Some Descendants of Joseph Child and Sarah Platts of Watertown

  1. Joseph Child was born the 7th of the 11th month 1658 in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 1:3:1711 in Watertown. [Ref] He married first Sarah Norcross on 23 Sep 1680 in Watertown. [Ref] He married second Ruth Maddock on 25 Jul 1705. [Ref, p. 156]
    Ruth was an innholder in 1719. [Ref, p. 156]
    1. Sarah Child was born on 11 Nov 1681 in Watertown. [Ref]
    2. Joseph Child was born on 21 Jun 1685 in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 9 May 1774 in Watertown. [Ref] Joseph of Watertown married Mary Thatcher of Watertown on 8 Jul 1713 in Watertown. [Ref]
      1. Jonathan Child was born on in 3 Jul 1714 Watertown. [Ref] He died in 1774. [Ref, p. 156] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref, p. 156]
        1. Elizabeth Child was born on 1 Jan 1737/8. [Ref, p. 156] She was baptised on 8 Jan 1737/8 in Watertown. [Ref] She married Josiah Norcross on 6 Jan 1757. [Ref, p. 156]
        2. Abigail Child was born on 2 Nov 1743. [Ref, p. 156]
        3. Jonathan Child was born on 25 Feb 1746/7. [Ref, p. 156] He married Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref, p. 156]
          1. Jonathan Child was born on 4 Feb 1776 [Ref, p. 156] in Watertown. [Ref] Jonathan of Watertown married Nancy Crane of Dorchester on 20 Feb 1808 in Watertown. [Ref]
          2. Abigail Child was born on 26 Mar 1777 [Ref, p. 156] in Watertown. [Ref]
          3. Elizabeth Child was born on 13 Dec 1778 [Ref, p. 156] in Watertown. [Ref]
          4. Hannah Child was born on 20 Aug 1783 [Ref, p. 156] in Watertown. [Ref]
          5. Susanna Child was born on 5 Jun 1788. [Ref, p. 156] in Watertown. [Ref]
        4. Mary Child was born on 25 Nov 1758. [Ref, p. 156] She married David Learned on 28 Apr 1782. [Ref, p. 156]
        5. Joseph Child was born on 17 Dec 1761. [Ref, p. 156] He married Lucy Parmenter on 3 Oct 1782. [Ref, p. 156]
      2. Samuel Child was born on 30 Mar 1716 in Watertown. [Ref] Samuel of Watertown married Elizabeth Berry of Watertown on 5 Feb 1739 in Watertown. [Ref]
        1. Mary Child was born on 13 Jul 1741 in Watertown. [Ref] She was baptised on 19 Jul 1741 in Watertown. [Ref]
        2. Sarah Child was born on 28 Nov 1743 in Watertown. [Ref]
        3. Elizabeth Child was born on 7 Feb 1745/6 in Watertown. [Ref]
        4. Samuel Child was born on 10 Feb 1747/8 in Watertown. [Ref]
        5. Mary Child was baptised on 19 Oct 1749 in Watertown. [Ref]
        6. Lydia Child was born on 22 Jul 1750 in Watertown. [Ref]
        7. Ebenezer Child was born on 25 Apr 1753 in Watertown. [Ref]
      3. Mary Child was born on 25 Feb 1717/8 in Watertown. [Ref] She (or perhaps Mary Child) married Joseph Whitney on 19 Apr 1737. [Ref, p. 156] Mary is said to be of Waltham and Joseph is said to be of Weston in their intention, record 11 Mar 1742/3 in Weston. [Ref, p. 51]
      4. Joseph Child was born on 28 Oct 1720. [Ref, p. 156] He may have died on 9 May 1774. [Ref, p. 156]
    3. Mary Child was born on 11 Apr 1687. [Ref, p. 156] She was baptised on 5 Jun __87 in Watertown. [Ref]She died on 4 Aug 1688 in Watertown. [Ref]
    4. John Child was born on 29 Mar 1689 in Watertown. [Ref] He married Thankful Unknown on 5 Oct 1715. [Ref, p. 156]
      1. Betsey Child was born on 13 Jan 1716. [Ref, p. 156] She died in 1717. [Ref, p. 156]
      2. Ephraim Child was born on 6 Sep 1718. [Ref, p. 156]
      3. Robert Child was born on 28 Feb 1719/20. [Ref, p. 156] He married Margaret Unknown. [Ref, p. 156]
      4. Caleb Child was born on 20 Sep 1721. [Ref, p. 156] He married Lucy Underwood after 4 Feb 1743/4 (int.) in Weston. [Ref, p. 52] He may have married second Esther Wheeler of Weston on 12 Nov 1772. [Ref, p. 156][Ref, p. 132, Caleb of Brookline]
      5. Thankful Child was born on 14 Sep 1726. [Ref, p. 156] She married John Capel of Waltham in Mar 1752. [Ref, p. 156]
      6. Hannah Child was born on 27Jan 1728. [Ref, p. 156]
