Gamaliel Ward (1694 - 1774)

Born 2 Oct 1694 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Died 6 Jun 1774 at age 79 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Gamaliel Ward was born in 1694 in Marlboro, Massachusetts, to William and Judith Ward.^[1]

Gamaliel married Damaris Holcomb sometime prior to 1725, and the couple resided in Union, Connecticut.^[1][2]

The couple had several known children, mostly born in Union, including ^[1][2]

1. Jonathan Ward (b. 1 Mar 1725),
2. William Ward (b. 2 Jan 1730),
3. Simeon Ward (12 Apr 1732),
4. Mary Ward (b. 4 Nov 1734),
5. Rebecca Ward (b. 25 Mar 1737),
6. Ruth (Ward) Phelps (b. 17 May 1[7]47).

The couple relocated to Somers, Connecticut some time before 1647, and Ruth was born Salmon Brook/Granby Connecticut.^[1][2]

GAMALIEL WARD and SIMEON WARD. Both settled in 1745, on the farm, now the west part of the premises of Eliphalet Case. Their house stood on the west side of Cherries brook, the west side of the road, a few rods north of the bridge. It is not in the power of the writer to tell, whether they two were brothers or father and son.

Parents. Born. Died. age

Gamaliel Ward, 1694, 1774, 80

Elizabeth Simons.

Simeon Ward, 1780　

Children. Born. Died. Age.

Betsy, 1740, 1825, 85 . Married Amos Case, Jun.

Mindwell. Married James McNall.

Anna, Married Isaac Messenger,

James, 1754,1777, 28 Died of Small Pox

Infant. 1762

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Andrew Henshaw Ward, Ward Family; Descendants of William Ward, Who Settled in Sundbury, Mass., in 1639 with an Appendix Alphibetically [sic] Arranged, of the Names of the Families That Have Intermarried with Them, pp. 22 (Samuel G. Drake Publisher, Boston 1851). Copy available at https://archive.org/stream/wardfamilydescen00byuward#page/n7/mode/2up.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} 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.

• Genealogical history: with short sketches and family records of the early ... By Abiel Brown pg 135-136

See also,

• History of the Town of Marborough, Page 461

• Vital Record TranscriptsSource Information Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).