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Joseph Messenger 1741–1791 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1741

Birth Location: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Death Date: 1791

Death Location: , Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Isaac Messenger

Mother: Hannah Alford

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Joseph Messenger was born in 1741 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the child of Isaac Messenger And Hannah Alford. Joseph Messenger passed away in 1791 in , Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Biography

  • Joseph Messenger was born in 1741 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA, the child of Isaac Messenger And Hannah Alford.
  • Joseph Messenger passed away in 1791 in , Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Joseph Messenger's Ancestors

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Joseph Messenger
1741–1791
Birth Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Parents
Isaac Messenger
1717–1801
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Hannah Alford
1724–1811
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Joseph Messenger
1687–1763
Windsor, CT
Catherine Holcomb
1689–1769
Granbury, , Connecticut, USA
Nathaniel Alford
1698–1769
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Experience Holcomb
1706–1774
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nathaniel Messenger
1651–1700
Rebecca Kelsey
1659–1678
Nathaniel Holcombe
1648–1722
Mary Bliss
1651–1722
Josias Alford
1649–1722
Hannah Westover
1668–1753
Joshua Holcomb
1672–1727
Hannah Carrington
1675–1708
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edward Messenger
1617–1688
Dorcas Bosworth
1620–1702
Mark Kelsey
1632–1723
Rebecca Hoskins
1634–1683
Thomas Holcomb
1605–1657
Elizabeth Ferguson
1617–1679
Nathaniel Bliss
1622–1654
Catherine Chapin
1626–1712
Benedict Alvord
1619–1683
Jane Newton
1622–1715
Jonah Westover
1628–1708
Ann Griswold
1642–1714
Joshua Holcomb
1640–1690
Ruth Sherwood
1648–1699
John Carrington
1640–1690
Elizabeth Clark
1653–1690

Joseph Messenger's Timeline

2 Records

1741
1741
Birth of Joseph Messenger in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1791
1791
Age 50
Death of Joseph Messenger in , Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA
, Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1741
    Event Place: Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1791
    Event Place: , Delaware, Pennsylvania, USA

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