Brief Life History of Joseph Lee
When Joseph Lee Josslyn was born in 1827, in Plymouth, Penobscot, Maine, United States, his father, Solomon Josslyn, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Gardner, was 34. He married Susan B. Lawrence on 8 April 1851, in Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. In 1860, his occupation is listed as mason in Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States. He died on 1 September 1908, in Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Newport, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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- Joseph L Josslyn, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joseph L. Josslyn, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Joseph L. Josslyn, "Find A Grave Index"
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1828
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
"In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Essex): variant of Joslin .
History: The Josselyn name appears in Black Point (now Scarborough, ME) before 1638, when the author John Josselyn came to visit his brother Henry, who was for many years a principal representative in eastern New England of the interests of the Mason and Gorges heirs, which were endangered by the Massachusetts Bay colony's expansion into Maine. Their father was Sir Thomas Josselyn, of Torrell's Hall in Willingale, Essex, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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