Josiah Converse
14 April 1696–30 April 1697 (Age 1)
Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
The Life Summary of Josiah
When Josiah Converse was born on 14 April 1696, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Capt. Josiah Converse Jr, was 35 and his mother, Ruth Marshall, was 33. He died on 30 April 1697, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 1.
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Family Time Line
Capt. Josiah Converse Jr
1661–1717
Ruth Marshall
1662–1737
Ruth Converse
1686–1758
Mary Converse
1688–1783
Esther Converse
1688–1703
Josiah Converse
1691–1693
Timothy Converse
1693–1693
Rebecca Converse
1694–1737
Josiah Converse
1696–1697
Keziah Converse
1699–1742
Josiah Converse
1704–1774
Parents and Siblings
1661–1717Male
1662–1737Female
Siblings
(9)
1686–1758Female
1688–1783Female
1688–1703Female
1691–1693Male
1693–1693Male
+4 More Children
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Old French convers literally ‘converted’, used to denote someone converted from secular to religious life in adult age, or, earlier, a lay member of a convent. The Cistercian and Augustinian conversi were men living according to a rule less strict than that of the monks or canons, engaged chiefly in manual work, with their own living quarters and their own part of the church. They were numerous among the Cistercians in the 12th and 13th centuries, often outnumbering the monks and were, by rule, illiterate. These lay brothers were employed on the monastic manors and granges, where they were liable to fall into the sin of owning private property. They acquired a reputation for violence and misbehaviour (at Neath, in 1269, they locked the abbot in his bedroom and stole his horses) and they were gradually replaced by more manageable paid servants.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (4)
- Josyah Convers, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Josyah Convers, "Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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