Andrew Ward IV (1695 - 1779)

Born 22 Apr 1695 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Fowler) Ward — married 11 Sep 1716 in Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 14 Jul 1779 at age 84 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Captain Andrew Ward IV was born 22 Apr 1695 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. ^[1][2]

Andrew married Elizabeth Fowler on 11 Sep 1716 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born 1694, d. Feb 26, 1794, dau of Abram and Elizabeth (Bartlett) ^[2]

They had the following children: ^[2]

1. Andrew WARD 1 was born 3 Nov 1722 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 7 Sep 1723 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
2. Elizabeth WARD 1 was born 19 Nov 1725 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
3. General Andrew WARD was born 19 Nov 1727 and died 10 Jan 1799.
4. Abigail WARD 1 was born 22 Apr 1731 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
5. Jacob WARD 1 was born 23 Jan 1736 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
6. Mary WARD 1 was born 23 Jan 1736 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

Joseph Chittenden (1672-1727) established a farm in lower Nut Plains (Guilford) as early as 1692. Andrew Ward IV from Guilford Center purchased the 40-acre Chittenden Farm in 1761, and his son Andrew Ward V would inherit the farm in 1779.^[3]

Mrs. Elizabeth (Foote) Jenkins, great-great-granddaughter of Andrew Ward, 4th, wrote about her ancestor in an unpublished ms. owned by the family. She recounts how "At a General Assembly holden at Hartford in His Majesty’s English Colony of Connecticut in New England in America (by adjournment, on Thursday, the 14th day of March, 1744-5-7) this Assembly appoint Andrew Ward Jun’r, Captain of one of the military companies in the intended expedition against Cape Breton, and that he be commissioned accordingly...He went on this wild-cat expedition...four thousand raw militia against six thousand regulars of France and the fortress of Louisburg, considered by the best engineers of the time absolutely impregnable. Captain Ward took his son with him and gave him his first lesson in war.”

She further recounts that "In those days rum rations were given to both officers and men. Captain Andrew Ward, being a temperance man and teetotaler...took his rations in money, and bought for his children three silver spoons, having them marked on the back 'Louisburg' in the script of the time."

She wrote that he "died at eighty-six, in consequence of fatigue and agitation of mind produced by the invasion of New Haven by the British, and his son (General Ward) being ordered over there in command of his brigade."^[4]

He died 14 Jul 1779 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 20 April 2019), memorial page for COL Andrew Ward, IV (22 Apr 1695–14 Jul 1779), Find A Grave: Memorial #171546817, citing Foote-Ward Cemetery, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Mookie (contributor 47515129) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Andrew Ward and his descendants, 1597-1910 : being a compilation of facts relating to one of the oldest New England families pg 48
3. ↑ Helander, Joel E., "A Short History of the Goss Property, aka East River Preserve, Guilford, Connecticut, 1641-1927," 2010.
4. ↑ "Colonel Andrew Ward. General Andrew Ward, by Mrs. Elizabeth (Foote) Jenkins, unpublished ms. owned by descendants of Eli and Roxana Foote, viewed online at https://generalandrewwardcemeteryassoc.wordpress.com/historical-context/

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