Joseph Varnum

1672 - 1749  (77 years)

• Name	Joseph Varnum  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
  Birth	15 Mar 1672	Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1749	Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15]
  	Age: 77
  Burial	Dracut, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA   [8, 10]
  Person ID	I659	My Tree
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Samuel Varnum,   b. 1619, Derbyshire, England d. 25 Sep 1683, Dracutt, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Langton,   b. 1624, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1698, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1643 or 1650	Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [13, 16, 17, 18]
  Family ID	F180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Jewett,   b. 21 May 1681, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 28 Nov 1728, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1697	Rowley, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [3, 12, 13, 19, 20]
  Children	1. Sarah Varnum,   b. 14 Dec 1698, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 30 Aug 1731, Massachusetts, USA (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ruth Varnum,   b. 5 Feb 1703, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1771, Pepperell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Joseph Varnum,   b. 17 May 1710, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Aug 1763, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Samuel Varnum,   b. 8 Sep 1714, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 17 Apr 1797 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Deborah Varnum,   b. 31 Dec 1718, Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 1719 (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Varnum,   b. 8 Sep 1721, Dracutt, Massachusetts, United States d. 26 Jul 1786, Methuen, Essex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2025

  
  

• Histories		Abstract of Information Re Joseph Varnum (1672) from Varnums of Dracut, MA pp. 117-
  		Marriage Certificate

  
  

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Birth date: 15 March 1672 Birth place: Chelmsford, Middlesex Co, MA Death date: 23 December 1749 Death place: Dracut, Middlesex Co, MA Marriage date: 3 October 1697 Marriage place: Dracut, Middlesex Co, MA http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=genepool&h=2649766&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S69] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Town Marriage Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year ;). [S89] New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Town Death Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999.Original data - Vital Records of Bellingham Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Yea;). 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Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904.Vital Records of Granville Massachusetts to the Year ;). Marriage date: Dec. 17, 1743 Marriage place: Chelmsford http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=mamarr&h=111284&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S328] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived;), Source number: ; Source type: ; Number of Pages: ; Submitter Code: . Birth date: 1672 Birth place: MA Marriage date: 1697 Marriage place: MA http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=worldmarr_ga&h=1259123&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S350] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). 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Birth date: 15 Mar 1672 Birth place: Death date: 23 Dec 1749 Death place: Residence date: Residence place: United States http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=sarmemberapps&h=536279&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt [S367] Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls;), Volume: 124; SAR Membership Number: 24741. [S359] Ancestry.com, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). 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[S340] Compiled from Family Papers and Officials Records by John Marshall Varnum, of Boston., The Varnums of Dracutt (in Massachusetts): A History of Geroge Varnum, his son Samuel who came to Ipswich about 1635, and grandsons Thomas, John and Joseph, who settled in Dracutt, and their descendants, (Name: David Clapp & Son, Printers; Location: Boston; Date: 1907;), The Varnums of Dracutt, Storage 929.2 VAR. Among the very first entries in the records of Dracutt, commemorating an event which occured many years previous, is the announcement, made by John Varnum, borther to Joseph, at that time Town Clerk: "Joseph and Ruth Jouett of Roully was lawfully marrid in Octobear ye 3 day in the year 1697." Ruth was the daughter of Capt. Joseph and Ruth (Wood) Jewett, and was born about 1681. Her tombstone in the little burial-ground, near the "Navy Yard" in Dracutt, adjoining the spot where for many years, up to 1900, stood the old Garrison House, the residence of Col. John Varnum, which sheltered in times of apprehended or actual danger the early settlers of the neighborhood recites: Here lyes buried ye body of Mrs. Ruth Varnum wf of Colonel Joseph Varnum who dyed November ye 28, 1728, In ye -8 year of her age. [S375] Edmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.;), Birth year: 1681; Birth city: Ipswich; Birth state: MA.