Col. Col. Joshua LAMB

1642 - 1694  (51 years)

• Name	Col. Joshua LAMB
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	27 Nov 1642	Roxbury, Suffolk, MA
  Gender	Male
  Note	Joshua served as a colonel in King Phillip's War and in 1686 acquired title from the Indians to land and later founded the towns of Leicester and Hardwick. Purchased all of Roanoke Island from Gov. Berkley of VA April 17, 1676. In this grant Joshua is referred to as 'merchant Joshua Lamb of Roxbury, County of Suffock in New England.'
  Occupation	Shipright and later land speculator
  Death	25 Feb 1694	Roanoke Island, VA
  Person ID	I6288	MM
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas LAMB,   b. Abt 1599, Barnardiston, Suffolk, ENGLAND d. 28 Mar 1648, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Dorothy HARBITTLE,   b. Abt 1610, Horton, Northumberland, ENGLAND d. 28 Jan 1698, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1964	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary ALCOCK,   b. 15 Aug 1652, Boston, Suffolk, MA d. 9 Oct 1700, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1673	Roxbury, Suffolk, MA   [1]
  Children	1. Col. Col. Joshua LAMB, Jr,   b. 1674, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA d. 20 Jul 1754, Roxbury, Suffolk, MA (Age 80 years)   2. Dorothy LAMB,   b. 1679, Suffolk Co., MA d. 1760, Framingham, Middlesex, MA (Age 81 years)   3. George LAMB,   b. 1681, Suffolk Co., MA   4. Elizabeth LAMB,   b. 2 Mar 1682, Suffolk Co., MA d. 9 Jun 1683, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 1 year)   5. John LAMB,   b. 22 Apr 1683, Suffolk Co., MA d. 22 Apr 1683, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 0 years)   6. John LAMB,   b. 3 Feb 1684, Suffolk Co., MA d. 16 Jun 1685, Suffolk Co., MA (Age 1 year)   7. Samuel LAMB,   b. 9 Apr 1686, Suffolk Co., MA   8. Thomas LAMB,   b. 23 Mar 1687
  Family ID	F1961	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Nov 1642 - Roxbury, Suffolk, MA Marriage - Abt 1673 - Roxbury, Suffolk, MA Death - 25 Feb 1694 - Roanoke Island, VA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1034] New England, The Great Migration, (New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1996-2011, Boston, MA, 1996-2011), 1034.