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Joseph Head 1705–1784 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Sep 1705

Birth Location: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Death Date: 1784

Death Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA

Father: Jonathan Head

Mother: Susanna Wilcox

Spouse(s): Bathsheba Palmer

Children(s): Lydia Head, Jonathan Sr

Joseph Head was born in 1705 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Jonathan Head And Susanna Wilcox. Joseph Head married Bathsheba Palmer, and had children including Jonathan Head Sr, Lydia Head. Joseph Head passed away in 1784 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Head was born in 1705 in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, the child of Jonathan Head And Susanna Wilcox.
  • Joseph Head married Bathsheba Palmer, and had children including Jonathan Head Sr, Lydia Head.
  • Joseph Head passed away in 1784 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA.

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Joseph Head's Ancestors

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Joseph Head
1705–1784
Birth Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Parents
Jonathan Head
1678–1748
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Susanna Wilcox
1680–1748
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Daniel Wilcox
1632–1702
Croft, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Cooke
1640–1715
Great-Grandparents
John Cooke
1607–1695
Sarah Warren
1614–1696
2nd-Great-Grandparents
MF Warren
1578–1628
GW Walker
1580–1673

Joseph Head's Descendants

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Joseph Head (1 Sep 1705–1784) m. Bathsheba Palmer (4 June 1718–)
  1. 1. Lydia Head 1741–
  2. 2. Jonathan (Head) Sr 1738–1777 m. Ruth Little 1742–1793
    1. 1. Daniel Head 1765–1840
    2. 2. Fobes Head 1764–1855
    3. 3. Jonathan (Head) Jr 1775–1866 m. Hepzibah Livermore 1780–1862
      1. 1. Orson (Sherman) Head 1817–1875 m. Mary (Jane) Treadwell 1827–1863
        1. 1. Mary (Blanche) Head 1847–1942 m. Frederick (J) Gottredsen 1857– m. Richard (Jones) Wells 1843–1909
      2. 2. Ralph Head 1800–1847
    4. 4. Joseph Head 1760–1837
    5. 5. Lydia Head 1769–
    6. 6. Ruth Head 1776–

Joseph Head's Timeline

2 Records

1705
1 Sep 1705
Birth of Joseph Head in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
1784
1784
Age 79
Death of Joseph Head in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA
Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Sep 1705
    Event Place: Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1589.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GAK
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1784
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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