Artemas Ward
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Serving with Dwight Foster, Theodore Sedgwick, and William Lyman (General ticket) |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Goodhue |
| Succeeded by | William Lyman |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | George Leonard |
| Succeeded by | District eliminated until 1795 |
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November 26, 1727 Shrewsbury, Massachusetts |
| Died | October 28, 1800 (aged 72) Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, USA |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury |
| Political party | Pro-Administration |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah (Trowbridge) Ward |
| Children | Ithamar (1752), Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Martha (1760), Artemas Jr. (1762), Maria (1764), Henry Dana (1768) |
| Occupation | Soldier, politician |
| Known for | Revolutionary War Major General |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Website | Artemas Ward Museum |
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 Kingdom of Great Britain United States
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| Years of service | 1755–1758 1775–1777 |
| Rank | Colonel Commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts Bay colony's militia Major general of the Continental Army |
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British Army's 3rd Regiment of the Massachusetts Bay militia—the militia of Middlesex and Worchester Counties Continental Army in command of the Eastern Department April 4, 1776 -March 20, 1777 |
| Battles/wars |
French and Indian War American Revolutionary War Boston campaign |
Artemas Ward (November 26, 1727 – October 28, 1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "...universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country."
Artemas Ward was born at Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, in 1727 to Nahum Ward (1684–1754) and Martha (Howe) 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.
On July 31, 1750, he married Sarah Trowbridge (December 3, 1724 – December 13, 1788), the daughter of 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 eight children: Ithamar in 1752, Nahum (1754), Sara (1756), Thomas (1758), Artemas Jr. (1762), Henry Dana (1768), Martha (1760), and Maria (1764).
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. Ward was elected a justice of the peace in 1752 and also served the first of his many terms in the Massachusetts Bay Colony's assembly, or "general court."
In 1755 the militia was restructured for the war, and Ward was made a major in the 3rd Regiment which mainly came from Worcester County. They served as garrison forces along the frontier in western Massachusetts. This duty called him at intervals between 1755 and 1757, and alternated with his attendance at the General Court. In 1757 he was made the colonel of the 3rd Regiment or the militia of Middlesex and "Worchester" Counties. In 1758 the regiment marched with Abercrombie's force to Fort Ticonderoga. Ward himself was sidelined during the battle by an "attack of the stone."
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