Dorothy (Osgood) Ward (1749 - 1839)

Born 19 Sep 1749 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Ward — married 2 Sep 1766 in Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 1 Feb 1839 at age 89 in Newport, Orleans, Vermont, United States

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Biography

DOROTHY OSGOOD, b. at Lancaster, 19 Sep 1749 daughter of Aaron Osgood and Eunice White;^[1] d. at Derby, VT, 1 Feb 1839 and was interred at East Main Street Cemetery in Newport;^[2][3] m. at Bolton, MA, 2 Sep 1766,^[4] PHINEAS WARD of uncertain birth and parentage;^[5] Phineas d. at Ascot Corner, Québec, 26 Feb 1808.^[6]

Dorothy and Phineas were in Henniker and went to Lower Canada during the Revolution where Phineas died. Phineas did sign the association test at Henniker in 1776.^[7]

Children

Dorothy Osgood and Phineas Ward were parents of eight children, the oldest six born at Henniker, two children possibly born in Lower Canada, and the youngest child perhaps born in Vermont (census record).

i JOSEPH WARD, b. at Henniker, 23 Feb 1768; d. at Ascot, Québec, 6 Sep 1851; m. perhaps NANCY who has not been identified.

ii THOMAS WARD, b. at Henniker, 18 May 1772

iii PHINEAS WARD, b. 21 Jun 1774

iv AARON WARD, b. at Henniker, 8 Apr 1776; d. at Negley, OH, 31 May 1845; m. at Berkeley County, VA (current West Virginia), 14 Nov 1807, CATHARINE SLENCK, b. in MD, 5 Jan 1787 (calculated from age at death); Catherine d. at Middleton, OH, 15 Sep 1865.

v ZEPHANIAH WARD, b. at Henniker, 23 Oct 1778; d. at Canaan, OH, 14 Mar 1855 (probate 27 Mar 1855); m. JOANNA WARD, b. at White Creek, NY, 18 Feb 1787 daughter of Nahum and Joanna (Hubbard) Ward;^[8] Joanna d. at Canaan, 1864.

vi OSGOOD WARD, b. at Henniker, 19 Jan 1779; d. at Candor, NY, 13 Dec 1851; m. at Madbury, NH, 20 Apr 1800, HANNAH HUCKINS, b. at Durham, NH, 14 Sep 1777 daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Burnham) Huckins; Hannah d. at Candor, 1 Jun 1867.^[9]

vii EUNICE WARD, b. about 1784^[10]

viii ZACHARIAH WARD, b. 24 Mar 1791 (on gravestone); d. at Wayland, MI (burial at Barry County, MI), 11 Oct 1877; m. SIBYL WARD, b. 1796 daughter of Nahum and Joanna (Hubbard) Ward; Sibyl d. at Barry County, MI, 29 Oct 1839.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZKR-DB4 : 10 February 2018), Dorathy Osgood, 10 Sep 1749; citing LANCASTER,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0547550 IT 1.
2. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V89H-ZZ7 : 5 November 2017), Dorathy Ward, 01 Feb 1839, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 27,718.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #184246978
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH5-PLCM : 11 May 2022), Phineas Ward and Dorothy Osgood, 2 Sep 1766; citing Marriage, Bolton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009655.
5. ↑ The Ward genealogy (p 51) reports that Phineas born 27 Apr 1744 son of Phineas and Mary is the Phineas that married Dorothy Osgood. However, the grave monument for Phineas clearly gives his years of life as 1728-1808. The grave monument also includes his son Joseph with his correct years of 1768-1851. At this point, the parents of Phineas are undetermined; Find a Grave, Malvern Cemetery Sherbrooke, 176900718. Ward, Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward
6. ↑ Phineas is interred at Malvern Cemetery in Sherbrooke; Find a Grave 176900718
7. ↑ Cogswell, History of the Town of Henniker, p 177
8. ↑ Martyn, The William Ward Genealogy, p 142
9. ↑ Hannah and Osgood are interred at Maple Grove Cemetery in Candor, NY; Find a Grave ID: 33372491
10. ↑ Eunice is a child reported in Martyn’s The William Ward Genealogy for whom records were not located.

• Cogswell, Leander Winslow. 1880. History of the Town of Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, from the Date of the Canada Grant by the Province of Massachusetts, in 1735, to 1880; with a Genealogical Register of the Families of Henniker. Concord, NH: Republican Press Association.

• Martyn, Charles. 1925. The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925. New York, NY: Artemas Ward.

• Ward, Andrew Henshaw. 1851. Ward Genealogy: Descendants of William Ward Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639. Boston, MA: Samuel G. Drake.