John Ward (loyalist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Ward (loyalist)

New Brunswick businessman, militia officer and political figure

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1753

Place of Birth: Peekskill, New York, United States

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1846

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About John Ward (loyalist)

  • John Ward (November 8, 1753 – August 5, 1846) was a businessman, militia officer and political figure in New Brunswick.
  • He represented St.
  • John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the years 1809, 1816, and 1819. He was born in Peekskill, New York.
  • Ward was probably the son of Edmund Ward and Elizabeth Ward and a descendant of Andrew Ward.
  • He and his three brothers, Benjamin, Moses, and William, served with the Loyal American Regiment during the American Revolution, reaching the rank of lieutenant.
  • in 1777 John Ward married Elizabeth Strang 1752–1831, fourth in descent from Daniel Strang and Charlotte Hubert who came from Havre, France in 1680.
  • Their children were Caleb, John, William, Charles, Eliza, and Esther.
  • He led a unit of provincial troops to Parrtown (later Saint John, New Brunswick) in 1783.
  • Lt.
  • Ward was in command of the escort that accompanied Maj.
  • Andre when he went up the Hudson.
  • The following year, Ward settled in an area that would come to be known as Wards Creek but later returned to Parrtown.
  • He returned to St.
  • John in 1785 where he and his brother, Moses, formed a business partnership in the West India trade.
  • Moses returned to the States and John and his sons, Caleb, John, and Charles established a wholesale liquor business, John Ward & Sons.
  • The business expanded to incorporate the sale of general merchandise, lumber mills and an iron foundry.
  • Ward and the Hon.
  • Hugh Johnston operated the first steamboat, General Smyth, traveling between Saint John and Fredericton beginning May 10, 1816.
  • From 1799 to 1809, he served on the town council for Saint John.
  • Ward also served as a justice of the peace, as a magistrate for the city and county of St.
  • John and as a commissioner for lighthouses on the Bay of Fundy.
  • In 1793, he helped found the Saint John’s Loyal Company of Artillery.
  • He later served as commander for all the county militia until 1816.
  • He represented the county of St.
  • John in the House of Assembly in the years 1809, 1816, and 1819.
  • Ward died in Saint John in 1846. His son, John Ward, Jr.,born in a tent on the 18th of Dec.
  • 1783 at the Barrack Point, Lower Cove where no accommodation had been made for them.
  • He also served in the New Brunswick assembly.

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