Joshua LOBDELL

1671 - Bef 1743  (71 years)

• Name	Joshua LOBDELL  [1]
  	"Simon Lobdell and his Descendants": Joshua, an only son, b. at Springfield, Mass., 23 Dec 1671, m. for his first wife at Milford, Conn. 11 Aug. 1695 - Gov. Robert Treat performing the ceremony - Mary, dau. of John and Alice Burwell, early settlers of Milford. upon one of the stones of "Memorial Bridge" at Milford, is carved the name of the father of Mary. No record can be found of her death, but perhaps it occurred soon after the firth of her dau., Susannah, who was bapt. 5 March 1710, and on 9 April, 1710, Simon Lobdell, then an old man, was admitted to the First Church of Milford....... (The following item of Joshua is contributed by Mr. Henry Lobdell of Salem Center, who is now living on part of the original farm in the manor of Cortland, Westchester Co., NY, leased by his great grandfather - Ebenezer Lobdell before the Revolution - of Stephen De Lancey, and afterward purchased by him at sheriff's sale." "After the death of Mary, Joshua, with his children moved to the town of Ridgefield, Conn., 'in 1712, in which year on 3 March, he bought of James Brown of Norwalk, Conn., one twenty-ninth part of the town of Ridgefield. (the above James Brown was one of the original proprietors who purchased of the Indians, in1708, all that land, now called Ridgefield.) during the succeeding twenty or thirty years Joshua was continually adding to his estate by purchase from the proprietors or their grantors. The date of the death of Joshua cannot be determined from Ridgefield records but it must have occurred before 31 Oct. 1743, as on that date, Caleb agrees to assume the support of his mother, Eunice, widow of Joshua Lobdell (deceased), late of Ridgefield". From Burt's first century of Springfield, Mass.: "In 1743 a deed in Book S. Springfield records mentions - "Samuel Lobdell; Caleb and John Lobdell; Jabez Northrup and wife Sarah; Seaborn Burt and wife Susannah - all of Ridgefield, Conn. Samuel Plum and wife Mary, of Derby, Conn., and Joshua Lobdell of Cortlandt Manor, NY, to Ebenezer Lobdell of Ridgefield, Conn., all interest in estate of our father Joshua - and land that formerly belonged to Simon Lobdell, formerly of Springfield, Mass." About 1713 Joshua m. for his second wife, Eunice, dau. of Lieut. John Olmstead and his wife Mary Benedict of Norwalk, Conn. Eunice was b. about 1689, and was aunt of Rebecca St. John, who married Samuel, eldest child of Joshua and Mary (Burwell) Lobdell. [1]
  Birth	23 Dec 1671	Springfield, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 31 Oct 1743  [1]
  Person ID	I69497	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Simon LOBDELL,   b. England d. Bef 4 Oct 1717, Milford, Connecticut
  Mother	Persis PIERCE
  Family ID	F28012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary BURWELL   d. Aft Mar 1710
  Marriage	11 Aug 1695	Milford, Connecticut   [1]
  Children	1. Joshua LOBDELL, II,   b. 16 Mar 1703   d. Poss. 1767, North Salem, Westchester County, New York (Age 63 years) + 2. Ebenezer LOBDELL,   b. 24 Feb 1707, Milford, Connecticut d. 1801, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 93 years)
  Family ID	F28010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2012

  
  

  Family 2	Eunice OLMSTEAD,   b. Abt 1689
  Marriage	Abt 1713  [1]
  Family ID	F28011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2012

  
  

• Sources

  [S5002] Julia Harrison Lobdell, "Simon Lobdell - 1646 of Milford, Conn. and His Descendants", (Julia Harrison Lobdell).