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Joseph Spaulding

Also Known As: "Spalding"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
Death: April 03, 1740 (93)
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut Colony
Place of Burial: Plainfield Cemetery Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA MEMORIAL ID 124778275
Immediate Family:

Son of Selectman Edward Spaulding and Rachel Spaulding
Husband of Mercy Spaulding
Father of Marie Spalding; Joseph Spalding, wheelwright, of Chelmsford; Hannah Shepard; Lydia Pierce; Unknown Spalding and 4 others
Brother of Benjamin Spaulding; Dinah Brown and Dea. Andrew Spalding
Half brother of Grace Spalding; John Spalding, Died Young; Samuel Spalding, No further record; John Spaulding; Lieut. Edward Spalding, II and 1 other

Managed by: Emma Corinne Trevor
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About Joseph Spaulding



Joseph Spaulding (Edward) was born 25 Oct. 1646; removed in middle life to Plainfield, Conn., and died there 3 Apr. 1740. He married, 9 Dec. 1670, Mercy (or Mary) Jewell.

Spalding Genealogy conflates the children of Joseph and Mercy Jewell Spalding with the children of their son, Joseph, born circa 1671. So be careful and do not add children to the wrong generation, based on this.

Children:

  1. Joseph, b. circa 1671; m. Mary Bates; d. after 1747
  2. Hannah, b. circa 1674; m. Isaac Shepard of Plainfield, son of Isaac Shepard of Concord, MA and Mary Smedley; d. after 1747
  3. Lydia, b. circa 1676; died 1705/6
  4. ????, b. 1677; died 1682/3
  5. Eunice, b. 14 Feb. 1685; d. 1726
  6. Nathaniel b. 24 Feb. 1687; m. Johanna ------
  7. Thomas, b. 2 Apr. 1690; m. Mercy Welch; d. 1761
  8. Mercy, b. 21 Feb. 1692; d. before 1728

Will of Joseph Spaulding of Plainfield

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Spaulding_%284%29

2:247 & 248. Joseph Spaulding of Plainfield, will 12 Aug. 1728, distribution 12 Aug 1740—2:323 & 234. Eldest son Joseph of Chelmsford, Mass., 2d son Nathaniel, and 3d son Thomas, both of Plainfield. Sons-in-law Timothy Pierce and Joseph Adams; granddaughters Lydia Perkins* and Eunice Adams— "that is to say, if my granddaughters Lydia and Eunice have no heirs of their body, their third parts shall be divided equally to and amongst the children of their mothers .... viz. Lydia Pierce and Eunice Adams." "All moveable estate to my daughter Hannah Shepard wife of Isaac Shepard."

April 3, 1747 "Received of Honoured Father Coll. Pierce, 25 pounds, being executor of estate of Mr. Joseph Spaulding, late of Plainfield, dec'd; sum is in full a legacy willed to my daughter Lydia." Signed Joseph Perkins. (*footnote): Joseph Spaulding m. Mary Jewell; Lydia Spaulding m. Timothy Pierce; Lydia Pierce m. Joseph Perkins


Origins

4 children of Edward Spaulding and Rachel:

Joseph, Born 25 Oct 1646 at Wenham or Chelmsford, Died 3 Apr 1740 in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. Married Mercy Jewell.

References

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Joseph Spaulding BIRTH
7 Mar 1646
Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH
3 Apr 1740 (aged 94)
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL
Plainfield Cemetery
Plainfield, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
MEMORIAL ID
124778275 ·

Birth date calculated from Mass Vital Records, Chelmsford Volume I, page 141 -- he was 10 years, 8 months, 25 days old on December 1, 1656 (when he was baptized).

Family Members
Parents
Edward Spalding
Edward Spalding
1587–1669

Rachel Needham Spalding
1622–1670

Spouse
Mercy Jewell Spaulding
1653–1728

Siblings
Benjamin Spalding
Benjamin Spalding
1643–1708

Dinah Brown
Dinah Spaulding Brown
1649–1706

Andrew Spaulding
Andrew Spaulding
1652–1713

Half Siblings
Grace Spalding
unknown–1641

John Spalding
John Spalding
1633–1721

Edward Spalding
Edward Spalding
1635–1707

Children
Eunice Spalding Adams
1685–1726

Nathaniel Spalding
Nathaniel Spalding
1687–1751

Thomas Spalding
Thomas Spalding
1690–1761

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Joseph Spaulding's Timeline

1646
October 25, 1646
Wenham, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
1656
December 1, 1656
Age 10
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachussetts
December 1, 1656
Age 10
Chelmsford, Middlexes, Massachusetts
1671
1671
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1672
1672
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1674
1674
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1676
1676
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1677
1677
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1685
February 14, 1685
Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony