Ozen Josselyn

(29 March 1798 - 3 October 1855)
Pedigree - three generations
Date this page was last edited=5 Feb 2016
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Descendants of Thomas Josselyn (1591 - 1661)
Silhouette image from negative ordered by Martha (Josselyn) DeVoe from a professional photographer, now in possession of Howard DeVoe
Ozen Josselyn was born on 29 March 1798.1,2,3,4 According to the Pembroke vital records, he was born on 4 February 1798 at Pembroke, Massachusetts.5 He was the son of Charles Josselyn and Lucy Dwelley.

Ozen Josselyn married Lucy Eells Barstow, daughter of Elijah Barstow and Lucy Eells, on 26 November 1823 at Hanover, Massachusetts.1,6 He lived for a time at the Four Corners, Hanover, Massachusetts, and kept the tavern there; and in 1853 was an Inspector at the Custom House in Boston.7

Ozen Josselyn died on 3 October 1855 in Hamden (?), Kansas, at age 57.8,6,9,1 He was buried in Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.9

Citations

  1. [S87] Josselyn family records: Births.
  2. [S91] Josselyn family silhouettes.
  3. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 343.
  4. [S408] Pembroke Vital Records, 125, citing private record from the Bible of Oren Josselyn.
  5. [S408] Pembroke Vital Records, 125.
  6. [S82] Kroeger, Josselyn Family History, 76.
  7. [S2] Barry, A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass., 347.
  8. [S388] Note written in pencil by Alonzo Josselyn in his copy of "A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Mass." by John S. Barry, now (2004) in the possession of Howard DeVoe; 343 "Died in Kansas 1855."
  9. [S944] L. Vernon Briggs, History and Records of the First Congregational Church History and Records of the First Congregational Church, 259.

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