oseph⁵ Landers (Prince⁴, Amos³, Richard², Thomas¹), born about 1769, died 14 Oct. 1853 "of old age, a widower" (Falmouth Town Records).

He married 30 Dec 1802 Abigail⁵ Fish (he is called "Mr.", and in the intentions she is called "Miss Nabby" (Falmouth Town Records)), daughter of Prince⁴ Fish (Rowland³, Nathan², Nathaniel¹) and Freelove⁵ (Phinney) Fish, and granddaughter of Thomas⁴ Phinney of Falmouth, born in Falmouth 12 May 1782.

The fragmentary records of deeds which have survived the fire in Barnstable seem to prove that Prince⁵ Landers and Joseph⁵ Landers were brothers; in one of them, Prince⁵ is designated as a son of Prince - by extension it would seem that this Joseph⁵ Landers was also a son of Prince. In 1827 a deed (see under Levi Landers below) shows that Abigail Landers, wife of Joseph⁵ Landers, together with the heirs of Prince⁵ Landers, signed a conveyance to Luther Bowerman, thus providing additional evidence of the parentage of Joseph⁵ Landers (although it seems strange that Joseph did not release his claim to the property).

Children (Falmouth Town Records, 2:198). [Lydia B. (Phinney) Brownson and Maclean W. McLean, "Thomas¹ Landers of Sandwich, Mass.," NEHGR 124:282]

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