      7. Josiah Child was born on 14 Apr 1731. [Ref, p. 156] He married first Rebecca Seger in Oct 1759. [Ref, p. 156] He married second Lucy Unknown. [Ref, p. 156]
        1. Rebecca Child (daughter of Rebecca) was born on 18 May 1760. [Ref, p. 156]
        2. Elizabeth Child (daughter of Lucy) [Ref, p. 156]
        3. Fanny Child [Ref, p. 156]
        4. Spencer Child [Ref, p. 156]
        5. David Child [Ref, p. 156]
        6. Lucy Child [Ref, p. 156]
        7. Abner Child [Ref, p. 156]
      8. Sarah Child was born in 175[3?]5. [Ref, p. 156]
      9. Lydia Child was baptised on 25 Apr 1736 in Weston. [Ref, p. 156]
    5. Samuel Child was born on 7 Jan 1694/5 in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 1 Jul 1707 in Watertown. [Ref]
    6. Isaac Child was baptised on 1698/9 in Watertown. [Ref] According to [Ref, p. 156] he is the Isaac who married Eunice Pierce on 2 Jul 1729 in Watertown. [Ref] She died on 19 Sep 1793. [Ref, p. 156]
      Isaac was a turner. [Ref, p. 156]
      1. Phinehas Child was born on 26 Apr 1730. [Ref, p. 156] He married first Lois Dakin on 2 Jun 1757. [Ref, p. 156] He married second Ruth Wheeler of Watertown on 15 Apr 1770 in Watertown. [Ref]
        Phinehas and Lois owned the covenant at the church in Weston on 30 Oct 1757. [Ref, p. 477]
        1. Phinehas Child was born on 5 Sep 1757 [Ref, p. 156] in Weston. [Ref, p. 96]
          Phinehas was a soldier in the Continental Army. [Ref, p. 156]
        2. Molly Child was born on 31 Oct 1759 in Weston. [Ref, p. 156][Ref, p. 99]
        3. Jonas Child was born on 9 Apr 1762. [Ref, p. 156]
        4. Amos Child was born on 5 Jul 1764.
        5. Katherine Child (twin) was born on 29 Jun 1766 in Watertown. [Ref] She was baptised on 6 Jul 1766 in Watertown. [Ref]
        6. Lois Child (twin) was born on 29 Jun 1766 in Watertown. [Ref] She was baptised on 6 Jul 1766 in Watertown. [Ref] She married John Flagg, Jr. on 13 Mar 1785 in Weston. [Ref, p. 156]
      2. Isaac Child was born on 1732/3. [Ref, p. 156] He married first Sarah Unknown. [Ref, p. 156] He married second Hannah Unknown. [Ref, p. 156] He married third Lydia Unknown. [Ref, p. 156]
        1. Daniel Child (son of Sarah) was born on 24 Nov 1754 in Lincoln. [Ref, p. 156] He died on 19 Sep 1756. [Ref, p. 156]
        2. Timothy Child (son of Sarah) died on 9 Nov 1756. [Ref, p. 156]
        3. Abel Child (son of Hannah) was born on 10 Apr 1757. [Ref, p. 156] He married Polly Unknown.
          1. Polly Child was born on 29 Mar 1786 in Lincoln. [Ref, p. 156]
          2. Mary Child was born on 9 Nov 1787. [Ref, p. 156]
        4. Solomon Child (son of Lydia) was born on 1 Nov 1762 in Waltham. [Ref, p. 156, has a question mark] He married Betsey Sanderson on 26 Apr 1804 [Ref, p. 156] in Weston. [Ref, p. 184, Solomon of Waltham]
          1. Leonard Child was born on 5 Feb 1805. [Ref, p. 156]
          2. Solomon Child was born on 6 Sep 1808. [Ref, p. 156]
          3. Sarah Ann Child was born on 7 Jul 1812. [Ref, p. 156]
        5. Mathilda Child (daughter of Hannah) was born on 18 Apr 1764. [Ref, p. 156] She died in 1814. [Ref, p. 569] She married William Hobbs on 23 Feb 1785 [Ref, p. 156] in Weston. [Ref, p. 156, Matilda of Waltham]He died in 1797. [Ref, p. 569]
        6. Lydia Child was born on 9 Sep 1768. [Ref, p. 157] She died in 1836. [Ref, p. 570] She married Nathan Hobbs of Weston after 27 Dec 1787 (int.) [Ref, p. 157] in Weston. [Ref, p. 160, Lydia of Waltham] He was baptised on 22 Dec 1765. [Ref, p. 570] He died on 13 May 1842 in Sturbridge. [Ref, p. 570]
        7. Polly Child was born on 17 Sep 1771. [Ref, p. 157] She married Edward Fiske on 13 Sep 1798. [Ref, p. 157]
        8. Prentice Child was born on 14 Dec 1774. [Ref, p. 157]
        9. Prentice Child was born on 1 Dec 1775. [Ref, p. 157] He married Harriet Livermore. [Ref, p. 157]
        10. Capt. Isaac Child was born on 7 Feb 1778. [Ref, p. 157] He married Betsey Wellington on 28 Jun 1804. [Ref, p. 157]
          Isaac was a captain in Walton.
