016.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Anderson, Joseph D. D., editor, Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From ... (Vol 1, pages 335, 349) New Haven: The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Archive.org accessed 18 January 2016.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 5. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... 1740 ... Isaac Trowbridge, John Weed, Jonas Weed, Joseph Weed, Thomas and Joseph Osborrn, dwelling in the southwest part of Waterbury woods ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/005.html.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 6. " ... Jos. Weed's farm in Waterbury town bounds ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/006.html.

• Compiled by Lorraine Cook White, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol 8 - Derby 1655-1852, General Editor - Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Maryland, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1997, p. 312.

• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 289. . http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/289.html.

• Phillips, Nancy. Town Records of Derby, Connecticut, 1655-1710 (Derby, Conn., 1901) Page 289. Birth record.