Joseph Ford (abt. 1767 - 1796)

Born about 1767 in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Bathsheba (Bates) Ford — married 10 Feb 1789 (to 30 Aug 1796) in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1796 at about age 29 in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Original Biography

Birth

Joseph was born about 1768 in Abington, Plymouth County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Joseph Ford and Freelove (Beals) Ford, who were living in Abington at this time.

He married Bathsheba Bates on 10 Feb 1789 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.^[1][2]

He died on 30 Aug 1796 in Worthington, Hampshire, Massachusetts.

Additional Biography

Researchers please note: Except where sub-headings and re-positioning of text has been used to improve flow, or additional notes have been provided almost all of the information below refers to the attached IMAGES 2, 3 and 4 from the book:[5]

First Appearance Under Father's Name - See attached Image 2

Joseph's name first appears as child ID Number 70 under his father Joseph's ID Number 30 naming his mother Freelove Beals Ford and describing the family history on pages 59 and 60 of the book THE DESCENDANTS OF ANDREW FORD OF WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS PART 1 THE FIRST SIX GENERATIONS Compiled by ELIZABETH COBB STEWART Capital City Press Montpelier, Vermont 1968.

Joseph's OWN Biography Page 103

Joseph's Ancestors 70. JOSEPH FORD (]oseph, ]acob, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew),

Birth born probably in Abington about 1767, died in Worthington about 30 Aug. 1796.

Marriage He (meaning Joseph) married in Worthington 10 Feb. 1789, BATHSHEBA BATES, bapt. in Abington 13 Nov. 1768, daughter of Isaiah and Molly Bates

Additional Facts about Bathsheba who also married Joseph's brother She (meaning Bathsheba married secondly Joseph's brother, Jacob Ford (see #73). Her father served in the Revolution; and he mentioned her in his will, 28 Sept. 1810, as "beloved daughter Bathsheba Ford" (Hampshire Co. probate record).

Locations Joseph lived in Cummington in 1789. He moved to Otsego town, Montgomery Co., N. Y., where he appeared in the 1790 census, 1 male over 16 and 1 female, living in what is now the town of Hartwick. In 1794 he leased lot 44 in Hartwick Patent, Otsego Co., N. Y. About April 1796 he returned to Worthington where he bought land. On 30 Aug. 1796 administration of his estate was assigned to Barnabas Packard of Cummington with David Reed surety; the widow was given her dowry and named guardian of her two children. Some of the real estate was sold, 12 Sept. 1797, to pay the debts (Roy L. Butterfield, Otsego County historian; Hampshire Co. deed book 12, p. 286, book 40, p. 206, probate record box 57, no. 21).

Children:

1. 176. i. JOSEPH,7 b. about 1790.
2. ii. NANCY, b. about 1794; m. JOHN STONE. They were grantors of Joseph Ford's property in Worthington in 1816 (Hampshire Co. deed book 39, p.88

Revised Information - see attached Image - to review Original Information found on attached Image labelled Joseph Ford 103 vs Revised Information in attached Image labelled Moses, Jacob, and Noah Revised Information. Text on page indicates that his biographical information was not changed.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDV-29X : 5 January 2021), Joseph Ford, 1789.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH5P-8TG : 23 October 2020), Joseph Ford, 1788.

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