Person:Joshua Winchester (1)

Name	Joshua Winchester
Gender	Male
Christening^[1]	14 May 1727	Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	6 Dec 1750	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary Whipple
Death^[1]^[2]	30 Aug 1757	Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cunningham, Henry Winchester. "John Winchester of New England and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
Vol. 78, p. 14, 21.

Joshua Winchester [#18], s/o Benjamin Winchester [#6] and 2nd wife Elizabeth (Champney) Chamberlain, "baptized, probably at Brookline, 14 May 1727", d. Grafton 30 Aug 1757, m. Grafton 7 Dec 1750 Mary Whipple.
[Note: the phrasing of the baptism suggests it is not based on a record, but copied from another source, probably Source:Hotchkiss, Fanny Winchester. Winchester Notes. No death record for Joshua has been located, though clearly this date is consistent with the probate file.]
↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
Case 66523: Winchester Joshua Grafton 1757.

24 Sep 1757: Mary Whiple [sic] declines administration on husband Joshua Winchester late of Grafton Dec'd, requires her father James Whiple be appointed. Bond of James Whiple of Grafton same date.
Notation on list of debts: 3 [children] oldes[t] not Seven & ye youngest not three.
10 Oct 1757: Inventory of Joshua Winchester of Grafton: not totaled, by Joseph Meriam, Noah Brooks, Nathan Stedman.
7 Jul 1759: Bond of James Whiple Jun'r of Grafton as adm'r of Joshua Winchester Late of grafton left unadministered by James Whiple.