From THE STORRS FAMILY by Charles Storrs Joseph Storrs was in his seventeenth year when his father died and at his own request Rev. Eleazer Williams was appointed guardian. He married Hannah Porter when in his twentieth year . He lived just east of the Congregational Church in the North Parish and built the house in which his grandson Royal, my father, for a time after his marriage and where I was born. -------. Major Storrs as he was always styled was the largest landowner in North Mansfield and a man very active and influential in affairs. He was one of the Mansfield proprietors of the new town of Hanover, N. H., the first town meeting for which place was held in Mansfield and I believe in his house.He also was among those of the Storrs family who made gifts of land to Dartmouth College, his contribution being 110 acres. Major Joseph Storrs was a large fine-looking man with great dignity of manner, Joseph Storrs died 5 Oct 1785 having survived his wife eighteen years. His eldest son, Joseph, was made administrator of his estate. The following is the inscription on his tombstone " this monument is Erected Sacred to ye memory of Mr. Joseph Storrs, esq. Who after serving his generation in several stations in life, By the will of G.O.D. Fell asleep on Oct 5, 1785 in ye 74 year of his age, Death great proprietor of all! 'tis thine to tread out empires & to quench Stars "