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James OTIS, #340[1]

Male 1725 - 1783  (58 years)


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  • Name James OTIS 
    Suffix #340 
    Born 05 Feb 1725  Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 May 1783  Andover, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I292408745163  Doty Family in America
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2024 

    Father James OTIS,   b. 14 Jun 1702, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 09 Nov 1778, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary ALLYN, #78,   b. 10 Nov 1702, Plymouth, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Dec 1767, Barnstable, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 14 May 1724  Wethersfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth CUNNINGHAM,   b. Jun 1729, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 06 Nov 1789, Boston, MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 1755  Boston Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F4975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (REF: Otis p. 99, 137-8; Boston Marr. 1700-1809 p. 14, 70, 90; Appleton's Boston Births 191, 292, 297, 320; Mass Soldiers/Sailors in War of Rev. Vol. XI p. 712; Mass Centinel 11-7-1789; Otis and Swift 2:243; Boston Records v. 28, p. 105; NEHGR 2:289-91, 295-6). NOTE: The Otis book shows Ruth d. Nov. 15, 1789, however the newspaper says she died Nov. 6. For Cunningham, see the "Historical Catalog of the Old South Church, Boston, 1669-1882" (1883) p. 277-8.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1030949383] Doty-Doten Family, p. 47.

    2. [S1030949344] New England Historic Genealogical Resister, 2:289, 291, 292.

    3. [S1030949383] Doty-Doten Family, p. 47, 48.