Joshua LOBDELL, II

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Name:
"Simon Lobdell and His Descendants": Joshua, b. March 1703; m. Mary, dau. of Joseph Reynolds of Ridgefield. They resided in Ridgefield, for several years after marriage, presumably after1730 (?) they moved over the line - from Ridgefield, into Courtland Manor - North Salem, Westchester Co., NY state. Joshua was Capt. of Westchester co. Militia Company for several years, and many of his company with Joshua as their Capt. volunteered for the French and Indian wars of 1755-60.

History records the death of Capt. Joshua, as before 1769 - probably in 1767 - as on that date his son, Joshua, third, was appointed administrator of his estate His widow survived him, residing in Courtland Manor in 1768 at which time a deed is recorded at Ridgefield in which she joins with her children in selling land in Ridgefield to john Whitlock of Ridgefield....

Family/Spouse: Mary REYNOLDS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ebenezer LOBDELL was born on 1 Dec 1730 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in bet. 23 Feb - 12 June 1799 in North Salem, Westchester County, New York.

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Name:
"Simon Lobdell and his Descendants": Joshua, an only son, b. at Springfield, Mass., 23 Dec 1671, m. for his first wife at Milford, Conn. 11 Aug. 1695 - Gov. Robert Treat performing the ceremony - Mary, dau. of John and Alice Burwell, early settlers of Milford. upon one of the stones of "Memorial Bridge" at Milford, is carved the name of the father of Mary. No record can be found of her death, but perhaps it occurred soon after the firth of her dau., Susannah, who was bapt. 5 March 1710, and on 9 April, 1710, Simon Lobdell, then an old man, was admitted to the First Church of Milford.......


(The following item of Joshua is contributed by Mr. Henry Lobdell of Salem Center, who is now living on part of the original farm in the manor of Cortland, Westchester Co., NY, leased by his great grandfather - Ebenezer Lobdell before the Revolution - of Stephen De Lancey, and afterward purchased by him at sheriff's sale."
"After the death of Mary, Joshua, with his children moved to the town of Ridgefield, Conn., 'in 1712, in which year on 3 March, he bought of James Brown of Norwalk, Conn., one twenty-ninth part of the town of Ridgefield. (the above James Brown was one of the original proprietors who purchased of the Indians, in1708, all that land, now called Ridgefield.) during the succeeding twenty or thirty years Joshua was continually adding to his estate by purchase from the proprietors or their grantors. The date of the death of Joshua cannot be determined from Ridgefield records but it must have occurred before 31 Oct. 1743, as on that date, Caleb agrees to assume the support of his mother, Eunice, widow of Joshua Lobdell (deceased), late of Ridgefield".

From Burt's first century of Springfield, Mass.:
"In 1743 a deed in Book S. Springfield records mentions - "Samuel Lobdell; Caleb and John Lobdell; Jabez Northrup and wife Sarah; Seaborn Burt and wife Susannah - all of Ridgefield, Conn. Samuel Plum and wife Mary, of Derby, Conn., and Joshua Lobdell of Cortlandt Manor, NY, to Ebenezer Lobdell of Ridgefield, Conn., all interest in estate of our father Joshua - and land that formerly belonged to Simon Lobdell, formerly of Springfield, Mass."

About 1713 Joshua m. for his second wife, Eunice, dau. of Lieut. John Olmstead and his wife Mary Benedict of Norwalk, Conn.

Eunice was b. about 1689, and was aunt of Rebecca St. John, who married Samuel, eldest child of Joshua and Mary (Burwell) Lobdell.

Joshua married Mary BURWELL on 11 Aug 1695 in Milford, Connecticut. Mary died after Mar 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]