Life History
19th Jun 1752 |
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26th Sep 1776 |
Married Ruth TRACY in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts.3 |
7th Jul 1777 |
Birth of daughter Eunice YALE |
28th May 1779 |
Birth of daughter Betsey YALE |
18th Jan 1782 |
Birth of daughter Ruth YALE |
17th May 1786 |
Birth of son Cyrus YALE.2 |
13th Jul 1788 |
Birth of son John YALE |
14th Oct 1791 |
Birth of daughter Lucy Tracy YALE |
22nd Aug 1794 |
Birth of daughter Electra YALE |
29th Jul 1796 |
Birth of son Josiah YALE |
7th Jan 1807 |
Death of son John YALE in Lee, Mass. |
13th May 1822 |
Died in Lee, Mass..2 |
Notes
- Captain of regiment he recruited in Revolution. State legislatureand selectman, prominentin early Lee, Mass. history. His was thefirst wedding in Lee. Member of Congregational Church. CaptainJosiah Yale, first of Meriden, Conn. afterwards of Lee, Mass. onSeptember 26 1776, married RUTH TRACY, (43) of Preston, Conn. Thismarriage combines or merges the two lines of Ancestors, the Yale andTracy, so that they will appear in the Yale line hereafter. This firstmarriage was the first marriage recorded in the Town records, one yearbefore the incorporation of the town. This couple were prominent inthe history of the town and the Congregational Church, uniting withthe latter in 1785. Captain Yale was a farmer and for many yearsrepresented his town in the Legislature and officiated as a selectman.He recruited a Company for service in the Revolutionary War, andcommanded the same. He died May 13 1822, at Lee, Mass. at the age of70 years. Mrs. Yale died at the home of her daughter Electa YaleHamlin, in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Aug. 17 1851 at age of 94 years.
Sources
- 1. Wallingford, Connecticut Vital Statistics
- 2. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications,1889-1970
- Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations,Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution MembershipApplications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of theSons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;
- Database online.
- 3. Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
- Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com OperationsInc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriagerecords in this collection can be found at the Family History Libraryin Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil;
- Database online.
