Joseph Pillsbury

8. Joseph3 (Moses2, Wm1) , b. 6 June 1670; d. 14 Jan. 1750. He was thrice married, 1st, to Sarah .2d, to Elizabeth Godfrey, 1704. 3d, to Mary.

The will of Joseph is dated 13 March 1749. In it he gives his beloved wife, Mary, one-half of all his land in Newbury, the east end of his dwelling house “from ye middle of ye chimney from ye top to ye top to ye bottom ; " one half of barn, one half of fruit of apple trees, etc. etc. Gives to the children of son Joseph sixty pounds. Gives to son Nathan sixty pounds.

Gives to daughter Elizabeth Goodridge sixty pounds, and a chest that was his second wife's (i. e. her mother's).

Gives to son Peter all estate real and personal, not otherwise disposed of, and appoints him sole executor.

Children of Sarah :

• 23. i. Joseph, b. 16 Jan. 1.694; d. before 1749.
• ii. Moses, b. II Sept. 1697; d. before 1749.
• 24. iii.- Nathan, b. 3 June 1699.

Children of Elizabeth :

• iv. Elizabeth, b. 26 June 1705 ; m. Win. Goodridge, 5 Feb. 1734.
• 25. V. Peter, b. 30 July, 1707; d. about 1772

References

1. The Pillsbury family: being a history of William and Dorothy Pillsbury (or Pilsbery) of Newbury in New England, and their descendants to the eleventh generation. by Pilsbury, David B. (David Brainard), 1839-1886; Getchell, Emily A (Publication date 1898). Page 12. < Archive.Org >