Joseph Eveleth (1733 - 1790)

Born 22 Feb 1733 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth Wetherbee — married after 18 Aug 1761 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 11 Oct 1790 at age 57 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Joseph Eveleth served with 13th Continental Regiment, Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Joseph Eveleth is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A037792.

Joseph Eveleth is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 155674
Rank: Private

Joseph Eveleth was born on February 22, 1733 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was the son of Francis Eveleth and Mary Hunt. ^{[1] [2]}

He married Ruth Wetherbee on August 18, 1761 in Stow. ^{[1] [2]}

Together they had these children born in Princeton, Massachusetts:^[3]

1. Joseph Eveleth, b. 1762.
2. Catherine Eveleth, b. 1763.
3. Joshua Eveleth, b. 1765.^[4]
4. Salley Eveleth, b. 1766.
5. Joab Eveleth, b. 1768.
6. Abishai Eveleth, b. 1770.
7. Theophilus Eveleth, 1772.
8. Asahel Eveleth, b. 1774.
9. Amariah Evelet, b. 1776.
10. Susanna "Sukey" Eveleth, b. 1778.
11. Nabby Eveleth, b. 1781.
12. a daughter, b. 1783.
13. Francis Eveleth, b. 1784.

He died on October 11, 1790 in Princeton, Massachusetts. ^[3]

Research

Was he both a Private and a Lieutenant, or were there two Joseph Eveleth's from Princeton?

• DAR says Lieutenant with birth and death dates that match, so profile reflects that so far.
• Hanaford ^[5] shows an early settler from Sudbury in 1753, and another "younger" from Stow in 1761, presumambly this one.
• Mass. S&S ^[6] lists 3 Joseph Eveleth's of Princeton:
  • the minuteman, a Private, April 19-28, 1775, Capt. Boaz Moore/Col. Ephraim Doolittle
    • "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLN-CKKW : 19 February 2021), Jos Eveleth, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • the Lt. joining Capt. Thomas Reed/Col. Joseph Read at Roxbury camp about Dec 10, 1775, commissioned Jan 29/30 1776. ^[7][8]
  • a Private, enlisting with Capt. Mirick/Col. Josiah Whitney Oct. 2, 1777
    • "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
      • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTRV : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 2 Oct 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
      • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTRJ : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 2 Oct 1777; citing Military Service, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
      • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTRN : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 18 Oct 1777; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849
4. ↑ Birth of son Joshua Eveleth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, citing Digital film/folder number: 007578873; FHL microfilm: 873748, FamilySearch Record: VQX6-QRM (accessed 14 April 2024), Joshua Eveleth born to Joseph Eveleth on 20 Oct 1765 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay.
5. ↑ History of Princeton, Massachusetts
6. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-10-10), "Record of Joseph Eveleth", Ancestor # A037792.

• Butcher, Jonathan B. "The Eveleth Family of Colonial New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 135;35 (1981), https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/vital-records-from-the-nehgs-register/image?volumeId=14282&pageName=35&rId=264768972

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53767691/joseph-eveleth : accessed 11 October 2021), memorial page for Joseph Eveleth (22 Feb 1733–11 Oct 1790), Find A Grave: Memorial #53767691, citing Meetinghouse Cemetery, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Sharron (contributor 47066376) . -no photo

• History of Princeton, Massachusetts (Boston, 1915); p. 76, p. 82, p. 228

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTRZ : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 29 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTRD : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 30 Jan 1776; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2W-NTR8 : 19 February 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 9 Feb 1776; citing Military Service, Roxbury, Oxford, Maine, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm .

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 5, p. 409

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVK-D9G : 10 November 2020), Joseph Eveleth, 22 Feb 1732; citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011039.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-N5T2 : 2 March 2020), Joseph Eveleth, 22 Feb 1732; citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-ZL82 : 2 March 2020), Joseph Eveleth Or Eveleh, 22 Feb 1733; citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-469D : 2 March 2020), Joseph Eveleth and Ruth Wetherbe, 18 Aug 1761; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKL-BFW : accessed 11 October 2021), Joseph Evelett, Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing p. 479, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-62NT : 1 March 2021), Joseph Eveleth, 10 Dec 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711084.

• Vital Records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Mass., 1902); p. 24-5, p. 161

• Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1911); p. 32, p. 139