Hannah (Ward) Greenwood (abt. 1651 - abt. 1686)

Born about 1651 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Descendants

Died about 1686 at about age 35 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Hannah Ward, daughter of John Ward and Hannah Jackson, was born in Cambridge (later called Newton), Massachusetts.^[1][2] No birth record was found, but Newton family lists call her the eldest daughter of John and Hannah,^[3] and list their eldest son, John, with a birth date in November 1653.^[4]

Hannah married Thomas Greenwood on 8 June 1670^[2][5] at Cambridge.^[6] They had children:

1. Thomas, born 22 January 1671 or 15 July 1673,^[1][7] married Elizabeth Wiswall^[2] and had children^[1]
2. John, married Hannah Trowbridge and had children, married second to Alice Lyon^[1][2] (see research note, below)

Hannah died before 1687,^[2] as in December 1687 Thomas Greenwood, who had remarried Abigail _____, fathered a child. Hannah likely died in Cambridge (renamed Newton in 1688). No death record has been found.

Research Notes

Birth of Sons Thomas and John

No birth record was found for John but there are two birth found records for a son named Thomas, one in 1671 and one in 1673. Many attribute the 1673 date of birth to John, however, Hannah and Thomas may have had two sons named Thomas, one born 1671 who died in infancy, and the second who was born in 1673 and married Elizabeth Wiswall.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward of the 7th Generation, 1925, p. 65-66, 75. Harvard Mirador Viewer
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Greenwood, Frederick. Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914: The Ancestry and Descendants of Thomas Greenwood, of Newton, Massachusetts .... New York: Lyons Genealogical Co., 1914, page 53 (footnote). Archive.org
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook), Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #80801448 ($), Hannah Ward born, child of John Ward & Hannah Ward, in Newton, Massachusetts, USA.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT4-NX2 : 20 May 2022), Hannah Ward, ; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
5. ↑ "U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700", Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 3824 #51555 ($).
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: 3 Nov 2017, Tho. Greenwood and Hannah Ward, 8 Apr 1670; citing Marriage, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, US, town clerk offices, MA; FHL microfilm 892,249.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTQ-GM8 : 20 May 2022), Thomas Greenwood in entry for Thomas Greenwood, 15 Jul 1673; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.

See also:

• FamilySearch Person: LC58-WTR
• Find a Grave (no image), Find A Grave: Memorial #18365503, Memorial page for Hannah Ward Greenwood (1651-1686), citing East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493). Unsourced.
• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical And Personal Memoirs Relating To The Families Of Boston And Eastern Massachusetts. Volume III. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1908. DunhamWilcox.net