Individual Details

Josiah Ward

(5 May 1747 - 3 May 1800)

Events

Birth5 May 1747Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage16 Jan 1768Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts - Deborah Bates
ResidenceAft 1775China, Kennebec, Maine
Death3 May 1800China, Kennebec, Maine

Families

SpouseDeborah Bates (1745 - 1818)
ChildLydia Ward (1768 - 1836)
ChildJosiah Ward Jr. (1769 - 1777)
ChildJosiah Ward Jr. (1777 - )
ChildSarah "Sadie" Ward (1779 - 1841)
ChildJonathan Ward (1779 - 1805)
ChildEunice Ward (1782 - 1861)
ChildMercy Ward (1785 - )
ChildNehemiah Ward (1785 - )
ChildPolly Ward (1787 - )
ChildRuth Ward (1791 - 1849)
FatherEdward Ward (1702 - )
MotherSusanna Ward (1710 - )

Notes

Residence

He was one of the early settlers of China (then Jones Plantation), Maine. He is said to have built the first frame house in the town. He probably came to China at about the same time as his cousin, Abijah, and his three sons, Abijah Jr., Thomas and Samuel. Josiah settle on the east side of China Lake and Abijah and his sons settled on the west side.