          1. Darius Child was born on 17 Oct 1805. [Ref, p. 157]
          2. Eveline Child was born on 8 Mar 1807. [Ref, p. 157]
          3. Elizabeth Child was born on 1 Dec 1809. [Ref, p. 157]
          4. Isaac Child was born on 9 Oct 1812. [Ref, p. 157]
          5. Prentice Child was born on 14 Jan 1815. [Ref, p. 157]
      3. Eunice Child was born on 6 Apr 1734. [Ref, p. 157]
      4. Thaddeus Child was born on 13 Apr 1736. [Ref, p. 157] He married Hepzibah Warren on 29 Jul 1762. [Ref, p. 157]
        Thaddeus and Hepzibah owned the covenant on 27 Mar 1763 in Weston. [Ref, p. 184] Hepzibah was admitted to full communion in the church in Weston on 14 Feb 1768. [Ref, p. 4764]
        1. Silas Child was born on 1 Feb 1763 [Ref, p. 157] in Weston. [Ref, p. 110]
        2. Joel Child was born on 20 Jan 1765. [Ref, p. 157] He was baptised on 10 Feb 1765 in Weston. [Ref, p. 481]
        3. Eunice Child was baptised on 7 Jun 1767 in Weston. [Ref, p. 485]
        4. Nathan Child was baptised on 20 May 1770. [Ref, p. 157]
        5. Anna Child was baptised on 5 Jul 1772. [Ref, p. 157]
        6. Aaron Child was baptised on 17 Sep 1775 [Ref, p. 157] in Lincoln. [Ref, p. 566] He married Catherine Floyd on 17 Sep 1797. [Ref, p. 566]
          1. Aaron Child was baptised on 4 Jan 1801 in Medford. [Ref, p. 566]
          2. Nathan Child was baptised on 23 Jun 1805 in Medford. [Ref, p. 566]
          3. Mary Child was born about 1807. [Ref, p. 566]
          4. Hannah Child was born about 1809. [Ref, p. 566]
        7. Sally Child was baptised on 3 Feb 1782. [Ref, p. 157]
      5. Abijah Child was born on 23 Apr 1739. [Ref, p. 157, with a question mark] He married Sarah Cutler of Lexington on 27 Oct 1763. [Ref, p. 157]
        Abijah was of Lexington. [Ref, p. 157]
        1. David Child was born on 29 Nov 1767. [Ref, p. 157]
        2. Jonathan Child was baptised on 5 Mar 1769. [Ref, p. 157]
        3. William Child was born on 16 Sep 1770. [Ref, p. 157]
        4. Abigail Child was born on 26 May 1772. [Ref, p. 157]
        5. Rebecca Child was born on 18 Sep 1773. [Ref, p. 157]
        6. Abraham Child was born on 16 Feb 1775. [Ref, p. 157]
        7. Thomas Child was born on 21 Apr 1777. [Ref, p. 157]
      6. Capt. Abraham Child was born on 12 Aug 1741. [Ref, p. 157] He married Rebecca Stowell on 2 Apr 1767. [Ref, p. 157]
        Abraham was a captain in the Revolution in the Jerseys in 1776. [Ref, p. 157]
      7. David Child was baptised on 4 May 1746. [Ref, p. 157] He died on 1 Jun 1767. [Ref, p. 157]
      8. Lucy Child was baptised on 4 Jun 1749. [Ref, p. 157]
    7. Lydia Child was born on 2 Jun 1706 in Watertown. [Ref] Lydia of Watertown married James Faye of Westborough on 19 Dec 1727 in Watertown. [Ref]
    8. Abigail Child was born on 19 Sep 1708 in Watertown. [Ref]
    9. Ebenezer Child was born on 19 Jan 1711/2 in Watertown. [Ref]