Josiah Nelson[1]

Male 1732 - 1807


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  • Born  16 Aug 1732  Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender  Male 
    Died  23 Jan 1807  Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID  I2302  My Genealogy
    Last Modified  11 Jun 2012 

    Father  Nathaniel Nelson,   b. 22 Apr 1701, Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Jan 1783, Hopedale, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Unknown 
    Mother  Deborah Chapin,   b. 14 Jul 1704, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1777, Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship  Unknown 
    Married  15 Apr 1725  Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID  F836  Group Sheet

    Family  Elisabeth Thayer,   b. 25 Jun 1735, Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1806, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  25 Apr 1754  Essex, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Children 
     1. Henry Nelson,   b. 20 Jun 1754, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1805, Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Stephen Nelson,   b. 12 Dec 1755, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Oct 1793, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Ruth Nelson,   b. 11 Oct 1757, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Nathaniel Nelson,   b. 23 Mar 1759, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 May 1773, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Josiah Nelson,   b. 23 Aug 1761, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Oct 1802, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Paul Nelson,   b. 03 Sep 1763, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Apr 1827, Pawtucket, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Deborah Nelson,   b. 14 Apr 1765, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Levi Nelson,   b. 25 Nov 1766, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1770, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Elizabeth Nelson,   b. 10 Oct 1768, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Esther Nelson,   b. 16 Sep 1770, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Arba Nelson,   b. 14 Apr 1772, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. Hopestill Nelson,   b. 10 Oct 1774, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     13. Ezra Nelson,   b. 08 May 1777, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Oct 1835, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     14. Abigail Nelson,   b. 12 Feb 1780, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 May 1804, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F976  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S53] Lewis Doughty FTW File, Doughty.FTW.
      Date of Import: Mar 15, 2000

    2. [S708] History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Ballou, Adin, (Name: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery & Co.; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 1882;), volume 2, p. 917.
      "Nelson, Josiah (Nathaniel, Gershom, Thomas, Thomas), b. Aug. 16, 1732; m. Elizabeth Thayer of Bell., April 25, 1754; cer by Rev. A. Frost. She was a dr. of Ebenezer and Mary Wheelock Thayer, b. July 5, 1735, N.S. They res., I infer, mostly away from the paternal homestead, though always in the municipal vicinity, for some yrs. in the immediate neighborhood of the "Salt Box," so called, and in their latter days on the Capt. Ezra Nelson place, so designated for the last helf-century. He was an energetic, thrifty, influential citizen. They had a numerous family; viz...."

    3. [S708] History of the Town of Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Ballou, Adin, (Name: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery & Co.; Location: Boston, Massachusetts; Date: 1882;), volume 2, p. 917.