Joseph is the son of Thomas and Anna (Gilson) Patch of Hollis. He married in Warren, on April 19, 1777, Anne Merrill.
Joseph, a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane brook, in 1767, and John Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp and Ephraim True, with their families, moved into town in 1768. These men, for the first few years, got their supplies from Haverhill and Plymouth, bringing them twenty miles home through the woods on their backs. Wild beasts annoyed them very much, and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the window-pane of John Mills' cabin and looked in on the family seated by the open fireplace. Moose were plenty, and Joseph Patch often had twenty-five barrels of moose meat in the cellar at once. The first settlers took an active part in the Revolution, three of them, Captain John Mills Jr., Captain William Tarleton and Captain James Aiken, commanding companies, and in all about eighteen men, in a population of less than one hundred, served in the army.
Other than the 3 children shown on this page, there are 5 others:
•Daniel who was born in February of 1778 and died in 1849 æ.72.
•Joseph who was born January 15, 1780 and died in 1876, æ. 87.
•Thomas who was born 1n 1785 and at æ. 30 died in the plague of 1815.
•Jacob who was born August 13, 1786.
•Stephen who was born August 23, 1796.
Presumably all of the children were born in Warren.
There is a great deal of information about the Patch family and their exploits in the History of Warren by Roland Bixby who published in 1986. As a matter of fact, if you want to know anything about Warren and the area in general, this book is a "Must Read."
Joseph, a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane brook, in 1767, and John Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp and Ephraim True, with their families, moved into town in 1768. These men, for the first few years, got their supplies from Haverhill and Plymouth, bringing them twenty miles home through the woods on their backs. Wild beasts annoyed them very much, and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the window-pane of John Mills' cabin and looked in on the family seated by the open fireplace. Moose were plenty, and Joseph Patch often had twenty-five barrels of moose meat in the cellar at once. The first settlers took an active part in the Revolution, three of them, Captain John Mills Jr., Captain William Tarleton and Captain James Aiken, commanding companies, and in all about eighteen men, in a population of less than one hundred, served in the army.
Other than the 3 children shown on this page, there are 5 others:
•Daniel who was born in February of 1778 and died in 1849 æ.72.
•Joseph who was born January 15, 1780 and died in 1876, æ. 87.
•Thomas who was born 1n 1785 and at æ. 30 died in the plague of 1815.
•Jacob who was born August 13, 1786.
•Stephen who was born August 23, 1796.
Presumably all of the children were born in Warren.
There is a great deal of information about the Patch family and their exploits in the History of Warren by Roland Bixby who published in 1986. As a matter of fact, if you want to know anything about Warren and the area in general, this book is a "Must Read."
Joseph is the son of Thomas and Anna (Gilson) Patch of Hollis. He married in Warren, on April 19, 1777, Anne Merrill.
Joseph, a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane brook, in 1767, and John Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp and Ephraim True, with their families, moved into town in 1768. These men, for the first few years, got their supplies from Haverhill and Plymouth, bringing them twenty miles home through the woods on their backs. Wild beasts annoyed them very much, and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the window-pane of John Mills' cabin and looked in on the family seated by the open fireplace. Moose were plenty, and Joseph Patch often had twenty-five barrels of moose meat in the cellar at once. The first settlers took an active part in the Revolution, three of them, Captain John Mills Jr., Captain William Tarleton and Captain James Aiken, commanding companies, and in all about eighteen men, in a population of less than one hundred, served in the army.
Other than the 3 children shown on this page, there are 5 others:
•Daniel who was born in February of 1778 and died in 1849 æ.72.
•Joseph who was born January 15, 1780 and died in 1876, æ. 87.
•Thomas who was born 1n 1785 and at æ. 30 died in the plague of 1815.
•Jacob who was born August 13, 1786.
•Stephen who was born August 23, 1796.
Presumably all of the children were born in Warren.
There is a great deal of information about the Patch family and their exploits in the History of Warren by Roland Bixby who published in 1986. As a matter of fact, if you want to know anything about Warren and the area in general, this book is a "Must Read."
Joseph, a hunter, built his camp by Hurricane brook, in 1767, and John Mills, James Aiken, Joshua Copp and Ephraim True, with their families, moved into town in 1768. These men, for the first few years, got their supplies from Haverhill and Plymouth, bringing them twenty miles home through the woods on their backs. Wild beasts annoyed them very much, and on winter nights wolves frequently put their noses against the window-pane of John Mills' cabin and looked in on the family seated by the open fireplace. Moose were plenty, and Joseph Patch often had twenty-five barrels of moose meat in the cellar at once. The first settlers took an active part in the Revolution, three of them, Captain John Mills Jr., Captain William Tarleton and Captain James Aiken, commanding companies, and in all about eighteen men, in a population of less than one hundred, served in the army.
Other than the 3 children shown on this page, there are 5 others:
•Daniel who was born in February of 1778 and died in 1849 æ.72.
•Joseph who was born January 15, 1780 and died in 1876, æ. 87.
•Thomas who was born 1n 1785 and at æ. 30 died in the plague of 1815.
•Jacob who was born August 13, 1786.
•Stephen who was born August 23, 1796.
Presumably all of the children were born in Warren.
There is a great deal of information about the Patch family and their exploits in the History of Warren by Roland Bixby who published in 1986. As a matter of fact, if you want to know anything about Warren and the area in general, this book is a "Must Read."
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Joseph Patch | First settler of Warren, | Died Sept. 1823. | Æ. 77 y'rs.
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