Joseph Banard

     Joseph was born circa 1650 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was the son of Francis Banard & Hannah Merrill.¹ Joseph married Sarah Strong, daughter of Elder John Strong II and Abigail Ford, on 13 December 1675 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.² Joseph & Sarah had children: John [11/19/1676-3/06/1726][6/13/1702 Mary Marshall & 2nd 10/23/1706 Bridget Cook], Joseph [6/20/1681-7/12/1736][m. 10/04/1705 Abigail Griswold], Samuel [12/01/1684-11/21/1762][m. 5/22/1718 Sarah Williams, 2nd 5/29/1720 Rachel Lindall, 3rd. Elizabeth Williams & 4th 8/01/1756], Hannah [1685-5/16/1727][m. Samuel Childs], Abigail [10/3/1691-3/18/1772][m. Ebenezer Wells], Thankful [1694-10/13/1746][m. Ebenezer Sheldon] & Ebenezer [3/13/1696-7/20/1764] [m. 2/29/1716 Elizabeth Foster].³ Joseph was mortally wounded by the Indians on the 18th of August. He died 06 September at Deerfield. He was buried there in the Old Burying Ground. His tombstone reads: HERE LYES BURED Ye BODY OF JOSEPH BERNARD AGED 45 YEARS DEC SEPTEMBER Ye 6th 1695.⁴