Joseph Bodfish

1651 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Joseph Bodfish
  Birth	3 Apr 1651	Sandwich, Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I6578	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2002

  
  

  Father	Robert Bodfish,   b. 1612, Of Barstable, MA d. 19 Nov 1651, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Bridget (Bodfish)
  Marriage	Abt 1639	Barnstable, MA
  Family ID	F3177	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Besse
  Children	1. Benjamin Bodfish,   b. 20 Jul 1683   d. 1760 (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F3179	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2009

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Apr 1651 - Sandwich, Mass.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  married Elizabeth Bessey in 1674 - 12 children. Resided on Bursley's Lane in West Barnstable.   When he was eighteen, Plymouth had been settled fifty years but ravenous animals abounded in the Colony. In 1654, nineteen wolves were killed. Joseph could set a trap as cunningly as the oldest Indians. Wolf Neck, so named because it was the resort of these animals, was about 1/2 mile from Joseph's home, and there he set his traps. Once he narrowly escaped losing his life. Seeing a large wolf in his trap, he approached with a rotten pile pole in his hand. He struck, the pole broke, and the caged beast sprang at him with the trap and chain attached to his leg. Mr. Bodfish escaped, but the trap is preserved as a family heirloom.   It is said that the last wolf killed in Barnstable was killed by Joseph Bodfish For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site