wife of Josias Welsh

The name of the wife of Rev. Josias Welsh, of Templepatrick is seen as Martha Pont.

Notes

From The Life of Mr. Josias Welch. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) — John Howie link

... Thus died the pious and faithful Mr. Josias Welch, in the flower of his youth, leaving only one son behind him, viz. Mr. John Welch, who was afterward minister at Irongray in Galloway

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From Charles Rogers. Genealogical memoirs of John Knox and of the family of Knox online. (page 11 of 14) link

Josias Welsh, minister of Templepatrick, married subsequent to his settlement in Ireland, but his wife's name and the date of his marriage have not transpired. As his wife is not mentioned at the time of his death, it is probable she predeceased him. ...
If Mr Josias Welsh left several children, they were certainly unprovided for, since he died young ; and his wife's lineage being unrecorded, the belief may be hazarded that she was the reverse of opulent. She does not seem to have long survived her husband — more probably she pre-deceased him. One of her sons, we have adduced some evidence for believing, made a settlement in Ireland. Probably the future minister of Irongray was educated by friends or relatives in the west of Scotland. If William Welsh was one of the children, he may have found an early home under the roof-tree of William Knox, a probable relative of the Reformer, and who appears in ISTewbattle parish in 1662 as a householder and the father of a family.

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From http://www.allshousefamily.org/getperson.php?personID=P34205&tree=A...

Children of Martha Pont & Josias Welsh

• 1. David Welsh [Natural]
• 2. Josiah Welsh [Natural]
• 3. Andrew Welsh [Natural]
• 4. George Welsh, b. 1622 [Natural]
• 5. John Welsh, b. 1627, Ulster, Ireland d. 9 Jan 1681, London,