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JOSEPH MOULTON
- b. 25 Nov. 1694 Newbury
- will 25 Aug. 1755- 1 Mar. 1756 Newbury
- Son of William Moulton Jr. and Abigail (Webster) Moulton
- m. 25 July 1717 Newbury, MARY NOYES (b. 27 Mar. 1693 Newbury)
Joseph was a blacksmith as well as a goldsmith. He moved to Newburyport and started the "goldsmith Moultons". Joseph produced gold beads which the wealthier ladies in the community wore. Over the years soup ladles, hollow-ware, spoons and jewelry were made by the Goldsmith Moultons of Newburyport.
A selection of Moulton silver
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Captain Joseph Moulton
Born 25 Nov 1694 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Son of William Moulton Jr. and Abigail (Webster) Moulton
Brother of Abigail (Moulton) Bartlett, William Moulton, Jonathan Moulton [half] and Stephen Moulton
Husband of Mary (Noyes) Moulton — married 25 Jul 1717 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
Father of Samuel Moulton, William Moulton III, Anne (Moulton) Rogers and Stephen Moulton
Died before 1 Mar 1756 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay
Biography
JOSEPH MOULTON
b. 25 Nov. 1694 Newbury m. 25 July 1717 Newbury, MARY NOYES (b. 27 Mar. 1693 Newbury) will 25 Aug. 1755- 1 Mar. 1756 Newbury Joseph was a blacksmith as well as a goldsmith. He moved to Newburyport and started the "goldsmith Moultons". Joseph produced gold beads which the wealthier ladies in the community wore. Over the years soup ladles, hollow-ware, spoons and jewelry were made by the Goldsmith Moultons of Newburyport.
One of the Newburyport "Goldsmith Moultons", another Joseph Moulton (1814-1903), was the one that sold the silver business he inherited, to his father’s two apprentices: Anthony Francis Towle and William P. Jones (who were also his apprentices), in 1857 to form what became... yup, you guessed it, Towle Silversmiths. Henry Moulton in Moulton Annals states that "Mr. Towle informed the writer that many a time when he worked with the Moultons the old silver knee buckles made by their ancestors had been brought to their store for sale. They were relics of a vanished age; the fashion of wearing them had passed away, and they were bought as old silver and melted up."[1]
Joseph was listed as attending the Presbyterian meeting house on 20 Dec. 1752.[2]
"I Joseph Moulton of Newbury… Gentleman… Do make… this to be my last Will and Testament…
Imprimis I Give & Bequeath to Mary my Beloved Wife, The use and improvement of the Westerly half of my Dwelling House and such part of the Cellar as she shall need and a Convenient Priviledge for a Garden nigh ye House, a priviledge in ye Well, cowyard, & for laying Her Wood, and Barn Room for two cows and toHold Hay sufficient to keep them yearly, also it is my Will that my said Wife that my said Wife shall have Annually One Sixth part of all the Salt Hay which shall be cut & made on all my salt marsh to be brought Home & delivered to Her by my sons to whom I have in this Will given my salt marsh, each of them to bring their respective parts according to ye produce of the piece Severally given them. I Will also That she shall have Annually one fifth part of all the English Hay, one fifth part of all the Indian Corn,k in the Husk, one fifth part of all ye English Corn & Grain by the bushel, and one fifth part of all the sheeps Wool and Apples which shall be raised on my Homestead, Lands, Brought in and delivered to her by my Executors yearly. I Give her also Pasturing for two cows in the Home Pasture yearly, and the use of my Horse as she shall need. I Give her also every fourth sheaf of Flax which shall be Raised on my Homestead when ye same is Rotted. I Will also That she have Annually brought home to her House six cords of Oak wood for firing. I Give her also the priviledge of keeping one swine at home. All the fore mentioned gifts and Priviledges I give to my said Wife for her to use Improve and Enjoy during the Time she remains my Widow and no longer: and if she sees cause to marry again after my Decease then all the above mentioned gifts and priviledges shall cease… I give also to my said Wife two of my cows and all my Houshold stuff, and my great bible. Also I give to my said Wife half my swine and all the yarn, Flax, Tow, Feathers, Cloth not made up & all the Cotton and Sheep Wool I have in the House at the time of my decease Except ten pounds of sheeps wool which I give to my son Stephen. I give her also half the grain, sider, potatoes, Cabbages Apples & Garden Roots Raised on my land this year, all my geese & all my butter & cheese which shall be made before November next and I will that she pay half ye cost that may arise about the grain & my son Stephen the other half. I give her also One Hundred weight of beef Annually while she reains my widow to be found & delivered her by my Executor.
