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About Judge Joseph Otis
Joseph Otis (b. June 03, 1666, d. June 11, 1754)
Joseph Otis (son of John Otis and Margaret Jacob) was born June 03, 1665 in Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, and died June 11, 1754 in Montville, New London, CT. He married Dorothy Thomas on November 20, 1688, daughter of Nathaniel (Nathaiel)Thomas and Deborah Jacobs.
Notes for Joseph Otis: Notes from Kevin Otis:
A brother of James the Patriot's grandfather. He was educated and became a judge. He married Dorothy Thomas, a cousin on the Jacobs side, daughter of Judge Nathaniel Thomas and Deborah Jacobs of Marshfield. Judge Thomas was a judge of the Plymouth (Pilgrim) colony. Joseph was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth Colony, 1703-1704. In 1710 he was elected under Governor's order to the "Great and General Court," and again in 1713. He also held other town offices.
He moved his family to New London, CT on the Long Island Sound in 1721. Here he was moderator to town meetings and is on parish and church committees. That same year, he bought 650 acres, adjacent to Gardiner Lake. The land had belonged to American Natives 30 years prior. Later, he bought land at Colchester (now Montville) a farm of 280 acres, some accounts say 180 acres. This land was willed to his oldest some Nathaniel.
Joseph died in 1754 at the age of 90. He was noted at the time as being the oldest person in town. Dorothy died a year later. They are buried at the Montville old cemetery at Raymond Hill.
More About Joseph Otis: Burial: Unknown, Raymond Hill Cemetery, Montville, New London, CT. Occupation: Judge.
More About Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas: Marriage: November 20, 1688
Children of Joseph Otis and Dorothy Thomas are: +James Otis, b. January 21, 1692/93, Saybrook, Scituate, Plymouth, MA, d. September 06, 1754, Old Saybrook, CT. Nathaniel Otis, b. January 30, 1689/90, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Deborah Otis, b. April 24, 1694, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Mary Otis, b. March 20, 1695/96, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Dorothy Otis, b. April 24, 1698, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Elizabeth Otis, b. September 02, 1700, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Anne Otis, b. September 21, 1702, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Bethiah Otis, b. November 20, 1703, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Delight Otis, b. December 19, 1706, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Hannah Otis, b. December 10, 1709, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Joseph Otis, b. October 01, 1712, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Rachel Otis, b. December 01, 1713, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Sarah Otis, b. Abt. 1714, Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA, d. date unknown. Mercy Otis, b. Abt. 1716, d. date unknown.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=41653249
Hon. Joseph Otis, Esq. of the north parish of N. London, now Montville. Judge Otis was a distinguised man. He came from Scituate, Mass., in 1722, in which State he had been Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth Co. from 1703-1710; Rep. in the Great and Gen. Court of Mass., 1710-13, and was ever held in the highest esteem for great abilities, solid judgment, and sterling integrity of character.
Very large landholder in N. London, Colchester, Pomfret, and other towns of Conn.
Had 12 children, three sons and nine duaghters, youngest of which was Rachel Otis.
-Harris genealogy : a history of James Harris, of New London, Conn., and his descendants, from 1640-1878 : with an appendix containing brief notices of several other early settlers of New England of the name of Harris
Hartford, Conn.: Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Co., 1878, 243 pgs.
According to "New England Genealogical and Memorial: Volume IV" by William Richard Cutter, orig 1913, reprint 1996:
Joseph, son of John OTIS and Mary JACOB settled in Scituate, MA and held "various offices of trust and honor" including "judge of the court of common pleas of Plymouth county in 1703-14". He was of large stature. In 1714 he bought a 230 acre farm in the east part of Colchester for 770 pounds, afterward he gave it to his son Nathaniel. He moved to New London, CT (now Montville) in 1721 where his children had preceded him. He was married to Dorothy THOMAS, d/o Nathaniel Thomas of Marchfield, on 20 NOV 1688. The Thomas family owned the estate that Daniel Webster lived in later. Dorothy died 18 FEB 1755.
◦"Judge Otis' residence at Scituate was on the south of Coleman's Hill, the former residence of Gilbert Brooks, Esq. He held the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Plymouth Co. from 1703-1714. In 1709 the townof Scituate voted that 'the Society empower Joseph Otis, Esq. to finish the meeting house by pewing it, and also to appoint two and two to a pew[when they do not agree to couple themselves], each couple paying the cost of building the pqe.' In 1710 he was elected under the governor's order, representative to 'the Great and General Court', and again in 1713. He held other town offices. He moved to New London about 1721, where many of his relations and acquaintances lived, and bought of James Harris a tract of 650 acres of land 'lying in the North parish in Ne Longon, adjoining a pond called Obplintksok,' now Gardiner's Lake, a mile or more in length. This land was purchased by Thomas Stanton, or Stonington, of Owaneco, 11 Nov 1698, and by him sold to Joseph Otis. He was received to the communion of the church at New London 19 Nov 1722.
"He was much in public employment, was Moderator of town meetings, on parish and church committees almost yearly, etc.
"From the records of Colchester, Conn. it appears that in 1724 he purchased of Capt. Samuel Gilbert a house and farm of 180 acres, lying in the east part of the town of Colchester, on the old country road for '770 pounds lawful money of New England.' He is described in the deed, as of Scituate. This land Joseph deeded to his son nathaniel in 1735, 'for and in consideration of the love, good will and affection which I have for and do bear unto my beloved son, and is the whole of what I design my said son shall have of my estate'. The house erected on this land by Nathaniel, has been occupied successively by five generations.
"Judge Otis is spoken of by his contemporaries as a gentleman of greate integrity, a judicious and useful citizen. The following portrait was written of him soon after his death 'He was a Christian upon principle, a public spirited and useful man, distinguished by talents of the solid, judicious and useful, rather than of the brilliant and showy kind. He was of large stature, his countenance solemn and serene, frank and open in his manner, of ready wit and sound understanding. As a private individual he had the union of simple dignity and benevolent courtesy which marks the gentleman. He died universally lamented.'" [3]
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Judge Joseph Otis's Timeline
| 1665 |
June 3, 1665
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Scituate, Plymouth Colony
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| 1666 |
June 3, 1666
Age 1
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Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
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| 1689 |
January 30, 1689
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Scituate, Plymouth County, MA, United States
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| 1692 |
January 21, 1692
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Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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April 24, 1694
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Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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March 20, 1696
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Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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| 1698 |
April 24, 1698
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Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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September 2, 1700
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Scituate, Plymouth, MA
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September 21, 1702
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Scituate, Plymouth, MA
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