Joseph Bodfish^[1]

1651 - 1744  (93 years)

• Name	Joseph Bodfish
  Birth	3 Apr 1651	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Dec 1744	Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I2019	Shelton
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2001

  
  

  Father	Robert Bodfish   d. 19 Nov 1651, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
  Mother	Bridget Sugg,   b. 1616, Barnstable, Kent, England d. After 1662 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	1634	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Family ID	F12970	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Bessey,   b. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Jun 1674	Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts   [2]
  Children	1. Hannah Bodfish,   b. Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown 2. John Bodfish,   b. 6 Dec 1675, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown 3. Joseph Bodfish, Jr.,   b. Oct 1677, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Bef 1735 (Age 57 years) 4. Mary Bodfish,   b. 1 Mar 1678/79, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 1715, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 35 years) 5. Benjamin Bodfish,   b. 1683, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 1760, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 77 years) 6. Nathan Bodfish,   b. 27 Dec 1685, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   7. Ebenezer Bodfish,   b. 10 Mar 1686/87, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown 8. Elizabeth Bodfish,   b. 27 Aug 1690, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown 9. Rebecca Bodfish,   b. 22 Sep 1693, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. 10 Mar 1726/27, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 33 years)   10. Melitiah Bodfish,   b. 1694, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   11. Melatich Bodfish,   b. 7 Apr 1695, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   12. Melatiah Bodfish,   b. 17 Apr 1696, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   13. Robert Bodfish,   b. 10 Oct 1698, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown   14. Sarah Bodfish,   b. 20 Feb 1699/00, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2001

  
  

• Notes

  RFN: 3161 Joseph Bodfish, the ancestor of all of the name in Barns table. He resided at West Barnstable, his house was on Bursley's Lane, on the farm owned by the late Lemuel Bursley. When he was eighteen, Plymout h had been settled fifty years, and though liberal bounties had been paid to E nglish and Indians for wolves' heads, yet these ravenous animals abounded in t he Colony. In 1654, the whole number killed was nineteen of which tree were ki lled in Barnstable, and in 1655 thirty one, nine in Barnstable. In 1690, the number killed was thirteen, and in 1691, nineteen. Jonathan Bodfish said his g randfather could set a trap as cunningly as the oldest Indians, and that the d uck or the goose that ventured to come within gunshot of him, rarely escaped b eing shot. Wolf Neck, so named because it was the resort of these animals, was about half a mile from Joseph Bodfish's house, and there he set his traps. On ce he narrowly escaped losing his own life. Seeing a large wolf in his trap, h e incautiously approached with a rotten pine pole in his hand. He struck and the pole broke in his hand, and the enraged beast spring at him with the trap and broken chain attached to his leg. Mr. Bodfish stepped suddenly t o one side, and the wolf passed by him. Before the wold could recover, Mr . Bodfish was beyond his reach. This trap is preserved in his family as a n heir-loom.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1887] hinckleyprf9. [S77] janzen.FTW. [S1944] Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families Vol I & II, (21 MAY 1994). pg 68; [S1945] Pope, Charles Henry, Pioneers of Massachusetts, (28 MAY 1994). pg 57 [S1944] Otis, Amos, Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families Vol I & II, (21 MAY 1994). pg 69