Josiah Mosher (1757 - 1847)

Born 31 May 1757 in Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Doolittle) Mosher — married 31 Aug 1779 in Whitesboro, Oneida, New York, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Aug 1847 at age 90 in Sauquoit, Oneida, New York, USA

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Biography

Lieutenant Josiah Mosher served with 9th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Josiah Mosher is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A082159.

Name

Name: Josiah /Mosher/^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 31 May 1757

Place: Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA^[2][3][4]

Residence

1790, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts^[5]

1800, Paris, Oneida, New York^[6]

1820, Oneida, New York^[7]

1830, Oneida, New York^[8]

1840, Paris, Oneida, New York^[9]

Death

Death:

Date: 10 Aug 1847

Place: Sauquoit, Oneida, New York, USA

Death:

Date: 15 August 1848

Place: Sauquoit, Oneida, New York, USA^[10]

Found multiple copies of DEATH DATE. Using 10 Aug 1847

Revolutionary War Hero

^[11]

Lieutenant Josiah Mosher served in the 8th Massachusetts Regiment. When his brother, Liutenant John Mosher was disabled by sunstroke at the charge of Monmouth, Josiah took command of his brother's company and marched with Washington to the Hudson and to the end of the war.

In 1781 he migrated to the Whitesboro area and purchased land from Judge White. He married Rebekah Doolitle, sister of General George Doolittle.

Josiah died at the age of 91. He was the son of John William Mosher (1715-1774) and Elizabeth Lawrence (1720-1760)

He was brother to David & Daniel Mosher (both died at the Battle of Bunker Hill), Lt. John Mosher (Battle of Oriskany, etal.), James Mosher (Rev. War MA SAR 83568), Abijah Mosher (Pvt. MA Minute-Men), Mary Mosher Grimes and Belinda Mosher Knight.

He was the Father of Hannah Mosher Irish, Cornelia Mosher Millard, Samuel Emerson, Rebecca Mosher Priest Bishop, Polly Mosher Luce, Nancy Mosher Shepard, Elizabeth Betsey Mosher Cook, Belinda, Hiram Mosher, and George Doolittle Mosher.

In 1902 The Oneida County Chapter of DAR recognized several Revolutionary War soldiers, including Josiah. SAR metal markers were to be placed on each of the noted soldiers' graves. Josiah, along with several others, were not marked because they ran out of markers. To this day, he has not received his graveside marker.

Keeper of Family History

Genealogist William Collins Mosher interviewed the elderly Josiah in 1845 and mentions him many times in the final publication of Origin and History of The Mosher Family ^[12]. About Josiah, the author says this in the Introduction:

The compiler of this book made him a visit in 1845, and received from him much reliable information in regard to the origin of his family, and in regard to Sir Hugh Mosher, who made a large fortune in Calcutta while a member of the East India Company.

It should be mentioned that this particular Sir Hugh Mosher has not yet been found. Though other wealthy English Moshers (going by the Mosyer Spelling) have been found, namely William Mosyer Merchant of Manchester and his brothers in London, as well as their probable descendants in Kent, philanthropist Maria Mosyer, widow of Thomas Mosyer, a couple said to be the last of the Mosyer line in Orpington, Kent. The exact connection of Josiah's Colonial American family line to the English antecedents is a matter of on-going research.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S-2044333234 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=revwarmuster&h=275751&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
2. ↑ Source: #S-1331905344 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=penny&h=9276&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1756 Birth place: APID: 1,3247::9276
3. ↑ Source: #S-2042315135 Page: Year: 1840; Census Place: Paris, Oneida, New York; Roll: ; Page: . Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1840usfedcenancestry&h=3840335&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1756 Birth place: Residence date: 1840 Residence place: Oneida, New York, United States APID: 1,8057::3840335
4. ↑ Source: #S-1360332827 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=matownvital&h=3380272&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 31 May 1757 Birth place: Pepperell, Massachusetts APID: 1,2495::3380272
5. ↑ 1790 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census
6. ↑ 1800 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Second Census of the United States, 1800. (NARA microfilm publication M32, 52 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census
7. ↑ 1820 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. (NARA microfilm publication M33, 142 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census
8. ↑ 1830 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fifth Census of the United States, 1830. (NARA microfilm publication M19, 201 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census
9. ↑ 1840 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Sixth Census of the United States, 1840; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M704, 580 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census
10. ↑ Source: #S-2052656665 Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rdf=sse&db=genepoold&h=1858394&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Data: Text: Death date: 15 August 1848 Death place: Sauquoit, Oneida, NY, USA APID: 1,5771::1858394
11. ↑ Biography from Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51046145
12. ↑ Origin and History of the Mosher Family, Introductory page

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