Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638-[1909] . are yourself to observe and follow such orders andinstructions as you shall, from time to time receive from this or anyfuture Congress or House of Representatives of this Colony, or theCommittee of Safety, so far as said Committee is empowered by theircommission to order and instruct you for the defense of this and theother Colonies, and to demean yourself according to the military rulesand discipline established by said Congress in pursuance of the trustreposed in you. By order of the Congress, Da
Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1638-[1909] . are yourself to observe and follow such orders andinstructions as you shall, from time to time receive from this or anyfuture Congress or House of Representatives of this Colony, or theCommittee of Safety, so far as said Committee is empowered by theircommission to order and instruct you for the defense of this and theother Colonies, and to demean yourself according to the military rulesand discipline established by said Congress in pursuance of the trustreposed in you. By order of the Congress, Dated 19 of May, A. D., 1775. Jos. Warren, Pres. P. , ss. May 20, 1775. The Honourable Artemus Ward, Esquire, took the oath appointedby the Congress of the Colony of the Massachusetts Bay to be takenby the General Officer and subscribed the same before me, Samuel Dexter, Justice of the Peace. This commission did not authorize him to command the forcesraised in the other Colonies, of which a considerable number arrivedat Cambridge previous to the battle of Bunker Hill. A Continental. Gen. Artemas Ward. JOHN WHITE. 299 Congress assembled at Philadelphia in September, 1774, and on the15th of June, 1775, made choice, unanimously, of George Washington,to command all the Continental Forces raised for the defense of Ameri-can liberty; and on the 17th Artemus Ward, Esquire, was chosen firstMajor General. A more complete record of his public life is foundin the Ward Family, compiled by his grandson, Andrew HenshawWard, to which I am indebted for my records of the descendants ofMartha Howe. Sarah, wife of Artemus, d. Dec. 13, 1788. He d. , 1800. Children: 3592. Ithamar Ward,6 +. 3593. Nahum Ward,6 +. 3594. Sarah Ward,6 +. 3595. Thomas Walter Ward,6 +. 3596. Martha Ward,6 b. Mar. 28, 1760 ; d. July 26, 1781. 3597. Artemus Ward, Jr.,6 +. 3598. Maria Ward,6 +. 3599. Henry Dana Ward,6 +. ITHAMAR Ward6 (3592), b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Apr. 24, 1752 ;m. Dec. 7, 1778, Phebe, dau.
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