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Jonathan Maxson, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Near, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death: November 20, 1732 (47-56)
Near, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Place of Burial: First Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of Reverend John Maxson, I; Rev John Maxson; Mary Maxson and Mary Maxson
Husband of Content Maxson and Content Peckham
Father of Jonathan Maxson, Jr; Jonathan Maxson, II; Content Hiscox; Joseph Maxon; John Maxon (Maxson), Sr and 4 others
Brother of Tracy Maxson; Reverend John M. Maxson, II; Dorothy Clarke; Rev. Joseph Maxson; Clark Maxson and 4 others

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About Jonathan Maxson Sr.

Jonathan Maxson

  • Birth:  1680 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
  • Death:  Nov. 20, 1732 Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT

  • Jonathan Maxson, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1732
  • Executors were his wife and son John.
  • He left the use of 1/3 of his "movable estate" to his wife after debts and funeral expenses were paid.
  • He divided a tract of land near the Pawcatuck between his sons, Jonathan, Caleb and Joseph.
  • He divided the lands which he purchased from the government, in Hopkinton, between Joseph and Samuel equally.
  • He willed to his daughter, Content Babcock, two cows, a bed and a chest, provided she "outlive her now husband" but not, the same was to be given to her daughter Anne Babcock.
  • He willed that the rest of his estate after the death of his wife, or after her marriage, be divided equally among his two youngest sons and his three daughters.
  • He willed 100 pound in money to his son Jonathan and 10 pound to each of his daughters, Naomi and Mary.   

Family links: 

  •  Parents:
    •    John Maxson (1638 - 1720)
    •    Mary Mosher Maxson (1640 - 1718) 
  •  Spouse:  Content Rogers Maxson (1688 - 1768)* 
  • Children:
    •    Content Maxson Babcock (1709 - ____)* 
  •  Siblings:
    •    Dorothy Maxson Clarke (____ - 1713)*
    •    John Maxson (1666 - 1747)*
    •    Joseph Maxson (1672 - 1750)*
    •    Jonathan Maxson (1680 - 1732)
    •    Hannah Maxson Burdick (1682 - 1752)*
  • Note: Husband of Content Rogers, Son of John Maxson and Mary Mosher 
  • Burial: First Hopkinton Cemetery Hopkinton,Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
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M Jonathan MAXSON

  • (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; mjohnson80@adelphia.net; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis * (1663-1745) Wales-->PA-->RI-->NJ-->WV-->NY-->WI and other family branches"; 3 June 2004; www.ancestry.com.)

Birth: __ ___ 1680 _______________, New London, New London Co., CT

  • (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; mjohnson80@adelphia.net; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745) Wales>PA>RI>NJ>WV>NY>WI and other family branches"; 3 June 2004; www.ancestry.com.).

Marriage 1: 1 May 1707 _______________, Westerly, Washington Co., RI;

  • He married Content Rogers (b. 1688, New London, CT;
    • d. July 1768, Westerly, RI),
    • daughter of Jonathan and Naomi (Burdick) Rogers
      • (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; mjohnson80@adelphia.net; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745) Wales>PA>RI>NJ>WV>NY>WI and other family branches"; 3 June 2004; www.ancestry.com.)

Will: __ ___ 1732 _______________, Westerly, Washington Co., RI (Brown, Maxson Family, p. 5.).

Death: 20 Nov 1732 _______________, Westerly, Washington Co., RI

  • (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; mjohnson80@adelphia.net; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745) Wales>PA>RI>NJ>WV>NY>WI and other family branches"; 3 June 2004; www.ancestry.com.).

Marriage? __ ___ ____

Burial: __ ___ ____

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Possible birth Date Birth Date: November 20, 1680 LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Jonathan Maxson Westerly, Rhode Island, 1732 Executors were his wife and son John. He left the use of 1/3 of his "movable estate" to his wife after debts and funeral expenses were paid. He divided a tract of land near the Pawcatuck between his sons, Jonathan, Caleb and Joseph. He divided the lands which he purchased from the government, in Hopkinton, between Joseph and Samuel equally. He willed to his daughter, Content Babcock, two cows, a bed and a chest, provided she "outlive her now husband" but not, the same was to be given to her daughter Anne Babcock. He willed that the rest of his estate after the death of his wife, or after her marriage, be divided equally among his two youngest sons and his three daughters. He willed 100 pound in money to his son Jonathan and 10 pound to each of his daughters, Naomi and Mary.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 5 2021, 3:26:46 UTC

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Jonathan Maxson Sr.'s Timeline

1680
1680
Near, Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
1707
June 16, 1707
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
1708
1708
1710
January 28, 1710
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island
1711
January 14, 1711
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
1714
March 12, 1714
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
1716
May 6, 1716
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
1718
July 20, 1718
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA
1721
November 21, 1721
Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, USA