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Robsrt	aM	Some	of His Dltttiniatils
Cjttnme* (? John* John* Robiti1), of v-raa tfaotrtbta 1690 (Davii?s AndWit IdmdrtaHtKj below), died probably before 6 Dec-, Carter of Plymouth, probably his f tntaTfed	Lincoln	of	Taunton (PJj
vital fwfc6ra^)v '.tte married first, at Plymouth, 20 1718 (&.V, .DotOTdY Coole, bom at Plymouth 3 Febi 1 (&?). dlfedtbere 20 Jan. 1731 (Epitaphs from Burial. 1 Plymouth) I {JiMghter of Ephraim and Rebecca Coole of P* outh; secofi^y,ll.tari. 1732 (Plymouth vital recordj)> thiah (Srodfntk)'CHtJftcRiLL, daughter of Ebenezer and ?wiaOfjHr.Qi.John Churchill of Plymouth; and thi Oct 1735 (?*.), Mercy FaUiJce, bom at Plymouth 1711 (ib.)i daughter of John and Abigail (Bryant)
As stated abort*.the was probably the Mrs. Mercy Ci Plymouth Married secondly, 6 Dec. 1755, Benjamin sin of ~
com ot Taunton.
Josiah* Citver is often called ?Captain? in the town of Plymouth, and was probably a master mariner. He seedij to have been a man of some importance in the town. He w*/ chosen a juror for the first time at a town meeting held 28 No 1720, and from that time on served frequently on both (,	^
and petit juries. On 18 Mar. 1728 he was elected constant t, and was re-elected in the following year. He served on cncK mittees chosen from time to time for various purposes. **" 1736 he was elected a member of the School Committee to. three years. In 1741 and 1742 he was elected an overseer of; the poor, and in 1742 he was also on a committee chosen t# select a suitable place for a battery. (Plymouth Town ords.) , . .	i	n
Capt Jbriah4 Carver of Plymouth has been given as the era* -jg est child of John' Carver (No. 4), of Marshfield, Plymouth '4 and Plytapton, solely on the authority of Davis (Ancient Lafld^ marks Of Plymouth, part 2, p. 52). His birth is not reconffi in the Plymouth records, as are the births of John* Carrera,j children John, Robert, Mary, and Hannah; and the presefli writer has not been able to find any evidence, except the state* ment of Davis, that John* Carver had a son named JosialL William* Carver (No. 3), however, of Marshfield, brother ox v	------2 FA
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John, had a son Josiah, who was bom at Marshfield 1687/8 (Marshfield vital records) and was living 5 Apt* 1742, when he was mentioned in his father?s will; and the que** tion arises whether Capt. Josiah4 Carver of Plymouth was not ,? a son of William (No. 3), instead of John (No. 4). In other words, was not William?s son Josiah, who was bom at Marsh* field 2 Feb. 1687/8 and was living 5 Apr. 1742, identical with Capt. Josiah4 Carver of Plymouth, whom Davis gives as the eldest child of John* Carver (No. 4)? All that has been
?In Taunton Vital Records the marriage of *'MaryM Carver of Plymouth and Lincoln of Taunton If given at occurring in Plymouth, 21 Jan. 1756.
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^Written above about Capt. Josiah Carver of Plymouth, his three ?Carriages, and his activities at Plymouth, except the date of ?4??, birth and his parentage, would be equally applicable to ?Josiah, son of William (No. 3), should he be proved identical ?"with Capt. Josiah4 Carver of Plymouth.
-	ft .?.The children of Capt. Josiah4 Carver of Plymouth, whether Vy-V was a son ?f William Carver (No. 3) or of John Carver >.(No. 4) were as follows:
.Children by first wife, bom af Plymouth (Plymouth vital jWds):
k' Joshua,? b. 29 Jane 1722: d. 6 Toly 1722.
A daughter, b. 29 Apr. 1723 i d. aa tbe nme day.
?frfi. Capt. Josiah, of Plymouth, WarebanL and Middleborough, prob-ably a master mariner, b. 25 Sept 1724; d. /. p. v. at Middle-'"V -r -V	borough 5 Apr. 1799 (gravestone record): m. at Plymouth, 22
Jan. 1747 (Plymouth vital record*), Jerusha (Bradford) Sparrow, b. at Plymouth 20 Jan. 1722, A. at Middleborough 23 4^*1.	Apr. 1820, in her 98th year, daughter of William and Elizabeth
y i	.	Bradford of Plymouth and widow of Edward	Sparrow.
1 Josiah* Carver and his wife Jerusha were	members	of	the
Plymouth church 30 Jan. 1760, and were dismissed from that K'?	church to the church at Wareham in 1771 (church records).
The United States Census of 1790 shows that he was then living at Middleborough, with only his wife in his family. In ,	his will of 1799 he mentioned his wife Jerusha, his son-in-law
. f	[i. e., stepson] Edward Sparrow, but no children,
it. Dorothy, b. 20 May 1727; a. 2 Jan. 1731. fcvv r'	James, b. 5	May 1729: d. 15	Jan. 1731.
. vi,	A child, b.	17 Jan. 1/31; d.	on the same	day.
v Child, probably by second wife:
Vii.	James, b., probably at Plymooth, about 1733.
?.'	Children by third wife, bom at Plymouth (Plymouth	vital
records) :
-?>*?; yiii.	Dorothy, b.	12 Sept 1736; m. 29 Sept 1768	John BArrtarr.
->-;W ht.	Mercy, b. 1	Aug. 1738; d. 9	July 1739.
^ i*. *?	Nathaniel, b. 24 Sept 1740.
S.',*-h.*l. Mercy, b. 1 Aug. 1743.
John, of Middleborough, b. 23 Apr. 1747; m. (1) 4 May 1771 V?iV?	Patience Bates, b. 23 Mar. 1754, d. at Middleborough 19 Jan.
1788, in	her 34th year, daughter of Thomas	and Lydia	(Savery)
Bates of Wareham (Register, vol. 41, p.	384, article on The
\	Savery Families of America) ; m. (2) Milleson -------------------, who
.	d. at Middleborough 19 July 1813, in her 62d year (The May-
{?	'	flower Descendant, vol. 12, p. 142).
s* v*r '	Child by first wife:
1. Patience,' d. 26 Apr. 1782, aged 3 years, 11 months, 9 days.
JLJohn4	Carver	(John* John* Robert1), of Plympton,	bom at
Plymouth 7	Sept. 1692 (Plymouth vital	records),	died at
Plympton 27 Apr. 1724, in his 32d year (Plympton Vital Rees'/, ords). He married at Plympton, 6 October 1715 (ib.), Sarah
*	Lucas, bom at Plymouth 14 Dec. 1692 (Plymouth vital rec-ords), daughter of Benoni and Repentance Lucas. She married secondly, at Plympton, 23 Mar. 1727 (Plympton Vital Records), John Shurtleff.