Amariah Vose

Notes:

His name is sometimes given as Amaziah. Most sources show Amariah Force or Amariah Vose. There were several men of this same name in MA around the same time.

About the brother listed here: I don't know for sure that this particular Jeremiah is Amariah's brother, or even that he had a brother Jeremiah. This needs more research to confirm. I am placing them together as a working model, based on several pieces of evidence. Amariah supposedly came to RI from Wrentham, MA; Jeremiah enlisted in the Rev War at Wrentham. They both eventually settled in northern RI. The surname of both morphed from Force to Vose. Their birth years are close. One published book says Amariah had two brothers -- Jeremiah & Hezekiah (but no source given). Lastly, an online tree shows them as brothers (but no source given).

I have one theory that their parents may have been Jeremiah Force and Margret Blake, who were married at Wrentham, MA, 8 Dec 1762. It is the correct time frame, location, and names (Amariah had a daughter named Margaret). However, this family needs more research.

For information on this family, see "History of Providence County, RI" ed by Richard M. Bayles, 1891 WW Preston & Co., NY, vol 2 p 476.

According to this book, the Vose family came from Wrentham, MA, to Woonsocket, RI. Amariah's chidlren were as follows: Alva, Alanson, Willing, Eliza Ann, Aaron, Melissa, and Margaret. Details on some of this children follow in this book.

In the Federal Census of 1790, Amariah Force and family are at Holliston, MA. However, this may be a different individual. One Amariah force was a Revolutionary War pensioner, and he may be the one at Holliston in 1790.

Another Amariah Vose, Rev War pensioner, died at Boston, MA, in 1831. His wife, Jane (md 1781 Boston), later lived in Manville, RI, with married daughter Mary "Polly" Eddy.

In the Federal Census of 1800, Amariah Force and family are at Bellingham, MA.

I have estimated the birth years of some of Amariah's children.

VOSE AMARIAH 1768 - 29 AUG 1846 WO #010

Amariah married Rejoice Cook 29 Dec 1791, Wrentham, MA. Rejoice was born 22 Feb 1771, Wrentham, MA; died 15 Jul 1855; was buried , Arnold-Vose Cemetery, East Orchard St., Woonsocket, RI. [Group Sheet]

1. Willing Vose was born 1793.
2. Alanson Vose was born Abt 1796; died 2 Jan 1881; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery, Woonsocket, RI.
3. Eliza Ann Vose was born Abt 1800.
4. Margaret Vose was born Abt 1802.
5. Malancy Vose was born 1802.
6. Aaron Vose was born Abt 1805.
7. Alvah H. Vose was born 1813.