Son of Joshua Wardwell & Mary Sanders.
Married Sarah Hemmenway on September 26, 1790 at Wells, Maine.
Children: Joseph H., Sarah J., Joseph H., Moses H., Mary S., Jane W.
Joseph Wardwell was born in Andover, Mass. , January 29, 1759 , and was the son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell of that ancient town. He entered the Colonial service at the beginning of the Revolution, a mere boy, and served through the war. He entered as a private but was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served in the corps commanded by General Lafayette. He was in all the great battles of the long war, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry and bravery. A sword presented him by General Lafayette for conspicuous bravey at the siege of Yorktown is still preserved in the family. At the close of the war, Mr. Wardwell found himself poor and so illiterate that he could not read a chapter in the Bible. The time when he naturally would have been at school was spent in the service of his country. But with characteristic energy, he engaged in study and graduated with honor from Phillips Andover Academy. He married Sarah , daughter of Rev. Moses Hemmenway , D. D. of Wells , and moved quite early to Andover, Me. , and from thence to a farm at North Turner which he purchased of Rev. John Strickland . Here he kept a public house and was a farmer. When quite advanced in years he came to Rumford and here he died March 5, 1849 . His oldest son, Joseph H. Wardwell, died about the same time, and both were buried the same day.
Married Sarah Hemmenway on September 26, 1790 at Wells, Maine.
Children: Joseph H., Sarah J., Joseph H., Moses H., Mary S., Jane W.
Joseph Wardwell was born in Andover, Mass. , January 29, 1759 , and was the son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell of that ancient town. He entered the Colonial service at the beginning of the Revolution, a mere boy, and served through the war. He entered as a private but was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served in the corps commanded by General Lafayette. He was in all the great battles of the long war, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry and bravery. A sword presented him by General Lafayette for conspicuous bravey at the siege of Yorktown is still preserved in the family. At the close of the war, Mr. Wardwell found himself poor and so illiterate that he could not read a chapter in the Bible. The time when he naturally would have been at school was spent in the service of his country. But with characteristic energy, he engaged in study and graduated with honor from Phillips Andover Academy. He married Sarah , daughter of Rev. Moses Hemmenway , D. D. of Wells , and moved quite early to Andover, Me. , and from thence to a farm at North Turner which he purchased of Rev. John Strickland . Here he kept a public house and was a farmer. When quite advanced in years he came to Rumford and here he died March 5, 1849 . His oldest son, Joseph H. Wardwell, died about the same time, and both were buried the same day.
Son of Joshua Wardwell & Mary Sanders.
Married Sarah Hemmenway on September 26, 1790 at Wells, Maine.
Children: Joseph H., Sarah J., Joseph H., Moses H., Mary S., Jane W.
Joseph Wardwell was born in Andover, Mass. , January 29, 1759 , and was the son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell of that ancient town. He entered the Colonial service at the beginning of the Revolution, a mere boy, and served through the war. He entered as a private but was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served in the corps commanded by General Lafayette. He was in all the great battles of the long war, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry and bravery. A sword presented him by General Lafayette for conspicuous bravey at the siege of Yorktown is still preserved in the family. At the close of the war, Mr. Wardwell found himself poor and so illiterate that he could not read a chapter in the Bible. The time when he naturally would have been at school was spent in the service of his country. But with characteristic energy, he engaged in study and graduated with honor from Phillips Andover Academy. He married Sarah , daughter of Rev. Moses Hemmenway , D. D. of Wells , and moved quite early to Andover, Me. , and from thence to a farm at North Turner which he purchased of Rev. John Strickland . Here he kept a public house and was a farmer. When quite advanced in years he came to Rumford and here he died March 5, 1849 . His oldest son, Joseph H. Wardwell, died about the same time, and both were buried the same day.
Married Sarah Hemmenway on September 26, 1790 at Wells, Maine.
Children: Joseph H., Sarah J., Joseph H., Moses H., Mary S., Jane W.
Joseph Wardwell was born in Andover, Mass. , January 29, 1759 , and was the son of Joshua and Mary Wardwell of that ancient town. He entered the Colonial service at the beginning of the Revolution, a mere boy, and served through the war. He entered as a private but was promoted to a Lieutenancy and served in the corps commanded by General Lafayette. He was in all the great battles of the long war, and gained an enviable reputation for gallantry and bravery. A sword presented him by General Lafayette for conspicuous bravey at the siege of Yorktown is still preserved in the family. At the close of the war, Mr. Wardwell found himself poor and so illiterate that he could not read a chapter in the Bible. The time when he naturally would have been at school was spent in the service of his country. But with characteristic energy, he engaged in study and graduated with honor from Phillips Andover Academy. He married Sarah , daughter of Rev. Moses Hemmenway , D. D. of Wells , and moved quite early to Andover, Me. , and from thence to a farm at North Turner which he purchased of Rev. John Strickland . Here he kept a public house and was a farmer. When quite advanced in years he came to Rumford and here he died March 5, 1849 . His oldest son, Joseph H. Wardwell, died about the same time, and both were buried the same day.
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An officer of the Revolution in Gen. Washington's army.
The naked clothed, the hungry fed,
An honest man the noblest work of God.
Erected by the children of Mary S. Stevens and Lydia Wardwell
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