Capt. Joseph SIAS & Ruth MATHEWS

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Capt. Joseph SIAS, Esq.
Ruth MATHEWS

Husband: Joseph SIAS
Birth: ca. 1715, Oyster River Parish [now Durham Twp.], Strafford Co., NH
Death: aft. 1790
Father: John SIAS
Mother: Sarah Ann PITMAN

Marriage:

Wife: Ruth MATHEWS / MATHES
Birth: 12 Oct 1721
Death: 10 Feb 1801, Epping, Rockingham Co., NH
Father: Francis MATHEWS
Mother: Lydia DREW

Children — born in Strafford Co., NH:

1. Mary SIAS, b. bef. 1745
2. Lydia SIAS, b. 4 Sep 1745
3. Lois SIAS, b. ca. 1740s
4. Tamisen/Tamesin/Tamison/Tamsen SIAS, b. 1749

One source has Tamisen as the daughter of Joseph's brother, Samuel SIAS I, and Phoebe __?__, apparently because Tamisen is said to appear in Samuel's will. But other sources say she was merely a favored niece, not a daughter. Or were there two Tamisen's?

Sources:

1. Marriage Record:

2. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789 (Broderbund CD-310):¤•

1776 Sias, Joseph NH Strafford Co. Lee

3. 1790 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 2; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1790 NH Strafford Co. Lee p. 381 Ln. 1L Joseph Sias Esq. 3-0-3-0-0

These data indicate:

Gender and Type Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

3 free white males 16 or over in or bef. 1774 = Joseph (b. ca. 1714)
= ?
= ?

3 free white females all ages in or bef. 1790 = Ruth (b. 1721)
= ?
= ?

Living next door to son-in-law, Thomas NOBLE.

4. Robert H. Rodgers. 1971. "New Hampshire Provincial Deeds, 1702-1792, the Sampter Collection." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 125(Apr): 91-97. On p. 93:

THOMPSON [signs Tomson], Robart, of Durham, husbandman, to Nathaniel TOMPSON of Durham, trader. Land in Durham, "that one half part that I Bought with my Brouther Nathaniel Tompson of Samuel Smith Esqr. of Durham," Bounded by mast road, land of Joseph Sias, Jonathan Woodman, Robert Thompson deceased, Samuel Hill, Dated 4 May 1756. Witnesses: John Smith, James Thompson, Ackn. 12 Dec 1761, D[aniel] Peirce, J.P. Received 12 Dec 1761, "unpaid." (Printed form) [No. 256]

5. Frank Albert Davis. 1940. "Christopher Noble of Portsmouth, N.H., and Some of His Descendants." New England Historical and Genealogical Register 94 (Oct): 352-363. On p. 362:

...On 29 Oct. 1765 Thomas³ Noble bought from Captain Sias 60 acres of land for £100 and built a log cabin on the property...

6. Descendants of John Sias Sr. by Garey L. Marshall.

7. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Ancestral File (AF) and International Genealogical Index (IGI).

8. WorldConnect (online at RootsWeb.com).

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