Rev Joshua Rathbone
(1696-1779)
Mary Wightman
(1705-Abt 1777)
Humphrey Brown
Tabitha Holdredge
Valentine Wightman Rathbun
(1724-1814)
Tabitha Brown
(1727-After 1808)
Captain Joshua Rathbun
(1746-1799)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Hall

2. Ann Sears

Captain Joshua Rathbun 1 2 3

  • Born: 25 Jun 1746, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States 2 3
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth Hall in Apr 1770 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States 1
  • Marriage (2): Ann Sears on 13 Nov 1788 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States 1
  • Died: 5 Sep 1799, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States at age 53 1

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1770, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. 1

• Occupation: Master of the Brig Catherine, Apr 1770, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States. 1 4 During the Revoluationary War, he was imprisoned for refusing to take an oath of allegiance to the British crown.

• Occupation: Captain of the 70 foot brig John, 1790. 4

• Occupation: Captain of the William, 1794. 4 A 82 foot, three masted ship.


Joshua married Elizabeth Hall in Apr 1770 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.1 (Elizabeth Hall was born on 21 Nov 1746 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States 1 and died on 13 Apr 1788 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States 1.)


Joshua next married Ann Sears on 13 Nov 1788 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.1 (Ann Sears was born on 7 Jan 1769 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States 1 and died after 1800.)

Sources

1 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 3, Number 3, page 43, July 1983. Source Medium: Magazine

2 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 2, Page 27, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Connecticut Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection), 3: 144, Joshua Rathbun (Rathburn, Rathbone); digital image, "Barbour Collection," Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: 16 Sep 2012).

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume Thirteen, Number one, July 1993, page 3. Source Medium: Magazine

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