Josiah B Secord (1751 - 1832)

Born 4 Oct 1751 in New Rochelle, Westchester, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Sarah (Jewell) Secord — married about 1775 in St. Catharines, Lincoln, Upper Canada

Descendants

Died 22 Jul 1832 at age 80 in St Catharines, Grantham, Lincoln, Upper Canada

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Biography

Pte. Josiah Secord served with 2nd Regiment, Dutchess County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

Josiah Secord is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A101360.

1st Marriage: about 1776 St. Catharines, Lincoln, Upper Canada Josiah Sicard 1751–1832 • LH26-VYH ​and Ann Sarah Jewell 1753–1800 • LZXF-8VP ​

Children:

1. Catherine Secord 1776–1855 • LJY7-2J9 ​
2. Rachael Secord 1779–1856 • LH7Y-6MW ​
3. Joseph Secord 1781–1869 • L7GL-BMS ​
4. Isaac Secord 1783–1855 • L7GL-YGK ​
5. Abraham Secord 1785–1852 • LZ1G-1XV ​
6. Elizabeth Secord 1793–1886 • LZGB-RF3 ​
7. Mary Secord 1793–1881 • LDMT-13M ​
8. Sarah Secord 1801–Deceased • 93V9-RKV

Secord, Josiah (1751-1832) and his wife Sarah Jewell (sister of Charlotteville Township pioneer Ezakiel Jewell) lived in Phillipsburg, Westchester County then in Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York

Private during the American Revolution. Served with the American Forces, Capt Brinckerhoff's Co. in the Rev. War ^[1]. DAR records list Josiah with no pension. ^[2]

Census 1790 Fishkill, Dutchess Co., NY

Came to Upper Canada in 1795, settling in Grantham Township, Lincoln County with wife and children. Includes parents and five generations of descendants in Lincoln and Welland Counties. Descendant surnames included: Lymburner, Nelson, Pawling, Stewart, McMullen, Felker, Allen, Marr, Davis, Chamberlain

2nd Marriage: 1 SEP 1817. Josiah Sicard 1751–1832 and Mary Baxter 1756–Deceased

3rd Marriage: Josiah Sicard 1751–1832 and Sarah Millard 1770–1833

Sources

1. ↑ * New York in the Revolution
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 11/2/2016), "Record of Joshua Secord", Ancestor # A101360.

• Entry in Bird Family Tree.

• Niagara Settlers

• Entry in Geni Website

• A Sketch of Some of the Secords 1775-1866 by Mary M. Dunn

• The Creation of a Family - Secord by Jeanne Secord

• Nauheimer Family » Josiah B. Secord

• Sicard/Secord

• Family Search

• Entry in Shunk Family Tree

• Maybee Society

• Mabie-Mabee-Maybee

• Donald Secor Family Tree

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-D7QY : 15 March 2018), Josiah Secord, 1780; citing 1780, New York, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,352.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-G3RX : 15 March 2018), Josiah Secord, 27 Oct 1777; citing 27 Oct 1777, New York, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,352.

• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK5-NRD : accessed 23 January 2019), Joshua Secord, Scarsdale, Westchester, New York, United States; citing p. 152, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.

Acknowledgements

• Family sources and details supplied in part by Melissa McKay
• Dr. Ted Vandevis

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