William Ward

Bef 1620 - 1686  (> 66 years)

• Name	William Ward
  Birth	Bef 1620	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	Bef 1639	Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	1686
  Burial	1686	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  	Spring Hill Cemetery
  Person ID	I6385	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth(Elinor) Unknown,   b. Abt 1620   d. 9 Dec 1700, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 80 years)
  Children	+ 1. Deborah Ward,   b. Abt 1637, England d. 9 Aug 1697, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hannah Ward,   b. Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 3 Nov 1717, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age ~ 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. Samuel Ward,   b. 24 Sep 1641, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth Ward,   b. 14 Apr 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA d. 26 Apr 1710, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1620 - England Arrival - Bef 1639 - Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA Burial - 1686 - Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  The first mention of William Ward in America appears in 1639 in the land division records for Sudbury MA. In 1656 he was with a group of 14 men that petitioned to create the new village of Marlborough MA. William Ward, in common with others, endured great hardships and sustained great losses by Indian hostilities; more especially in the time of King Phillip's War (1675-76) when his buildings were fired, his cattle destroyed, and one of his sons slain by the enemy. There is also much dispute over the identity of his wife that came across the ocean with and bore his children. Per her gravestone in Marlborough. "Here lyes the body of Elizabeth Ward, the servant of the Lord - deceased in 87 year of her age, Dec. ye 9, in the year of our Lord 1700."

  
  

• Sources

  [S858] Artemis Ward, The William Ward Genealogy, The history of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass, 1638-1925, (Name: Artemis Ward; Location: New York; Date: 1925;).