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Joshua
Sylvester
ID
1609,000,251
Gender
Male
Birth Date
1675-00-00
Birth Location
Shelter Island - Manhansack-aha-quash-awamock (“an island sheltered by islands”)
Death Date
1705
Death Dates Notes
alt 1706-06-21 (30-31) (New Amsterdam, Ulster County?)
Death Location
New Amsterdam, New Netherland
Family
Father
Nathaniel Sylvester (ID: 1609,000,240)
Mother
Grizzell Brinley (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,241)
Brothers
Giles Sylvester III (ID: 1609,000,253)
Benjamin Sylvester (ID: 1609,000,2)
Peter Sylvester (ID: 1609,000,246)
Constant Sylvester (ID: 1609,000,249)
Nathaniel Sylvester, Jr. (ID: 1609,000,245)
Sisters
Ann Bowers (ID: 1609,000,255)
Patience L' Hommedieu (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,247)
Elizabeth Stanborough (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,248)
Mercy Viall (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,254)
Mary Carey (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,252)
Grizzell Lloyd (Sylvester) (ID: 1609,000,244)
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See additional reading here courtesy of the Sylvester Manor :  https://www.sylvestermanor.org/sylvester-family/ 

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