Charles Josselyn

(9 January 1767 - 2 November 1846)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=25 Jan 2014
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Ancestors of Martha Josselyn (1909 - 2007)
Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661) (#1)
Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661) (#2)
Silhouette image from negative ordered by Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe from a professional photographer, now in possession of Howard DeVoe
Charles Josselyn was born on 9 January 1767 in Pembroke, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4 He was the son of Charles Josselyn and Rebecca Keen.

Charles Josselyn was christened on 25 January 1767 in First Church, Pembroke, Massachusetts.5

Charles Josselyn married first Lucy Dwelley, daughter of Jedediah Dwelley and Lydia Soule, on 14 November 1790 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.6,7,8

Barry's history of Hanover, Massachusetts states he lived in H'n, [Hanson] and was for some years engaged in the Iron Business, at Sylvester's Forge, and on King st., and also in the Factory, in H'n.6

In about 1816, Charles Josselyn and others erected a forge in Hanover which in 1853 was owned by Bates and Holmes.9

Charles Josselyn married secondly Joanna Chamberlain, daughter of Freedom Chamberlain and Priscilla Josselyn, on 6 January 1831 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.10,11

Charles Josselyn appeared on the census of 1840 at Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in which there was listed 1 male 70 and under 80 (Charles), and 1 female 50 and under 60 (presumably his second wife Joanna.)12

Charles Josselyn died on 2 November 1846 in Hanson, Massachusetts, at age 79.1,6,13,14,15 Another source gives his place of death as Pembroke, Massachusetts.16 He was buried in Pembroke Centre Cemetery, Pembroke, Massachusetts.14

Children of Charles Josselyn and Lucy Dwelley

Citations

  1. [S87] Josselyn family records: Births.
  2. [S91] Josselyn family silhouettes.
  3. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 340.
  4. [S408] Pembroke Vital Records, 118, citing church record, First Unitarian Church.
  5. [S82] Kroeger, Josselyn Family History, 58, citing the records of First Church of Pembroke.
  6. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 343.
  7. [S408] Pembroke Vital Records, 118, citing private record from the Bible of Oren Josselyn.
  8. [S429] Throop, George Soule of the Mayflower, 106, citing Pembroke Vital Records p 269 and Scituate Vital Records p 79.
  9. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 144.
  10. [S82] Kroeger, Josselyn Family History, 58, 60, citing the Hanson Vital Records.
  11. [S426] Vital Records of Hanson, 71.
  12. [S83] Charles Josselyn household, 1840 U.S. census, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Hanover.
  13. [S82] Kroeger, Josselyn Family History, 58.
  14. [S408] Pembroke Vital Records, 419, citing gravestone in Pembroke Centre Cemetery.
  15. [S426] Vital Records of Hanson, 99, citing private record from the Oren Josselyn Bible.
  16. [S773] "Statement of Line of Eligibility for Membership in the Society of Mayflower Descendants."

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