When Nathaniel Joslin Sr. was born on 12 June 1627, in England, his father, Thomas Josselyn, was 36 and his mother, Rebecca Judde, was 35. He married Sarah King in 1657, in British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 3 April 1694, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 66, and was buried in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
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A series of conflicts regarding England's governance during the years 1642 to 1651 is now known as The English Civil War. Charles I summoned supporters to join him against his enemies in Parliament. In October 1642, nearly 10,000 men fought for Charles I and chased Parliament across the River Tamar. Fighting continued for years and was finally ended at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651, with a Parliamentarian victory.
The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
English (of Norman origin):
from the Old French personal name Goscelin, Gosselin, Joscelin, from ancient Germanic Goz(e)lin, a diminutive of a short form of compound names based on the element goz (from gaut, an ethnic name meaning ‘Geat’ or ‘Goth’; see Goss ).
alternatively, perhaps a diminutive of the Old French personal name Josse (Old Breton Judoc); see Joyce .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesPeter escaped with his parents from Marlborough when the Indians attacked the town in 1675/6. Sometime after 1680, when the resettlement of Lancaster began, Peter returned, although the Indians where …
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