WARDELL, Joseph ^1,2,14,15,34

   General Notes:

Grew to manhood in Shrewsbury.

MILITARY: During the Revolutionary War, served with the Second Battalion of New Jersey Volunteers, led by Lt. Col. John Morris.

RELOCATION: 1784: was among the Loyalists evacuated from New York to New Brunswick. They are named at St. Andrews by the Sea and at Hammond River, King County.

RELOCATION: 1788 - 1790: Left the Maritimes and took up residence in Upper Canada. According to a certificate on Joseph's behalf, drawn up at Grimsby by former New Jersey Judge Nathanial Pettit, Cornelius Wardell arrived in Clinton in 1787 and acquired a piece of land, approx. 200 acres, for his father Joseph, as well as land for himself.

RELOCATION: The homestead was located northeast of Beamsville, Ontario. Nancy Wardell Culp's family continued to live on the homestead during the 19th century.

RELOCATION: UPON DEATH: Joseph's Will leaves his land to Isaac and Timothy.

DEATH: According to Deborah Wardell Miller: Joseph, her grandfather, went in the evening to bring the cows, but the cows returned without him. Joseph's sons went out and found him dead, holding his cane. They carried him back, and buried him on the farm.

Served: British Navy 7 Years [GHS pg 57] Wardell Family Picnic flyer of 1 Jul 1908 has a Catherine Lane as wife [HPT pg 7] Settled: in New Jersey [GHS pg 57]

Joseph Wardell, The father of various families who settled in Niagara District, was born in 1734 in Carnarvon, Wales. As a young man he enlisted in the British navy at London and it is said, fought pirate ships for seven years. He then left the navy at New York and settled in the province of New Jersey, where he met and married Elizabeth Parker. At the time of the Revolutionary War he and his two oldest sons fought with the British forces. After the war ended he and his family were subject to persecution from the victorious rebels and they decided to find a new home in Canada.[this appears to be from [GPS]] Family history states that it took six months to make the journey from New Jersey to Niagara and they crossed the river on a raft. Joseph settled on Lot 8, Concs. B.F., I and II, Clinton Township -- four hundred acres in all. He died in 1794 and he and his wife, Elizabeth, were buried on their farm. [GHS pg 57]

   Marriage Information:

Joseph married Catharine LANE on 2/21/1750 in Shrewsbury, Monmouth Co., New Jersey, USA ^1,14. (Catharine LANE was born about 1739 in Monmouth, New Jersey, USA ^1,20, died in Clinton Twp., Lincoln, Ontario, Canada ¹⁵ and was buried in Clinton Twp., Lincoln, Ontario, Canada ¹⁵.)

   Marriage Notes:

This marriage seems to be to early and has a different husband's name than what we are looking for
but worth looking into as no other marriages are listed for either name and time period. [JAM]

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Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey
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Parker, Elizabeth, Shrewsbury, and Ebenezer Wardell, Shrewsbury 1756 May 22

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