Born about in England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Edward Warde
and Judith (Unknown) Ward
Sister of
Edward Ward, Susan (Ward) Browne, Thomas Ward, Leonard Ward, Lydia (Ward) Markham, Mary (Ward) Miller and Nathanial Ward
Wife of
Walter Allen
— married
about 1630 in England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Died
at about age 68
in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Rebecca Ward was born in England c1610. daughter of Edward Ward. [1]
Her father Edward was of Little Wratting, Suffolk when he wrote his will on January 9, 1620/1, which was proved at Ipswich, Suffolk, on March 7, 1620/1. In it he names his wife Judith, although there has been no marriage record found to indicate if she was the mother of all his children. [1]
He also left bequests to sons Thomas, Nathaniel, Leonard and Edward, and his daughters Mary, Lydia, Rebecca and Susan. [1]
Rebecca's sister, widow Susan Browne, wrote her will on March 22, 1626/7, and left a bequest to Rebecca Warde. [1]
In the will of her brother Nathaniel Ward, dated May 27, 1664, bequests were left to 'my Kinsman Daniel Allyn of Nashaway (now Lancaster, Massachusetts), my Kinswoman Browne of Salem my sister Allyn's daughter, among other's. [1]
Rebecca married, by 1630, Walter Allen, and were of Newbury, Massachusetts by 1640. [1] [2]
They were of Watertown, Massachusetts from 1662 to 1673, after which they removed to Charlestown. [1]
Rebecca died at Charlestown, Massachusetts on August 7, 1678. [1]
After her death, Walter Allen married second, Abigail Rogers on November 29, 1678. [1]
In his will, written in July, 1681, he left bequests to sons John, Daniel and Joseph. [1][3]
Children
- John Allen [1] born about 1631; died at Sudbury on Dec. 1, 1711; married first Sarah ___; married second Mary ___. [2]
- Daniel Allen [1]: died in 1705; married Mary Sherman of Watertown; lived at Charlestown, Watertown, Lancaster and Sudbury. [2]
- Joseph Allen. [1]; died at Weston on September 9, 1721; married Anne Brazier on October 11, 1667. [2]
- Abigial Allen born at Newbury on October 1, 1641. [4] [1] [2]
- Benjamin Allen born at Newbury on April 15, 1647 [4]; died at Charlestown on September 20, 1678 [1]; had issue. [2]
Research notes
Newbury Births
- Allen, Abigael, d. Walter, Oct. 1, 1641. (p. 21)
- Allen, Benjamin, s. Walter, Apr. 15, 1647. (p. 21) [4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Mahler, Leslie. The English Origin of Nathaniel Ward of Hartford, Connecticut and of Hadley, Massachusetts, Mary (Ward) Cutting of Newbury, Massachusetts, Rebecca (Ward) Allen of Newbury and Their Nephew William Markham of Hadley. in: The American Genealogist, Volume 83, New Haven, Connecticut, 2008-9 p. 13- 18
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Descendants of Walter Allen of Newbury in: The Essex Antiquarian, Vol. 2, Salem, Massachusetts, 1898 p. 199 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006.)
- ↑ Case 360: p. 1-5: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Vital Records of Newbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Massachusett, 1911
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edited by Chris Hoyt
I found the child Walter (Jr) as an offspring of Walter & Rebecca (Ward) Allen in Ancestry.com. The name is certainly suggestive of a match, as is the date of birth. The lengthy gap between Rebecca's children Abigail and Benjamin is unusual for that time. I think that the reason for Walter's parents "not known" status in the other profile is that it was left unfinished at the time of creation. When I tried to add the parents I'd found, to that record, the database referred me to the merger process rather than go forward with an obvious duplicate. Eric