Joseph Stanhope

Biography

Joseph Stanhope was born on September 13, 1662 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Ensign Jonathan Stanhope, Sr. and Susannah Ayres.

He married Hannah Bradish on January 1, 1684/85. Hannah (born Annetie) was born in Long Island, New York, in 1663,[3] a daughter of James and Katherine Cronenburg.

She was not the same woman as her first cousin Hannah Bradish, daughter of Joseph Bradish, Sr. and Mary Frost. That woman married Edward Marrett.

Joseph and Hannah continued to live in Sudbury and according to the Vital Records of that place had 5 children[3] as follows (note that her name is spelled both "Hannah" and "Annah"):

1. Susanah b. Sept. 11, 1685; m. William Simson.
2. Jonathan b. Jan. 25, 1687.
3. Joseph b. Sept. 11, 1690.
4. Jemimah b. Oct. 9. 1691. Married John Walker.
5. Isaac b. Oct. 10, 1696; d. Dec. 30, 1729

Old Style Calendar Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.

Origins

Children of Ensign Jonathan Stanhope and Susannah Ayer

1. Hannah Stanhope Jennings
2. Jonathan Stanhope, Jr.
3. Sarah Stanhope
4. Joseph Stanhope
5. Jemima Stanhope Rutter
6. Mary Stanhope
7. Rebecca Stanhope Hemenway

Ye is an archaic spelling of "the."

Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine by George Thomas Little, Henry Sweetser Burrage, Albert Roscoe Stubbs published by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1909.

Joseph, son of Ensign Jonathan (1) Stanhope, was born in Sudbury, Massachusetts, September 13, 1662. He married, January 1, 1684-85. Hannah Bradish, who died July 20, 1727, daughter of Joseph Bradish.

Children, born at Sudbury:

• 1. Susanna, September 1, 1685, married, September 27, 1727, William Simson.
• 2. Jonathan, January 25, 1686-87, mentioned below.
• 3. Jemima, married, May 27, 1717, John Walker.
• 4. Isaac, died December 30, 1/29.
• 5. Joseph.

from History of Framingham, Massachussetts by William Barry

Bradish, Joseph on Sud. Rec. 1662, was in Fram. 1672. His chil. by w. Mary, were,

• 1. Mary, b. Ap. 10,1665;
• 2. Sarah, b. May 6, '67;
• 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 14, '69, m. Joseph Stanhope, '85; Joseph, b. Nov. 28, '72.

Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts was first known as Danforth’s Farms. In 1701 the Framingham Church was organized with the Rev. John Swift as the town's first minister. In 1706 the town hired its first schoolmaster and in 1716 the first schoolhouse was built.

A yeoman was a man who owned and cultivated a small farm. He belonged to the class below the gentry or land owners. A husbandman was a free tenant farmer. The social status of a husbandman was below that of a yeoman.

History of Hardwick, Massachusetts by Lucius Robinson Paige

Joseph [Bradish], S. of Robert (1), was in Sudbury, 1662, Framingham, 1672, and returned to Cambridge about 1678.

By w. Mary he had

• Mary, b. 10 Ap. 1665, m. John Green, 22 Nov. 1684;
• Sarah, b. 6 May 1667, prob. d. young;
• Hannah, b. 14 Jan. 1669-70, m. Edward Marrett, and d. 9 Ap. 1754;
• Joseph, b. 28 Nov. 1672, supposed to be the pirate who was sent to London, 1699, and executed;
• Ruth, m. Thomas Ford of Marshfield 5 Ap. 1711;
• John, b. 18 Sep. 1678;
• James, b. about 1680. Joseph the f. d. before 2 Ap. 1725,

when part of his estate in Cambridge was sold by Mary, Hannah, and John, of Camb., James of Westhorough, and Ruth of Marshfield, described as "children of Joseph Bradish, late of Camb yeoman, deceased."

References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L6N2-HB8