Joseph Patch (1749 - 1823)

Born 24 Aug 1749 in Dunstable, Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Died Sep 1823 at age 74 in Warren, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States

Biography

Joseph is the son of Thomas and Anna (Gilson) Patch of Hollis. He married in Warren, on April 19, 1777, Anne Merrill.

Joseph, a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane brook, in 1767, and John Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp and Ephraim True, with their families, moved into town in 1768. These men, for the first few years, got their supplies from Haverhill and Plymouth, bringing them twenty miles home through the woods on their backs. Wild beasts annoyed them very much, and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the window-pane of John Mills' cabin and looked in on the family seated by the open fireplace. Moose were plenty, and Joseph Patch often had twenty-five barrels of moose meat in the cellar at once. The first settlers took an active part in the Revolution, three of them, Captain John Mills Jr., Captain William Tarleton and Captain James Aiken, commanding companies, and in all about eighteen men, in a population of less than one hundred, served in the army.

Other than the 3 children shown on this page, there are 5 others: •Daniel who was born in February of 1778 and died in 1849 æ.72. •Joseph who was born January 15, 1780 and died in 1876, æ. 87. •Thomas who was born 1n 1785 and at æ. 30 died in the plague of 1815. •Jacob who was born August 13, 1786. •Stephen who was born August 23, 1796. Presumably all of the children were born in Warren. There is a great deal of information about the Patch family and their exploits in the History of Warren by Roland Bixby who published in 1986. As a matter of fact, if you want to know anything about Warren and the area in general, this book is a "Must Read."

• Fact: Burial Warren Village Cemetery, Warren, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch He was the 1st settler of the town of Warren, NH. In 1767 he gratified his love for the woods by building a hunting camp beside Hurricane Brook & settling down to an easy life of hunting, trapping & fishing. Moose, deer, bear & wolves abounded while beaver, otter, sable, mink & other fur-bearing animals fell easy victim to his skill as a trapper.

Sources

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLPS-BS4 : 23 February 2021), Joseph Patch, 24 Aug 1749; citing Dunstable, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,032.

• "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL62-VPX : 22 February 2021), Joseph Patch and Anna Merrill, 19 Apr 1777; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,294.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 April 2021), memorial page for Joseph Patch (24 Aug 1749–Sep 1823), Find A Grave: Memorial #38810067, citing Warren Village Cemetery, Warren, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA ; Maintained by BL Hughes (contributor 46868943) .

• Little, William. The History of Warren: A Mountain Hamlet, Located Among the White Hills of New Hampshire (William E. Moore, Printer, Manchester, New Hampshire, 1870, 592 pages); Chap. II

• Worcester, Samuel Thomas. History of the Town of Hollis, New Hampshire (A. Williams & Co., Boston, 1879); p. 383