George Ward (abt. 1600 - 1653)

Born about 1600 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Doggett) Ward — married 1618 in England

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1653 at about age 53 in Branford, New Haven Colony

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George Ward migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 358) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Birth, origins and marriage

George Ward was born in England by 1600.

He married Elizabeth Doggett in 1618.^{[citation needed]}

Torrey offers no name for his wife.^[1] Proof -- beyond an online family tree -- is needed of the shown marriage to Elizabeth Doggett.

Immigration to the Massachusetts Bay Colony

George emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1637 on The Hector, with his wife and children:^[2][3][4]

Removed to New Haven Colony

George Ward and his brother Lawrence Ward (abt.1622-abt.1670) signed the "Fundamental Agreement" of the New Haven colony in 1639. , and with his brother, Lawrence, was one of the founders of Branford.^[5][6]

In 1647, George and his brother, Lawrence sued the Company of Merchants of New Haven.^[7]

Removed to Branford, New Haven Colony

George and his brother Lawrence Ward (abt.1622-abt.1670) were among the earliest proprietors of Branford, or "Totoket " as it was still called for some years, named in town records from 7 July 1646 (dividing up the meadows which were critically important for summer grazing and winter hay) ^[8] and 16 September 1646 (constructing a 5-mile fence around the core part of the town – to prevent grazing livestock from damaging the home lots).^{[9][10][11][12]}

Children

Children included:

• John Ward (abt.1625-bef.1684) (see research notes below)
• Josiah Ward (abt.1635-abt.1675)
• Samuel Ward (abt.1634-bef.1688) (see research notes below)

Occupation

Patricia Kane, in her 1973 book on Furniture of the New Haven Colony ^[13] notes that George and his brother Lawrence and his son John were all "turners" / furniture makers.

Death

George died in Branford in 1653^[14] and an inventory of his estate (appraised by his brother Laurence) was recorded in Branford.^[15] Among the items in his estate were various furniture making tools (vices, hold fast, planes, saw,"turneing hooks"). The estate owed 12 pounds in "Ingland".

The estate also included a "house and land" appraised at 15 pounds. The records so far located do not permit determination of whether this was the house and home lot sold in 1668 by "John Ward dishturnr of Brainford”, the presumed son of George.^[16] From the description of the parcels adjoining this home lot, Delphina Hammer Clark determined that it was likely lot # 16 on her map (see attached image).

Research Notes

Note that proof is also needed beyond an online tree for the paternity of Samuel Ward and John Ward. While Samuel, of Branford, does appear likely to be in fact a son of George by the Branford marriage, if John was born George's son in England in 1624, he must be the child of a different mother.

Great Migration Directory: Ward, George: Unknown; 1640; New Haven, Branford [NHCR 1:93, 184-85, 329-33; TAG 12:100; Clara Pierce Olson Overbo, Ancestors & Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton (Decorah, Iowa, 2002) 221-28 (dubious English origin)]. Key

Sources

1. ↑ Torrey, New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015; link for subscribers: "WARD, George (-1653) & ____ ____; by 1631; Branford, CT {TAG 12:100; Kitchell 121; Welles (?1917) 113}"
2. ↑ Names persons who accompanied John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton to Connecticut (via Boston).
3. ↑ Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, National and New England, pp. 201-202.
4. ↑ CALDER, ISABEL MACBEATH. Passengers on the Hector, 1637-1638. In The New Haven Colony, New Haven CT: Yale University Press, 1934, pp. 29-
5. ↑ https://www.branford-ct.gov/history/founders-branford
6. ↑ Hoadly, Charles J, MA. (editor) Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, From 1638 to 1649. (Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1857.) p. 91
7. ↑ Records of the Colony of New Haven, Volume 1, Page 329.
8. ↑ Branford town records. Volume 1. Page 1 [1]
9. ↑ Branford land records. Volume 1. Page 7 [2]
10. ↑ Branford townr records. Volume 1. Page 33 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-B3LD-M?i=22&cat=157834) 21 April 1651. "...Thomas Whitway shall be the pound herd this year and for every beast or swine that he shall fine within the general fence ... he shall have twelve pence ..."
11. ↑ History of the colony of New Haven to its absorption into Connecticut. By Edward Atwater. 1881. Page 597. (https://archive.org/details/historycolonyne00smitgoog/page/596/mode/2up) Atwater listed what he thought were the original settlers and noted that they included some from New Haven in addition to the group from Wethersfield.
12. ↑ History of New Haven County, Connecticut, by Rockey, J. L. (John L.) 1892. Volume 2. Page 3. (https://archive.org/details/historyofnewhave01rock/page/2/mode/2up)
13. ↑ Furniture of the New Haven Colony : the seventeenth-century style by Kane, Patricia. 1973. Page 82 (https://archive.org/details/furnitureofnewha00kane/page/82/mode/2up) and page 7. (https://archive.org/details/furnitureofnewha00kane/page/6/mode/2up). Plate number XXV of this book shows a chair attributed to John's uncle Laurence Ward.
14. ↑ Branford town records. Volume 1. Page 170. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-B3LY-Q?i=93&cat=157834)
15. ↑ Branford town records. Volume 1. Page 181. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-B3LB-6?i=98&cat=157834)
16. ↑ Branford town records. Volume 1. Page 275. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-B3LT-T?i=144&cat=157834) “The home lotte too Ackeres more or lese: bounded by the widow Beets: on ye East: &. by John Rogers on ye West & by John Collines on ye north: & by ye high way on ye south”. John also sold parcels in the Mulliner’s Neck, Oyster Neck, Indian Neck, Little Plain, New Field quarters of Branford township.

See also:

• Cooke, Raeola Ford. Samuel Ward/Warde of Branford and Middletown, Conn., publishing info?
• Clara Pierce Olson Overbo, Ancestors & Descendants of Clark Proctor Nichols and Sarah (Sally) Stoughton (Decorah, Iowa, 2002) 221-28 (dubious English origin)]. FamilySearch (online page 232).