The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
An old upright stone that appears to be contemporary of the Patriot's death
There is an NSSAR stake marker
Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:
From Liberty Street in Hanson, go south on High Street. The cemetery is a short distance on the east side of the road
Author: Mark Andrew Davis
Eleazer Josselyn was born on 14 Sep 1762 in Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, the son of Abraham and Mary Josselyn.
During the American Revolution, he served as a Private in the Company of Captain Joseph Soper in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Theophilus Cotton. He enlisted on 5 March 1781 and was discharged on 20 March 1781 for service of 15 days. He was also on a 40-day expedition to Rhode Island.
He married Bethia Bourne on 9 January 1783 in Pembroke. She died on 3 December 1806. Their known children were
Mary was born on 10 August 1783 and married Joseph Monroe.
Lydia was born on 27 September 1785 and married Jeremiah Stetson.
Eleazer [Jr.] was born on 24 October 1787.
Ephraim Allen was born on 3 November 1789 and died on 14 Feb 1813.
Lyman was born on 9 November 1791 and married Betsey Delano.
Nathan was born on 15 January 1794.
Bethiah was born on 15 December 1796 and married William Estes.
Priscilla was born on 11 March 1799 and married Ezekiel Turner.
Abraham was born on 20 January 1800.
Calvin was born on 7 May 1803 and married Catharine Pierce.
Lucy was born on 27 April 1805 and married Job Luther.
Dorothy was born on 16 March 1806 and married Alexander Kilbourn.
Eleazer married on 5 March 1807 at Pembroke to Alice Wadsworth Howland. Their known children were:
Deborah H. was born on 12 December 1807 and married Elbridge Leach.
Luther was born on 6 March 1809.
Julius was born on 2 July 1813 and married Georgiana Oldham.
Jairus was born on 24 August 1815.
Issachar was born on 5 March 1817 and married Frances Cushman.
Ezra (1) was born on 6 January 1819 and died as an infant.
Ezra (2) [twin] was born on 6 December 1820 and died as an infant.
Sophronia [twin] was born on 6 December 1820 and married Walter Reed.
Eleazer made his Last Will and Testament on 2 January 1838 at Hanson. He mentions his wife “Alice Wadsworth” and daughter children Lucy Luther, Dorothy Josselyn, Deborah H. Leach, and “all [his] living children,” and Sally, Priscilla, and Bathsheba, daughters of Ezekiel Turner [married Priscilla Josselyn].
The Patriot died on 2 February 1838 in Hanson, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Sources:
Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Massachusetts. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1901, page 1005.
Plymouth County, Massachusetts Probate Court, probate file #11651
Pembroke, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Vital Records.
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