Joseph Birchard

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.

Joseph Birchard
Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
In office
May 1730  October 1730
Serving with Thomas Fitch
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
In office
May 1734  October 1734
Serving with John Marvin
Preceded byJoseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Succeeded byJoseph Platt,
Daniel Hoyt
Personal details
BornFebruary 1673[2]
Norwich, Connecticut Colony
DiedMarch 9, 1755[2]
Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony[2]
SpouseElizabeth Lambert (m. June 29, 1710, First Congregational Church in Wilton)[2]
ChildrenGrace 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(s)Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony

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

  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.
  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.
  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.
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