Joseph RANSOM

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  • Name Joseph RANSOM  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 10 Jan 1683/4  Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Notes 
    • Excerpt from "New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Vol. IV": Joseph was a husbandman, residing in Lyme, Connecticut. He was a captain of Connecticut troops in the expedition against Quebec under General Wolfe, and fell on the Plains of Abraham. Two of his sons also served in the colonial army in his company. He sold the lands granted to his father in Saybrook, April 15, 1715.
    Person ID I45881  Main Tree
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2018 

    Father Matthew RANSOM,   b. Abt 1661, Sandwich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1690, Saybrook, Middlesex Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 28 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Hannah JONES,   b. 1660 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 07 Mar 1682/3  Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6
    Family ID F04400  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane ? 
    Marriage Abt 1708  [5
    Children 
     1. Mary RANSOM,   b. 13 May 1709  [Birth]
     2. Matthew J. RANSOM,   b. 22 Aug 1711, Lyme, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Oct 1760 (Age 49 years)  [Birth]
     3. Jane RANSOM,   b. 24 Jun 1714  [Birth]
     4. Catherine RANSOM,   b. 08 Mar 1716  [Birth]
     5. Joseph RANSOM,   b. 11 Jul 1719  [Birth]
     6. Phebe RANSOM,   b. 24 Dec 1721  [Birth]
     7. Stephen RANSOM,   b. 08 May 1724  [Birth]
    Family ID F04401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Oct 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S03552] Vital Records Part 1 of Saybrook 1647-1834 Hartford.

    2. [S02728] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1850, Vol. 4 No. 2 April.

    3. [S02875] Old Saybrook Historical Society.

    4. [S03425] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Saybrook.

    5. [S02716] New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Third Series, Vol. IV.

    6. [S00066] "Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America" by Wyllys C. Ransom dated 1903.