Josiah Smith Ward

Brief Life History of Josiah Smith

When Josiah Smith Ward was born on 4 June 1784, in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jedediah Ward, was 43 and his mother, Esther Post, was 39. He married Polly Brown about 1813, in New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 24 June 1827, in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Tyringham, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Josiah Smith Ward
1784–1827
Polly Brown
1799–1847
Marriage: about 1813
Ellen Caroline Ward
1814–1892
Mary Jane Ward
1817–1895
Josiah Ward
1819–1905
Westol A Ward
1825–1905

Sources (4)

  • Josiah Smith Ward, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Josiah L Ward, "Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961"
  • Josiah Smith Ward, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).

English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.

Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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