Person:John Maudsley (1)

"The earlier spelling of the name was Maudsley. According to the MS. of Miss Emily Moseley, deceased, of Glastonbury, Conn., … 'the latest use of this form in this region is on the monumental table in the old graveyard in Glastonbury, Conn., erected in memory of Capt. Joseph Maudsley, in 1719. On a small slab near it is Modesley. The next to it is Moseley, and it has been so written since."^[3]

From: Louis M. Dewey, Chronological History of Westfield. See: http://www.hampdencountyhistory.com/westfield/wf250/p12.html

"1677: John Mosely, of Windsor, bought Joseph Whiting's property, now 138 Main street."

"1679: First Church was organized, August 27, by Rev. Edward Taylor, Lieut. John Mosely, Ensign Samael Loomis, Sergeant Josiah Dewey, John Root, Isaac Phelps, and John Ingersoll. The drum was beaten to call people to worship. (Dewey, Chronological History of Westfield)

From Find a Grave site: "John was born in Boston in 1638. He removed to Windsor, CT and is among the list of freemen there Oct. 7, 1669, having become one three years previously. He spelled his name Modesley. On the 10th Dec. 1664, he married Mary, the daughter of Benj. Newbury, and had 5 children born in Windsor (more detail is listed in the book). He moved to Westfield in 1677 and had 5 more children (see book for detailed listing). He probably removed back to Windsor before his death, as he died there Aug. 18, 1690. He was lieutenant in King Philip's war, and in 1678 was appointed "lieut. to the ffoote company" at Westfield, and in 1679 was one of a com'te of two appointed by the town to petition the General Court in their behalf. All of his sons were living in 1706, and had families residing in Westfield."

1. ↑ Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1638-1925
   Bk I p. 48.

   Capt John Mandsly dyed Aug 18th 1690

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Find A Grave.

   No tombstone shown: [[1]]
   Also from: "A Genealogical Sketch of One Branch of the Moseley Family", pg. 21

3. ↑ John Moseley, in Stiles, Henry R. History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut (1892): including East Windsor, South Windsor, Bloomfield, Windsor Locks and Ellington, 1635-1891. (Hartford, Connecticut: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1892)
   2:508.