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495. Deacon Joseph Landers Jr. was born on 8 Aug 1723 in Rochester, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁵²⁾⁽⁵⁵³⁾⁽²¹⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽¹⁵⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ He signed a will on 13 Mar 1798.⁽⁵⁵⁴⁾ He Codicil on 6 Aug 1799.⁽⁵⁵⁵⁾ He died on 31 Aug 1801 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁵⁶⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ He was buried in Sharon Burying Ground, Sharon, CT.⁽⁵⁵⁷⁾ Deac. Joseph4 Landers (Joseph3, Thomas2, Thomas1), born 8 Aug. 1723, died in Sharon, Conn., 31 Aug. 1801 "ae 79" (g.s. Burying Ground, Sharon, Conn. (1903) by Lawrence Van Alstyne, p.72; also Connecticut Vital Records - 619 Cem. 4, p.84 in Connecticut State Library, Hartford).

He married 4 Nov 1742 Sarah Lovell (Wareham 1st Church Records). She was probably the daughter of Joshua4 Lovell (John3, John2, Robert1) and Sarah (Isham) Lovell, born in Barnstable 13 Oct. 1719 and baptized there 4 Aug. 1722. The Sharon cemetery records (op. cit.) state that she died 19 Jan. 1800 ae 80.

In 1748, Joseph Landers with his wife and children, parents and other relatives, moved to Sharon, Conn. (Charles F. Sedgwick, History of Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn. (1903)). The Wareham 1st Church records confirm this, stating that the family was dismissed to the Church of Christ in Sharon 16 June 1749. Sedgwick (op. cit.) says that this "Joseph Landers, Jr. lived with his father on the 8th lot" there.

The will of the uncle, Benjamin3 Landers of Sharon, dated 5 May 1760, designates "cousin Joseph Landers" his executor. But for some reason Joseph refused to serve, and administration of Benjamin’s estate was turned over to another "cousin", Thomas4 Landers. We note that a Joseph Landers appears briefly upon the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, records about this time; it may be this Joseph. If so, he soon returned to Sharon.

Joseph Landers served in the Revolution, as we find an order of the Connecticut Assembly dated October 1777 by which the officers of a company of volunteers in the town of Sharon were appointed, among them as Ensign, Joseph Landers (Charles L. Hoadley, The Public Records of Connecticut (1894), p.431). Sedgwick (op. cit.) tells us that Joseph Landers was appointed Deacon of the Sharon Church in 1781, and that he served in that office until his death. He was the representative from Sharon in 1782 to the Connecticut General Assembly.

The will of Joseph Landers of Sharon dated 13 March 1798 was proved 21 Sept. 1801. He gives:

"To my beloved wife Sarah, sufficient provision for her honourable support and maintenance during her life already been made for her... To my daughter Sarah, wife of David Hollister, I have already given her her full portion of my estate. To the heirs of my son Seth Landers, deceased, viz: Deborah, Zilpha, Remember and Sarah, I give one half of all my obligations due to me or shall be due to me at my decease, to be equally divided among them, together with all my indoor moveables, after my decease and the decease of my wife. To the heirs of my daughter Remember, the wife of John Orton, deceased, I give the other half of my obligations due to me... To my grand son John Hollister I give all my live stock that shall belong to me at my decease. All the remainder of my estate, if there shall be any, to the heirs of my sd son Seth and Remember to be equally divided among them. I constitute and appoint my trusty friend Samuel Smith of sd Sharon to be my sole executor... 13 Mar 1798. Witness: Temperance Smith, Sally Gale"

A codicil, dated 6 Aug. 1799, gives "To my grand son John Hollister my counting desk. I also appoint Barnabas Tobey of sd Sharon to be my executor with the already named Samuell Smith" (Sharon, Litchfield Co. Probates, Docket 1997). An accounting shows property distributed "To the heirs of Joseph Landers, deceased: To the heirs of John Orton: Joseph Orton; heirs of Luther Orton, Abigail, Hannah, Thankful and Matilda Orton, $50.80 each. To the heirs of Seth Landers, deceased: Deborah, Zilpha, Remember and Sally $102.79 each. To John Hollister $99.50." Distributed by Samuel Bucher, Daniel Deming, Paul Smith, Jr.* The inventory, dated 2 Oct. 1801, was taken by David Downe, Paul Smith and Daniel Deming.

