William Lord (1683 - abt. 1756)

Born 20 Mar 1683 in Berwick, York, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Patience (Abbott) Lord — married about 1705 in Maine

Descendants

Died about 1 Mar 1756 at about age 72 in Berwick, York, Maine

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Biography

William Lord was born at Kittery, York, Province of Maine, on 20 Mar 1682/83, the son of Nathan Lord and Martha (Tozier) Lord.^[1] He was baptized at the First Church of Berwick, Maine, on 20 Mar 1719/20, along with his two oldest children.^[2]

William Lord was deeded 10 acres in the town of Berwick, Maine, on 26 Jul 1718 by his grandmother, Martha (Everett) Lord "in consideration of that natural love and affections I bear unto my loving Grandson William Lord." He served Berwick as a constable in 1724.^[3]

The last reference to William Lord in the records is in a deed, made on 2 Mar 1756, in which he refers to property "given to me and my wife Patience Lord dec'd by her hjonored father Thomas Abboit dec'd."^[3]

Marriage

William Lord married Patience Abbott at Kittery before 2 Apr 1706, when “William Lord and Patience Abbot now his wife” were brought into court and charged with fornication. In his will of 20 Mar 1707, Thomas Abbott Sr. of Berwick left his daughter Patience Lord property at Quamphegon.^[3]

Reference Note

Eaton writes, "Stackpole also included as a son of William[3] (Nathan[1-2]) the Nathan Lord who married Hannah Shackley (Stackpole, Old Kittery, 589). But it is unlikely ... There is no evidence that William had a son named Nathan, and no need to invent one."^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Joseph Crook II, and Lois Ware Thurston, editors, Vital Records of Kittery, Maine, to the Year 1892 (Rockport, Me., 1991), 29
2. ↑ Anderson, Joseph Crook II, editor, Records of the First and Second Churches of Berwick, Maine (Rockport, Me., 1999), 14
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Eaton, Priscilla, “The Descendants of Nathan[1] Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine,” The Maine Genealogist, 33:3-20, 71-88, 132-142 (2011), 10
4. ↑ Eaton, Priscilla, “The Descendants of Nathan[1] Lord of Kittery and Berwick, Maine,” The Maine Genealogist, 33:3-20, 71-88, 132-142 (2011), note 69 at pg. 9