Matthias Joslyn (q.v. Joslin, Jocelyn), s. of James Joslyn and Naomi Diggins, b. of record Aug. 19, 1807 at Waitsfield, VT. He d. Nov. 21, 1833, Æ 27, at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, just north of present-day Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, OK. However, there is no record of Matthias' death in the Dwight Mission records. The earliest burials at the Dwight Mission Cemetery also are not of record and if Matthias once had a physical gravestone it has long deteriorated away.
Matthias had been a teacher at the male school for Choctaw Indians at Tekbunah (aka Mayhew) Mission at present-day Lowndes County, Mississippi. At the time Tekbunah was within the northeastern portion of the Choctaw Indian's territory southwest of Columbus, Mississippi. In 1830 via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw ceded all of their land in Mississippi to the United States in exchange for land at present-day southeast Oklahoma south of the Arkansas River. By 1832 most of the Choctaw had moved west accompanied, at their request, by many of the missionaries that had served them in Mississippi.
On Oct. 4, 1832 of record at Thetford, Vermont (by Elisha G. Babcock, Min. of the Gospel), Matthias m. Sophia Martitia Palmer, dau. of John Hampden Palmer and Lydia Loomis, b. Mar. 2, 1811 at Strafford, VT. Immediately after marriage Matthias and Sophia were assigned to Union Mission to the Osage Indians in Indian Territory. Union Mission was established in 1821 to the Osage Indians southeast of present-day Chouteau, Oklahoma when its location was in the territory of the Osage. After 1828 by treaty between the Osage and Cherokee, the location of Union Mission became part of the Cherokee Indian domain in Indian Territory, now northeast Oklahoma.
The Missionary Herald, 1828-1834.
1832. Departure of Missionaries.
For Missions among the Indians.
• Mr. Matthias Joslyn, of Waitsfield, Vt., and Mrs. Joslyn and Miss Relief Thayer of Thetford, Miss Esther Smith of Royalton, and Miss Jerusha Johnson of Albany, N.Y., commenced their journey, by the way of Lake Erie and the Ohio river, for different missions among the Indians, about the 15th of October. Miss Thayer is expected to join Mr. and Mrs. Bliss at Cattaraugus (N.Y.), as teacher of the school. Miss Smith and Miss Johnson, are expected to stop, one at Dwight and the other at Fairfield, among the Arkansas Cherokees; and Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn are expected to proceed to the Union mission to take charge of the schools at that place. Mr. Joslyn was formerly teacher of the boys' school at Mayhew, among the Choctaws.
[In the above notice, Jerusha Johnson became the second wife of Dr. Marcus Palmer, who from 1820 to 1840 labored among the Osage and Cherokee Indians at various missionary stations, the last at satellite Fairfield near present-day Stilwell, Oklahoma. Jerusha was the younger sister of Clarissa, Dr. Palmer's first wife, who died in 1835 of a prolonged illness while returning to New England.]
Contrary to the 1899 obituary for wife Sophia, Matthias was a teacher and not an ordained minister. Matthias Joslyn's youngest brother Cyren, late of Morristown, VT, was the father of Gertrude Lucille Joslyn, wife of Edwin Septimius Robinson, brother of the writer's great grandfather. Lucinda Washburn, the sister of Edwin's step-grandmother, had in 1822 at Montpelier, VT m. Rev. David Wright. Lucinda and her husband were immediately assigned to the same Tehbunah (Mayhew) Mission in Mississippi. Lucinda d. there in 1826 after giving birth to a dau. who survived.
Although Matthias and wife Sophia had been assigned to Union Mission, this mission soon closed and the missionaries were re-assigned to missions principally associated with Dwight Mission north of present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Matthias Joslyn and wife Sophia Palmer had one known child, Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn (called Maria Jane in the Joslin Gen.), b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission.
The wid. Sophia Joslyn subsequently m. July 27, 1835 at the "Forks of the Illinois" satellite mission to the Cherokee, fellow missionary Samuel Newton, whose previous two missionary wives had d. leaving him with at least seven living children. As their marriage is not included in the Dwight Mission records, they were likely m. by Rev. Samuel Worcester, who was not associated with the mission stations mentioned. A Presbyterian, Worcester and Elias "Buck Watie" Boudinot, a Cherokee and editor of the Cherokee language Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, moved their paper's operations from Georgia first to Union Mission and then by 1835 to Park Hill in Cherokee Indian Territory.