Item I give to my soon Samuel Moulton… the Land where he now dwells in Newbury… which I bought of my Brother Stephen Moulton, together with other lands adjoining which were formerly common, and a piece of Swamp ground lying between Chases and Davises land commonly called the Pine Pasture, And five acres of Land in the Pine Swamp Pasture (so called in Newbury) according to Grant, and my marsh in Salisbury at Town Creek so called, which I bought of Robert Hoyte. I give him also one third part of my wearing Apparel, and three acres at the Easterly end of my Rate lott which my Honrd Father Bought of William Sawyer, And my Sword, He delivering to my said wife in manner as aforesd one sixth part of ye salt hay…
Item I give to my son William Moulton… (besides what I have already given him) my salt marsh in Salisbury at the Mouth of Black Rock Creek so called which I Bought of my Honrd Father William Moulton and George Warthen. He delivering to my said Wife annually one sixth part of the salt hay cut or made on said Lott as aforesd.
Item I give to my daughter Eunice the wife of Thomas Eatton (besides what I have already given her) the sum of Fifteen Pounds Six Shillings & Eight pence Lawful money, to be paid her within eighteen months after my decease by my executor.
Item I give to my Daughter Mary ye Wife of Samuel Pettingell (besides what I have already Given her) The Sum of Fifteen Pounds Sixe Shillings & Eight pence Lawful Money, to be paid her in two years after my deease by my Executors
Item I Give to my Daughter Abigail Moulton The Sum of Forty five Pounds Lawful Money, to be paid Her (when she shall arrive to the age of Eighteen years) by my Executors
Item I Give to my son Joseph Moulton, my gun
Item I Give to my son Stephen Moulton the remainder of my Lott in the fourth general pasture which my Honrd Father Bought of Stephen Coffin
Item I Give to my Sons Joseph Moulton and Stephen Moulton… to be equally divided between them all the rest of my Estate Real and Personall where ever the same may be found…
Finally I do appoint my said sons Joseph Moulton & Stephen Moulton to be the Executors… This Twenty fifth Day of August… 1755 Joseph Moulton In the presence of us… Thomas Bartlet Samuel Davis John Brown"[3]
Children
All children born in Newbury, MA.
• I. Samuel- b. 15 May 1718, m. 29 Nov. 1743 Newbury, Maru Ordway, d. 1756 • II. William- b. 12 July 1720, m. 16 Sept. 1742, Newbury, Lydia Greenleaf, d.c.1793 Marietta, Ohio. William, Lydia and their family were some of the first settlers in Marietta in Apr. 1788 and were there during the Indian troubles in 1791: "Next, old Mr. William Moulton from Newburyport, Mass., aged 70, with his leather apron full of old goldsmith's tools and tobacco. Close at his heels came his daughter Anna, with the china teapot, cups and saucers. Lydia brought the great Bible. But when all were in, the mother was missing. Where was mother? She must be killed. 'No', says Lydia; 'mother said she would not leave the house looking so. She would put things away and a little more to rights, and then she would come.' Directly mother came, bringing the looking-glass, knives and forks, etc.".[4] • III. Anne- b. 1 Apr. 1722 • IV. Joseph- b. 4 Aug. 1724, m. 5 Sept. 1754 Newbury, Anna Boardman, adm. 5 Oct. 1795 Newbury • V. Cutting- b. 11 Sept. 1726, d. 29 Dec. 1729 Newbury • VI. Eunice- b. 29 Jan. 1728, m. 5 Oct. 1749 Newbury,Thomas Eaton of Salisbury • VII. Mary- b. 14 July 1731, m. 7 May 1751 Newbury, Samuel Pettengill of Salisbury • VIII. Stephen- b. 17 July 1733, m. 8 Aug. 1754 Newbury, Abigail Williams • IX. Elizabeth- b. Oct. 1735, m. ______ Jackman • X. Abigail- b. 20 Aug. 1738, m. 17 July 1760 Newbury, David Jackman Sources
↑ Moulton Annals- Henry W. Moulton, Claribel Moulton- Edward A. Claypool, Chicago, 1906- p. 331 ↑ Mass. Archives- Vol. 13, p.371 ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 19033 ↑ An Indian Raid on Marietta from "Lives of Early Settlers of Ohio" quoted by Moulton in "Moulton Annals"- p. 270 4thson
Newbury V.R. Some Descendants of John Moulton and William Moulton of Hampton, NH- Augustus F. Moulton, Portland, 1893, pp.40-1 Moulton Annals- Henry W. Moulton, Claribel Moulton- Edward A. Claypool, Chicago, 1906- pp. 263-4
Sources
- Vital Records of Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts to the Year 1849, Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusetts 1911. Newcomb & Gauss, Printers, Salem, Massachusetts. Page: 325
The Noyes Descendants of James, Nicholas and Peter Noyes. Volume 1. Descendants of Nicholas Noyes, compiled by Col. Henry E. Noyes, Boston, Massachusetts, 1904, p. 204
Lists name as James Moulton not Joseph Moulton
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Joseph Moulton's Timeline
| 1694 |
November 25, 1694
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Newbury, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts
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May 15, 1718
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Newbury, Essex, MA, United States
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1719
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July 12, 1720
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Newburyport, Essex, Massachusetts
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April 1, 1722
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Newbury, Essex County, MA, United States
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June 30, 1726
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North Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States
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September 11, 1726
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Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts
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January 29, 1728
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Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
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July 17, 1733
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Newbury, Essex County, MA, United States
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