Josiah Sturgis Lovell (1779 - 1820)

Born 9 Sep 1779 in Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Jan 1820 at age 40 in South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Josiah was born in 1779. He was the son of Christopher Lovell and Abigail Sturgis. ^[1]

Josiah was said to have went into business with his uncle, Josiah Sturgis, in January 1804^[2] under the name of Sturgis & Lovell, in Charleston, South Carolina.^[3] They were merchants, and supplied beef, pork, codfish, mackerel, gin, pepper and brandy, among other items.^[2] Josiah Lovell, it appears, was also a member of the partnership of Lovell & Paine with Joseph B. Paine^[4][5] — they were ship chandlers.^[6]

Josiah married Hannah Frances Poinsett on May 26, 1806, in Charleston, South Carolina.^[7] Their children were:^[8][9][10]

1. Edward Sturgis, b. 13 Nov 1807
2. Anna Frances, b. 3 Jul 1809; d. 26 Mar 1872
3. Sarah Susannah, b. 11 Aug 1811; d. 19 Sep 1817
4. Roberts Poinsett, b. 17 Aug 1813; d. 7 May 1845
5. Christopher Samuel, b. 3 Nov 1815; d. 16 Aug 1868
6. Susan Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar 1818; d. 13 Jan 1892

Josiah died on January 18, 1820. He had been a member of the New England Society of Charleston, South Carolina.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G979-3NY?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-JW5%3A353349701%2C353366701%2C353369001 : 13 July 2016), Barnstable > Barnstable > Town records 1765-1855 vol 3-4 > image 339 of 770; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Charleston Courier (Charleston, S. C.), 25 Jan 1804. GenealogyBank ($)
3. ↑ Sturgis, Roger Faxton. Edward Sturgis of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, 1613-1695, and his descendants. Boston, Mass.: Stanhope Press, 1914. p. 40
4. ↑ Charleston Daily Courier (Charleston, S. C.), 7 May 1821, p. 3 Newspapers.com ($)
5. ↑ Charleston Daily Courier, 4 Jan 1820, p. 1. Newspapers.com ($)
6. ↑ The South Carolina Historical Magazine. Vol. 68. South Carolina Historical Society, 1967. p. 280
7. ↑ Salley, A. S. Marriage notices in Charleston courier, 1803-1808. Columbia, S. C. : The State Company, 1919. p. 36
8. ↑ Lovell, May Rhodes. A biographical genealogy of the Lovell family in England and America. Asheville, N. C. : Biltmore press, 1924. p. 87
9. ↑ Ralph, Charles L. Genealogy of a Poinsett family from the Atlantic seacoast to the Colorado Rockies, with notes on the Worrell and Braamharr families. 1st Ed. Ft. Collins Co. : The Golden Spectrum, 1995. p. 19
10. ↑ Ralph, Charles L. The Poinsett families of Carolina and West Jersey. p. 27
11. ↑ Rules of the New England Society of Charleston, S. C.. Charleston, S. C.: Courier Job Press, 1867. p. 21