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  Josiah Child - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Josiah Child (1630 - June 22, 1699), English merchant, economist and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second son of Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.
Child, whilst adhering to the doctrine of the balance of trade, observed that a people cannot always sell to foreigners without ever buying from them, and denied that the export of the precious metals was necessarily detrimental.
He had the mercantilist partiality for a numerous population, and became prominent with a new scheme for the relief and employment of the poor; it is noteworthy also that he advocated the reservation by the mother country of the sole right of trade with her colonies.
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 From "Genealogical History of the Families of McConnells, Martins, Barbers, Wilsons, Bairds, McCalls and ...
Josiah Martin was born in 1756 and died in 1835.
Hannah Martin, third child of Josiah and Mary McClarey Martin, was born in 1790 and died in 1827.
Mary McDowell Martin, seventh child of Josiah and Mary Martin, was born on November 16, 1806, and died in 1889; in 1825 she married David Davis, who was born in 1798, and died in 1875.
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 Josiah Child   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sir Josiah Child (1630 - June22, 1699), English merchant, economist and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second sonof Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.
Child, whilst adhering to the doctrine of the balance of trade,observed that a people cannot always sell to foreigners without ever buying from them, and denied that the export of the precious metals was necessarily detrimental.
He had the mercantilist partiality for a numerous population, and became prominent with a newscheme for the relief and employment of the poor; it is noteworthy also that he advocated the reservation by the mother countryof the sole right of trade with her colonies.
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 John Child - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born in London, Child was sent as a young boy to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur.
In 1682, he was appointed chief of the East India Company's affairs at Surat and Bombay, while at the same time his brother, Sir Josiah Child, was governor of the company at home.
War broke out with Aurangzeb in 1689, but in the following year Child had to sue for peace, one of the conditions being that he should be expelled from India.
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 Josiah Child -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was returned to (A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)) Parliament in 1659 for (additional info and facts about Petersfield) Petersfield; and in later years sat for (A college in New Hampshire) Dartmouth (1673-1678) and for (additional info and facts about Ludlow) Ludlow (1685-1687).
He was a moderate in those days of the mercantile system, and has sometimes been regarded as a sort of pioneer in the development of the (additional info and facts about free-trade) free-trade doctrines of the (additional info and facts about 18th century) 18th century.
He had the (additional info and facts about mercantilist) mercantilist partiality for a numerous population, and became prominent with a new scheme for the relief and employment of the poor; it is noteworthy also that he advocated the reservation by the mother country of the sole right of trade with her colonies.
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When addressing matters concerning a child, including the termination of a parent's residual parental rights, the paramount consideration of a trial court is the child's best interests.
She stated that as a two-year-old child, Josiah was reserved but communicative.
Josiah's deterioration while in his mother's care, combined with the fact that mother has not pursued visitation since Josiah returned to Virginia, supports the finding that it is in the best interests of the child to terminate mother's parental rights.
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 SIR JOHN CHILD - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN CHILD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was sent as a little boy to his uncle, the chief of the factory at Rajapur; and in 1682 was appointed chief of the East India Companys affairs at Surat and Bcmbay, while at the same time his brother, Sir Josiah Child (q.v.), was governor of the company at home.
They have been credited by history with the change from unarmed to armed trade on the part of the company; but as a matter of fact both of them were 10th to quarrel with the Mogul.
War broke out with Aurangzeb in 1689, bttt in the following year Child had to sue for peace, one of the conditions being that he should be expelled from India.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CH/CHILD_SIR_JOHN.htm   (200 words)

  
 Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 190
Child of Mehitable Miller and Josiah Dewey Jr.
Josiah Dewey married Hepzibah Lyman, daughter of Richard Lyman Jr.
Child of Julius Yemans Dewey and Mary Perrin
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 The Harvard Crimson :: Writer Profile :: JOSIAH P. CHILD
JOSIAH P. About 40 students got a rare peek at even rarer letters and books Sunday afternoon as Eliot House celebrated the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the F.O. Matthiessen Room.
