Josiah Applegate

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• Voress Number: BR2

Notes:

Josiah Applegate, the father of our subject, was a native of New Jersey and married Ann Smith, a daughter of Zachariah Smith, whose ancestors resided for many years at Huntington, Long Island. By trade Josiah Applegate was a mason and with others he assisted in throwing up the trenches in which were interred the bodies of so many of those who died on the prison ships in the Wallabout during the occupation of New York by the British in the war for independence. He died when his son Joseph was only about four years of age, and his widow afterward married again.

Peter Ross, History of Long Island, 1892, p. 80

Occupation:
Mason

Died:
When son Joseph was about four years old

Josiah married Ann Smith 11 Apr 1812, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA. Ann (daughter of Zachariah Smith and Anna Maria Smith) was born Abt 1788, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, USA; died 05 Dec 1858. [Group Sheet]

1. Sarah Applegate
2. Kate Applegate
3. Joseph Applegate was born 29 Sep 1812, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA; died 06 May 1907, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA.
4. Josiah H Applegate was born Abt 1817, New York, USA.