m 1787
m 1787
FAMILY RECORD:
Betty "Betsey" Buswell - d/o Daniel Buswell & Mary Runels; b Bradford MA 31
Jan 1760; usually called Betsey; m Bradford Nov 1787 Ezra Trask (b Bradford 7
May 1761; s/o Ezra Trask & Sarah Martin); she d Bradford 13 Dec 1836; he d same
19 May 1838. Children (b Bradford):
a) Sophia - b 29 Dec 1788; m Thomas Morrison.
b) Mary - b 18 Nov 1790; d c1860; unm.
c) Eliza - b 13 Mar 1795; perh marr.
d) Sarah - b 4 May 1797; m Joseph Page.
e) Ann - b 1 Mar 1799; d c1865; unm.
f) Irene - b 16 Jul 1804; m Bradford William Elliott.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].
m 1787
m 1797
FAMILY RECORD:
Thomas Buswell - b Bardford MA 11 Dec 1771 s/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail
West; m Bradford his 1st cousin Rhoda Buswell (d/o Nicholas Buswell & Rhoda
Cross); liv New Sharon, Franklin Co ME 1850; Rhoda d New Sharon 5 Aug 1850 &
Thomas d there 16 Feb 1857 (BBB Gen 4/110). Children:
a) Lydia - b c1803; d 24 Oct 1825; bur in the old cem in Methuen where her
uncle Joshua Buswell and his wife Polly Gage are buried.
b) Thomas - b ME c1817; m Fidelia ___.
c) ?Matilda - b c1800; ?m ___ Ballard; living with Thomas in New Sharon in
1850 census.
d) ?Almira - b c1809; ?m ___ Paul; pauper living with Thomas in New Sharon
in 1850 census.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].
m 1797
m 1797, m2 Dorothy ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Joshua Buswell - b Bradford MA 5 Aug 1774 s/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail West;
m1 Bradford 12 Apr 1797 Polly Gage (b Bardford 13 Nov 1779; d Methuen 8 Apr
1827; d/o Peter gage & Molly Webster); m2 Methuen intentions 12 Apr 1829 Mrs
Dorothy Marston (b Canaan NH 30 Oct 1782; d Methuen 24 Dec 1850; d/o Richard
Whittier & Sarah Pike Chase); cordwainer & yeoman; moved to Methuen 1799.
Children:
a) Benjamin Gage - b Bradford 2 Sep 1797; m Lavina M ___.
b) Jonathan - b Bradford 26 Apr 1799; d Methuen 30 Nov 1816; bur there with
parents.
c) Joshua - b Methuen 10 Feb 1804; m Harriet Poor.
d) Joseph - b Methuen 9 Apr 1817; m Mary M Taylor.
e) Mary Gage - b Methuen 2 Feb 1826; m Oben Freeman Hitch.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].
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Capt Joshua Buswell - s/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail West; b 5 Aug 1771
Methuen MA; d 1 May 1836; will dated 19 Apr 1836; m1 12 Apr 1797 Polly Gage (b
13 Nov 1779; d Apr 1827); m2 Dorothy ___. Children:
a) Benjamin - b 2 Sep 1797.
b) Jonathan - b 26 Apr 1799; d 30 Nov 1816.
c) Joshua - b 10 Feb 1804; d 10 Nov 1846.
d) Joseph - b 9 Apr 1817.
e) Mary - b 2 Feb 1826; d 29 Jun 1858.
[Mrs Bernice Wentworth of Riverdale MD, 1976].
