Joseph PRESBREY

1727 - 1802  (75 years)

• Name	Joseph PRESBREY  [1]
  	"William Presbrey and His Descendants": Joseph Presbrey was a carpenter or house joiner, as he was then called. he not only worked industriously at this trade but was interested in real estate. Between 1748 and 1786 his name appears a number of ties in the records of deeds both as grantee and grantor. Such interest in real estate has been a marked characteristic of many of the Presbreys in all the subsequent generations. Many of the descendants of William Presbrey have been sailors; but the descendants of his brother, Joseph, have generally been carpenters farmers, mechanics and engaged in various kids of business. None of the descendants of Joseph have taken to life on the water. A brother of the first William, named Joseph, lived in Taunton, 1714 to 1771, and was a party to a number of transfers of real estate. While this uncle lived Joseph Presbrey had the suffix, Jr., written after his name to distinguish him from his uncle, after whom evidently he was named. After the death of his uncle in 1771, the Jr. does not appear after his name. Feb. 7, 1765, Joseph Presbrey, senior, conveyed to Joseph Presbrey, Jr., property in Taunton, consideration, friendship and good will. This seems to indicate that the elder Joseph having no descendants to whom to leave his property, gave some of it to his nephew and namesake. His wife had died previous to the date of this deed, and his daughter, an only child, had died a number of years before. He was then an old man, nearly eighty years of age. The Presbreys now living in Taunton and vicinity are all descendants of William. The descendants of Joseph have scattered widely over the country. [1]
  Birth	1727	Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1802	Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I70772	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	William PRESBREY,   b. 1690, London, England d. Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah SMITH,   b. 29 Mar 1687, Weymouth, Massachusetts d. 20 Sep 1763, Taunton, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Abt 1725  [1]
  Family ID	F28614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BAKER,   b. 1 Jun 1727
  Marriage	21 Nov 1745
  Children	+ 1. Elisha PRESBREY,   b. 1756, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA d. 1825, Lisbon, New Hampshire (Age 69 years)  [Birth]   2. Martha PRESBREY,   b. 1752, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  [Birth]
  Family ID	F28613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S5273] Rev. Joseph Waite Presby, Ph.D., "William Presbrey of London, England and Taunton, Mass. and His Descendants" 1690-1918.