According to Nahum Mitchell:
Josiah graduated Harvard University 1730; an amiable man, and very popular till the revolutionary troubles commenced, when being on the side of government, one of the 19 Rescinders so called, and a Mandamus Counsellor, he became a Refugee, and died very soon after on Long Island. The three Josiah Edsons, commonly called in aftertimes "Old Justice Edson, Old Capt. Edson, and Old Col. Edson," were all distinguished men both in Church and State. They all represented the Town in succession, and sustained most of the public offices in the Town, and were deservedly highly esteemed and popular men. Col. Edson engaged in none of the learned professions, but was an agriculturalist, and hence Mrs. Warren in her Group designated him under the appellation of Crusty Crowbar.
According to Don Blauvelt:
"Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was a Justice of the Peace, Col. of a Militia Regiment, Representative of Bridgewater to the Massachusetts General Court, and at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill had taken refuge at Boston during the British occupation of that city. He followed the British Army to Long Island, New York where he died in August 1776. His estate was subsequently confiscated in 1779 with his widow Abigail dying in poverty at Bridgewater in 1788.
Josiah married Ruth Bailey on September 13, 1737 in Scituate, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Josiah 1738
Ruth 1741
Josiah became a widow when Ruth died in 1743.
Josiah married Mary Parker on November 25, 1746 in Plympton, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Mary was a daughter of Judge Daniel Parker and Mary Lumbert of Barnstable, and sister of the Rev. Jonathan Parker of Plympton. They had a child:
Mary 1749
she married Doctor Jonathan Crane in 1770
Josiah became a widow when Mary died before 1755.
Col. Josiah and Mary (Parker) Edson owned slaves John Jess and Zilpah/Silva, who both married while Col. Josiah Edson was in exile with the British.
Josiah died in Long Island, New York.
Josiah graduated Harvard University 1730; an amiable man, and very popular till the revolutionary troubles commenced, when being on the side of government, one of the 19 Rescinders so called, and a Mandamus Counsellor, he became a Refugee, and died very soon after on Long Island. The three Josiah Edsons, commonly called in aftertimes "Old Justice Edson, Old Capt. Edson, and Old Col. Edson," were all distinguished men both in Church and State. They all represented the Town in succession, and sustained most of the public offices in the Town, and were deservedly highly esteemed and popular men. Col. Edson engaged in none of the learned professions, but was an agriculturalist, and hence Mrs. Warren in her Group designated him under the appellation of Crusty Crowbar.
According to Don Blauvelt:
"Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was a Justice of the Peace, Col. of a Militia Regiment, Representative of Bridgewater to the Massachusetts General Court, and at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill had taken refuge at Boston during the British occupation of that city. He followed the British Army to Long Island, New York where he died in August 1776. His estate was subsequently confiscated in 1779 with his widow Abigail dying in poverty at Bridgewater in 1788.
Josiah married Ruth Bailey on September 13, 1737 in Scituate, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Josiah 1738
Ruth 1741
Josiah became a widow when Ruth died in 1743.
Josiah married Mary Parker on November 25, 1746 in Plympton, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Mary was a daughter of Judge Daniel Parker and Mary Lumbert of Barnstable, and sister of the Rev. Jonathan Parker of Plympton. They had a child:
Mary 1749
she married Doctor Jonathan Crane in 1770
Josiah became a widow when Mary died before 1755.
Col. Josiah and Mary (Parker) Edson owned slaves John Jess and Zilpah/Silva, who both married while Col. Josiah Edson was in exile with the British.
Josiah died in Long Island, New York.
According to Nahum Mitchell:
Josiah graduated Harvard University 1730; an amiable man, and very popular till the revolutionary troubles commenced, when being on the side of government, one of the 19 Rescinders so called, and a Mandamus Counsellor, he became a Refugee, and died very soon after on Long Island. The three Josiah Edsons, commonly called in aftertimes "Old Justice Edson, Old Capt. Edson, and Old Col. Edson," were all distinguished men both in Church and State. They all represented the Town in succession, and sustained most of the public offices in the Town, and were deservedly highly esteemed and popular men. Col. Edson engaged in none of the learned professions, but was an agriculturalist, and hence Mrs. Warren in her Group designated him under the appellation of Crusty Crowbar.
According to Don Blauvelt:
"Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was a Justice of the Peace, Col. of a Militia Regiment, Representative of Bridgewater to the Massachusetts General Court, and at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill had taken refuge at Boston during the British occupation of that city. He followed the British Army to Long Island, New York where he died in August 1776. His estate was subsequently confiscated in 1779 with his widow Abigail dying in poverty at Bridgewater in 1788.
Josiah married Ruth Bailey on September 13, 1737 in Scituate, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Josiah 1738
Ruth 1741
Josiah became a widow when Ruth died in 1743.
Josiah married Mary Parker on November 25, 1746 in Plympton, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Mary was a daughter of Judge Daniel Parker and Mary Lumbert of Barnstable, and sister of the Rev. Jonathan Parker of Plympton. They had a child:
Mary 1749
she married Doctor Jonathan Crane in 1770
Josiah became a widow when Mary died before 1755.
Col. Josiah and Mary (Parker) Edson owned slaves John Jess and Zilpah/Silva, who both married while Col. Josiah Edson was in exile with the British.
Josiah died in Long Island, New York.
Josiah graduated Harvard University 1730; an amiable man, and very popular till the revolutionary troubles commenced, when being on the side of government, one of the 19 Rescinders so called, and a Mandamus Counsellor, he became a Refugee, and died very soon after on Long Island. The three Josiah Edsons, commonly called in aftertimes "Old Justice Edson, Old Capt. Edson, and Old Col. Edson," were all distinguished men both in Church and State. They all represented the Town in succession, and sustained most of the public offices in the Town, and were deservedly highly esteemed and popular men. Col. Edson engaged in none of the learned professions, but was an agriculturalist, and hence Mrs. Warren in her Group designated him under the appellation of Crusty Crowbar.
According to Don Blauvelt:
"Prior to the Revolutionary War, he was a Justice of the Peace, Col. of a Militia Regiment, Representative of Bridgewater to the Massachusetts General Court, and at the time of the Battle of Bunker Hill had taken refuge at Boston during the British occupation of that city. He followed the British Army to Long Island, New York where he died in August 1776. His estate was subsequently confiscated in 1779 with his widow Abigail dying in poverty at Bridgewater in 1788.
Josiah married Ruth Bailey on September 13, 1737 in Scituate, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. They had children:
Josiah 1738
Ruth 1741
Josiah became a widow when Ruth died in 1743.
Josiah married Mary Parker on November 25, 1746 in Plympton, Plymouth county, Province of Massachusetts Bay. Mary was a daughter of Judge Daniel Parker and Mary Lumbert of Barnstable, and sister of the Rev. Jonathan Parker of Plympton. They had a child:
Mary 1749
she married Doctor Jonathan Crane in 1770
Josiah became a widow when Mary died before 1755.
Col. Josiah and Mary (Parker) Edson owned slaves John Jess and Zilpah/Silva, who both married while Col. Josiah Edson was in exile with the British.
Josiah died in Long Island, New York.
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