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Joseph Russell 1650–1739 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 MAY 1650

Birth Location: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 11 DEC 1739

Death Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Father: John MA

Mother: Dorothy MA

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Fobes

Children(s): Rebekah Russell

In 1650, Joseph Russell entered the world in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, born to John Russell Of Dartmouth Ma And Dorothy Russell Of Dartmouth Ma. Joseph Russell married Elizabeth Fobes, and had children including Rebekah Russell. Joseph Russell passed away in 1739 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • In 1650, Joseph Russell entered the world in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, born to John Russell Of Dartmouth Ma And Dorothy Russell Of Dartmouth Ma.
  • Joseph Russell married Elizabeth Fobes, and had children including Rebekah Russell.
  • Joseph Russell passed away in 1739 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America.

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Joseph Russell's Ancestors

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Joseph Russell
1650–1739
Birth Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
John Russell of Dartmouth MA
1608–
Dorothy (Russell of Dartmouth) MA
1613–1687
England
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Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Joseph Russell's Descendants

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Joseph Russell (6 MAY 1650–11 DEC 1739) m. Elizabeth Fobes (1657–25 SEP 1737)
  1. 1. Rebekah Russell 1688–1764 m. Jabaz Barker 1675–1764
    1. 1. Francis Barker 1720– m. Sarah Howland 1731–1785
      1. 1. Nicholas Barker 1740–1799 m. Clarinda Folger 1762–1804
        1. 1. Hannah Barker 1785–1862 m. Cyrus Benedict 1774–1828

Joseph Russell's Timeline

3 Records

1650
6 MAY 1650
Birth of Joseph Russell in New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1739
1739
Age 89
Burial of Joseph Russell
None
1739
11 DEC 1739
Age 89
Death of Joseph Russell in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 MAY 1650
    Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 24 July 2019, 03:14), entry for Joseph Russell(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LRRC-NJ3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 28 September 2018), Joseph NULL NULL Russell, ; Burial, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ; citing record ID 190845151, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Google Docs
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barrett Beard Russell, "The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass., (Boston:1904; Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 57 & 58.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 10 February 2018), Joseph Russell, 06 May 1650; citing NEW BEDFORD,BRISTOL,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873758 IT 2.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationSource number: 463.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: MEWSource InformationYates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationSource number: 255.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRGSource InformationYates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Joseph Russell, 06 May 1650; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).DescriptionDid your own founding fathers marry, die, buy a house, rent a pew, or own a dog in the Bay State? Here’s your chance to find out.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Joseph Russell, 06 May 1650; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,870.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationGenealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700Source InformationAncestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationSource number: 14920.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: BFOSource InformationYates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.
    [13] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 December 2015), Joseph Russell, 1739; Burial, ,, ; citing record ID 148660366, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [14] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data:Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    [15] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: The descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, MassSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [16] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Genealogy of That Branch of the Russell Family which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell of WSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [17] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Russell families of seventeenth century New EnglandSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1739
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 24 July 2019, 03:14), entry for Joseph Russell(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LRRC-NJ3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 28 September 2018), Joseph NULL NULL Russell, ; Burial, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ; citing record ID 190845151, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Google Docs
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barrett Beard Russell, "The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass., (Boston:1904; Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 57 & 58.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).DescriptionDid your own founding fathers marry, die, buy a house, rent a pew, or own a dog in the Bay State? Here’s your chance to find out.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationGenealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700Source InformationAncestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 December 2015), Joseph Russell, 1739; Burial, ,, ; citing record ID 148660366, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data:Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: The descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, MassSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Genealogy of That Branch of the Russell Family which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell of WSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Russell families of seventeenth century New EnglandSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 24 July 2019, 03:14), entry for Joseph Russell(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LRRC-NJ3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, Google Docs
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barrett Beard Russell, "The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass., (Boston:1904; Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 57 & 58.
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).DescriptionDid your own founding fathers marry, die, buy a house, rent a pew, or own a dog in the Bay State? Here’s your chance to find out.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationGenealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700Source InformationAncestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data:Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: The descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, MassSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Genealogy of That Branch of the Russell Family which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell of WSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Russell families of seventeenth century New EnglandSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 DEC 1739
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
    Record Source:
    [1] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Family Tree," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : modified 24 July 2019, 03:14), entry for Joseph Russell(PID ; contributed by various users. PersonID LRRC-NJ3
    [2] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 28 September 2018), Joseph NULL NULL Russell, ; Burial, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, ; citing record ID 190845151, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [3] FamilySearch Family Tree, Google Docs
    [4] FamilySearch Family Tree, Barrett Beard Russell, "The Descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, Mass., (Boston:1904; Reprinted from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 57 & 58.
    [5] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).DescriptionDid your own founding fathers marry, die, buy a house, rent a pew, or own a dog in the Bay State? Here’s your chance to find out.
    [6] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationGenealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700Source InformationAncestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.Original data: Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
    [7] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Find A Grave Index," database, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 15 December 2015), Joseph Russell, 1739; Burial, ,, ; citing record ID 148660366, <i>Find a Grave<i>
    [8] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source InformationAncestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data:Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States of America: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
    [9] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: The descendants of John Russell of Dartmouth, MassSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [10] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Genealogy of That Branch of the Russell Family which Comprises the Descendants of John Russell of WSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [11] FamilySearch Family Tree, Source CitationBook Title: Russell families of seventeenth century New EnglandSource InformationAncestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.DescriptionThis collection contains genealogical research privately published in family history books.
    [12] FamilySearch Family Tree, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, <i>FamilySearch<i> ( : 5 November 2017), Joseph, Sr. Russell, 11 Dec 1739; citing Death, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.

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