Joseph Birchard

Joseph Birchard
Joseph Birchard
Member of the; Connecticut House of Representatives; from Norwalk [1]
	In office; May 1730 – October 1730 Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded by	Joseph Platt,; Samuel Comstock
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt,; Samuel Comstock
	In office; May 1734 – October 1734 Serving with John Marvin
Preceded by	Joseph Platt,; Samuel Hanford
Succeeded by	Joseph Platt,; Daniel Hoyt
Personal details
Born	February 1673[2]; Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Died	March 9, 1755[2]; Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Lambert (m. June 29, 1710, First Congregational Church in Wilton)[2]
Children	Grace Birchard Eglestone, Joseph Birchard, Elizabeth Birchard Keeler, John Birchard, Jesse Birchard, James Birchard, Daniel Birchard, Abigail Birchard Betts, Isaiah Birchard, Zebulon Birchard, Deborah Birchard Doolittle[2]
Residence	Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

Joseph Birchard (February 1673 – March 9, 1755) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the sessions of May 1730 and May 1734.

He was the son of John Birchard, a founding settler and town clerk of Norwich and Christian Andrews.[2]

On December 15, 1709, he, along with Thomas Betts, John Betts, and John Gregory, Jr., was authorized by a town meeting to dam a creek for the purposes of building a grist mill.[3]

References

Bouton, N. (1851). An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851. S.W. Benedict. p. 78. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
"Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9WYY-44R : accessed 2014-05-27), entry for Joseph BIRCHARD, submitted by gfarley2714300.
Hall, E. (1847). The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. J. Mallory & Company. p. 103. Retrieved 2014-10-24.

Preceded by Joseph Platt Samuel Comstock	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1730 – October 1730 With: Thomas Fitch	Succeeded by Joseph Platt Samuel Comstock
Preceded by Joseph Platt Samuel Hanford	Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1734 – October 1734 With: John Marvin	Succeeded by Joseph Platt Daniel Hoyt

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[ahd-1] Bouton, N. (1851). An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851. S.W. Benedict. p. 78. Retrieved 2015-02-10.

[FS-02-2] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/9WYY-44R : accessed 2014-05-27), entry for Joseph BIRCHARD, submitted by gfarley2714300.

[ahr-3] Hall, E. (1847). The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. J. Mallory & Company. p. 103. Retrieved 2014-10-24.