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 1655 - 1676 (21 years)
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| Name |
Josiah CLOSSON [1] |
| Born |
1655 |
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island  [2] |
- VR Entries for both Little Compton and Tiverton.
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Aug 1676 |
Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts [3] |
| Person ID |
I958 |
Sturgis |
| Last Modified |
21 Jul 2005 |
| Family |
Mary WILLIAMSON, b. 07 Jul 1654, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts , d. Aft 1721, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island (Age > 68 years) |
| Married |
10 Mar 1678/79 |
Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island [1, 3] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary CLOSSON, b. 05 Jan 1687, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island , d. 1713, Rhode Island (Age 25 years) |
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| Last Modified |
14 Oct 2018 |
| Family ID |
F103 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Was a Soldier in King Philip's War, credited to the town of Woburn, MA on 24 June 1676 under Captain Joseph Syll. He was also a garrison of Chelmsford. He was given an assignment of wages on 24 August 1676 to Woburn Town. He return to Woburn and was a taxpayer there after the War.
After the war he moved to Marshfield, MA where he married Mary and where two of his eight children were born. Benjamin Church, the leader of the Colony Forces in the King Philip's War founded Little Compton, RI; then an outpost of Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts. Josiah followed his leader there about 1681-2 where many of the family lived till after the Revolution.
Josiah Closson died interstate in 1698/9. The probate of Bristol County appointed his widow, Mary Closson, Administratrix to administer the Estate in behalf of the minor children. Her Invntory, Bond and Account were filed with the Probate Court at Bristol, Massachusetts.
SOURCE: "Little Compton Families" by Benjamin Franklin Wilbour; published by Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton, RI 1967.
More About JOSIAH CLOSSON:
Fact 1: November 23, 1694, Bought land in Little Compton
Fact 2: December 23, 1694, Bought land in Little Compton
Fact 3: December 21, 1698, Bought land in Little Compton
Fact 4: 1685, Constable of Little Compton
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- [S26] Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Doherty, Frank J, (F. J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1993).
- [S49] Rhode Island Vital Records, Compiler: Arnold, James N.
- [S78] Josiah Bull, Jr., Young, Mary L., (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1992).
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