'Children with first wife, surname DARLING: ... JOSEPH, born Mendon, MA 21 April 1716 (MVR, 65); living November 1770; married Smithfield, RI 6 January 1735 ... (Arnold 3:30) MARY FISH, born 25 May 1712 (Darling notes J1-10).'
'Following is a record of the children of Benjamin Darling and his two wives, as found in the Mendon Vital Records: ... Joseph Darling, born April 14, 1716; married in Smithfield, R. I., January 6, 1733, Mary Fish. ...'
Vol. 82, p. 107 22 Apr 1779: Joseph Darling of Mendon Yeoman [and Mary Darling wife of the above named Grantor] for £1560 conveys to Seth Taft Jun'r of Mendon Yeoman one equal half of all my lands and buildings being in Mendon in three pieces. Vol. 98, p. 350 22 Apr 1779: Joseph Darling of Mendon Yeoman [and Mary Darling Wife of the above named Grantor] for £1560 conveys to Benoni Benson of Mendon Gentleman and John Benson of Mendon Gentleman one equal half of all my lands and buildings being in Mendon in three pieces.