When Josiah Alvord was born on 12 November 1735, in Sunderland, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Josiah Alvord, was 31 and his mother, Lydia Billings, was 22. He married Lucy Perrin about 1779, in Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1791: Otsego, New York, United States
Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.
English (southwestern): variant of Alford 1; the spelling reflects the southwestern English dialect pronunciation.
History: This surname was brought to North America by Alexander Alvord, who came from Devon or Somerset to Windsor, CT, c. 1645. He had many prominent descendants.
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