Josias Nottage
Abt 1734 - 1811 (~ 77 years)-
Name Josias Nottage Born Abt Mar 1733/34 Gender Male Died Apr 1811 [1] Person ID I23612 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Josiah Nottage, b. Abt 1700, d. Between 1755 and 1801, CA or MA 
(Age ~ 55 years) Mother Sarah Ranger, b. Abt 1708, d. 31 Aug 1746, Boston, MA (Age ~ 38 years) Married 15 Aug 1731 Old North Church, Boston, MA [2] Notes - Josias Nottage & Sarah Rainger (Int. reads Ranger) Married By Dr. Timo. Cutler Presn. on Aug. 15, 1731
Family ID F06209 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Katharine Lord, b. Abt 1739, d. Abt Jul 1769 (Age ~ 30 years) Married 8 Jan 1756 Boston, MA Children 1. Josias Nottage, b. Abt Oct 1762 2. Sarah Nottage, b. Abt Nov 1764 3. Sarah Nottage, b. Abt May 1767 4. Benjamin Nottage, b. Abt Jul 1769 Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F08889 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sarah Sprague, b. Abt 1741, d. Jun 1795, Boston, MA (Age ~ 54 years) Married 3 Oct 1769 Boston, MA [2] Notes - Josiah Nottage Jr. & Sarah Sprague (Int. reads Sprager) Married By Rev. John Lothrop on Oct. 3, 1769
Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F08890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Elizabeth Carpenter, b. Abt 1748, d. May 1799, Boston, MA (Age ~ 51 years) Married 14 Feb 1796 Boston, MA [2] Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F08891 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - A Josiah Nottage constructed the Charles River Bridge between Boston and Cambridge in the 1790s. He also built in 1795 a bridge in Newark, NJ, across the Passaic River. He was considered "the country's premier bridge builder." (source: Google books)
Apparently he knew John Hancock:
Hancock, John, 1732-1793. A.D.s.; Boston, 15 Feb 1785. 1s.(1p.)
Order for rations for Josias Nottage.
Acquisition Information: *57JM-34(6) Bequest of Lee M. Friedman, 1957.
(Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Cambridge, MA)
"Josias of Katherine Nottage" was baptized and/or accepted into membership at the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, on 13 Feb 1757. (See notes for Katherine)
- A Josiah Nottage constructed the Charles River Bridge between Boston and Cambridge in the 1790s. He also built in 1795 a bridge in Newark, NJ, across the Passaic River. He was considered "the country's premier bridge builder." (source: Google books)
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