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Josiah Yale
Captain Josiah Yale (1752 – 1822) was a politician and military officer from Massachusetts. He became an early settler and pioneer of Lee, Massachusetts, and was made Justice of the Peace and Minister Treasurer. He also fought in the Stillwater Alarms of the Saratoga Campaign during the American War of Independence, and was a deputy in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, serving under Gov. James Sullivan (governor), James Sullivan and Lt. Gov. Levi Lincoln Sr.. Biography Josiah Yale was born in Wallingford, Connecticut, on June 19, 1752, to John Yale and Eunice Andrews, members of the Yale (surname), Yale family. His father John was the grandson of Capt. Thomas Yale (Wallingford), Thomas Yale Jr., cofounder of Wallingford, and the great-grandson of Capt. Thomas Yale (New Haven Colony), Thomas Yale Sr., cofounder of New Haven Colony. Josiah was the grandnephew of Capt. Theophilus Yale, a cousin of Capt. Elihu Yale (captain), Elihu Yale, and a distant cousin of Lt. Gov. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josiah Yale Jr
Josiah ( or ) or Yoshiyahu; la, Iosias was the 16th king of Judah (–609 BCE) who, according to the Hebrew Bible, instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh. Josiah is credited by most biblical scholars with having established or compiled important Hebrew scriptures during the "Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomic reform" which probably occurred during his rule. Josiah became king of the Kingdom of Judah at the age of eight, after the assassination of his father, King Amon of Judah, Amon. Josiah reigned for 31 years, from 641/640 to 610/609 BCE. Josiah is known only from biblical texts; no reference to him exists in other surviving texts of the period from Egypt or Babylon, and no clear archaeological evidence, such as inscriptions bearing his name, has ever been found. Nevertheless, most scholars believe that he existed historically and that the absence of documents is due to few documents of any sort surviving from this period, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
