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  • Name Joseph Weaver  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30] 
    Birth 02 Apr 1698  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 11, 12, 15, 16] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1780  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 15] 
    Burial West Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States of America Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Person ID I312684224595  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father William Weaver,   b. 1670, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1719, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Harris,   b. 1672, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1748, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1693  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Matteson,   b. East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 06 Jan 1753, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 21 Nov 1723  East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Joseph Weaver and Mercy/Mary Matteson's
      Joseph Weaver and Mercy/Mary Matteson's birth's are in Vital Records of East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island Volume 1 Page 6.
      Parents and names of Children(Joseph, Mary, Katherine, Benjamin, Andras, William, Judeth, John, Thomas) Rhode Island Vital Records Vol. 1, Page 37, East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island 1636-1850, Batch C501921 Film #908269 It 1. NOTE:--A Child, Elizabeth, Rhode Island Vital Records, Vol.1, P.28 says Joseph & Mary parents--but Prior to J & M's Marr. 1722/23--not sure who she is.

      http://www.archive.org/
      Early Marriage R
      http://www.archive.org/
      Early Marriage Records of the Weaver Family in the United States
      Official and Authoritive Records of Weaver Marriages in the
      Original States and Colonies from 1628 to 1865
      Edited by William Montgomery Clemens
      !st Edition
      1916
      William M. Clemens Publisher
      56 and 58 Pine St., New York
      Weaver, Joseph and Mercy Matteson, 21 November, 1723, E. Greenwich, R. I.
      Page 19 (n37)
      __________________
      The Weaver Genealogy

      Author: Lucius E. Weaver
      Call Number: CS71.W365

      This book contains the history and genealogy of the Weaver family of Wales
      who settled in Massachusetts.

      Bibliographic Information: Weaver, Lucius E. The Weaver Genealogy. The
      Du Bois Press. Rochester, New York. 1928.
      Source Media Type: Book
      Repository:

      19. JOSEPH5 WEAVER, (William,4 (7) Clement,3 Clement,2 Clement1)
      was born April 2, 1698, in East Greenwich. The date and place of his death
      have not been learned, but he lived in Coventry as late as 1770. Except for a
      short residence in Providence township, probably less than four years in all, he
      lived in East Greenwich until, by the division of that town in 1741, he became
      automatically a resident of West Greenwich; by 1746 he was living in
      Coventry where he owned a farm on the east side of Quidneck Pond, on or
      near Carr's river. There is a hill in the northern part

      Page 90

      of West Greenwich still known as "Weaver's Hill." It is near the Coventry line,
      perhaps three miles from the village of Summit and about a mile and a half
      from Quidneck Reservoir.

      In 1725-6, and perhaps a year earlier and one or two years later, he lived in
      Providence on land which he had purchased from his brother John, to whom it
      had been given by their uncle, Clement Weaver. This farm was in the
      "Westquadnaig Purchase" within the present bounds of Scituate. He was a
      blacksmith and a farmer. The town council records of East Greenwich show
      that on Dec. 25, 1736, he was granted "license to keep a Common Ail House
      in the house wherein he lives."

      In West Greenwich he was one of the first Town Council in 1741 and also
      served in that capacity in 1742, 1743 and 1744-5.

      His real estate transactions were numerous.

      Neither his will, if he left one, nor any record of administration of his estate has
      been found though it must have been considerable.

      He married in East Greenwich, Nov. 21, 1723, Mary Matteson (occasionally
      recorded erroneously "Mercy"), daughter of Capt. Henry Matteson of East
      Greenwich and West Greenwich and his wife Judith, the half-sister of Joseph's
      father.

      Both Mary and her mother, Judith, were mentioned in the will of her father
      June 18, 1751.

      Mary was born in East Greenwich Feb. 13, 1704, a?? died, probably in
      Coventry after January 6, 1753. She was the mother of all the children of
      whom record was made. The land records indicate that Joseph5 had a second
      wife, Alice, of whom no more is known.

      CHILDREN:
      45- I. Joseph,6 b. Feb. 1, 1723-4.
      II. Mary,6 b. April 8, 1726, in East Greenwich; m. in Coventry, June 20, 1754,
      Isaac Greene of Coventry, b. Nov. 6, 1724, son of James and Rebecca
      (Cahoon) Greene.
      CHILDREN (Greene), born in Coventry:
      1. Mehitable,7 b. Nov. 12, 1754.
      2. Mary,7 b. June 29, 1756; d. Feb. 11, 1758.
      3. Abigail,7 b. Feb. 22, 1758; m. Oliver Wickes, according to her
      husband's testimony she had a cousin, Frederick Weaver,
      who served in the Revolution.
      4. Benjamin,7 b. Sept. 2, 1760.
      5. James,7 b. Feb. 17, 1764.
      6. Joseph,7 b. April 10, 1766.
      III. Katherine,6 b. Nov. 18, 1728; m. in Coventry Feb. 14, 1747-8, Mansir
      Cooper. She died Oct. 14, 1748. No children.
      46- IV. Benjamin,6 b. Jan. 29, 1730.
      47- V. Andras,6 b. Feb. 7, 1732-3.
      48- VI. William,6 b. May 23, 1736.
      VII. Judith,6 b. Oct. 24, 1738; d. April 11, 1740.
      49-VIII. John,6 b. April 2, 1741.
      50- IX. Thomas,6 b. May 2, 1743.
      51- X. Rufus,6 b. Jan. 25, 1745.
      XI. Elizabeth,6 b. June 15, 1747, in Coventry.

