Joshua RANSOM

Male Abt 1665 - Aft 1713  (> 48 years)


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  • Name Joshua RANSOM  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Abt 1665  Sandwich, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death Aft 3 Dec 1713  Plympton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • The record of Joshua's life and career is obscure and involved in much uncertainty. It is obvious from a close review of the Plymouth records that he was a man active in affairs, having numerous land deals, indicating that he was a general trade and property man. After his second marriage his relations to his children seem to have been mainly restricted to John, the son, by his wife, Susanna, and gave him the home at Plympton previous to his death. It seems quite likely that Robert and Mary, the children by Mary Gifford, remained in Rhode Island after their mother's death in their uncle's (Yelverton0Gifford) family, where they were reared.[gifford.ged]

      Ancestral File Number: 3GN5-KQ
    Person ID I45885  Main Tree
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2018 

    Father Robert RANSOM,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Dec 1697, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susanna ?   d. Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Abt 1660 
    Family ID F04346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mercy GIFFORD,   b. 09 Oct 1669, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Oct 1689, North Kingston, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1686  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Marriage 26 Feb 1686  Sandwich, Barnstable, Mass. Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Robert RANSOM,   b. 15 Sep 1687, Wexford, Washington County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1777, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Birth]
     2. Mary RANSOM,   b. Abt 1686, North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1762, Colchester, New London, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F04193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 May 2021 

    Family 2 Susannah SHELLEY,   b. Between 1662-1664   d. 6 Feb 1735, Halifax, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1692  Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. John RANSOM   d. Sep 1729, Plumpton, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Joshua RANSOM,   b. Abt 1697, Plympton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between Dec 1722 and 01 May 1724 (Age 25 years)  [Birth]
     3. Sarah RANSOM,   b. 1696, Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1732 (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F04341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2018 

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

    2. [S02582] Local and Familiy Histories: CT, 1600s-1800s: New England Families, Vol. I.

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

    4. [S8841] American Ancestor.org, Early New England Families, 1641 - 1700, Vol. 1.

    5. [S03548] Vital Records of the Town of Plymouth by Col. Leonard H. Smith Jr.