Joseph Messinger

M, b. 2 September 1687, d. 10 May 1763
     Joseph was born on Tuesday, 2 September 1687. He was the son of Nathaniel Messinger and Rebecca Kelsey.1,2 Joseph married Katherine Holcomb, daughter of Nathaniel Holcomb and Mary Bliss, on 22 January 1708 in Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut.3 Joseph and Katherine had children: Joseph [7/30/1708-2/__1709], Sarah [1/11/1710], Jehiel [11/11/1715], Isaac 3/29/1717-6/02/1801] [m. 1740 Hannah Holcomb Alford], Katherine [9/29/1720], Elisha [1/13/1722-12/13/1802] & Nathaiel [6/08/1625]. Joseph departed this life on Tuesday, 10 May 1763 in Simsbury at age 75 years, 8 months and 8 days.1

Family

Katherine Holcomb b. 1689, d. 1769

Citations

  1. [S1702] George E. McCracken, Thomas Holcombe's Earlier Posterity - Part I, page 71.
  2. [S2373] Anne Farrell Higgins Wood, The Paternal Lineage and Some of the Descendants of Isaac Messenger of Connecticut.
  3. [S2302] Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870: Simsbury page 105.