Ancestry of
John Paul Stevens

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Josiah Closson

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• • 7th Great-grandfather of John Paul Stevens — 10th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 914 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1655 
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  • Death Date:
  • 13 Feb 1698/1699 
  • Death Location:
  • Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Williamson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Mar 1678/1679 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Mary Closson (Ahnentafel No:457 )

• Sources for Josiah Closson

  • ¹ Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 2, p. 846.
  • ² Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol. 3, p. 507.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1927, Vol. 81, p. 78.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1985, Vol. 61, p. 136.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 613.
  • ⁶ Wilbour, Benjamin Franklin, comp., Little Compton Families, Volume 1, Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Publishing Co. (2003), 192.