Person:Abraham Josselyn (1)

Abraham Josselyn
d.Bef 7 Apr 1670
m. Bef 1615
  1. Abraham JosselynEst 1615 - Bef 1670
  2. Rebecca Josselyn1617 - 1675
  3. Mary Joslin1619 - Bef 1634
  4. Dorothy JoslinAbt 1624 - 1645
  5. Nathaniel Joslin1627 - 1694
  6. Elizabeth JoslinAbt 1629 -
  7. Mary Joslin1633/34 - 1711
m. 14 Nov 1642
  1. Abraham Josselyn1649 - 1674/75
  2. Henry Josselyn - 1730
Facts and Events
Name[1] Abraham Josselyn
Alt Name[3] Abraham Joslin
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4] Est 1615 possibly Essex, England
Marriage 14 Nov 1642 St. Mary, Whitechapel, London, Englandto Beatrice Hampson
Occupation? mariner
Death[2][3] Bef 7 Apr 1670 at sea
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

    Children... i. Abraham Joslin, b. say 1615; m. London 19 Nov 1642 (lic) Beatrice Hampson [TAG 53:100]. She m. (2) Lancaster 16 Nov 1671 Benjamin Bosworth [LanVR 14], son of Edward Bosworth [GM 2:1:356]

  2. "Some Early New York Settlers from New England", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol Vol. 55, p. 301, 1901.

    "In regard to Abraham Joslin, the following is found in the Middlesex County, Mass. Court Files: 1690. 'Whereas Abraham Joslyn dyed not long since at sea of from ye Coast of Virginia in ye Ship ye Good Fame of New York, but before his decease made a will the w'ch hath beene appou'd by ye oath of Two persons who are witnesses therevnto wherein he disposethof his estate in Nashawage & elsewhere in his Maj'ties Collony of the Massachusetts, vnto his wife & children ... New York, 17 April, 1670"

    Abstract of his will on file in the Surrogate's office in the city of New York: Abraham Jossling, Nashua, dated 16 Mar 1699, "Being very sick" leaves to wife, to "eldest son Abraham", son Henry, "my children". Proved 7 Apr 1670.

  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Genealogical Research In England, in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    vol. 71, page 253, July 1917.

    Abraham Joslin, mariner, b. abt. 1619, d. at sea (off Virginia coast in Good Fame) between 16 Mar 1669/20 (date of will) and 7 Apr 1670 (will proved at Fort James, NY), m. Beatrice Hampson. [Cites NEHGR, p. 47:419, which gives the will of Philip Hampson of London, dated 2 Jun 1654, proved 4 Jul 1654, which mentions "Beatrice Josselyne the wife of Abraham Josselyn", "the said Abraham Josselin", and "Abraham Josselin and Philip Josselyn my grand children".]

  4. Joslyn, Roger D. "Rebecca, Wife of Thomas Josselyn of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 158, page 333.

    Eldest child Abraham, b. abt. 1615-16 ("aged about 26 years" at marriage in 1642) possibly in Essex (diary of Thomas Josselyn, great grandson).