      http://www.archive.org/
      Early Marriage R
      http://www.archive.org/
      Early Marriage Records of the Weaver Family in the United States
      Official and Authoritive Records of Weaver Marriages in the
      Original States and Colonies from 1628 to 1865
      Edited by William Montgomery Clemens
      1st Edition
      1916
      William M. Clemens Publisher
      56 and 58 Pine St., New York
      Weaver, Joseph and Mercy Matteson, 21 November, 1723, E. Greenwich, R. I.
      Page 19 (n37)
      __________________
      The Weaver Genealogy Author: Lucius E. Weaver Call Number: CS71.W365
      This book contains the history and genealogy of the Weaver family of Wales who settled in Massachusetts.
      Bibliographic Information: Weaver, Lucius E. The Weaver Genealogy. The Du Bois Press. Rochester, New York. 1928. Source Media Type: Book
      Repository:
      19. JOSEPH5 WEAVER, (William,4 (7) Clement,3 Clement,2 Clement1)was born April 2, 1698, in East Greenwich. The date and place of his death have not been learned, but he lived in Coventry as late as 1770. Except for a short residence in Providence township, probably less than four years in all, he
      lived in East Greenwich until, by the division of that town in 1741, he became automatically a resident of West Greenwich; by 1746 he was living in Coventry where he owned a farm on the east side of Quidneck Pond, on or
      near Carr's river. There is a hill in the northern part Page 90
      of West Greenwich still known as "Weaver's Hill." It is near the Coventry line, perhaps three miles from the village of Summit and about a mile and a half from Quidneck Reservoir.
      In 1725-6, and perhaps a year earlier and one or two years later, he lived in Providence on land which he had purchased from his brother John, to whom it had been given by their uncle, Clement Weaver. This farm was in the "Westquadnaig Purchase" within the present bounds of Scituate. He was a blacksmith and a farmer. The town council records of East Greenwich show
      that on Dec. 25, 1736, he was granted "license to keep a Common Ail House
      in the house wherein he lives."
      In West Greenwich he was one of the first Town Council in 1741 and also served in that capacity in 1742, 1743 and 1744-5.
      His real estate transactions were numerous.
      Neither his will, if he left one, nor any record of administration of his estate has been found though it must have been considerable.
      He married in East Greenwich, Nov. 21, 1723, Mary Matteson (occasionally recorded erroneously "Mercy"), daughter of Capt. Henry Matteson of East Greenwich and West Greenwich and his wife Judith, the half-sister of Joseph's father.
      Both Mary and her mother, Judith, were mentioned in the will of her father June 18, 1751.
      Mary was born in East Greenwich Feb. 13, 1704, a?? died, probably in
      Coventry after January 6, 1753. She was the mother of all the children of
      whom record was made. The land records indicate that Joseph5 had a second
      wife, Alice, of whom no more is known.
      CHILDREN:
      45- I. Joseph,6 b. Feb. 1, 1723-4.
      II. Mary,6 b. April 8, 1726, in East Greenwich; m. in Coventry, June 20, 1754, Isaac Greene of Coventry, b. Nov. 6, 1724, son of James and Rebecca (Cahoon) Greene.
      CHILDREN (Greene), born in Coventry:
      1. Mehitable,7 b. Nov. 12, 1754.
      2. Mary,7 b. June 29, 1756; d. Feb. 11, 1758.
      3. Abigail,7 b. Feb. 22, 1758; m. Oliver Wickes, according to her husband's testimony she had a cousin, Frederick Weaver,
      who served in the Revolution.
      4. Benjamin,7 b. Sept. 2, 1760.
      5. James,7 b. Feb. 17, 1764.
      6. Joseph,7 b. April 10, 1766.
      III. Katherine,6 b. Nov. 18, 1728; m. in Coventry Feb. 14, 1747-8, Mansir Cooper. She died Oct. 14, 1748. No children.
      46- IV. Benjamin,6 b. Jan. 29, 1730.
      47- V. Andras,6 b. Feb. 7, 1732-3.
      48- VI. William,6 b. May 23, 1736.
      VII. Judith,6 b. Oct. 24, 1738; d. April 11, 1740.
      49-VIII. John,6 b. April 2, 1741.
      50- IX. Thomas,6 b. May 2, 1743.
      51- X. Rufus,6 b. Jan. 25, 1745.
      XI. Elizabeth,6 b. June 15, 1747, in Coventry.

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