Joseph Birchard Explained

Joseph Birchard
Office:Member of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
from Norwalk[1]
Term Start:May 1730
Term End:October 1730
Predecessor:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Alongside:Thomas Fitch
Successor:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Comstock
Term Start2:May 1734
Term End2:October 1734
Predecessor2:Joseph Platt,
Samuel Hanford
Alongside2:John Marvin
Successor2:Joseph Platt,
Daniel Hoyt
Birth Date:February 1673[2]
Birth Place:Norwich, Connecticut Colony
Death Date:March 9, 1755
Death Place:Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Residence:Wilton parish, Norwalk, Connecticut Colony
Spouse:Elizabeth Lambert (m. June 29, 1710, First Congregational Church in Wilton)
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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: 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. Bouton, N.. 1851. S.W. Benedict. 78. 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. Book: The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. Hall, E.. 1847. J. Mallory & Company. 103. 2014-10-24.