Henry JOSLIN
1696 - 1743 (47 years)-
Name Henry JOSLIN Birth 1696 Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island 
Gender Male Death 21 May 1743 West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Person ID I6669 Coombs Last Modified 22 Jan 2013
Father Thomas JOSLIN, b. 1658, Scarborough, Cumberland, ME d. 1722, South Kingston, Washington, RI (Age 64 years) Mother Mary VAUGHN, b. 3 Jul 1658, Newport, Rhode Island d. Bef 1727 (Age < 68 years) Family ID F6204 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth MATTESON, b. 9 Oct 1700, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island d. Abt 1788 (Age 87 years) Children 1. Alice JOSLIN, b. 9 Jun 1720, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown2. Mercy JOSLIN, b. 2 Feb 1721, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown3. Thomas JOSLIN, b. 12 Feb 1723, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. 21 Jul 1772, East Greenwich, Rhode Island (Age 49 years)4. Henry JOSLIN, b. 24 Feb 1725, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown5. Deliverance JOSLIN, b. 25 Mar 1728, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown6. Martha JOSLIN, b. 14 Feb 1729, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown7. Elizabeth JOSLIN, b. 14 Feb 1729, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown8. Rebeckah JOSLIN, b. 4 Apr 1732, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown9. John JOSLIN, b. 9 Sep 1734, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknown10. Margaret JOSLIN, b. 4 Jul 1737, North Kingston, Providence, Rhode Island d. Abt 1821, Russia, Herkimer, New York (Age 83 years)11. Mary JOSLIN, b. 6 May 1739, East Greenwich, Rhode Island d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F6203 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Feb 2026
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Notes - from "The Jocelyn-Joslin-Joslyn-Josselyn Family", Compiled by Edith S. Wes
sler, Copyright in Japan, 1961, First edition, 1962.
"In April, 1741, an act incorporating the west end of the town of East Gre
enwich into a Township, and the same to be distinguished and known by t
he name of West Greenwich."
From the papers of Mrs. Dayton Royse(Elmyra McGuire):
Henry Joslin-May 20, 1743-Will-of W.G.-proved 10-24-1743.
(1) Farm purchased of John Cory to sons Thomas & Henry.
(2) Homestead farm to son John
(3) Outlands & swamps in Coventry & West Greenwich & his part of a sawmi
ll in Coventry to 3 sons.
In 1743, Henry Joslin (Sr.) also left each son 1/3 of faming tools and 1
/3 of outlands and swamp lots in Coventry and West Greenwich, and 1/3 of h
is part of a sawmill in Coventry. (When & how did Henry Sr. acquire these)
?
Will of Henry Joslin
(spelling exactly as appeared in the typed copy by Mrs. Winifred Lovering-
Holman, Genealogist, of Lexington, MA.-among the Royse papers).
In the fear of God Amen the twentith day of May in the year of our Lo
rd AD 1743, I Henery Joslin of West Greenwich in the County of Providen
ce in the Colony of Rhode Island & yeoman being sick and weak in body b
ut of parfect mind and thanks be given to God therefore calling to mind t
he mortality of my body; and knowing that it is appropriate for all men on
ce to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to s
ay principally and first of all I give and recommend my sole into the han
ds of God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be b
uried in a Christian like manner at the descretion of my executrix nothi
ng doughting of the power of God in the Resurrection and as touching su
ch worldly estate where with it hath pleased God to bless me with in th
is life I give demise and dispose of the same in the following maner and f
orm
Imprimis I give and bequeath to Elizabeth Joslin my dearly beloved wife o
ne third part of my moveable Estate and house holds goods after my debts a
nd funeral charges paid by her freely to enjoy whom I do likewise make a
nd ordain and constitute my whole and sole executrix of this my last wi
ll and testament.
Item I give all my farming tools to my three sons namely Thomas, Henery a
nd John equally to be divided by my Executrix when they come to the a
ge of twenty one years but in case either die without issue his pa
rt to be equally divided between the other two.
Item I give all the rest and remainder of my moveable Estate to my eight d
aughters, to be equally divided at the age of eighteen years, namely Eale
s, Mary, Deliverance, Martha, Elizabeth, Rebecca, Margit, and Marcy a
nd in case either die without issue then her part to be equally devided am
ong the rest of my daughters.
Item I give to my son Thomas Joslin the half of my farm that I purchas
ed of John Cory lying in West Greenwich at the East end of said farm to h
im his heirs and assigns for ever and he pay the one half of what the who
le farm is bankfed for to the Colony when he arrives at the age of Twenty-
one years, but if he die without issue then his part to be equal devided b
etween the other two of my sons.
Item I give the remaining half of the afore said farm to my son Henery Jos
lin his heirs and assigns by them to be freely enjoyed he paying the one h
alf of what the whole farm is bankfed to the colony for and in case of h
is death without issue then to be equally devided among the other t
wo of my sons.
Item I give to my son John Joslin all my homested farm to him his heirs a
nd assigns for ever to be freely possesed and enjoyed when arrives at t
he age of twenty one years but in case he should die without issue th
en to be equally devided between the other two of my sons.
Item. I give all the profits of my homested farm to my executrix till my s
on John arrives at the age of twenty one years for bringing up and repo
rt of my children in their infanci to be usu
- from "The Jocelyn-Joslin-Joslyn-Josselyn Family", Compiled by Edith S. Wes