WEEKS FAMILY

 

Family Group Sheet

 

 
Subject: Joseph/Joshua WEEKS
Biography: __ ___ ____ _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________; Of Joshua Weeks and his parentage little is known. He may perhaps have been the son of Leonard Weeks, Portsmouth, one of the men who stood for Massachussetts rather than for the crown in 1665, for according to Savage's Gen. Dictionary, he had a son, Joshua, who was born June 30, 1674 (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 9.)
Birth: circa __ ___ 1675 _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________.
Death: after __ ___ 1741 _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________.
Marriage: __ ___ ____ _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________.
Burial: __ ___ ____
Father:
Mother:

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Spouse: Abigail WEST
Biography: __ ___ ____ _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________; Elizabeth's mother, Abigail West, was born about 1680. Sometime before 1710, she married Joshua Weeks, who is thought to have been born about 1677 or 1678. both were admitted to the Sabbitarian Baptist Church in Newport in 1722 (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 9.)
Birth: circa __ ___ 1680 _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________.
Death: __ ___ ____
Burial: __ ___ ____
Father: Dr. Thomas D. WEST (b. circa 1646, d. 7 Sep 1706)
Mother: Elizabeth THOMAS ( , d. 16 Feb 1728)

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One Known Child

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F Elizabeth WEEKS
Birth: _______________, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
Biography: __ ___ ____ _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________; Elizabeth Weeks, wife of Bryant Cartwright, Sr. was the daughter of Joshua and Abigail (West) Weeks. She was Bryant Cartwright's first cousin, as her mother, Abigail, and bryant's mother, Ruth, were sisters. They were married at Martha's Vineyard. Some of their children were born there and others at Hopkinton, R.I (Mack, Edward Cartwright of Nantucket MA, p. 9.)
Birth: circa __ ___ 1714 Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
Marriage: 19 Oct 1732 Bryant CARTWRIGHT (b. 30 Sep 1711, d. 30 Jul 1780), son of Edward CARTWRIGHT Jr. and Ruth WEST; Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
Son: 3 Aug 1733 Judah CARTWRIGHT; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
Daughter: 30 Dec 1736 Abigail CARTWRIGHT; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
Daughter: __ ___ 1738 Dorothea CARTWRIGHT; _______________, _______________, _______________, _______________.
Son: 3 May 1739 Bryant CARTWRIGHT Jr.; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
Daughter: 31 Mar 1746 Lydia CARTWRIGHT; Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).
Death: Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes Co., MA.
Burial: __ ___ ____ Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Dukes Co., MA (Davis-Johnson, G. Maria; www.Ancestry.com; "Descendents of Seventh Day Baptist, William Davis (1663-1745)"; 3 June 2004; mjohnson80@adelphia.net.).

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