Individual Details

Nathaniel Joslin

(21 Apr 1658 - 8 Mar 1726)

Nathaniel was seventeen when he escaped the massacre at Lancaster. He moved to Marlborough where he married and raised a large family. His family was again severely assaulted by the Indians in 1692. He spent his time cultivating his large farm and raising thirteen children, the protection of which left little time for public affairs.

Events

Birth21 Apr 1658Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Marriage8 Feb 1682/83Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America - Esther Morse
Death8 Mar 1726Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, British America

Families

SpouseEsther Morse (1664 - 1725)
ChildEsther Joslin (1683 - )
ChildMary Joslin (1685 - )
ChildPatience Joslin (1686 - )
FatherNathaniel Joslin (1627 - 1694)
MotherSarah King (1632 - 1706)
SiblingJoslin (1657 - 1657)
SiblingSarah Josselin (1660 - 1702)
SiblingDorothy Joslin (1661 - )
SiblingCapt. Peter Joslin (1665 - 1759)
SiblingElizabeth Joslin (1667 - 1702)
SiblingRebecca Joslin (1672 - 1731)
SiblingMartha Joslin (1675 - 1768)

Endnotes

1. Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and allied families. (Chicago: Priv. print. for N.L. Blackman, 1928, 281 pgs.), p. 95.

2. 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.

3. Charles Hudson, History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the town. (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1862), 406; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 4 November 2009.

4. "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch, (https://familysearch.org: accessed 14 September 2012), Nathaniel Joslin, 21 Apr 1658.

5. Holman, Alfred L., Blackman and allied families. (Chicago: Priv. print. for N.L. Blackman, 1928, 281 pgs.), p. 95.

6. Charles Hudson, History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the town. (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1862), 406; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 4 November 2009.

7. Charles Hudson, History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Massachusetts: from its first settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a brief sketch of the town of Northborough, a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the town. (Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 1862), 406; digital images, Google Books (http://books.google.com : accessed 4 November 2009.