The only child of Matthias Joslyn and Sophia Martitia Palmer is:
• i. Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn, b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, in Cherokee Indian Territory, now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; d. Jan. 21, 1920 in San Antonio, TX; was twice married and had children by both husbands. See her separate memorial.
Edited and Revised 6/19/2017
Matthias had been a teacher at the male school for Choctaw Indians at Tekbunah (aka Mayhew) Mission at present-day Lowndes County, Mississippi. At the time Tekbunah was within the northeastern portion of the Choctaw Indian's territory southwest of Columbus, Mississippi. In 1830 via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw ceded all of their land in Mississippi to the United States in exchange for land at present-day southeast Oklahoma south of the Arkansas River. By 1832 most of the Choctaw had moved west accompanied, at their request, by many of the missionaries that had served them in Mississippi.
On Oct. 4, 1832 of record at Thetford, Vermont (by Elisha G. Babcock, Min. of the Gospel), Matthias m. Sophia Martitia Palmer, dau. of John Hampden Palmer and Lydia Loomis, b. Mar. 2, 1811 at Strafford, VT. Immediately after marriage Matthias and Sophia were assigned to Union Mission to the Osage Indians in Indian Territory. Union Mission was established in 1821 to the Osage Indians southeast of present-day Chouteau, Oklahoma when its location was in the territory of the Osage. After 1828 by treaty between the Osage and Cherokee, the location of Union Mission became part of the Cherokee Indian domain in Indian Territory, now northeast Oklahoma.
The Missionary Herald, 1828-1834.
1832. Departure of Missionaries.
For Missions among the Indians.
• Mr. Matthias Joslyn, of Waitsfield, Vt., and Mrs. Joslyn and Miss Relief Thayer of Thetford, Miss Esther Smith of Royalton, and Miss Jerusha Johnson of Albany, N.Y., commenced their journey, by the way of Lake Erie and the Ohio river, for different missions among the Indians, about the 15th of October. Miss Thayer is expected to join Mr. and Mrs. Bliss at Cattaraugus (N.Y.), as teacher of the school. Miss Smith and Miss Johnson, are expected to stop, one at Dwight and the other at Fairfield, among the Arkansas Cherokees; and Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn are expected to proceed to the Union mission to take charge of the schools at that place. Mr. Joslyn was formerly teacher of the boys' school at Mayhew, among the Choctaws.
[In the above notice, Jerusha Johnson became the second wife of Dr. Marcus Palmer, who from 1820 to 1840 labored among the Osage and Cherokee Indians at various missionary stations, the last at satellite Fairfield near present-day Stilwell, Oklahoma. Jerusha was the younger sister of Clarissa, Dr. Palmer's first wife, who died in 1835 of a prolonged illness while returning to New England.]
Contrary to the 1899 obituary for wife Sophia, Matthias was a teacher and not an ordained minister. Matthias Joslyn's youngest brother Cyren, late of Morristown, VT, was the father of Gertrude Lucille Joslyn, wife of Edwin Septimius Robinson, brother of the writer's great grandfather. Lucinda Washburn, the sister of Edwin's step-grandmother, had in 1822 at Montpelier, VT m. Rev. David Wright. Lucinda and her husband were immediately assigned to the same Tehbunah (Mayhew) Mission in Mississippi. Lucinda d. there in 1826 after giving birth to a dau. who survived.
Although Matthias and wife Sophia had been assigned to Union Mission, this mission soon closed and the missionaries were re-assigned to missions principally associated with Dwight Mission north of present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Matthias Joslyn and wife Sophia Palmer had one known child, Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn (called Maria Jane in the Joslin Gen.), b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission.
The wid. Sophia Joslyn subsequently m. July 27, 1835 at the "Forks of the Illinois" satellite mission to the Cherokee, fellow missionary Samuel Newton, whose previous two missionary wives had d. leaving him with at least seven living children. As their marriage is not included in the Dwight Mission records, they were likely m. by Rev. Samuel Worcester, who was not associated with the mission stations mentioned. A Presbyterian, Worcester and Elias "Buck Watie" Boudinot, a Cherokee and editor of the Cherokee language Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, moved their paper's operations from Georgia first to Union Mission and then by 1835 to Park Hill in Cherokee Indian Territory.
The only child of Matthias Joslyn and Sophia Martitia Palmer is:
• i. Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn, b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, in Cherokee Indian Territory, now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; d. Jan. 21, 1920 in San Antonio, TX; was twice married and had children by both husbands. See her separate memorial.
