"28. Joseph4 Weller (John3, John2, Richard1), born at New Milford Feb. 10, 1710/11, died at Litchfield, Conn., between Jan. 27, 1769 (date of will) and Mar. 7, 1769 (probate of will); married first, in Unity [Trumbull, then in Stratford], Dec. 8, 1741, Martha Peet, born Stratford Mar. 4, 1717/18, died New Milford Sept. 15, 1752, daughter of James and Sarah (Osborn) Peet; married second, in Woodbury Dec. 18, 1754, Mary (_____) Booth, widow of Dea. David Booth (who had died Apr. 12, 1753). At the time of his death, Joseph was a jailer in Litchfield. In the inventory of his estate he was called 'Lieut.' He had been commissioned Cornet 1751, and Lieut. 1753, of a Troop of Horse. His will mentions four Booth children, his three children by his first wife, and two youngest daughters Martha Weller and Lydia Weller. There may have been a son Joseph born several months after his father's death."
