1Josiah Howard Temple and Charles Adams, History of North Brookfield, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, p. 644 (1887).
"2. Joseph, son of Joseph 1, b. England, 1634; removed to Concord, and m. Esther, daughter of William Ballard of Lynn, removed thence to Warwick, R.I., and afterwards to Pawtucket, and settled on a tract of land he bought of the Indians; in 1681 was governor's assistant; built a forge, which was destroyed in 1675, in the Wampanoag war, d. Jan. 4, 1717, aged eighty-four. Children, Joseph, b. 1657, d. June 15, 1740, was governor of Rhode Island, 1727 to 1732; Nathaniel, b. 1662, d. 1723; a major of the militia; Rev. Ebenezer, d. May 14, 1726; pastor of church in Providence; William, b. 1674 3; also five daughters.".