Joseph Greenleaf Shackford, son of Levi and Tampson (Greenleaf) Shackford was born Sept 2, 1798 in Newburyport, Massachusetts and was baptized on November 12, 1798.
On March 20, 1825, his pending marriage to Betsy Wells in Boston, Massachusetts was published:
They were married on May 5, 1825 by Rev James Sabine.
Joseph and Betsy lived on Brighton Street, Norfolk Place, Nassau Street, 415 Washington, and 29 Boylston (with his nephew William B Shackford) until he moved to Newburyport around 1840. Joseph worked as a laborer, a sign painter, and mason in Boston. By 1850 they were living at 13 School Street in Newburyport where his occupation changed to seaman and mariner.
Joseph died of dropsy on March 25, 1863. His death was reported in the Newburyport Herald. He was buried at the First Parish Burial Ground in Newbury.
His wife Betsy remained at 13 School Street where she lived with Mary Pike in 1870. By 1880 Elizabeth moved to live with her niece Marietta Gilman, the daughter of Joanna Wells in Gilford, New Hampshire. Elizabeth died in Gilford on Aug 11, 1886 and was buried near her husband in the First Parish Burying Ground.
CHILDREN: None known
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1840 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, Joseph G. Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).
1850 United States Federal Census, Essex County, Massachusetts, population schedule, Newburyport, page 731, dwelling 262, family 380, Joseph Shakford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014).
1855 Massachusetts State Census, Essex County, population schedule, Newburyport, Ward 2, page 278, dwelling 214, family 309, Joseph G Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com(http://ancestry.com : accessed 16 July 2014).
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Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2014), Joseph Greenleaf Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 131557236.
Massachusetts, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Boston Marriages, 1825-1840, page 352, Joseph Shackford & Betsey Wells, 5 May 1825; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 August 2014); Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records..
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Massachusetts, Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, DEATHS REGISTERED in the City of Newburyport from other towns for the Year eighteen hundred and eighty-six, page 280, Elizabeth Shackford, died in Gilford, NH, 11 August 1886; digital images, Family Search(http://familysearch.org : accessed 16 July 2014).
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