Joseph belonged ot the same military society as his father, as Lieutenant and a captain, which were high military positions at that time. He became a wealthy merchant in Norwich, MA. Five of his sons were in the Revolutionary War. Two of them Fredrick and Benjamin lost their lives.
Joseph belonged to the same military society as his father, as Lieutenant and a captain, which were high military positions at that time. He became a wealthy merchant in Norwich, MA. Five of his sons were in the Revolutionary War. Two of them Fredrick and Benjamin lost their lives.
died as a child.
Was active in local affairs and in the school of a soldier, but socially, religiously and as a public spirited person. An obituary notice says: he was fond of retirement from the bustling world. He was apparently never so happy as when traveling the road of unnoticed humility."