Joseph Sibley, Sr.

On his return from a fishing voyage was imprisoned on board a British frigate, put to hard service for seven weeks, then released and sent home. This Joseph was the father of the Sutton Sibleys.

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Joseph Sibley (1655 - bef. 1718)

Joseph Sibley
Born 1655 in Salem, Essex, Massachusettsmap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of John Sibley Sr and Rachel (Leach) Goldthwaite
Brother of Sarah Sibley, Mary (Sibley) Walcott, Rachell Sibley, John Sibley, Hannah (Sibley) Small, William Sibley, Samuel Sibley and Abigail Sibley
Husband of Susanna (Follett) Howe — married 4 Feb 1684 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Joseph Sibley Jr, John Sibley, Jonathan Sibley, Hannah (Sibley) Daggett, Samuel Sibley, William B. Sibley and Benjamin Sibley Sr
Died before 17 Apr 1718 before age 63 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Biography

Joseph is said by numerous secondary sources to have been born in 1655;[1][2][3] no primary source of his birth has been located.

He married 4 Feb 1683 (prob. 1683/4) in Salem to Susannah Follett.[4][5]

Joseph and Susannah had seven children, one daughter and six sons, all born in Salem, Massachusetts.[6]name=Sutton/>

1- Joseph, b. Nov 9, 1684;[7]
2- John, b. Sept 18, 1687;[7]
3- Jonathan, bp. May 1, 1690;[8]
4- Hannah, bp. May 1695,[8] m. Ebenezer Dagget, Aug 10, 1722
5- Samuel, bp. May 16, 1697;[8]
6- William, bp. Apr 7, 1700;[8]
7- Benjamin, bp. Sept 19, 1703[8]
Joseph was the founder of the Sutton Family. In 1693 Joseph Sibley, George Harvey and Henry Harvey on a homeward bound passage , from a fishing voyage to Cape Sable were impressed on board a British frigate. After seven weeks in this vessel, the Capt forced Sibley to board another ship. Susannah his wife and mother and children pressed the Governor which he did on his return from a fishing voyage was imprisoned on board a British frigate, put to hard service for seven weeks, then released and sent home. This Joseph was the father of the Sutton Sibleys.[1] Although he owned land at Sutton, there is no evidence that he ever lived there.[9]

The date of Joseph's death is not known, but his estate entered probate on 17 Apr 1718.[10] He is buried in the Wilkinsonville Cemetery.[11] (maybe, but not according to the cited source).

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Benedict, William Addison and Tracy, Hiram Averill, History of the town of Sutton, Massachusetts, from 1704 to 1876; including Grafton until 1735; Millbury until 1813; and parts of Northbridge, Upton and Auburn, Worcester: Sanford and Co., 1878, p. 718 (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofs00beneiala/page/718/mod... accessed 5 Apr 2021)
↑ Sibley, Harriet Bronson, Bronson lineage 1636-1917 : ancestors and descendants of Captain William Bronson of the Revolutionary War, and other ancestral lines, Dallas, Oregon: priv. published, 1917, pp. 54-55
↑ Sibley, James Scarborough, The Sibley family in America, 1629-1972 : genealogical data, Honolulu, Hawaii: privately published, 1972, p. 18
↑ 1916 transcription of the marriage record of Joseph Sibley and Susanna Follett, in Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass., 1916), volume 4, page 365
↑ New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, Vol 2, p. 1374 (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1568/i/21175/1374/426903803 accessed 5 Apr 2021)
↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, https://familysearch.org
↑ 7.0 7.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-W7SR?cc=2061550&w... : 13 July 2016), Essex > County wide > County court births, marriages, deaths 1654-1795 > image 288 of 610; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Vital records of Salem, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849, Salem (Mass.): Essex Institute, 1916, pp. 286-7 (https://archive.org/details/vitalrecordsofsabyu02sale/page/286/mode... accessed 5 Apr 2021)
↑ Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Some Descendants of John Sibley of Salem, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass., 2006), pages 13-23
↑ Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13855/25286-co1/31479740 accessed 9 Apr 2021
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 May 2020), memorial page for Joseph Sibley (1655–1718), Find a Grave Memorial no. 47842943, ; Maintained by Kevin Avery (contributor 47024642) Unknown.
See also:
Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Page 789
Biographies of Monroe County People, Page 43