Joseph Southworth (1754 - 1828)

Born 7 Apr 1754 in Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut

Ancestors

Died 4 Nov 1828 at age 74 in Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Joseph Southworth was born in Durham, Connecticut, 7 April 1754. He was a son of Joseph Southworth and Mary Seward.

Joseph married 26 April 1786, Wait Miller (1762 - 1815), daughter of Rebecca (Alvord; 1718-1796) and Zebadiah Miller (1713-1785). There were several children of this family, these of whom are documented:

• Asa Southworth, 1793–1870; married Achsa Wood
• Nancy Southworth, b. 1795; married Noah Sheldon
• Persis Southworth, 30 March 1802 – 28 February 1871; married Henry Crowell

Joseph Southworth died 4 November 1828 at Southampton, Massachusetts. His grave is in West Cemetery, Southampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA ^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #51785604

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, page 211

• Mayflower Society Application Database: "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:QVQG-751 : accessed 29 May 2021), entry for Joseph Southworth, cites sources; "Mayflower Pilgrim Genealogies" file (2:2:2:MMXD-DP8), submitted 24 February 2020 by FamilySearch.