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CARRUTH, Josiah (b. 1749 Mass. d. Mich.) GREEN DAVIS
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RFLA.SWAN.DOC.2026.04839
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CARRUTH, Josiah (b. 1749 Mass. d. Mich.) GREEN DAVIS
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{"page_1": " CARRUTH, JOSIAH ( John.) Born:\n1749, Westborough\n(Northborough), Mass.\nMass. Aug.\nShe was\n‡356\n1779 Betty Bowker.\nSudbury,\nof. Daniel and Sarah (\n) Bowker.\nMase d the d\nthe daughter\nShe\nGreenfield Iownship, Wayne County, Michigan Jan. 11, 1837\nDied:\n1836, Greenfield Iownship, Wayne County, Michigan\nRes:\nNorthborough, Vt.,\nChittenden,\nGreenfield,\nWayne\nChester,\nErie Co.,\nChildren:\nNone were\never recorded\n1. Hẹ d\nE11 L Lancaster,\n금20 039 . 포: Faron 21, 1875\nErie\n2. Josiah,\nJr. b.\nLenawee co..\nMich.\nm. Maria\n1800, Vt. do prob: Adrian Tolship\n1801\ndied after 1870\n3o Sally bo\nPowers\n4. Daniel b.\nJan.. 29.\nIn Rutiand, Vt.\n7, 1810. He di ester a Nov. 29,\n, t86y Davis\nin Rutland, Vt.\n5. Betsey bo\n1786,\nRutland, Vt.\nJeremiah\nm.\nwho\nwas b.\nJare 25.\"1°\naged 84 yrs 4 mo in Rutland,\nWeare, Vt.,\nPolly Green\n6. Apry 24,\nApril\nson of William\n1796,\naged 85 yrs: M.\ns; To Mar. 25,\nMar\nRutland, Vto\n5, 1824 Aaron Hagar\n(Triflar). Haga\nalso\n7. Esther b. Apr. 5,\nDaniel Chandler of Raquetville,\n1792đ. AugStockholms\n1875 aged 84 mo\nN.H.\n( See\ntrade of-his son\nhis descendants of today,\nin Vermont,\nshow marked sobilityeat\nhunting, fishing and woodcraft.\nHe\nsaw considerable service in the Revolution;\nthe following\nbeing taken from the Mass. was on Dec. enlistment was in 'Capt.\nCol. Ward's Regt. in\nservice at Dorchester in the siege of Boston.\nThe records are fragmentary\nbut we next find him,\nwe do not get a continuots picture\nthe second time.\nThis was in\nHe next reenlisted Sept. 1, 1777 in Capt. Ebenezer Newell's\nCo., Col.\nIsland,\nIpp on aoath al thre dar Frepon Japd iigshit\nenlistment period for which he received a bounty.\nFollowing his service in the war, he married in 1779 but just\nwhen\nhe removed to Vermont is hot known.\nle and his family appear\nin the Ist U.S. Census of 1790 as residing in Rutland Iown,\nThe family at that time consisted of:\nI°\nincluding heads of families; 3\nincluding\nListed later,\nheads of families.\nLucy having been born after the census.\nHow long he stayed in Vermont is problematical.\n\"We do know\napplication for a\nThe next trace found was when he was living in present day\nBarie Co.,\nNew York,\non the outskirts of\nBuffalo.\nHe was in 1830\nliving in the present day town of North Collins,\nafter the\nI the abe censurin we know, that in 1832 Josiah,\nin 1832, two\napove cellous.\n\" was teas\nBuffalo and Eli was living in Lancaster®\nUnfortunately his Pension Claim was not allowed.\nThe foregoing\ncorrect but not a single birth\nrecords has been found for them.\nand Sally\nBureau records but no mention is made in those records of the hildren back in Vermont.\nThe descendants in Vermont have no\nregard of what became of Josiah nor have they any traditions regarding\nthose who went West.\nThey simply have a tradition that\nthey are descendants of Josiah the son of John of Northborough.\nRef: Carruth, Family by H.B.\nCarruth pg 44-46\nService pg. 44\nChildren pgs\n58-59-60-61\nDesc. of Wn and Annis Chandler, Vol.\nI pg 625 for Esther "}
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2026-07-15 20:51:22
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