Person:Joseph Bodurtha (1)

Joseph Bodurtha's first and third wives, Mary Dumbleton and Hannah Marshfield, were first cousins. His second wife, Lydia Leonard, was the widow of his first wife's brother, John Dumbleton.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Book 1, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1638-1728, in Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
   1:12.

   "Joseph Bedorda the Sone of Reese Bedorda borne 1st mon: 15 day 1648/1649 & baptised"

2. ↑ Bodurtha, H. Maria (Hannah Maria). A Record of the Bodurtha Family, 1645-1896. (Agawam, Mass.: Privately Printed, 1896)
   16.

   "The exact date of Joseph Bodurtha's death is not known. In 1707 when the land on the West side of the Connecticut river, the Commons as it was called, was divided into ten acre lots and assigned to the 73 males over 21 years of age, Joseph Bodurtha, Sen. received his portion; but in 1723 when a second division was made the heirs of Joseph are mentioned."