Joseph Blaney 
Joseph was born on June 23rd, 1764 in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Joseph's father was William Blaney and his mother was Mary Gridley. His paternal grandparents were Ambrose Blaney and Judah Curtis; his maternal grandparents were Samuel Gridley and Abigail Sharpe. He died due to drowned at the age of 38 in 1802 in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.General Notes
"While fishing with a party of friends in Boston Harbor, a squall struck his boat, capsizing it. He attempted to swim ashore but became entangled in the eel-grass and drowned."
Joseph Blaney, housewright, Sexton of the Hollis St. Church (Fourth Meeting House),[ ] lived on Nassau Street, Boston, where Joseph Blaney, owner, and Joseph and Henry Blaney, occupiers, were taxed in 1798.[ ] He was appointed funeral undertaker for South Burial Ground on Boston Common by Boston Selectmen,[ ] and "Joseph Blaney, sexton of Mr. West's Church [was] permitted to ring the bell at the hours 11, 1 & 9 o'clock."[ ]
(Query: Joseph Blaney, retailer, is listed at Nassau St., in the 1803 Boston City Directory. Was this Joseph5 Blaney who had drowned the previous year, or was it perhaps his son?) [His widow] Elizabeth Blaney is listed on Nassau St. from 1805-1810, and Elizabeth, widow of Joseph, was listed in 1816, 1818, and 1820.
Death note: Cause: "drowned"
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1660 in England d.1692
- b.1630 d.1715
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- b.02 Oct 1670 in Lynn, Massachusetts d.16 Jan 1727 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.04 Oct 1624 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.1606 d.1676
- d.26 Feb 1676 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.07 Apr 1707 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts d.17 Jan 1760
- b.06 Jan 1670 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts d.10 Dec 1765 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- b.21 Sep 1731 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts d.17 Apr 1780 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- b.1665 d.22 Sep 1730 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.12 Jun 1710 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts d.1777
- b.18 Nov 1667 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d.23 May 1750 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
- b.23 Jun 1764 in Roxbury, Massachusetts d.1802 in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts
- b.05 Jan 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d.17 Mar 1776 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- b.13 Nov 1734 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d.Apr 1809 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- b.Mar 1673 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts d.20 Nov 1751 in Pomfret, Connecticut
- b.29 Mar 1700 in Brookline, Massachusetts d.02 May 1743 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
- b.1676 in Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts d.15 Feb 1753 in Promfrit, Connecticut
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They had a daughter named Elizabeth.
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Children
Elizabeth Blaney
Elizabeth was born on April 6th, 1786 in Boston, Massachusetts. She died at the age of 80 in September 1866 in Brooklyn, New York. She was buried in Boston, Massachusetts.1