Joshua Davis STOCKBRIDGE, YEOMAN
Joshua Davis STOCKBRIDGE, son of Samuel STOCKBRIDGE and Mercy DAVIS,was born in Alton, New Hampshire on 03 December 1874 (NHVRs; V M STOCKBRIDGErecords). Joshua married Keziah H (HANSON?) EVANS of ALton on 07 October 1832 inAlton (NHVRs). She was born in ALton in 1809 (03 JUN 1810?), died in 1880,probably in Gilmanton (g.s.; Harry W EVANS, EVANS Families (1949), 37,typescript, New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, New Hampshire. JoshuaSTOCKBRIDGE was a farmer and he and Keziah first lived in Alton, where in 1840 they were censused with a household of one male under 5, one male 5-10, one male30-40, two females under 5, one female 30-40 and one female 40-50. They were living in Tuftonborough, New Hampshire by 27 September 1844when Joshua purchased land there from his brother Israel (Carroll CountyDeeds 12:156). On 29 March 1847, Joshua D STOCKBRIDGE, yeoman, and hismother, Marcy STOCKBRIDGE of Tuftonborough, sold to Smith EMERSON of Alton, onefifth of a fifty acre parcel his grandfather Israel STOCKBRIDGE had conveyed inhis will to Joshua's father Samuel (Belknap County Deeds, 12:217). The STOCKBRIDGES next moved to Sandwich, New Hampshire, soon afterJoshua sold thirty-three acres in Tuftonborough to his brother and another parcelthere to Dudley L LIBBEY on 13 September 1847 (Carroll County Deeds 11:331;12:152). On 31 March 1848, Joshua D STOCKBRIDGE, yeoman, his wife Keziah H andmother Mercy STOCKBRIDGE, all of Sandwich, sold sixty acres of land whichJoshua's father Samuel had deeded to him and which adjoined, in part, land ofHanson EVANS (Belknap County Deeds, 29:116). Two more deeds, recorded in1853, show that Joshua purchased land in Sandwich from Dudley L LIBBEY and soldit to John M QUIMBY (Carroll County Deeds, 23:72, 114). By 1860 the STOCKBRIDGES had moved to Gilmanton. Joshua and Keziahwere buried there in the Smith Meeting House Cemetery. It seems that there might have been a child between Charles Oliver andJane.It needs more research.(JFN/1979)
Charles was a shoemaker in Sandwich, New Hampshire and later becamea farmer in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. Also born 1830. Source includes, but is not limited to; LDS Film Batch Number: 8303912, Sheet 40, Source Call Number 0884968,Type: Film. For Marriage Sealing. LDS Film Batch Number 8303912, Sheet 21, Source Call Number 0884968,Type: Film. For Individual Record.
Died or was married in 1850-60.
Aka, Pethuel ?
Spouse was called of Orange, New Hampshire. Sources: NHVRs Pension File; The History of New Canaan, NewHampshire by William Allen Wallace; [Concord,1910] p. 416. During the Civil WarJoseph enlisted from Gilmanton, New Hampshire on 16 AUG 1862 in Company B,12th. New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry and was mustered in, 20 AUG as a Private.He was appointed Corporal, 27 MAR 1864 and was wounded at Cold Harbor,Virginia, 03 JUN 1864. On 01 NOV 1864 he was appointed Sargeant and he mustered outon 21 JUN 1865. Sources: (Augustus D Ayling, Revised Register of theSoldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1866,[Concord, 1895] p.642. A W Bartlett, History of the Twelfth Regiment, NewHampshire Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, [Concord, 1897] p.72, 534). Joseph, a Stone Cutter,lived in Concord, New Hampshire in 1874-1877(see City Directories). About 1885, he and Emma moved to Canaan where hewas a granite cutter in 1900 (see Census). Joseph was buried in the WellsCemetery in Canaan on 13 JAN 1915 and Emma was buried there on 24 SEP 1919. The National Archives File Number is WC 787,754.This is the PensionFile for Joseph F. Stockbridge and gives information about his children.
He married Keziah h Evans 7 Oct 1832 at Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire . Keziah h Evans was born at Alton, Belknap, New Hampshire 3 Jun 1810 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Charles IV Oliver Stockbridge, shoemaker farmer
born 11 Aug 1833.
Mercy Jane Stockbridge
born 27 Mar 1837.
Esther II Patience Stockbridge
born 10 Nov 1838.
Sewell e Stockbridge
born 5 Feb 1840.
Harrison h Stockbridge
born 17 Mar 1841.
Joseph I F Stockbridge, Sargeant Grand Army ofthe Republic
born 12 Oct 1842.
Joshua Davis Stockbridge, yeoman died 3 Dec 1874 at Gilmanton, Belknap, New Hampshire .
Keziah h Evans died 1880 at Gilmanton?, Belknap, New Hampshire .