On 20 Oct 1737 Josiah married Ruth Thomas (46110) , daughter of Lieut. Isaac Thomas (27265) (19 Oct 1682-16 Mar 1731/2) & Anna Thompson (31 Dec 1689-1 Mar 1722/3), in the Second Church of Scituate.110 Born on 12 Apr 1721 in Pembroke, MA.395 Ruth died in Pembroke, MA, on 14 Sep 1806; she was 85.2 Buried in Hanson, MA.

Josiah and Ruth were second cousins; his maternal grandmother and her paternal grandmother were sisters.

On 18 Oct 1733 when Mary was 16, she married Rev. Nathaniel Eells, son of Rev. Nathaniel Eells (26 Nov 1677-25 Aug 1750) & Hannah North (ca 1679-2 May 1754), in the Second Church of Scituate.52,110 Born 31 Jan 1710/1 in Scituate, MA.52 Nathaniel died in Stonington, CT on 16 Jun 1786.362 Education: Harvard 1728.

Nathaniel first married Mercy Cushing, second Mary Darrell.

Nathaniel was ordained minister of Stonington, Connecticut, 14 Jun 1733.

From Wheeler’s History of Stonington, pages 362–363:362
    Rev. Nathaniel Eells was the third ordained minister of Stonington, a graduate of Harvard College in 1728. After he was ordained in 1733, he pursued his labors with unremitting zeal and success. He lived on Hinckley Hill, and preached in the Center meeting house until 1762, when Mr. Rossiter d. in 1762. Then, upon the request of the east and west parishes in Stonington, he preached at the Centre and Agreement Hill or Road meeting house for a year or two, after which he preached at the Road in the morning, and in the old Academy at Stonington Point, in the afternoon, until the Centre meeting house was taken down, and re-erected in the village of Stonington. When the war of the Revolution broke out, and the news of the battle of Lexington set the patriotism of the country on fire, Putnam left his plough and Mr. Eells his pulpit, and rushed to Boston to defend with their lives if need be, the liberties of their country. Mr, Eells was a great favorite, especially among the young people, and an able devoted preacher of the Gospel.