Oliver Ward (abt. 1686 - abt. 1744)

Born about 1686 in Marlboro, Middlesex, Massachusetts Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Brigham) Ward — married 2 Feb 1709 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died about 1744 at about age 58 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut

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Biography

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• "Ninety-three acres of land were laid out to him and his brother Oliver on Wealy Hill, near Cold Harbor, in that part of Marlborough which became Westborough, then Northborough."

Oliver married Hannah Brigham 2 February 1708/9 in Sudbury, Massachusetts.^[1] Oliver and Hannah had the following children:

1. Dinah b 26 Dec 1709 Marlboro
2. Experience b 25 Sep 1711 Marlboro
3. Thankfull b 9 May 1713 Marlboro

Other possible children not in the vital records:

1. Deborah b abt 15 Jan 1714/5 (Triplet)
2. Hannah b abt 15 Jan 1714/5 (Triplet) died young
3. Sarah b abt 15 Jan 1714/5 (Triplet) died young
4. Submit b about 1717 possibly in Westborough
5. Lydia b abt 1725 possibly in Westborough

Oliver died in Coventry, Connecticut, 27 Feb 1743, aged 56.^[2]

• Married Hannah Brigham, 2 Feb 1708/9 @ Wayland, MA. (Another, indexed, record says Sudbury, MA)

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTD-Z35 : 4 November 2017), Oliver Ward and Hannah Brigham, 02 Feb 1708; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,454.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

• Martyn, Charles, b. 1874. The William Ward Genealogy: the History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925. New York: A. Ward, 1925. Pages 72 and 85.
• Geni.com profile

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• Massachusetts, Town & Vital Records, 1709
• Connecticut Deaths & Burials Index, 1743