Josiah Carleton (1770 - 1856)

Born 9 Apr 1770 in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Susanna (Ela) Carleton — married 24 May 1798 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jul 1856 at age 86 in Plaistow, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Josiah Carleton was born in 1770, the son of Micah Carleton and Sarah Bailey.^[1] On 24 May 1798, he first married Susannah Ela. She was born at Haverhill on 21 Mar. 1780, the daughter of Jonathan Ela and Susanna Hunkins.^[2]

Josiah and Susannah lived in Plaistow, NH, where the had seven (or eight) children:

1. Josiah, b. 8 Aug. 1802; m. Mary Ann Foss, 25 July 1824; d. 4 Apr. 1861
2. Susannah, b. abt. 1805; m. Chadbourn Foss, 18 Mar. 1824
3. Amos, b. 12 Feb. 1807; m1. Merriam Hoyt, 1834; m2. Hannah Brickett, 25 Apr. 1847; d. 13 June 1885
4. Jonathan, b. 21 Nov. 1809; m1. Jane Akerman Holland, 23 May 1833; m2. Eliza Holland, 24 June 1863; d. 18 Apr. 1886
5. Robert, b. 1 Jan. 1812; m. Sarah P. Eaton, 31 Dec. 1846; d. 24 Feb. 1881
6. Moses, b. 2 June 1814; m. Abigail Sargent, 8 Nov. 1846; d. 7 Mar. 1899, and
7. Hiram, b. 2 Mar. 1818; m. Abigail Williams; d. 23 Mar. 1891.

Josiah's wife Susanna died in 1819, and he re-married with her sister Hannah Ela. Marriage intentions were issued in Haverhill, MA on 29 Oct. 1820.^[3] Josiah and Hannah had one child:

1. Mary Jane, b. 24 Apr. 1822; m. James M. Day; d. 1840 (no children).

Josiah was recorded on the 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses for Plaistow, NH. He lost his second wife shortly after the 1840 census was taken. In 1850, he was recorded on the Plaistow, NH census, living in the household of his son Amos.^[4]

Josiah passed away in 1856, at the age of 86.^[5] He was buried in Plaistow, NH cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ New Hampshire Birth Records, Plaistow| Birth, Josiah Carleton
2. ↑ Massachusetts Town Records, Haverhill| Marriage, Carleton - Ela
3. ↑ Massachusetts Marriages, Haverhill| Marriage Intentions, Carleton - Ela
4. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census, State of New Hampshire, Rockingham County, Plaistow, House Nbr. 111, Line 32| 1850 US Census, "Josiah Carleton, Age 79"
5. ↑ New Hampshire Death Records, Plaistow| Death, Josiah Carleton
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #73691938 for Josiah Carleton

See Also:

• Family Search | Josiah Carleton Sr.
• A Genealogy of the Descendants of Richard Bailey of Rowley, Massachusetts, Historical and Genealogical Researches, of Merrimack Valley, Vol 1, Nbr. 1, April 1857, Published by Alfred Poor, Haverhill,| Page 135, middle right-hand column
• Genealogy of the Ela Family| Page 10
• Family tree on paper, birth, death certificates