Josiah Haskell

1760 - 1844  (84 years)

• Name	Josiah Haskell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	1760	Casco, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 May 1844	Thomaston, Knox, Maine   [2, 3, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I1173	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	27 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	William Haskell,   b. 25 Jun 1728, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine d. 6 Apr 1777, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Anna M. Merrill,   b. 11 Dec 1735, Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine d. Bef Feb 1773, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	25 Nov 1757	Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine   [2, 3]
  Intentions	25 Nov 1757  [4]
  Family ID	F1031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katherine Mosher
  Family ID	F1098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Abigail Wallace,   b. 1765   d. 7 Jan 1830 (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	15 May 1786  [3]
  Children	1. George Wallace Haskell   2. Joseph Haskell,   b. Abt 8 Nov 1786, Gorham, Cumberland, Maine d. 2 Dec 1860 (Age 74 years)   3. Sarah G. Haskell,   b. 17 Sep 1799, Rockland, Knox, Maine d. 23 Aug 1883, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 83 years)   4. Mary Parsons Haskell,   b. 22 Jan 1801, Portland, Cumberland, Maine d. 16 May 1874, Green Springs, Sandusky/Seneca, Ohio (Age 73 years)   5. Abigail Wallace Haskell,   b. 1 Nov 1803, Maine d. 2 Mar 1881 (Age 77 years)   6. John Wallace Haskell,   b. 1808, Maine d. 15 May 1863, Rockland, Knox, Maine (Age 55 years)   7. Almira W. Haskell,   b. 1790, Portland, Cumberland, Maine d. 1815 (Age 25 years)
  Family ID	F1099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Abigail Berry,   b. 1766   d. 2 Nov 1853 (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	5 Sep 1830	Thomaston, Knox, Maine   [3, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F1100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Josiah enlisted in January 1781 and served until June 1783 under Captain Thorpe in Colonel John Brook's 7th regiment and was later under Captain Coburn. He was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered. Reference Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary War Vol. VII, Page 439 and 440. _____ Josiah, of Casco, was on a descriptive list dated Feb. 20, 1782; Light Infantry company, Lieutenant Colonel J. Brook's (7th) regiment; age, 17 (also given 18 years), stature, 5 ft. 1 in., complexion light, hair, light (also given sandy) occupation, Joiner (also given as farmer). Birthplace, Casco, residence, Casco, engaged for town of Casco, term 3 years. Also was a private in Captain Eliphalet Thorp's company, Lieutenant Colonel John Brook's (7th) regiment; muster roll for May 1781, dated West Point, also muster roll for June 1781, also muster roll for July 1781, dated Phillipsboro; reported on command at the Block House. Also on muster rolls for August and September 1781 dated Peekskill; also, muster rolls for October -December 1781, dated York Hutts. Also in Captain Asa Coburn's (Light Infantry) company, Colonel Brook's regiment; muster rolls for January and February, 1782 dated York Hutts; reported transferred from Captain Thorp's company, Jan. 1, 1782; also reported sick in quarters in January 1782. Reference The Haskell Family in the Armed Forces, Volume 2 Editor: Peter P. Haskell, 2004 Page 71

  
  

• Sources

  [S11404] Ira J. Haskell, Chronicles of the Haskell Family, (Ellis Printing Company, Lynn Mass 1943; Reprint Goodspeed's Book Shop, Boston Mass. 1976). [S42635] RootsWeb.com, Footsteps-2 (Roberta Neizer). [S27363] Genealogy of the descendants of William Haskell and Mary Tybott, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S27510] Haskell Journal, Issue 75, 2006, Family Does Matter, by Sara Cheves Fair,, (Journal of the Haskell Family Association). [S27606] Index to Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers, compiled 1818 - 1864, (NARA Record Group 217). [S27341] Genealogical History of Deer Isle Families, Series 2, Volume 15, Haskell, (compiled by Benjamin Lake Noyes). [S42285] Revolutionary War pension file, Josiah and Abigail Berry Haskell, (File W9051).