John Rathbone (1693-1752)

Alice (1693-After 1761)

John Kenyon

Mary Gardiner

Joshua Rathbun (1741-1827)

Elizabeth Kenyon (1743-1827)

Joseph Sheffield Rathbun (1780-1859)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Olive Rathbun Lyman Rathbun+ Seneca S. Rathbun Betsey Rathbun+ John Gardner Rathbun+ Willet Rathbone+ Henry Dexter Rathbun+ Joshua Perry Rathbun+ Sally Rathbun Phoebe Rathbun 2. Penelope Babcock 3. Esther Cranston 4. Betsey Briggs Joseph Sheffield Rathbun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Born: 18 Jan 1780, Exeter, , Rhode Island, United States 1 3 6 Marriage (1): Olive Rathbun on 10 Feb 1803 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 1 Marriage (2): Penelope Babcock on 20 Dec 1829 1 Marriage (3): Esther Cranston on 1 Jan 1833 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 1 Marriage (4): Betsey Briggs after 1849 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States Died: 29 Sep 1859, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States at age 79 1 7 Buried: After 29 Sep 1859, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 7   Noted events in his life were: • Residence, 3 Aug 1850, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. 6 Joseph married Olive Rathbun, daughter of John Rathbun Jr. and Sarah Casey, on 10 Feb 1803 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.1 (Olive Rathbun was born on 7 Apr 1780 in , , Rhode Island, United States,4 7 died on 18 Apr 1829 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 1 7 and was buried after 18 Apr 1829 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States 7.) Joseph next married Penelope Babcock on 20 Dec 1829.1 (Penelope Babcock died about 1832 1.) Joseph next married Esther Cranston on 1 Jan 1833 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.1 (Esther Cranston was born on 26 Sep 1785 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States,1 died on 29 May 1849 in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States 1 and was buried after 29 May 1849 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States.) Joseph next married Betsey Briggs after 1849 in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States. (Betsey Briggs was born about 1790 in , , Rhode Island, United States 1 and died on 24 Aug 1874 in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States 1.)

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 One, Page 19, April 1981. Source Medium: Magazine

3 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 2, Number 1, Page 15, January 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

4 Frank H. Rathbun, Editor and Publisher, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian (Name: Published quarterly by the Rathbun Family Association;), Volume 3, Number 1, Page 11, January 1983. Source Medium: Magazine

5 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 32, April 1982. Source Medium: Magazine

6 1850 U.S. census, Washington, Rhode Island, population schedule, Exeter, p. 225, dwelling 92, family 89, Sheffield Rathbun; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 Sep 2013); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432, roll 847.

7 Tomb stone, Burial: John Rathbun, Jr. Lot, Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island.