Josiah CLOSSON

Male 1655 - 1699  (44 years)


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  • Name Josiah CLOSSON  [1
    • He was a soldier in King Philip's War from Woburn, Mass. In 1681 he removed from Marshfield to Little Compton where he was a constable in 1685.

      His estate consisted of 37 acres in the Southeastern part of Little Compton and very close to the Mass. line. He received land east of the Cole Brook line from Mathew Howard, land from Peter Taylor and land from Josiah Cook in 1694. william Southworth sold him land at the 19th 10 acre lot.

      He had not will. [1]
    Birth 1655  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 Feb 1698/9  Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I72351  Main Tree
    Last Modified 4 May 2021 

    Family Mary WILLIAMSON,   b. 07 Jul 1654, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1720- 1726, Little Compton, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 10 Mar 1678/9  Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Daughter CLOSSON,   b. 1 Dec 1679, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +2. Timothy CLOSSON,   b. 5 Jan 1681, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1706, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Birth]
     3. Nehemiah CLOSSON,   b. 1 Feb 1683, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1759, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
     4. Mary CLOSSON,   b. 5 Jan 1687, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     5. Caleb CLOSSON,   b. 16 Apr 1688, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Hannah CLOSSON,   b. 31 Aug 1690, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +7. Nathan CLOSSON,   b. 3 Feb 1694, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1742 (Age 48 years)  [Birth]
     8. Josiah CLOSSON,   b. 16 Jan 1697, Little Compton, Newport County, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    Family ID F29275  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 May 2013 

  • Event Map
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5366] Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "Little Compton Families" Vol. I, Little Compton, Rhode Island.