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| Birthplace: | Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States |
| Death: | Died in Hancock, Addison, Vermont, United States |
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95. JOSHUA CONVERSE, 7 (Capt. Josiah, 6 (38), Lieut. Josiah, 5 Capt. Josiah, 4 Maj. James, 3 Lieut. James, 2 Deacon Edward, 1), born in Stafford, Conn., about 1760-1762; remvoed to Hancock, Vt., and died there at fifty years of age. It is said by his descendants that he was a solider in the American army in the Revolutionary War, at the age of sixteen. He married Mary Trask, the daughter of Josiah and Anna (Putnam) Trask. Anna Putnam ws the daughter of Isaac and Anna (Fuller) Putnam of Sutton. She was born, in Salem Village, 27 July 1726; married, probably, Josiah Trask of Sutton, 31 Oct. 1745. (See a History of the Putname Family in England and America, by Eben Putnam, p84). Isaac Putname moved from Topsfield to Sutton about 1727. His name vanishes from Sutton records before 1741. He was son of Edward, grandson of Thomas, and geat grandson of John Putnam, the emigrant, who in turn possessed a long line of honorable ancestors. Isaac Putnam was own cousin of Gen. Israel Putnam, and uncle of Gen. Rufus Putnam, the "Father of the Northwest." (The Vermont Antiquarian, September, 1902.)
The following names of the seven chidlren of Joshua and Mary (Trask) Converse may not be in the order of their births, for which the dates are not all known:
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1760
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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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| 1785 |
January 20, 1785
Age 25
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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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July 21, 1785
Age 25
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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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| 1787 |
June 22, 1787
Age 27
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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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| 1789 |
July 8, 1789
Age 29
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Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
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| 1796 |
September 28, 1796
Age 36
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| 1803 |
April 1, 1803
Age 43
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Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States
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1803
Age 43
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1810
Age 50
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Hancock, Addison, Vermont, United States
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