Joseph Walling1,2,3

M, b. circa 1723, d. before 15 October 1779
FatherJames Walling II b. c 1697, d. a 1740
MotherSusannah Inman b. c 1705, d. a 24 May 1779
     Joseph was born circa 1723 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island. Joseph married Mary Decker on 19 October 1749 in Minisink Town, Orange County, New York, at the Dutch Reformed Church.4 Joseph & Mary had children: Eleanor [c. 1756- ], Susannah [1758-c.1792], Phebe [1760- ], Joseph [1762-1786][m. Mary Baird], Mary [1766-1825], Anne [1768- ] & Jerimiah [1771-<1830]. Joseph made his will on 24 May 1779. Joseph departed this life in Hardyston, Sandyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. His will was probated on 15 October 1779.

Family

Mary Decker b. c 1727, d. Aug 1798

Citations

  1. [S131] Maribelle Hines & H. Bruce Wilder, A Wallen/Waliing Genealogy, page 54.
  2. [S357] Alanson A. Haines, Hardyston Memorial - A History of the Township and the North Presbyterian Church, Hardyston, Sussex County, New Jersey, pages 25 - 26 - Joseph Walling , Sr., came in very early .He owned a tract of land extending from the Wallkill, and the lands of the Sharps and the Lawrences, for nearly a mile east. He lived at first in a log house, but, about 1750, erected his frame dwelling. Some have called this the first frame house in Hamburg. At any rate, it was superior to all that had preceded it, and standing on the State road, was for more than a century the central landmark of the village. The house was licensed as an inn, and on ancient maps the place is designated as “Wallings”. It was consumed by fire in 1859….
  3. [S1793] James B. Saxby, Filling The Inside Straight: Finding The Family of Joseph Walling of Sussex County, New Jersey, page 24.
  4. [S2271] Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Volume 5 - Minisink Valley Dutch Reformed Church Records: page 267 - 2 July 1739, Joseph Wallen, young man, born in Nieuw Engellant, to Neeltje Decker, widow of Jacobus Kuddebeck,
    both dwelling at Metschepeconk, married October 19th.