Edited and Revised 6/19/2017
Matthias Joslyn (q.v. Joslin, Jocelyn), s. of James Joslyn and Naomi Diggins, b. of record Aug. 19, 1807 at Waitsfield, VT. He d. Nov. 21, 1833, Æ 27, at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, just north of present-day Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, OK. However, there is no record of Matthias' death in the Dwight Mission records. The earliest burials at the Dwight Mission Cemetery also are not of record and if Matthias once had a physical gravestone it has long deteriorated away.
Matthias had been a teacher at the male school for Choctaw Indians at Tekbunah (aka Mayhew) Mission at present-day Lowndes County, Mississippi. At the time Tekbunah was within the northeastern portion of the Choctaw Indian's territory southwest of Columbus, Mississippi. In 1830 via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw ceded all of their land in Mississippi to the United States in exchange for land at present-day southeast Oklahoma south of the Arkansas River. By 1832 most of the Choctaw had moved west accompanied, at their request, by many of the missionaries that had served them in Mississippi.
On Oct. 4, 1832 of record at Thetford, Vermont (by Elisha G. Babcock, Min. of the Gospel), Matthias m. Sophia Martitia Palmer, dau. of John Hampden Palmer and Lydia Loomis, b. Mar. 2, 1811 at Strafford, VT. Immediately after marriage Matthias and Sophia were assigned to Union Mission to the Osage Indians in Indian Territory. Union Mission was established in 1821 to the Osage Indians southeast of present-day Chouteau, Oklahoma when its location was in the territory of the Osage. After 1828 by treaty between the Osage and Cherokee, the location of Union Mission became part of the Cherokee Indian domain in Indian Territory, now northeast Oklahoma.
The Missionary Herald, 1828-1834.
1832. Departure of Missionaries.
For Missions among the Indians.
• Mr. Matthias Joslyn, of Waitsfield, Vt., and Mrs. Joslyn and Miss Relief Thayer of Thetford, Miss Esther Smith of Royalton, and Miss Jerusha Johnson of Albany, N.Y., commenced their journey, by the way of Lake Erie and the Ohio river, for different missions among the Indians, about the 15th of October. Miss Thayer is expected to join Mr. and Mrs. Bliss at Cattaraugus (N.Y.), as teacher of the school. Miss Smith and Miss Johnson, are expected to stop, one at Dwight and the other at Fairfield, among the Arkansas Cherokees; and Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn are expected to proceed to the Union mission to take charge of the schools at that place. Mr. Joslyn was formerly teacher of the boys' school at Mayhew, among the Choctaws.
[In the above notice, Jerusha Johnson became the second wife of Dr. Marcus Palmer, who from 1820 to 1840 labored among the Osage and Cherokee Indians at various missionary stations, the last at satellite Fairfield near present-day Stilwell, Oklahoma. Jerusha was the younger sister of Clarissa, Dr. Palmer's first wife, who died in 1835 of a prolonged illness while returning to New England.]
Contrary to the 1899 obituary for wife Sophia, Matthias was a teacher and not an ordained minister. Matthias Joslyn's youngest brother Cyren, late of Morristown, VT, was the father of Gertrude Lucille Joslyn, wife of Edwin Septimius Robinson, brother of the writer's great grandfather. Lucinda Washburn, the sister of Edwin's step-grandmother, had in 1822 at Montpelier, VT m. Rev. David Wright. Lucinda and her husband were immediately assigned to the same Tehbunah (Mayhew) Mission in Mississippi. Lucinda d. there in 1826 after giving birth to a dau. who survived.
Although Matthias and wife Sophia had been assigned to Union Mission, this mission soon closed and the missionaries were re-assigned to missions principally associated with Dwight Mission north of present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Matthias Joslyn and wife Sophia Palmer had one known child, Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn (called Maria Jane in the Joslin Gen.), b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission.
The wid. Sophia Joslyn subsequently m. July 27, 1835 at the "Forks of the Illinois" satellite mission to the Cherokee, fellow missionary Samuel Newton, whose previous two missionary wives had d. leaving him with at least seven living children. As their marriage is not included in the Dwight Mission records, they were likely m. by Rev. Samuel Worcester, who was not associated with the mission stations mentioned. A Presbyterian, Worcester and Elias "Buck Watie" Boudinot, a Cherokee and editor of the Cherokee language Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, moved their paper's operations from Georgia first to Union Mission and then by 1835 to Park Hill in Cherokee Indian Territory.
The only child of Matthias Joslyn and Sophia Martitia Palmer is:
• i. Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn, b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, in Cherokee Indian Territory, now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; d. Jan. 21, 1920 in San Antonio, TX; was twice married and had children by both husbands. See her separate memorial.