JOSIAH P. Seventeen years after his death and nearly 35 years after his brief tenure at Harvard, writer Jorge Luis Borges is returning to campus.
JOSIAH P. The exiled Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov once wrote that Lolita was the record of his love affair with the English language.
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 Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
And one of the most important men behind this embryonic globalisation was Josiah Child, governor of the East India Company and owner of Wanstead House.
Child had worked his way up from the bottom to the very top of the pile to become one of England's richest men.
In 1699 Josiah Child passed away leaving his garden and his fortune to his son, Sir Richard Child.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 2464
He was the son of Richard Child and Elizabeth Roycroft.
He was the son of Sir Josiah Child, 1st Bt.
Child of Christian North and Sir William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
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 A Weight to Bear
Josiah glanced up the length of the sidewalk and across the road, but Standish had vanished.
Josiah sat on the edge of the bed and pulled the gambler into a bear hug.
Josiah rubbed circles on the Southerner’s back; he was surprised the conman hadn’t pulled out of his hold.
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 A Stone Turned
He said things to that child that no man should ever have to hear, told him how worthless his life was, how not a soul in the world would want him, how he never should ‘ave been born.
Josiah slowed his pace as he approached the jail and then slowly opened the door.
Josiah watched in silence, as Cornell rubbed at his eyes and Ezra continued to tug at his jacket and became concerned with buffing his brass buttons.
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 Child Bio: The Online Library of Liberty
Josiah Child was a wealthy English merchant, Member of Parliament, and Director of the East India Company.
His A New Discourse of Trade (1668) is notable for its discussion of money and interest rates, and for its enumeration of the keys to Dutch commercial success.
Josiah Child (1630-1699) was born in Lincoln, the second son of the merchant Richard Child.
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 A brief overview of the lineage of Josiah William Ware
Josiah did have one step-sister from the union of James III and Harriet; her name being Lucy Catherine Ware.
Child #4 was Elizabeth Alexander Ware – born on
Child #4 Sigismund Stribling Ware was born on
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 Our Genealogies - Person Page 23
Child of Joel Wainwright Newell and Elizabeth Thorn:
Child of Ruth Roberts and Hersie Beale Pierce Sr.
Child of Mills Abrams Howell and Anna Kittrell Baker:
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 WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH (1730-1795) - Online Information article about WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH (1730-1795)
JOSIAH (1730-1795), the most distinguished of See also:
child of another Thomas Wedgwood, who owned a small but thriving pottery in Burslem.
father in 1739, Josiah, then scarcely ten years of age, was taken away from school and set to learn the See also:
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 Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 398
     Josiah Orton Ellsworth was born on 14 November 1820 at East Windsor, Hartford Co., CT. He was the son of Josiah Ellsworth and Lucretia Lord.
Josiah Orton Ellsworth married Lucy S. Mills, daughter of Philo Mills and Sally Terry, on 27 March 1846 at Chicopee Falls, MA.
Unnamed Alderman was the child of Sylvester Phelps Alderman and Hannah Bell.
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 A New Discourse Of Trade, Wherein Are recommended several weighty Points, relating to Companies of Merchants; The Act ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Child was director (1677), deputy-governor (1684-6, 1688-90), and governor (1681-83, 1686-88) of the East India Company, and for many years, ruled with almost despotic power, seeking to aggrandise the company by extending its political influence and restraining competition with its trade.
In 1668, he published a short treatise, Brief Observations, which was subsequently expanded and published in 1690 in the present form under the title A New Discourse Of Trade.
Child's primary purpose was to encourage the reduction of the legal rate of interest from six to four percent, as he maintained that a high rate of interest hindered the growth of trade, encouraged idleness, and discouraged navigation and industry.
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 Josiah Henson
Josiah Henson was born on June 15, 1789 in Charles County, Maryland.
While still a young child, his father was brutally beaten and eventually sold to a southern plantation.
Josiah was in charge of taking the produce to the cities.
