Person:Joseph Williston (1)

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Joseph Williston
b.Cal 1667 England
  • HJoseph WillistonCal 1667 - 1747
  • WMary Parsons1661 - 1711
m. 2 Mar 1698/99
  1. Joseph Williston1700 - 1747
  2. Margaret Williston1703 - 1716
  3. Nathaniel Williston1706/07 - 1748
  • HJoseph WillistonCal 1667 - 1747
  • WSarah Strong1681 - 1732
m. 23 Nov 1714
  1. John Williston1715 - 1750
Facts and Events
Name[1][4] Joseph Williston
Gender Male
Birth[1][3][4] Cal 1667 England
Marriage 2 Mar 1698/99 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Parsons
Marriage 23 Nov 1714 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Strong
Death[2][3][4] 10 Nov 1747 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Encyclopedia of Massachusetts, biographical - genealogical. (New York, New York: American Historical Society, 1916?)
    Vol. 6, p. 268.

    Joseph Williston, b. abt. 1670, "probably" England, lived during childhood with John Williams of Windsor, CT, "doubtless related to him", moved to Springfield, m. (1) 2 Mar 1699 Mary (Parsons) Ashley, m. (2) 2 Nov 1711 [sic, 23 Nov 1714 per records] Sarah Stebbins, widow of Thomas.

  2. Stott, Clifford L. Vital Records of Springfield, Massachusetts to 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002)
    506.

    Joseph Willistone of Springfield Dyed November 10th anno: Dom: 1747
    [Note: on p. 505, his son Joseph Willistone Jun'r (who per church record p. 3:1834 was aged 47) d. 21 Aug 1747.]

  3. 3.0 3.1 Burt, Henry Martyn. The First Century of the History of Springfield: The official records from 1636 to 1736, with an historical review and biographical mention of the founders. (Springfield, MA: H.M. Burt, 1899)
    2:655.

    Joseph Williston, d. 10 Nov 1747, aged 80 [born about 1667], m. (1) 11 Feb 1698 Mary (Parsons) Asley, m. (2) 23 Nov 1714 Sarah Stebbins.

  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Joseph Williston, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:578.

    "Joseph (Williston), Springfield, brot. up by John Williams of Windsor, was in 1691, of Westfield, but then unm. and at S. m. 2 Mar. 1699, Mary, d. of the first Joseph Parsons, wid. of Joseph Ashley, had Joseph, b. 28 Dec. 1700; Margaret, 30 Mar. 1703, d. at 13 yrs.; and Nathaniel, 28 Jan. 1707. His w. d. 23 Aug. 1711, and he m. 1714, Sarah, wid. of Thomas Stebbins, had John, 6 Nov. 1715; and d. 10 Nov. 1747, aged 80."