Edited and Revised 6/19/2017
Matthias had been a teacher at the male school for Choctaw Indians at Tekbunah (aka Mayhew) Mission at present-day Lowndes County, Mississippi. At the time Tekbunah was within the northeastern portion of the Choctaw Indian's territory southwest of Columbus, Mississippi. In 1830 via the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the Choctaw ceded all of their land in Mississippi to the United States in exchange for land at present-day southeast Oklahoma south of the Arkansas River. By 1832 most of the Choctaw had moved west accompanied, at their request, by many of the missionaries that had served them in Mississippi.
On Oct. 4, 1832 of record at Thetford, Vermont (by Elisha G. Babcock, Min. of the Gospel), Matthias m. Sophia Martitia Palmer, dau. of John Hampden Palmer and Lydia Loomis, b. Mar. 2, 1811 at Strafford, VT. Immediately after marriage Matthias and Sophia were assigned to Union Mission to the Osage Indians in Indian Territory. Union Mission was established in 1821 to the Osage Indians southeast of present-day Chouteau, Oklahoma when its location was in the territory of the Osage. After 1828 by treaty between the Osage and Cherokee, the location of Union Mission became part of the Cherokee Indian domain in Indian Territory, now northeast Oklahoma.
The Missionary Herald, 1828-1834.
1832. Departure of Missionaries.
For Missions among the Indians.
• Mr. Matthias Joslyn, of Waitsfield, Vt., and Mrs. Joslyn and Miss Relief Thayer of Thetford, Miss Esther Smith of Royalton, and Miss Jerusha Johnson of Albany, N.Y., commenced their journey, by the way of Lake Erie and the Ohio river, for different missions among the Indians, about the 15th of October. Miss Thayer is expected to join Mr. and Mrs. Bliss at Cattaraugus (N.Y.), as teacher of the school. Miss Smith and Miss Johnson, are expected to stop, one at Dwight and the other at Fairfield, among the Arkansas Cherokees; and Mr. and Mrs. Joslyn are expected to proceed to the Union mission to take charge of the schools at that place. Mr. Joslyn was formerly teacher of the boys' school at Mayhew, among the Choctaws.
[In the above notice, Jerusha Johnson became the second wife of Dr. Marcus Palmer, who from 1820 to 1840 labored among the Osage and Cherokee Indians at various missionary stations, the last at satellite Fairfield near present-day Stilwell, Oklahoma. Jerusha was the younger sister of Clarissa, Dr. Palmer's first wife, who died in 1835 of a prolonged illness while returning to New England.]
Contrary to the 1899 obituary for wife Sophia, Matthias was a teacher and not an ordained minister. Matthias Joslyn's youngest brother Cyren, late of Morristown, VT, was the father of Gertrude Lucille Joslyn, wife of Edwin Septimius Robinson, brother of the writer's great grandfather. Lucinda Washburn, the sister of Edwin's step-grandmother, had in 1822 at Montpelier, VT m. Rev. David Wright. Lucinda and her husband were immediately assigned to the same Tehbunah (Mayhew) Mission in Mississippi. Lucinda d. there in 1826 after giving birth to a dau. who survived.
Although Matthias and wife Sophia had been assigned to Union Mission, this mission soon closed and the missionaries were re-assigned to missions principally associated with Dwight Mission north of present-day Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Matthias Joslyn and wife Sophia Palmer had one known child, Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn (called Maria Jane in the Joslin Gen.), b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission.
The wid. Sophia Joslyn subsequently m. July 27, 1835 at the "Forks of the Illinois" satellite mission to the Cherokee, fellow missionary Samuel Newton, whose previous two missionary wives had d. leaving him with at least seven living children. As their marriage is not included in the Dwight Mission records, they were likely m. by Rev. Samuel Worcester, who was not associated with the mission stations mentioned. A Presbyterian, Worcester and Elias "Buck Watie" Boudinot, a Cherokee and editor of the Cherokee language Cherokee Phoenix newspaper, moved their paper's operations from Georgia first to Union Mission and then by 1835 to Park Hill in Cherokee Indian Territory.
The only child of Matthias Joslyn and Sophia Martitia Palmer is:
• i. Ellen Jane Maria Joslyn, b. July 28, 1833 at Dwight Mission to the Cherokee Indians, in Cherokee Indian Territory, now Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; d. Jan. 21, 1920 in San Antonio, TX; was twice married and had children by both husbands. See her separate memorial.
Edited and Revised 6/19/2017
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