Joslyn, Joel (1776-1831)

Name:

Joslyn, Joel (1776-1831)

Title:

Surveyor of Highways, Lebanon, NH
Surveyor of Highways, Hanover, NH
Member, Washington Benevolent Society, Lebanon, NH
Member, F. A. M.
Colonel, Vermont Militia, War of 1812

Born:

03/20/1776

Birthplace:

Henniker, NH

Died:

05/31/1831

Death Location:

Pembroke, NY

Residence:

Henniker, NH 1776-1799
Lebanon, NH 1800, 1810, 1811, 1813
Hanover, NH 1815, 1816
Pembroke, NY 1817, 1820, 1830, 1831

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Cabinetmaker
Joiner
Carpenter

Father:

Joslyn, James

Mother:

Wetherbee, Sarah

Relations:

William Wallace of Henniker, NH, appointed his guardian, upon his father's death. Wallace was a spinning wheel maker, teacher, and surveyor.

Spouse:

Married Elizabeth Patterson, December 25,1799, Henniker, NH

Children:

Nancy, born October 10, 1800, Lebanon, NH
James, born September 6, 1805, Lebanon, NH; died 1877, Machias, NY
Laura, born June 24, 1807, Lebanon, NH
Almira, born December 10, 1811, Hanover, NH; died May 5, 1893, Machias, NY

Notes:

Leander W. Cogswell, History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, From the Date of the Canada Grant by the Province of Massachusetts in 1735 to 1880: With a Genealogical Register of the Families of Henniker. (Concord, New Hampshire: Republican Press Association, 1880), 626, 634.

William Richard Cutter, Editor. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York... Volume II. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), 951.

Donna-Belle Garvin, "Two High Chests of the Dunlap School," Historical New Hampshire, 35(Summer 1980)2, 178-185.

Philip Zea and Donald Dunlap, The Dunlap Cabinemakers: A Tradition of Craftsmanship. (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1994), 198.

Advertisement, Dartmouth Gazette, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 6, 1804.

Advertisement, Dartmouth Gazette, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 7, 1813.

List of Letters, The American, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 10, 1816.

Vital Records, New Hampshire State Archives

Broadway Road Cemetery, Darien, Genesee County, New York