Pane-Joyce Genealogy
Dr. Isaac Otis (45734) & Mehitable Bass (48860)
57773. Bethia Otis. Born on 11 Apr 1747 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Bethia died on 23 Feb 1825; she was 77.

Children of John and Bethia (Otis) Hudson, born at Bridgewater:
    i. Mary Hudson, b. 30 Jun 1770;
    ii. Otis Hudson, b. 17 Oct 1774;
    iii. Hannah Hudson, b. 2 Apr 1777;
    iv. Daniel Hudson, b. 11 Oct 1779;
    v. Abigail Hudson, b. 30 Apr 1782;
    vi. Melzar Hudson, b. 2 Oct 1784;
    vii. Isaac Hudson, b. 9 Nov 1790; and
    viii. Bethia Hudson, b. 10 Apr 1793.
On 2 Oct 1769 when Bethia was 22, she married John Hudson (55648) , son of Daniel Hudson (40433) (9 Apr 1704-12 Sep 1775) & Mary Fobes (14 Oct 1705-25 Nov 1786), in Bridgewater, MA.168 Born on 5 May 1743 in Bridgewater, MA. John died in Bridgewater, MA, on 21 Dec 1819; he was 76.
57774. Dr. Josiah Otis. Born on 30 May 1749 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Josiah died in East Bridgewater, MA, on 25 Mar 1808; he was 58. Occupation: physician.

Josian succeeded his father as a physician in East Bridgewater, where he had an extensive practice. In the Revolution, 1780, he was a Surgeon in Col. John Jacob’s Regiment with service for three months to reinforce the Continental Army.42
On 27 Nov 1772 when Josiah was 23, he married Susanna Orr (59341) , daughter of Hugh Orr (13 Jan 1715-6 Dec 1798) & Mary Bass (48859) (21 Mar 1724-27 Jul 1804), in Bridgewater, MA.168 Born in 1752 in East Bridgewater, MA. Susanna died in East Bridgewater, MA on 20 Dec 1836.

Josiah and Hannah were first cousins. His mother and her father were siblings.

Children of Josian and Hannah (Orr) Otis, born at Bridgewater:
    i. Melville Otis, b. 15 Jul 1778;
    ii. Nabby Otis, b. 21 Aug 1781;
    iii. Bass Otis, b. 17 Jul 1784;
    iv. Clarissa Otis, b. 15 Nov 1786; and
    v. Welcome Otis, b. 9 Aug 1790.
57775. Capt. Isaac Otis. Born on 24 Sep 1752 in Bridgewater, MA. Isaac died in Otisville, Orange County, New York, on 2 Nov 1838; he was 86.168

“At the commencement of the American Revolution, in 1776, Captain Otis, being filled with an ardent zeal for the independence of his country and the cause of equal rights and privileges, volunteered his services in defense of his country’s rights, and enlisted in the regiment under the command of Colonel Shepherd, in Captain Denforth’s company of militia of the Massachusetts line, and continued in service for the space of five years. At the conslusion of the Revolutionary War, Captain Otis settled at Cumberland, in the State of Rhode Island, and subsequently emigrated to the State of New York, where he resided for the last twenty years of his life.
    “It is said he was a man without an enemy, of a mild, amiable disposition, kind and affectionate, and of a noble and generous heart. He left numerous friends, and died in the full confidence of a blessed immortality.”168

Isaac served in the Revolutionary War for five years, a part of the time as one of Gen. Washington’s Life Guards.42
On 31 Aug 1780 when Isaac was 27, he first married Ruth Brown, daughter of Stephen Brown (18 Mar 1714-28 Sep 1795) & Ruth Ballou (3 Jan 1719/20-25 Jun 1806), in Cumberland, RI.665 Isaac Otis & Ruth Brown, dau. of Stephen Brown, married by Jotham Carpenter, Justice. Born on 20 Oct 1754 in Cumberland, RI.665 Ruth died in Cumberland, RI in Mar 1781.

Child of Issac and Ruth (Brown) Otis:
    i. William Otis, b. 1781 at Cumberland.
On 16 Dec 1787 when Isaac was 35, he second married Elizabeth Briggs, daughter of Samuel Briggs & Martha Weatherhead, in Cumberland, RI.665 Isaac Otis & Betsey Briggs, married by Jotham Carpenter, Justice.

Elizabeth, also called Betsey, first married Elisha Hopkins, second Isaac Otis.

Children of Isaac and Betsey (Briggs) (Hopkins) Otis, the first born at Cumberland, the others at Pelham, MA:
    i. Isaac Otis, b. 2 Aug 1788;
    ii. Ruth Otis, b. 17 Jul 1791;
    iii. a child, b. 7 Jun 1793;
    iv. a child, b. 19 May 1796;
    v. Galen Otis, b. 16 Sep 1799; and
    vi. Almira Otis, b. 20 Jun 1801.
57776. Nabby Otis. Born on 24 Sep 1752 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Nabby died in Bridgewater, MA, on 9 Aug 1753.
57777. Hannah Otis. Born on 26 Jan 1755 in Bridgewater, MA.168
57778. Nabby Otis. Born on 27 Feb 1757 in Bridgewater, MA.
57779. Dr. Jacob Otis. Born on 5 Nov 1758 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Jacob died in Forestburgh, Sullivan County, New York, on 5 May 1850; he was 91.42

Jacob was a physician in Providence, RI, where their children were born. He was a soldier in the Revolution, and drew a pension, and a Quaker.168
Ca 1782 Jacob married Sarah Smith Barker, daughter of William Barker. Born ca 1762. Sarah Smith died in Providence, RI on 1 Nov 1821. Religion: Quaker.
57780. Thomas Otis. Born on 26 Jul 1761 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Thomas died in Bridgewater, MA, on 29 Dec 1762; he was 1.
57781. Dr. Galen Otis. Born on 27 Apr 1763 in Bridgewater, MA.168 Galen died in Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, on 26 Aug 1836; he was 73.

In 1789 or 1790 he settled in Woolwich, ME.168 He served in the Revolutionary Army.42
On 17 Nov 1785 when Galen was 22, he married Joanna TiIden (49185) , daughter of Dea. David Tilden (32060) (5 Oct 1741-) & Joanna Thwing (21 Jun 1741-26 Feb 1814), in Boston, MA. Born on 2 Mar 1766 in Boston, MA. Joanna died in Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, on 27 Aug 1842; she was 76.

Children of Galen and Joanna (Tilden) Otis, the firt five or six born at Boston, the others at Woolwich:
    i. Joanna Thwing Otis, b. 12 Nov 1788;
    ii. David Tilden Otis, b. 15 Aug 1790;
    iii. Mehitable Otis, b. 27 Jun 1792;
    iv. Isaac Otis, b. 4 Sep 1794;
    v. Mary Tilden Otis, b. 26 Jan 1797;
    vi. Martha Tilden Otis, b. 14 Jan 1799;
    vii. Christopher Tilden Otis, b. 24 Sep 1800;
    viii. Nathaniel Tilden Otis, b. 25 May 1802;
    ix. Sarah Blanchard Otis, b. 1 Apr 1804;
    x. David Tilden Otis, b. 16 Jun 1806; and
    vi. Sara Blanchard Otis, b. 18 Mar 1809.
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