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 Josephine Sibley Couper - Jennings text
She was the fifteenth - and last - child of Josiah Sibley, and the fourth by his second wife Emma Eve Longstreet.
Josiah was a staunch Southern partisan who actively and financially supported the South's cause with his factories, influence and five sons who fought for the Confederacy.
Josiah believed that in an armed conflict the South would likely be overwhelmed by the North's greater industrial strength and population.
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 Josiah Butterfield, General Authority
Josiah Butterfield was the son of Abel and Mercy Butterfield.
Josiah became a charter member of and owned stock in Kirtland Safety Society January 1837 and owned property in Kirtland 1837-38.
Josiah Butterfield died in March or April 1871 at either Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California or in Monterey County, California.
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 Net Pals -- Mothers In Sympathy & Support
Josiah was given no chance of survival outside the womb.
Josiah's life was a miracle just not the kind I had imagined.
I think this is a wonderful way for a parent/parents who have suffered the loss of a child to express their feelings.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Child Sir Josiah
The romantic wave that swept Europe early in the 19th century also affected children's literature (Romanticism).
Wren was born in East Knoyle, Wiltshire, on October 20, 1632, the son of a clergyman.
He was a precocious child with remarkable talent for science...
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 Thrale.com - Anchor brewery
Like John Courage at Horselydown, Josiah Child fancied a nautical symbol because of his connection with shipping and during his ownership the brewhouse became known as the Anchor.
No doubt, Josiah Child, much preoccupied with his shipping interests, regarded the brewery as just a useful diversification and was glad of the services of young Edmund Halsey to take the routine work off his hands.
After Child died in 1696 Halsey paid a substantial weekly sum to his mother-in-law, Anne Child nèe Minnie, until her death.
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 CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699) - Online Information article about CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Child made several important contributions to the literature of See also:
Child, whilst adhering to the doctrine of the See also:
SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital.
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 Josiah Wedgwood I
By this wife, of whom I have before spoken, he had a family of eight children.
Tyler ; Charles, who died without issue ; the Rev. Robert Wedgwood, who married Frances, daughter of the Rev. Offley Crewe ; Sarah Elizabeth ; Caroline Louisa Jane; and Jessie, who married her cousin, Henry Allen Wedgwood.
"The illness which ended in the death of Josiah Wedgwood was a very painful one.
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 Dorcas PLUMB - Thankful POMEROY
Child: Josiah POMEROY Birth: 5 JAN 1778, Willimsburg, Hampshire Co., MA Ancestors of Benjamin POMEROY
Child: Benjamin POMEROY Birth: 10 MAR 1746/47, Northampton, Hampshire Co., MA Ancestors of Josiah POMEROY
Child: Eltweed POMEROY Birth: 4 JUL 1585, Beaminster, county Dorset, Eng.
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 Joseph B. FOSTER - Julius Josiah Earle FOSTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Child: Ruby Hortense FOSTER Birth: 18 SEP 1920, Pickens Co., SC Ancestors of Joseph Lawrence FOSTER
Child: Tillman BOBO Birth: 13 MAR 1766, VA Child: Levingston BOBO Birth: 1769, Albermarle Co., VA Child: Judith BOBO Birth: Abt 1771, Orange Co., VA Ancestors of Judith FOSTER
Child: James Robert FOSTER Birth: 23 NOV 1868, Pickens, SC Child: Beulah Inez FOSTER Birth: 1874, Pickens, SC Child: Sue Verner FOSTER Birth: 1878, Pickens, SC Child: James Earle FOSTER Birth: 17 AUG 1882, Pickens, SC Ancestors of Julius Josiah Earle FOSTER
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 An Inventory of the William Sharp Prickett Family Papers, 1716-1932   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
William Sharp Prickett (1862-1926) was youngest child of Josiah J. and Emaline B. (Engle) Prickett.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL William Sharp Prickett (1862-1926) was youngest child of Josiah J. and Emaline B. (Engle) Prickett.
Josiah served on the School Committee of Northampton Township.
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