John Ward (1716 - 1800)

Born 9 Nov 1716 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Walker) Ward — married 10 Oct 1739 in Union, Connecticut Colony

Husband of Abigail (Heath) Ward — married 27 Mar 1748 in Union, Tolland, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 83 in Belchertown, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

John Ward was born in Ashford, Connecticut on November 9, 1716 to William Ward and Rachel Humphrey. ^[1]

John married (1) Abigail Walker, daughter of Nathanial and Jemima Walker, on October 10, 1739. They had four children:

1. Sarah
2. Darkis
3. Eunice
4. John (died young)

After Abigail's death on January 5, 1747, John married (2) Abigail Heath on March 27, 1748. They had twelve children:

1. Aaron
2. John
3. Benjamin
4. Tirzah
5. Zerviah
6. Sibyl
7. Mehitabel
8. Ruth
9. Hepzibah
10. Beulah
11. Moses
12. Ebenezer

The children up through Tirzah were born in Connecticut. The family then moved to Belchertown, Massachusetts where the rest were born. ^[2]

John died in Belchertown in 1800. (needs source)

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74Z-J29 : 7 January 2020), John Ward, 1716.
2. ↑ Martyn, Charles, The William Ward genealogy : the history of the descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925, New York, A.Ward, 1925. Page 126 [1] Accessed July 20, 2020.

• Harold Jones Letter, June 11, 1939.
  • "John Ward, born 1716 in Union, Conn., came through with 16 children. He died 1800 in Belchertown"
• Bartley, Scott Andrew. Unpublished Vital Records of Union, Connecticut, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., Spring 2017) Vol. 171, WN 682, Page 156.
  • John Ward Son to William Ward and Rachel Ward his Wife was Born November the 9th day 1716 But not Born In the Town of Union
• Ward, Andrew. Ward Family, Descendants of William Ward, Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639 (Samuel G. Drake, Boston, 1851) Page 37.