Individual Details
Thomas Joslin
(Abt 1591 - 3 Jan 1660/61)
Thomas was a public official in Hingham. He was admitted Freeman in 1636. He was engaged in commerce, owning several vessels that sailed between England and the colonies. He was also proprietor of land in Lancaster, Hingham, and Sudbury. In 1638 he bought land from his son-in-law Thomas Nichols. He removed to Watertown where he lived until 1653.
On Nov. 12, 1654 Thomas and his son Nathaniel Joslin moved to the new town of Lancaster where they were granted land. Thomas died In Lancaster on Jan 3, 1660-1.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1591 | Roxwell, Essex, England, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1614 | England, United Kingdom - Rebecca Jude |  | | |
| Will | 9 May 1660 | Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America | | | |
| Death | 3 Jan 1660/61 | Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, British America | | ||
| Probate | 2 Apr 1661 | | |||
| Alt name | Thomas Josselyn | |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca Jude (1592 - 1669) |
| Child | Rebecca Joslin (1617 - 1675) |
| Child | Abraham Joslin (1619 - 1670) |
| Child | Joseph Josselyn (1621 - ) |
| Child | Dorothy Joslin (1624 - 1645) |
| Child | Nathaniel Joslin (1627 - 1694) |
| Child | Elizabeth "Eliza" Joslin (1629 - ) |
| Child | Mary Joslin (1633 - 1711) |
| Father | Ralph Josselyn (1556 - 1630) |
| Mother | Marie "Mary" Bright (1558 - 1604) |
| Sibling | John Josselyn (1584 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Josselyn (1586 - ) |
| Sibling | Agnes or Anne Josselyn (1588 - ) |
| Sibling | Ralph Josselyn (1590 - 1656) |
| Sibling | Simon Josselyn (1594 - 1649) |
| Sibling | Dorothy Josselyn (1596 - 1605) |
| Sibling | Richard Josselyn (1598 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph Josselyn (1600 - 1642) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel Josselyn (1602 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Josselyn (1604 - 1626) |
Notes
Marriage
"Rebecca, Wife of Thomas Josselyn of Hingham and Lancaster, Massachusetts," by Roger D. Joslyn. The Josselyns came from London in 1635 aboard the Increase. Rebecca appears to have been a Jude. -published in the October issue of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.Will
He appoints his wife Rebecca executrix, and mentons his sons Abraham and Nathaniel, grandson Abraham (son of Abraham), and daughters Rebecca Nichols, wife of Thomas, Mary Sumner, wife of Roger, and Elizabeth Emons.Endnotes
1. , "The Josselyn Family, from England to Massachusetts," (http://www.geneajourney.com/josslyn.html : accessed ), AR: Line 211[38-40], NEHGS: NEHGR 71:19-33, 227-257, Josselyn, by Elizabeth French, 1917. .
2. Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England: Josselyn," The New England historical and genealogical register, 71 (1917) (http://books.google.com/books?id=1soUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA237&dq=jocelyn+liston+england&hl=en&ei=V-rOTajbG4z2swPYpuW1CQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CFoQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false : accessed 14 May 2011), 19-33, 227-257.
3. Page, Luke Joslin., Genealogical registers of the ancestors and descendants of the following persons: Lemuel Page and Polly Paige, Peter Joslin and Sarah Kidder : with brief accounts of them and their ancestors. From the chapter: Account of the Joslin family, Egidius Josceline to Caroline Joslin, indicating the line of Peter Joslin. (Boston: unknown, 1887, 155 pgs.), p. 78.
4. Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and allied families. (Chicago: Priv. print. for N.L. Blackman, 1928, 281 pgs.), p. 93.
5. Emerson, William A., Leominster, Massachusetts : historical and picturesque. (Gardner, Mass.: Lithotype Pub. Co., 1888, 404 pgs.), p. 173.
6. Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and allied families. (Chicago: Priv. print. for N.L. Blackman, 1928, 281 pgs.), p. 93.
7. George Thomas Little, editor, Genealogical and family history of the state of Maine, Volume 1 (New York: Lewis historical publishing company, 1909), 380; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 26 October 2009.
8. , "The Josselyn Family, from England to Massachusetts," (http://www.geneajourney.com/josslyn.html : accessed ), AR: Line 211[38-40], NEHGS: NEHGR 71:19-33, 227-257, Josselyn, by Elizabeth French, 1917. .
9. Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and allied families. (Chicago: Priv. print. for N.L. Blackman, 1928, 281 pgs.), p. 93.
10. , "The Josselyn Family, from England to Massachusetts," (http://www.geneajourney.com/josslyn.html : accessed ), AR: Line 211[38-40], NEHGS: NEHGR 71:19-33, 227-257, Josselyn, by Elizabeth French, 1917. .