Samuel Ward, Jr.

Samuel Ward ( born November 17 1756 in Westerly, Rhode Iceland, † August 16 1832 in New York City ) was a soldier in colonial North America. He fought in the American Revolutionary War and was a delegate to the Hartford Convention and the Annapolis Convention.

Family

Ward was born the fifth of eleven children of the politician Samuel Ward and his wife Anne Ray. His father served as the 31st and 33rd Governor of the Colony of Rhode Iceland and Providence Plantations. This office has held already Wards paternal grandfather Richard Ward 1741-1742. His oldest known paternal ancestor, John Ward, came from Gloucester. He served in the army of Oliver Cromwell and emigrated in 1673, after the Stuart Restoration, Newport, Rhode Iceland from. While Ward fought in the American Revolutionary War, he married during a leave from the front his cousin Phoebe Green, daughter of the 2nd Governor of Rhode Iceland William Greene. The marriage was held in Warwick on March 8, 1778. From this marriage came out, among others, the son of Samuel, who came to prominence as a banker name. His daughter and thus a granddaughter of Julia Ward Howe was Ward.

Life

Military career

Ward received his education at Rhode Iceland College, the forerunner of today's Brown University. There he graduated in 1771 with honors. He then entered the military service and joined the militia of Kings and Kent County. He was stationed at Cambridge and served under George Washington. On July 1, 1775 Ward was promoted to captain and moved to the second regiment of militia under James Mitchell Varnum. As one of 250 men from Rhode Iceland he took from the beginning of September 1775 in part as a volunteer at Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec. There he was captured and came only in August 1776 again. To January 1, 1777 Ward joined the First Regiment of Rhode Iceland that was stationed at that time in Morristown. There he was first promoted to Major and took part in the Battle of Red Bank. In May 1778, he returned to Rhode Iceland and helped build a new regiment, which he headed during the Battle of Rhode Iceland. In April 1779 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Ward. Early 1780, Ward took over command of a unit in Providence. The following year, Ward retired.

Political action

After his military career, Ward settled in Warwick and worked as a businessman. and made ​​numerous trips to Europe and Asia. In addition, he took over in 1786 as delegate of the Annapolis Convention his first political office. In 1806 he was president of the New York Insurance Company. 1814 Ward was also sent as one of four delegates from Rhode Iceland to the Hartford Convention. Ward died on 16 August 1832 in his apartment in Lower Manhattan from cholera.

Awards

1784 Ward was inducted into the Society of the Cincinnati.