Joseph Mansfield, Jr.

Biography

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Joseph Mansfield, Jr., was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, on March 20, 1660 ("20 : 1 m : 1660"), the son of Joseph Mansfield and Elizabeth Needham.[1][2][3]

He married Elizabeth Williams, daughter of Izaak and Margery (Collins) Williams, of Salem, Massachusetts, in Lynn on April 1, 1678. Joseph inherited, by his father's will, the old homestead on Boston Street, where he no doubt lived and died. He was constable of Lynn, June 10, 1700, as appears from an item of that date in the "Lynn Town Account Book of Debts."[1][4]

Joseph Mansfield, Jr., died in Lynn on June 2, 1739, at the age of 79 ("in the 84 year of his age" - Gravestone). He is buried at the Western Burial Ground in Lynn, where his gravestone reads:

Here lyes buried the body of Mr. Joseph Mansfield, Deceas'd June ye 2d 1739, in the 84th year of his age.

"Inscriptions from the old buying ground, Lynn, Mass." by Moulten, 1886, p. 69.

Family

Children of Joseph, Jr., and Elizabeth (Williams) Mansfield, all born in Lynn:

1. Elizabeth, born February 6, 1679; married, November 2, 1698, Nathaniel Ramsdell; died before 1739, date of father's will.[1][7]
2. Unnamed Twins, born October 25, 1680; died a day or two later.[8][9]
3. Joseph, born August 18, 1681; married, October 4, 1707, Mary Hart.[1][10]
4. Sarah, born January 22, 1684; married, May 30, 1710, Jonathan Johnson; died before 1739, date of father's will.[1][11]
5. Deborah, born April 21, 1686; married, June 10, 1710, Moses Wheat.[1][12]
6. John, born October 15, 1688; probably died young.[1][13]
7. Jonathan, born February 26, 1690-91; married, March 4, 1713-14, Martha Stocker; died March 1, 1728.[1][14]
8. Anna, born July 16, 1693; married 1715-16, Edmund Ireson.[1][15]
9. Isaac, born January 22, 1695-6; married (1) Anna __, (2) November 21, 1749, Mary Ingalls; died December 20, 1760.[1][16]
10. Robert, born October 3, 1698; married, November 26, 1730, Mary Rand; died December 27, 1775.[1][17]
11. Mary, born March 27, 1701; died before 1739, date of father's will.[1][18]
12. Martha, born February 1, 1703-4; married, August 2, 1724, David Blaney, of Salem, Massachusetts.[1][19]

Excerpts From The Will of Joseph Mansfield

In the will of Joseph Mansfield, written May 18, 1731, and probated June 11, 1739, he declares himself "husbandman" and names "beloved wife Elizabeth," to whom he gives "all my household moveables." He leaves the bulk of his estate to son Robert, who is appointed sole executor and is also directed to "provide for [Elizabeth] a full supply of what is needfull for her support in all respects." To son Joseph, "one Three acre Lott of Salt Marsh that was formerly my fathers Lying in Rumney Marsh ... or forty pounds in passable money." To son Isaac, "Fifty pounds..." To daughters Deborah, Anna and Martha, "Thirty pounds..." each. To "each of the Children of my Dec'd Daughter Elizabeth Five Shillings. To "each of the Children of my Dec'd Daughter Sarah one pound thirteen shillings and four pence. To "each of the Children of my Deceased Son Jonathan Five Shillings."[1][20]

"Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980. Page 13-14.

References

• "Mansfield Genealogy - Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth Mansfield and Sons Andrew and Joseph who came to Lynn 1639-1640" compiled by Geneva A. Daland & James S. Mansfield, M.D., 1980 (p.13-14). (Borrow from archive.org)
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHZ8-8H8
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55717221/joseph-mansfield