Person:Josiah Godfrey (1)

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Josiah Godfrey
b.1728 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
d.27 Sep 1790 Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Thankful Godfrey
  2. Josiah Godfrey1728 - 1790
  3. Susannah GodfreyAbt 1730 -
  4. Prince GodfreyAbt 1740 -
  5. Alexander GodfreyAbt 1742 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 7 Jul 1748
  1. Alexander Godfrey - 1803
  2. Elizabeth Godfrey
  3. Moses Godfrey
  4. Ruth Godfrey
  5. Sarah Godfrey
  6. Josiah GodfreyAbt 1749 - 1778
  7. Martha GodfreyAbt 1751 -
  8. Susannah GodfreyAbt 1753 - 1795
  9. Mary Godfrey1769 - 1816
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Facts and Events
Name Josiah Godfrey
Gender Male
Birth? 1728 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Marriage 7 Jul 1748 Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusettsto Eunice Godfrey
Death? 27 Sep 1790 Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada

grantee at Yarmouth, NS, married his cousin Eunice Godfrey. Served in French and Indian Wars, 1759, age 31; grant of 1275 acres at Yarmouth, NS, recorded 1767; bough John Clemon's grant in Barrington for 40 pounds in 1769, sold it to Heman Kenney in 1770. 1770 Barrington census lists 1 man, 3 boys, 1 woman and 5 girls. Family lived at Chebogue Town Point, then settled in Liverpool; widow Eunice godfrey lived with simeon Perkins "to school his children". NGS "Nova Scotia Settlers from Chatham, MA, vol 62, p99.

References
  1.   Nova Scotia Settlers from Chatham, MA 1759-1760. p103. (NGS Quarterly, vol 62.)
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