Obadiah Ward (abt. 1632 - 1718)

Born about 1632 in England

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Ward — married 28 Nov 1667 in Marlborough, Mass

Descendants

Died 5 Jan 1718 at about age 86 in Marlboro, Massachusetts

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.

Parents

Father: William Ward

Mother: Unknown Unknown

Obadiah origins, like his fathers, are unknown. His mother is also Unknown to us all.^[1]

All we do know is that Obadiah, his father William Ward, and the rest of his brothers and sisters, John, Joanna, Richard, and Deborah, that their origins are unknown and their mother is unknown. We have no brith certificates, baptismal records and so on. SOURCE: Cookie Crumbs Ancestry, William Ward.

He married Mary (Unknown) in November 28, 1667 in Marlborough, Mass. She died in August 22, 1706 in Marlborough, Mass.

Obadiah had land assigned to him in Sudbury, on his coming of age in 1653. He was one of three contractors for the erection in 1661 of the frame of the ministers house. He was a representative at the General Court, 1690-1691, during the critical period intervening between the forcible deposition of Governor Andros and the covering of the General Court under the New Charter.

Obadiah died January 5, 1718. ^[2]

From William Ward Genealogy

"4. Obadiah Ward, born in England about 1632, died January 5, 1718, in Marlborough, Mass. He married November 28, 1667, in Marlbor-ough, Mary . She died August 22, 1706, in Marlborough.

"He had land assigned him in Sudbury, Mass., on his coming of age in 1653. His removal to Marlborough is told in Chapter VIII. See especially the reference to him on page 47. He was one of the three contractors for the erection in 1661 of the frame of the minister's house. He was a delegate to the Council for Safety of the People and Conserva- tion of the Peace, May 9 and 22, and June 5, 1689, and also a repre- sentative at the General Court 1690-1691 during the critical period intervening between the forcible deposition of Governor Andros and the convening of the General Court under the new charter.

"Children, born in Marlborough, Mass:

33. Alice, born November 14, 1668.

34. William, born January 7, 1670.

35. Obadiah, born September 18, 1672.

36. Bethiah, born January (or June) 1674, died June 7 following.

37. Mary, born May (or March) 4, 1676, died the same day.

38. Jane, born March 3, 1677.

39. Edmund, born January 21, 1679.

40. Sarah, born January 29, 1681, married April 9, 1706, Samuel Bartlett of Marlborough, Mass.

41. Richard, born April 26, 1683.

42. Elizabeth, born December 4, 1685, died January 21, 1730, in Marlborough, Mass. Unmarried.

43. Hannah, bom January 3, 1688, died February 23, 1740, in Marlborough, Mass. Unmarried.

44. Eleazer, born November 2, 1689. 45. Prudence, born 1691."

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Sources

1. ↑ Charles Martyn,The William Ward Genealogy, the history of the descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925,page 65[1]
2. ↑ Charles Martyn,The William Ward Genealogy, the history of the descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925,page 67[2]
3. ↑ The William Ward genealogy : the history of the descendants ... Martyn, Charles, b. 1874., p. 67-68, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067294322;view=1up;seq=129

• Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough (Boston: Press of T. R.. Marvin & Son, 42 Congress Street, 1862) Page 460

• Ward family; descendants of William Ward: who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639 By Andrew Henshaw Ward, Google Books, Page 12-13.

• Harold Jones letter, June 11, 1939: "He was assigned land in Sudbury at his coming of age in 1653, and was representative at the General Court in 1690. He had 13 children, and died in 1718 in Marlboro."

• Oliver Seymour Phelps and Andrew Tinkey Servin, The Phelps Family of America and Their English Ancestors : With Copies of Wills, Deeds, Letters, and Other Interesting Papers, Coats of Arms and Valuable Records, Volume I, pp. 212, 364-365 (Eagle Publishing Co., Pittsfield 1899). Copy available at https://archive.org/details/phelpsfamilyofam01phel. (Obadiah Ward was b. abt 1632 to William Ward, m. Mary (Unknown) who died 27 Aug 1706 in Marlboro, Obadiah d. 5 Jan 1718 in Marlboro, Obadiah was the third child of 14 children of William Ward)

• Charles Martyn, The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925 [3]

• History of the Town of Marlborough, Charles Hudson, Boston: Press of T.R.. Marvin & Son, 42 Congress Street, 1862, Page 460 [4]