Joseph Weed

Joseph Weed

Joseph Weed was the son of Nathan and Mary ( Scofield ) Weed and was born in Stamford, Connecticut on December 14, 1801. He came to New York City in 1820 and took up the hardware business which he was very successful at and continued for several years. He was a prominent figure in New York politics where he was identified with the Whig party and a firm supporter for Henry Clay for the presidency at that time. He served as Alderman and Deputy Sheriff of New York. He went with the forty-niners to California and in 1850 was appointed Collector of Assessments for San Francisco, and afterwards elected magistrate, a position he held for two terms. He wrote a brief history on his immediate branch of the Weed family of Stamford entitled "Recollections of a Good Man, Nathan Weed" containing many facts and stories about his father, Nathan Weed Jr. Joseph died in San Francisco March 9, 1888. He first married Louisa Weed, daughter of Benjamin Weed and Mary Waterbury. Sadly she died in 1834 in her twenties. He then married Jane Tweedy, daughter of William Tweedy.

Jane Tweedy