Josiah Ward1

#11365, (say 1642 - )
Relationship1st cousin 9 times removed of William David Lewis
Father*George Ward1 ( - 1653)
Mother*____ _____1

Family

Elizabeth Swaine b. 1654, d. a 1706
Child 1.Samuel Ward3 (c 1669 - 1759)
Birth*say 1642He was born say 1642 at ConnecticutG.1 
Marriagecirca 1667He married Elizabeth Swaine, daughter of Capt. Samuel Swaine and ____ _____, circa 1667 at Newark, New Jersey.2 

Citations

  1. [S1091] Edward E. Atwater, History of the Colony of New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut, 2nd Edition (Meriden, Conn.: Journal Publishing Company, 1902), 617. Entry for George Ward, "Samuel and Josiah who settled in Newark were probably his sons."
  2. [S165] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, four volumes (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860-1862), IV:235: "SWAIN, SWAYNE, or SWAINE, sometimes SWEYEN...SAMUEL, Branford, elder br. of Daniel, b. in Eng....Who his w. was, is not kn. but he had some ch. as Eliz. wh. m. Josiah Ward, and next David Ogden; and Mary, b. 1 May 1649, both bapt. at New Haven, 1 June 1651, of wh. Mary d. at 6 yrs.; Phebe, b. 24 May 1654; Mary, again, 12 June 1656 ; Christian, 25 Apr. 1659, wh. m. Nathaniel Ward; Sarah, 7 Oct. 1661; and perhaps more bef. or aft. rem."
  3. [S928] William H Shaw, compiler, History of Essex and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1884), 367–368, "Josiah Ward, son of Geo. Ward, of Branford, and bro. of John, the Dish Turner, m. Elizabeth Swaine, traditionally the first on shore at the landing of the pilgrims on the Passaic. He d. soon, leaving one son, Samuel. His wid. m. David Ogden.
    "Samuel d. 26th Feb., 1759, a. 90; w. n. ch. Ebenezer, John, dec., Eliz. Hinman, Tamar Muosen, Ann Davis and Jemima Higgins, and g.s., Uzal. He had also Samuel and Josiah. Samuel, jun., d. 18th Aug., 1742 a. 38 w. n. ch., Uzal and Jemima. Ebenezer d. 5th Nov., 1799, a. 80."