Joseph Betts (1717 - 1760)

Born 29 Mar 1717 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Descendants

Died 19 May 1760 at age 43 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

• Additional child: Susan/Susannah, m. son of William Weeks, in Norwalk

His will is dated 10 May 1760 with witnesses sworn on 9 June 1760 and proved on 10 June 1760 in Fairfield.^[1]

His inventory was taken on 19 May 1760 and recorded at Fairfield.^[2]

The estate distribution was recorded on 6 June 1769.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YBFT : 8 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 325, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 14, 1761-1763, Page 46-47.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YB6M : 13 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 403, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 14, 1761-1763, Page 204-205.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y937-1  : 21 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 388-389, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 16, 1767-1775, Page 261-262.

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• Hinman, Royal Ralph. A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut (Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford, 1852) Page 440
• Card, Lester. Norwalk Cemeteries (S. Norwalk, Conn., 1945) Page ?: "Betts, Joseph died 5/19/1760 in 43rd yr"

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• Betts Family Bible, births page