MOSHER, Jehu

1755 - 1851  (96 years)

• Name	MOSHER, Jehu
  Birth	1755	Tiverton, Rhode Island, Untited States
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Mar 1851	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	date according to headstone. Obituary: The Wesleyan - Saturday, 10 May 1851 - Page 4 -Obituary Notices -Died at Avondale, Newport, on the 7th March last, Mr. John (should be Jehu) Mosher, Senr., aged 96 yrs, an old and respectable inhabitant of that place. Mr. Mosher emigrated from Rhode Island (where many of his connections are now living) to Newport, when only 5 years old, and since that time resided in this Township up to the period of his death, where he reared a numerous family of 22 children, the greater part of whom are still living, and his descendants, at one time during his life, numbered 117 grand-children, 104 great-grand-children, and 3 great-great-grand-children. Mr. M. joined the Wesleyan Methodist Society when a young man, between 20 and 30 years of age, under the ministry of the Rev. Mr. Black, of which he remained a member up to the time of his death. Though his mental faculties had become somewhat impaired for a considerable time previously to his dissolution, he retained his bodily health and strength nearly to the last closing scene of a life prolonged and protracted far beyond the usual period allotted to mankind. Newport, 26th April, 1851. Note - In Duncanson’s book on Newport, this would appear to be Jehu Mosher, born 1755, died 03 March 1851 aged 96.
  Person ID	I23	Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2022

  
  

  Father	MOSHER, James,   b. 12 Jul 1725, Tiverton, Rhode Island, Untited States d. 1822, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 96 years)
  Mother	ALLEN, Lydia,   b. 18 Jun 1729, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 Oct 1748	Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	FOLEY, Eleanor,   b. 1784   d. 1867 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1805	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. MOSHER, Wesley   2. MOSHER, Noah,   b. 22 Oct 1807, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 11 Jul 1872, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (Age 64 years)   3. MOSHER, Ark,   b. 1809, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   4. MOSHER, Branch,   b. 1811, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   5. MOSHER, Rachel Dove,   b. 1812, Kempt, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Aft 1891, Burlington, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age > 80 years)   6. MOSHER, Nelson,   b. 1818, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 6 Jul 1878, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 60 years)   7. MOSHER, Sarah Freelove,   b. Abt 1820, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 7 Jun 1894, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States (Age 74 years)   8. MOSHER, William,   b. Abt 1822, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Bef 1871, at sea (Age < 48 years)   9. MOSHER, Martha,   b. 7 Jun 1823, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 15 May 1901, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 77 years)   10. MOSHER, George Hiram,   b. 1827, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 22 Apr 1872, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F206	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	GREENO, Hannah,   b. Abt 1762   d. 31 May 1804, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1782	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. MOSHER, Jehu,   b. Abt 1783   d. Yes, date unknown   2. MOSHER, James,   b. 9 Oct 1785, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1854, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 68 years)   3. MOSHER, Daniel,   b. 10 Sep 1786, Newport Landing, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 24 May 1851, Glen Meyer, Houghton, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada (Age 64 years)   4. MOSHER, Nicholas,   b. Abt 1789, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 17 Feb 1871, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 82 years)   5. MOSHER, Allen,   b. Abt 1791, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   6. MOSHER, Reuben,   b. Abt 1793, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   7. MOSHER, Olive,   b. Abt 1797, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   8. MOSHER, Matilda Elizabeth,   b. 1798, Newport Landing, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   9. MOSHER, Sarah,   b. Abt 1799, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   10. MOSHER, Lydia,   b. Abt 1801   d. Yes, date unknown   11. MOSHER, Hannah E.,   b. Abt 1802, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 29 Jan 1872, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 70 years)   12. MOSHER, Priscilla,   b. 1804, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2025

  
  

• Headstones

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• Notes

  Jehu had the reputation of having extraordinary strength. "It is said of him that he carried an anchor for a wager that weighed nearly 500 pounds 30 feet on a wharf. It was raised to his shoulder, and he walked the 30 feet. Said he did not breath while the anchor was on his shoulder, and his feet burst out from his thin shoes, which were new. This was all the harm done. He gained the bet, and lived until he was 97 years old." (from the Chronological History of the Mosher Family by William Mosher)