Consider (Moseley) Mosely (1675 - 1755)

Born 21 Nov 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Williams) Mosely — married 13 May 1731 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 12 Sep 1755 at age 79 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Consider Moseley, son of John Mawdsley and Mary Newberry, was born at Windsor, Connecticut, 21 November 1675.^[1]He died at Westfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, 12 September 1755,^[2] and was buried at Mechanic Street Cemetery, Westfield.^[3]

Consider married (1) Elizabeth Bancroft, daughter of Nathaniel Bancroft and Hannah Williams, 7 July 1709;^[4] he married (2), as her 2nd husband, Rebecca Williams, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), at Westfield, 13 May 1731.^[5]

Consider Moseley was a lieutenant and selectman at Westfield.^[5]

Children

With Elizabeth Bancroft:^[5]

1. Rhoda Moseley b. 1710
2. Israel Moseley4 b. 1711
3. Daniel Moseley b. 27 Mar 1714
4. Elizabeth Moseley b. 27 Mar 1714
5. Lydia Moseley b. 9 Feb 1716, d. 19 Jun 1787
6. Ruth Moseley b. 17 Oct 1717
7. Benjamin Moseley b. 1 Dec 1719
8. Mary Moseley b. 5 Jan 1722

None known with Rebecca Williams

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel H. Parsons, "Record of Marriages and Births in Windsor, Ct.," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 5 (April 1851): 225-230, at 229
2. ↑ Herbert W. Briggs, "Records from the Bible of Pliny Moseley, Descended to Daniel Moseley," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 109 (April 1955): 103-106
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #37525090
4. ↑ Briggs, "Pliny Moseley Bible".
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Adelbert Milton Dewey,et al., Life of George Dewey, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., and Dewey Family History, Illustrated (Westfield, Mass: Dewey Publishing, 1898), 849

See Also:

• Alfred Minot Copeland, "Our County and Its People:" A History of Hampden County Massachusetts, 2 vols ( n.p., Century Memorial Publishing, 1902) Internet Archive.
• Moseley, Edward Strong. A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family (Newburyport Herald Office, Newburyport, 1878), 21 Space:A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family Google Books.