Person:Joseph Ketchum (9)

Joseph Ketchum
b.Est 1650
m. Est 1638
  1. Sarah KetchumEst 1639 -
  2. Edward KetchumAbt 1643 - 1722
  3. Rebecca KetchumEst 1647 -
  4. Joseph KetchumEst 1650 - Abt 1730
m. 3 Apr 1679
  1. Capt. Nathaniel Ketchum1679/80 - 1738
  2. Sarah Ketchum1679/80 -
  3. Elizabeth KetchumEst 1685 -
  4. Hannah KetchumEst 1690 -
  5. Samuel KetchamEst 1692 - 1771
  6. Capt. Joseph KetchumEst 1694 - Abt 1772
  7. John KetchumEst 1696 - 1743
  8. Deborah KetchumEst 1698 -
m.
Facts and Events
Name Joseph Ketchum
Gender Male
Birth[2][1] Est 1650
Marriage 3 Apr 1679 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United Statesto Mercy Lindall
Marriage to Sarah _____
Death[1][3] Abt Jun 1730 Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

"JOSEPH is listed as a resident of Norwalk, CT 1672 and was in town service 1701. According to Norwalk land deeds & his Will, he owned many large parcels of land in and around Norwalk. He and his family were members of the Congregational Church formed out of the Puritan faith.
Eight issue all born Norwalk, Fairfield Co., CT." - This quote is likely from the first source (Ketchum-McCorkell Pioneers).

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Addleman, Robert Paul. Ketchum--McCorkell pioneers: midwestern families of Lillias Jacinth Burton (Bobo, Thompson, Walker, & other related families. (Los Angeles, California: R. P. Addleman, c1993 (Appollo, Pa. : Closson Press))
    p. 29.
  2. Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut: Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith. (Washington, D. C.: The Author (typescript), 1939-1958)
    4:1730.
  3. Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
    1:359.

    'Ketchum, Joseph, s. of Edward.
    Married at Norwalk, 3 Apr. 1679, Mercy Lindall, dau. of Henry of New Haven.
    Will 4 May 1730, proved 3 July 1730; wife Sarah; eldest son Nathaniel and son Joseph, Exec'rs; sons John, Samuel; daus. Elizabeth wife of Moses Fountain, Deborah wife of Samuel Clugston, and Hannah wife of Daniel Olmsted of Ridgefield.'

  4.   Seversmith, Herbert Furman. Colonial Families of Long Island, New York and Connecticut: Being the Ancestry & Kindred of Herbert Furman Seversmith. (Washington, D. C.: The Author (typescript), 1939-1958)
    4:1730.

    'He, and many of his descendants, spelled the surname Ketchum.'

  5.   Nathaniel Richards, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    3:1573.

    The will of Nathaniel Richards mentions wife "Rosimon" and 4 sons-in-law (husbands of his step-daughters) - "Joseph Ketcham", "John Hait", "John Fitch" and "Ralph Keeler".