Individual Details
Reverand Joshua MOODY
(1632 - 4 Jul 1697)
!Rev Joshua Moody was imprisoned by Cranfield and later lived for a while in Boston, and during this period he declined the presidency of Harvard College. He returned to Portsmouth in 1692. !Rev Joshua Moody, A. B. (Harvard 1653), A. M. ib., 1656), fellow and tutor at Harvard 1656-1658, minister at Portsmouth, NH died during a visit to Boston Jul 1697.
!BORN-MARR-DIED: The Old Families of SALISBURY and AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982. p 248-9, #3. Notes: II. Joshua Moody, of Portsmouth and Boston, b. ab. 1632; m. 1st, [Martha?] Collins (Edward), of Cambridge, who d. bef. 1674; 2d, wid. Ann -----,* He grad. H. C. 1653; ord. 1st. chh. Portsmouth, Jul 1671, though he preached there in 1658; minister 1st. chh. Boston, 1684-1692; strongly opposed the witchcraft delusion [Sv]; again at Portsm.; d. at Boston, on a visit, 4 Jul 1697. Will, of Portsm., rec. at Exeter, 18 sep 1693; proved 1697. In it he ment. four chil.; his wife Ann, "her former husband" and "the estate she left in Ip. upon her mar. with me;" his "dau.-in-law" Lydia Jacobs, whom he had "kept so many yrs." [See "Moody Family," 1847, pp. 13-49.]
!BORN-MARR-DIED: The Old Families of SALISBURY and AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, by David W. Hoyt, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1982. p 248-9, #3. Notes: II. Joshua Moody, of Portsmouth and Boston, b. ab. 1632; m. 1st, [Martha?] Collins (Edward), of Cambridge, who d. bef. 1674; 2d, wid. Ann -----,* He grad. H. C. 1653; ord. 1st. chh. Portsmouth, Jul 1671, though he preached there in 1658; minister 1st. chh. Boston, 1684-1692; strongly opposed the witchcraft delusion [Sv]; again at Portsm.; d. at Boston, on a visit, 4 Jul 1697. Will, of Portsm., rec. at Exeter, 18 sep 1693; proved 1697. In it he ment. four chil.; his wife Ann, "her former husband" and "the estate she left in Ip. upon her mar. with me;" his "dau.-in-law" Lydia Jacobs, whom he had "kept so many yrs." [See "Moody Family," 1847, pp. 13-49.]
Events
| Birth | 1632 | Ipswich, Suffolk, England | |||
| Marriage | 1653 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - Martha COLLINS | |||
| Graduate | 1653 | Harvard College | |||
| Death | 4 Jul 1697 | Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States | |||
| Burial | 4 Jul 1697 | Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States | |||
| Christen | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts | ||||
| Occupation | Minister at Portsmouth, New Hampshire |
Families
| Spouse | Martha COLLINS (1639 - 1674) |
| Child | Hannah MOODY (1672 - 1711) |
| Father | William MOODY (1611 - 1673) |
| Mother | Sarah PIERCE (1610 - 1672) |