Joshua Child

Joshua Child

• B: 26 Feb 1657 - Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• D: 18 Jan 1729 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachuesetts
• M: 9 Mar 1685 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts to Elizabeth Morris
• Parents: Benjamin Child, of Augton & Roxbury and Mary Bowen

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Lived in what is now Brookline MA. By "Apostle Elliot".

He was christened on Feb 26,1658/9 at Roxbury,MA, the son of Benjamin Child and Mary (Bowen) Child.

He married Elizabeth Morris/Morrison on Mar 9,1685/6 at Roxbury,MA.

Children:

1. Joshua Child Jr,
2. Isaac Child,
3. Elizabeth Child May,
4. Mehitable Child,
5. Joseph Child,
6. Abigail Child Draper,
7. Ann Child Murdock,
8. Dorothy Child Draper,
9. Prudence Child,
10. Samuel Child, and
11. Caleb Child.

Inscription

Here Lyes Buried ye
Body of Mr. Joshua
Child Who Deceased
January ye 18th
AD 1 7 2 9/3 0
In ye 73rd Year of
His Age

On the day Joshua died he was 72 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 73. He and brothers Benjamin and Ephraim were bapt. together of record at Roxbury Feb. 27, 1658/9, while Joshua's gravestone indicates he was b. AFTER Jan. 17, 1656/7.

References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joshua_Child_%282%29 cites
   1. Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926) v.1 p.65. Childe: Joshua*, s. Benjamin, bp. 27: 12m: 1658-9. * Likely twin with Ephraim
   2. , in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926) v.2 p.488. CHILD, Joshua, [d.] Jan. 18, 1729-30, in his 73d y., gravestone record , Walter St. (West Roxbury) Cemetery
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25155865/joshua-child