Josiah Haskell (1737 - 1819)

Born 5 Jul 1737 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Gates) Haskell — married 15 Dec 1763 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Elizabeth (Reed) Haskell — married after Nov 1801 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Died 19 May 1819 at age 81 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Josiah Haskell was born on 5 Jul 1737 in Harvard, Massachusetts, the son of Joseph Haskell and Mary Woodward.^[1][2][3]

Josiah married Mary Gates on 15 Dec 1763 in Harvard, Massachusetts.^[4] They had the following children:^[1][2]

• Levi
• Jacob
• Josiah Jr.
• Mary, married Willard
• Sarah, died in infancy

Lieutenant Josiah Haskell served with 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Josiah Haskell is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 177020
Rank: Lieutenant

Mary Haskell died in 1798 and Josiah married, as his second wife, Elizabeth Reed, after their intention was filed on 26 Nov 1801 in Harvard, Massachusetts.^{[1][2][12][13]}

Josiah died on 19 May 1819 in Harvard, Massachusetts^[14] and was buried at Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.^[1][2][15]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Haskell Family Database. Online database accessed 18 Mar 2018.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} "Haskell Family in North America - Descendants of William Haskell and Elinor Foule." Online tree maintained by the Haskell Family Association, accessed 18 Mar 2018: profile #1332.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 5 Nov 2017, Josiah Haskell, 5 Jul 1737; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S., town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 903,680.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 5 Nov 2017, Josiah Haskell and Mary Gates, 15 Dec 1763; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S., town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 903,680.
5. ↑ "North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000," Ancestry.com, providing access to "Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 097:1912." Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016, Provo, UT, USA.
6. ↑ "The military annals of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1740-1865 : including lists of soldiers serving in the colonial and revolution," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005, Provo, UT.
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 29 September 2020), "Record of Josiah Haskell", Ancestor # A052412.
8. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 7, p. 440
9. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-MKWY : 1 March 2021), Josiah Haskell, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, , Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711086.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLFX-HWF3 : 19 February 2021), Josiah Haskell, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm and (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2RH-S9XV : 17 March 2018), Josiah Haskell, 01 Jun 1782; citing Military Service, Harvard, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,056,795.
11. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 73
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA: Marriage Intention 26 Nov 1801Harvard, MA.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850," Ancestry.com, Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2005, Provo, UT, USA.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 5 Nov 2017, Josiah Haskell, 19 May 1819; citing Death, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S., town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 903,680.
15. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 10 July 2018, memorial for Col Josiah Haskell (unknown–19 May 1819), Memorial #117944806, citing Harvard Center Cemetery, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA, USA; Maintained by jtb (contributor 46774572). Headstone photo.

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 10 July 2018, Josiah Haskell, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S.; citing p. 274, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d.), roll 4; FHL microfilm 568,144.
• "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 10 July 2018, Josiah Haskell, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S.; citing p. 219, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d.), roll 16; FHL microfilm 205,617.
• "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch: accessed 10 July 2018, Josiah Haskell, Harvard, Worcester, MA, U.S.; citing p. 800, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: NARA, n.d.), roll 22; FHL microfilm 205,630.