Joseph Moxley Sr. (abt. 1736 - 1781)

Born about 1736 in Glasgow, Scotland

Descendants

Died 6 Sep 1781 at about age 45 in Fort Griswold, Groton, New London, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Private Joseph Moxley Sr. served with Col William Ledyard's Co at Fort Griswold, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

Joseph Moxley Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082496.

Joseph Moxley, Sr. was killed in defense of Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781 A Patriot of the American Revolution for CONNECTICUT with the rank of PRIVATE. DAR Ancestor #: A082496

"Joseph Moxley, born in Glasgow Scotland of a good Scotch family, arrived in Groton, now Ledyard, when he was eight months old. At the time of the massacre he was a house carpenter at work on a new house for Jonathan Latham, not far from the Shore Line Ferry. He went into the fort as a volunteer, being the last man to go in by the north gate, those from Fort Trumbull coming in the south one. His station was in the southwest bastion next to Samuel Edgecomb. Wounded in the abdomen by a bayonet, he was one of those put in the wagon, and died that night. His wife was Elizabeth Horsford. Their children were Joseph, Jonathan, Samuel, Deborah, Elizabeth, and Esther who married Moses Jones, a house carpenter who was also one of the killed leaving two children Esther and Deborah.

Joseph married ELIZABETH HORSFORD per his DAR record.

Children listed in DAR record

1. JOSEPH, b.1762 m. PRUDENCE LAMB
2. JONATHAN m. SALLY WOODMANSEE
3. SAMUEL m. POLLY WOODMANSEE
4. ESTHER m.1st. Moses Jones, 2nd. Mr. Colver of Groton
5. ELIZABETH m. BENJAMIN DABOLL

Missing Child; Deborah, m. Henry Hallet

He is mentioned with his great grandson Herbert V. Moxley in the biographical section of the book, A Modern History of New London County Connecticut. Vol. 3, page 279 ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ *https://archive.org/details/modernhistoryne03mars/page/279/mode/1up

• https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A082496
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58192150/joseph-moxley
• https://www.geni.com/people/Joseph-Moxley-Sr/6000000010180612923
• Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. The Stone Records of Groton (Free Academy Press, Norwich, Conn., 1903) Page 77