Joseph Macomber's mother died five weeks after his birth.
Joseph Macomber appears with rank of Corporal in Captain Thomas Cobb's Company, Colonel John Winslow's Regiment, engaged for the defense of the eastern Frontiers. Mustered at Castle Island, 21 June 1754.He appears on a muster roll dated 31 January 1759 of a company of foot in his Majesty's service under Captain Job Winslow in Colonel Jedediah Preble's Regiment, raised by the province of Massachusetts Bay for the reduction of Canada. Town, Taunton, quality, first Lieut. Entered service 13 March and served till 13 November. Length of service 8 Months 22 days. Days travel, 15.
He appears on a muster roll dated Boston, 13 December 1760, of a company in his Majesty's service under command of Captain John Taplin. Quality, Lieut. Residence, Taunton. Entered service 31 March 1759. Served until 21 November 1760. Length of service 21 months, 14 days. Company at Fort Cumberland.
He appears in a list of officers and privates brought as passengers on board the sloop 'Prosperous,' John Bragdon, master, from Fort Cumberland Chignecto to Boston. Rank, Lieut. Account of Bragdon for the passage money dated 24 November 1760.
Joseph Macomber was Lieut. in Captain Abiel Pierce's Company of Minute Men, that responded to the 'Alarm,' 19 April 1775. Time of service, two days. He was Sergeant in Captain Levi Rounsevill's Company, Colonel D. Brewer's Regiment, enlisting 5 May 1775 and serving three months and four days. He was commissioned Lieut. in Captain Edward Seagrovy's Company, 13th Regiment, commanded by Colonel Joseph Read, 8 January 1776, by order of Congress, signed by John Hancock, President. So read his commission, which I remember distinctly to have seen. It was preserved for more that a century in the family of his grandson, Leonard Macomber of Durham, Maine, but was accidentally destroyed.
A deed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, dated 25 February 1800, shows where Josepth Macomber lived. 'Joseph Macomber and Elijah Macomber 2d and Abraham Miller and Thankful Miller his wife and Isaac Thomas 2d and Judith Thomas his wife and Olive Macomber, Loraney Macomber and Hannah Macomber, and all of the town of Middleborough - to William Rounsville of Middleborough certain property known as Assawampsett Neck, land we own as heirs to our deceased father Joseph Macomber by name, - all the aforsaid forty-fifth and forty-sixth lots we hold as heirs to our deceased mother Thankful Macomber by name,' to have and to hold, etc., -- 'and that part of the 28th and 29th lots of land that our deceased father holds by deed under the hand and seal of Benjamin Booth deceased.'
Joseph Macomber lived in that part of Middleborough which is now Lakeville, on a neck of land between two lakes. The house in which he and also his Joseph lived is still standing. He and his wife and daughter, Lurana (Sanderson), are buried in the 'Old Pond Cemetery,' on the broken and the inscription can not be read. The inscription on his tombstone is as follows:
In memory of Lieut. Joseph Macomber Who Died Janry 25 1800 in his 68th year.
Joseph Macomber's children are recorded on the leaf of an old diary, still preserved and in the possession of the writer of this. The record seems to have been made by himself between the years 1780 and 1788. It may have been brought from Middleborough to Durham, Maine, in and old writing desk still kept.
Source: 'Macomber Genealogy', 1908, Everett S. Stackpole, p 13, 18-20.
Through her mother she was descended from Francis Eaton, Samuel Fuller and John Billington, all of the Mayflower.
Elijah Macomber was Lieut in the militia, constable, and five times selectman. He lived on the River Road about a mile north of South West Bend. He is buried with his wife in a cemetery between South West Bend and Methodist Corner.
Source: 'Macomber Genealogy', 1908, Everett S. Stackpole, p 20, 32.
Josiah Macomber was commissioned lieut. in the militia of Taunton in 1762.
Source: 'Macomber Genealogy', 1908, Everett S. Stackpole, p 13, 16.
Samuel Fletcher, b. abt 1625, England, was very young when he came to New England, 1630, with his parents and brothers. He settled in Chelmsford, Mass., which is now Westford. Married, 14 Oct. 1659, at Chelmsford, Margaret Hailstone, (b. abt 1638, nr. Taunton, Mass.; da. of William Hailstone). Samuel died 9 Dec. 1697, at Chelmsford.
William Hailstone was one of the first purchasers of Taunton in 1637 and was living there in 1672.
Source: 'Macomber Genealogy', 1908, Everett S. Stackpole, p 10.LOTS 49 TO 63, ON THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON STREET,
FROM MILK STREET TO BEDFORD STREET.
F. 49. Edward Fletcher, house; sold the northern part in 1646 to William Hailstone, a tailor, from Taunton; he to Richard Lippincott, barber. It was seemingly on this lot that Daniel Johonnot, the Huguenot distiller, dwelt in his latter years. (N. E. Hist. and Geneal. Reg., October, 1852, p. 359.) Boston Town Records, 1634 to 1660
William Evans was enrolled in the militia of Taunton in 1643and took the oath of fidelity there in 1657. He married Ann Hailstone, probably daughter of William Hailstone, who was one of the first purchasers of Taunton in 1637 and was living there in 1672. The inventory of the estate of William Evans was made 16 Sept. 1671. He left daughters Mary and Anna.
Robert Fletcher, with his wife and three sons, 46
came from England to America in 1630, in
which year 17 ships arrived in Massachusetts
Bay and at Plymouth. He gave his age as "38
yrs, in 1630", therefore was born abt 1592, He
and his family settled in Concord, where he was
of record in 1630, and where he became a wealthy
property owner and influential citizen. He
had married in England, some time before coming
to America, but his wife's name does not
appear on any record. He died 3 April 1677,
age 85 yrs. at Concord, Mass.
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