Josiah Ward

 ~”It is said that Elizabeth, the Swaines’ seventeen year old eldest daughter, was the first to land on the Newark shore, having been merrily handed up the bank by her gallant fiancé, Josiah Ward, in his ambition to secure for her the mark of priority.”~

Josiah Ward

• Son of George Ward, of the New Haven Colony and Elizabeth Doggett
• Husband of Elizabeth (Swaine) Ogden

notes

Ref#253: George Ward (-7 Apr 1653) was a ship carpenter who immigrated by 1639 to New Haven, Connecticut, where he signed a town covenant. He moved to Branford, Connecticut in 1646, where he later died. Known children: John, Josiah, and Mary m Clark.

Citations

1. The Ogden Family in America

Links

• http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/18716133/person/701488369

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