Artemas Ward

Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American Major General in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. President Adams described him as "...universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country." Ward was much more effective as a political leader than as a soldier.

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November 26 - 1727 - October 28 - 1800 - American - Major General - American Revolutionary War - Congressman - Massachusetts - Adams

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Artemas was born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, in 1727 to Nahun (1684-1754) and Martha Ward. He was the sixth of seven children. His father had broad and successful career interests as a sea captain, merchant, land developer, farmer, lawyer and jurist. As a child he attended the common schools and shared a tutor with his brothers and sisters. He graduated from Harvard in 1748 and taught there briefly.

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Shrewsbury, Massachusetts - Nahun - 1684 - 1754 - Martha Ward - Sea captain - Harvard - 1748

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On July 31, 1750, he married Sarah Trowbridge (December 3, 1724-December 13, 1788), the daughter of the Reverend Caleb Trowbridge and Hannah Trowbridge of Groton, Massachusetts. The young couple returned to Shrewsbury where Artemas opened a general store. In the next fifteen years they would have seven children: Ithamar in 1752, Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Artemas Jr. (1762), Henry Dana (1768), Martha (1760) and Maria (1764).

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July 31 - 1750 - December 3 - 1724 - December 13 - 1788 - Caleb Trowbridge - Hannah Trowbridge - Groton, Massachusetts - 1752 - 1754 - 1756 - 1758 - Artemas Jr. - 1762 - 1768 - 1760 - 1764

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The next year, 1751, he was named a township assessor for Worcester, County. This was the first of many public offices he was to fill. Artemas was elected a justice of the peace in 1752 and also served the first of his many terms in the colony's assembly, or "general court."

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1751 - Worcester, County - 1752 - Colony's

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