* D.A.R. Lineage Book 28:295 alleges that this Seth5 Landers had, by wife Susan, a son John6 Landers. The above will and distribution indicates that Seth5 Landers left no other heirs other than those listed.

[Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas1 Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:220-221]

Also have birth as 8 Jul 1723 in Rochester, Plymouth, MA. [Stephen Snyder Homepage http://www.igateway.com/dialups/sdsnyder/family/index.htm]

He was married to Sarah Lovell (daughter of Joshua Lovell and Sarah Isham) on 4 Nov 1742 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁵⁸⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ Sarah Lovell was born on 13 Oct 1719 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁵⁵⁹⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ She was baptized on 4 Aug 1722 in Barnstable, Barnstable, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁰⁾ ⁽³⁰²⁾ She died on 19 Jan 1800 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁶¹⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ She was buried in Sharon Burying Ground, Sharon, CT.⁽⁵⁶²⁾ Deacon Joseph Landers Jr. and Sarah Lovell had the following children:

1286 i. Thankful Landers was born on 27 Oct 1743 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁶³⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ She was baptized on 30 Oct 1743 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁴⁾ She died on 18 Jun 1749 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁶⁵⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ Also have deathplace as Wareham, Plymouth, MA. [Descendants of William Kirby http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/a/Steven-G-Gray/index.html]
1287 ii. Isaac Landers was born on 21 Jan 1744/45 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁶⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ He was baptized on 10 Mar 1744/45 in Wareham, Plymouth, MA.⁽⁵⁶⁷⁾ He died on 20 Jun 1749 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁶⁸⁾⁽⁵⁶⁹⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ Also have deathplace as Wareham, Plymouth, MA. [Descendants of William Kirby http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/a/Steven-G-Gray/index.html]
+1288 iii. Remember Landers.
1289 iv. Peleg Landers was born about 1748. He died on 3 Jun 1749 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷⁰⁾
+1290 v. Thankful Landers.
1291 vi. Joseph Landers was born on 9 Mar 1751/52 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷¹⁾⁽⁵⁷²⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ He died on 22 Jun 1756 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷³⁾⁽⁵⁷⁴⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾
1292 vii. Deborah Landers was born on 8 Jan 1754 in Sharon Township, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷⁵⁾⁽⁵⁷⁶⁾⁽⁵⁷⁷⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾⁽³⁰²⁾ She died on 9 Apr 1779 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷⁸⁾ ⁽³⁰²⁾
1293 viii. Joshua Landers was born on 9 Nov 1755 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁷⁹⁾⁽⁵⁸⁰⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾ He died on 19 Dec 1755 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁸¹⁾⁽⁵⁸²⁾
+1294 ix. Seth Landers.
+1295 x. Sarah Landers.
1296 xi. Mary (Mercy) Landers was born on 20 Aug 1761 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁸³⁾⁽⁵⁸⁴⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾ She died on 20 Sep 1761 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁸⁵⁾⁽⁵⁸⁶⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾
1297 xii. Abigail Landers was born on 12 Feb 1763 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁸⁷⁾⁽⁵⁸⁸⁾⁽⁵⁸⁹⁾⁽¹⁵⁰⁾ She died on 2 Oct 1776 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT.⁽⁵⁹⁰⁾ Also have death as 2 Oct 1778 in Sharon, Litchfield, CT. [Descendants of William Kirby http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/r/a/Steven-G-Gray/index.html] She was buried in Boland Cemetery, Sharon, CT.⁽⁵⁹¹⁾
+1298 xiii. Lucinda Landers.