Joseph Weld (1650 - 1712)

Born 13 Sep 1650 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Devotion) Weld — married 2 Sep 1674 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Faxon) Weld — married 27 Nov 1679 in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1712 at age 61 in Roxbuy, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Joseph Weld was born 13 Sep 1650 in Roxbury. He married first Elizabeth Devation (sic), September 2, 1674 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.^[1] He married second Sarah Faxon on 27 Nov 1679 in Roxbury. He died Feb 14 1712 in Roxbuy, Suffolk, Massachusetts and is buried in the Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury Lot: B1967.

Marriage 1 Elizabeth Devotion 2 Sep 1674 at Roxbury, Mass., daughter of Edward Devotion (abt 1621-1685) and Mary Curtis (1627-1713).

1. Elizabeth Craft (born Weld) 1677 - 1761
2. Margaret White (born Weld) 1680 - 1746

Marriage 2 Sarah Faxon 27 Nov 1679 at Roxbury, Mass, daughter of Thomas Faxon Jr. (abt 1628-1662) and Deborah Thayer (abt 1634-1662). She next married Jacob Chamberlain 1719. ^[2]

1. Joseph Weld 1683 - 1760
2. Sarah Weld 1685 - 1685
3. Sarah Williams (born Weld) 1687 - 1742
4. Thomas Weld 1692 - 1692
5. Mary Davis (born Weld) 1695 - 1786
6. John Weld 1689 - 1764
7. Deborah Child (born Weld) 1694 - 1732
8. Lieut. Daniel Weld 1697 - 1760
9. Edward Weld 1700 - 1701
10. Ebenezer Weld 1702 - 1767

"Joseph Weld was in the service of the Massachusetts Colony, with the rank of lieutenant, he resided on what was later known as the Bussey Farm in West Roxbury, the property of Harvard College, which was granted to the children of Captain Joseph Weld, his grandfather, by the General Court in 1660, and confirmed by the House of Representatives in 1708.

^[3]In 1706 Joseph Weld and forty-four others " at the west end of Roxbury towards Dedham ", commonly called " Jamaica End " and " Spring Street", on account of the great distance from the meeting-house, and the " great travail and time in going and returning ", prayed the General Court to be made a separate precinct, to be freed from taxes for the old parish, and for aid in building a meeting-house.

Nothing came of this first petition, which was followed in 1710-11 by a more successful second petition.

Among those who signed the second petition at the western end of Roxbury on 7 Feb. 1710-11, occur the names of Nath. Holmes, Isaac Bowen, Joseph Weld, John Griggs, John Cass, James Griggs, Ichabod Davis, John Weld.

The Second Church of Roxbury formed from members of the First, was gathered together 2 Nov. 1712 in their meeting-house which had been built without permission in the interval between the two petitions. The Rev. Ebenezer Thayer of Boston was installed as their first pastor on 26 Nov. 1712." --Researcher Jeff Zinsli

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Reference Roxbury Volume 2, page 418
2. ↑ The history of the Faxon family, containing a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Faxon of Brain
3. ↑ Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 for Joseph Weld

• West Roxbury Church Records, with Births, Marriages, and Deaths

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Name: Joseph Lt Weld Event Type: Death Birth Date: abt 1648 Death Date: 14 Feb 1711 Death Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts Death Age: 63

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

• The history of the Faxon family, containing a genealogy of the descendants of Thomas Faxon of Brain

Acknowledgments

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