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Jeremiah Joseph (1720 - 1784)

Captain Jeremiah Joseph
Born in Indian River Hundred, Sussex, Delawaremap
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[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] in Delawaremap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 64 in Indian River, Sussex, Delaware, United Statesmap
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Biography

The following is taken from "The Joseph Line" a quarterly for and about the Joseph families of America and the descendants dated April 1986.

Jeremiah Joseph of Sussex County, Delaware was probably born circa 1720. He died in early 1783. He was the son of Joseph Joseph, a native of Scotland who settled in Sussex County, Delaware before the Revolutionary War. Jeremiah owned land in Sussex County before 30 December 1748.

His estate papers name eleven children. Ester, Elisha, Joseph, Jonathan, William, Lavinia, Nathan, Hezekiah, Zachariah, Elizabeth, and Jeremiah.

  • Fact: Children and Heirs of Jeremiah Joseph Listed in Orphans Court Records (1783-1784) Proceedings of Sussex County, Delaware Orphans Court Sussex, Delaware, United States
  • Fact: Do not merge this Jeremiah with one who married a Mary or Anna Maria, no evidence is known for the name of wife/wives or mother(s) of this Jeremiah's children.

Sources


  • Delaware, Land Records, 1677-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original source: Delaware, Land Records, 1677–1947. Recorder of Deeds, Sussex County, RG 4555, Subgroup 000, Series 030. Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware.
Sussex county: Roll 006: Image 53 [1]
Purchaser: Nathan Joseph, of Sussex County
Seller: William Joseph, yeoman, of Monoghala County, Virginia
Sale: 3 November 1784
Price £20; Property: part of tract in Indian River Hundred
Jeremiah Joseph of Sussex county now deceased owned property in Indian River Hundred and died intestate, leaving 8 children and 2 grandchildren of two of his deceased daughters; on 6 August 1783 Nathan Joseph obtained a write to divide the lands; part of which was conveyed to William Joseph




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This Jeremiah Joseph, born 1720, is most likely Berthena's (born circa 1765) grandfather, not her brother. According to her father's will her siblings were Uriah, Eli, and Delilah.
posted by Lorrain Leckliter

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