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]