John Rathbone
(Abt 1655-1723)
Ann Dodge
(1660-Abt 1725)
Joseph Rathbone
(1667-1749)
Mary Mosher
(1673-1748)
Nathaniel B. Rathbone
(1707-Abt 1759)
Mercy Rathbone
(1703-After 1761)
Joshua Rathbun
(1740-Abt 1787)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alice James

Joshua Rathbun 1 2

  • Born: 1740, West Greenwich, , Rhode Island, United States 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Alice James about 1774 1 2
  • Died: Abt 1787, Stockbridge, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States about age 47 2

  General Notes:

Shays Rebellion, begun by Daniel Shays in August 1786 to protest farm foreclosures and imprisonment of small farmers for overdue debts. Joshua Rathbun was one of several insurgents killed by state troopers putting down the rebellion. A group of rebels attacked Stockbridge in February, 1787, according to local history, and "a man by the name of Rathbun was wounded and later died." (Volume 4, Number 2, Page 27, April 1984

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, Abt 1780, Tryingham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. 2


Joshua married Alice James about 1774.1 2 (Alice James was born in 1754 2.)

Sources

1 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 30, April 1982. 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 4, Number 2, Page 27, April 1984. Source Medium: Magazine

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