A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
Death16 Jan 1762, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA1 Age: 80
BurialFirst Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts732
FatherCol Joseph Edson I (1649-1711)
MotherExperience Holbrook (1661-1685)
Spouses
BurialFirst Cemetery, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Massachusetts733
FatherZaccheus Packard (1651-1723)
MotherSarah Howard (1658-1737)
Marriage27 Jul 1704, Bridgewater, Plymouth Co, Province of Massachusetts Bay, BCA
Notes for Capt Josiah Edson
Joseph Edson's son, Josiah Edson, was born at Bridgewater in 1682.Josiah was, for a long time, the captain of a military company, a Justice of the Peace, and a Deacon in the Church.He was a Selectman from 1704 to 1734 and a representative in the General Court for the years 1735, 1736, 1739, 1743, and 1745.He possessed a very large and valuable real estate and had a mind liberally endowed by nature.From early manhood until almost the close of his life in 1762, he held some office of trust and importance.However his chief occupation was farming and he took delight in improving the largest and best-kept farm in Bridgewater.He and his wife, Sarah Packard, had 7 children.459
Son of Joseph Edson and Experience Holbrooke. Josiah settled in South Bridgewater, and had most of the estate of his uncle Josiah; was a Deacon, and often Representative of the town.
Josiah married of Sarah Packard. They married on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Sarah born 26 February 1704/05
Abiah born 6 April 1706
she died in 1749
Josiah born 24 January 1708/09
Huldah born May 3, 1713
she died in 1800
Abiezer born June 10, 1715
Freelove boen October 11,
she died in 1811
Elijah born October 28, 1720
he died in 1761
Josiah became a widow when Sarah died in 1754.
Josiah married Abigail Dean on April 3, 1755 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, pages 154 and 264 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).
Son of Joseph Edson and Experience Holbrooke. Josiah settled in South Bridgewater, and had most of the estate of his uncle Josiah; was a Deacon, and often Representative of the town.
Josiah married of Sarah Packard. They married on 27 July 1704 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Sarah born 26 February 1704/05
Abiah born 6 April 1706
she died in 1749
Josiah born 24 January 1708/09
Huldah born May 3, 1713
she died in 1800
Abiezer born June 10, 1715
Freelove boen October 11,
she died in 1811
Elijah born October 28, 1720
he died in 1761
Josiah became a widow when Sarah died in 1754.
Josiah married Abigail Dean on April 3, 1755 in Bridgewater, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Sources: History of Bridgewater by Nahum Mitchell, pages 154 and 264 (pub. 1840, 1897, 1970, 1975) and Epitaphs in Old Bridgewater Massachusetts by Williams Latham (pub. 1882).