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Joshua Buswell - s/o Daniel 5 Daniel 4 Isaac 3 Samuel 2 Isaac 1; b c1780
Methuen & lived there all his life; m Dorothy ___; his will dated 19 Apr 1836,
proved 10 Jun 1836. Children b Methuen:
a) Benjamin G -
b) Joshua Jr -
c) Joseph E -
d) Mary -
[Cutter, Geneal & Personal Mems...Fams of Boston & Eastern MA, 1908, p735].
m 1797
m 1797, m2 Dorothy ___
FAMILY RECORD:
Joshua Buswell - b Bradford MA 5 Aug 1774 s/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail West;
m1 Bradford 12 Apr 1797 Polly Gage (b Bardford 13 Nov 1779; d Methuen 8 Apr
1827; d/o Peter gage & Molly Webster); m2 Methuen intentions 12 Apr 1829 Mrs
Dorothy Marston (b Canaan NH 30 Oct 1782; d Methuen 24 Dec 1850; d/o Richard
Whittier & Sarah Pike Chase); cordwainer & yeoman; moved to Methuen 1799.
Children:
a) Benjamin Gage - b Bradford 2 Sep 1797; m Lavina M ___.
b) Jonathan - b Bradford 26 Apr 1799; d Methuen 30 Nov 1816; bur there with
parents.
c) Joshua - b Methuen 10 Feb 1804; m Harriet Poor.
d) Joseph - b Methuen 9 Apr 1817; m Mary M Taylor.
e) Mary Gage - b Methuen 2 Feb 1826; m Oben Freeman Hitch.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].
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Capt Joshua Buswell - s/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail West; b 5 Aug 1771
Methuen MA; d 1 May 1836; will dated 19 Apr 1836; m1 12 Apr 1797 Polly Gage (b
13 Nov 1779; d Apr 1827); m2 Dorothy ___. Children:
a) Benjamin - b 2 Sep 1797.
b) Jonathan - b 26 Apr 1799; d 30 Nov 1816.
c) Joshua - b 10 Feb 1804; d 10 Nov 1846.
d) Joseph - b 9 Apr 1817.
e) Mary - b 2 Feb 1826; d 29 Jun 1858.
[Mrs Bernice Wentworth of Riverdale MD, 1976].
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Joshua Buswell - s/o Daniel 5 Daniel 4 Isaac 3 Samuel 2 Isaac 1; b c1780
Methuen & lived there all his life; m Dorothy ___; his will dated 19 Apr 1836,
proved 10 Jun 1836. Children b Methuen:
a) Benjamin G -
b) Joshua Jr -
c) Joseph E -
d) Mary -
[Cutter, Geneal & Personal Mems...Fams of Boston & Eastern MA, 1908, p735].
m1 ___ Marston
m 1787
FAMILY RECORD:
Deborah Buswell - 8 May ____ d/o Daniel Buswell & Abigail West; m Bradford
ME Oct 1787 Timothy Phillips (b Bradford 29 Oct 1758 s/o John Phillips &
Elizabeth Haggatt; she d Bradford 24 Oct 1836; he d there 19 Aug 1840.
Children:
a) Rev Alonzo - b Bradford 1 Sep 1788; m Rebecca Kimball.
b) Rufus - b Bradford 2 Oct 1795; m Elizabeth Baker Preston.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].
m 1787
m 1814
m 1814
used BOSWELL
FAMILY RECORD:
Benjamin Gage Buswell/Boswell - b Bradford MA 2 Sep 1797 s/o Joshua Buswell
& Polly Gage; d prob in Philadelphia by 30 Oct 1855; m 1830 Lavina Machin Smith
(b PA 1811; d Philadelphia 3 Mar 1881); he was a button manuf in Phila 1833;
merchant there 1835-6; silk manuf there 1843; he was bur in Laurel Hill Cem in
PA on 31 Oct 1855 at ae 58; no probate file at Phila City Hall; Lavinia cont to
be listed in Phila directories thru as a teacher and/or operator of a boys
school, and finally as widow of Benjamin; she d at her North 19th St home 3 Mar
1881 & was bur in Laurel Hill Cem; in the 1833 directory he is called Buswell,
but thereafter they always appear as Boswell. Children:
a) Fidelia (Boswell) - b prob Phila 1832; m George Clinton Barber.
b) Richard V (Boswell) - b Phila c1834; m Harriet Amanda Buswell.
[mss genealogy by Prof Wallace Evans Davies, 2200 St James Place,
Philadelphia PA, 1975].