Increase Ward (1644 - 1690)

Born 22 Feb 1644 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Record (Wheelock) Ward — married 3 Feb 1672 (to 4 Aug 1690) in Medfield, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 4 Aug 1690 at age 46 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.

Increase Ward resided in the part of Marlborough which is now Northboro. Their farm was on the river, and Increase had a sawmill. They had a family of children which resided in Northboro and Westboro.

From The William Ward Genealogy

"Increase Ward, born January 22, 1645, in Sudbury, Mass., died August 25, 1690, in Marlborough, Mass. He married October 3, 1672, in Medfield, Mass., Record Wheelock, born December 15, 1644, died July 26, 1726, daughter of Ralph and Rebecca Wheelock.

"They resided in that section of Marlborough which became West- borough in 1717, and in that part of it which was later set off as Northborough. His farm was by the river. It included the twenty-four acres of Abraham Williams's house-lot, purchased from Williams by William Ward. He operated a sawmill near the spot where later there were cotton factories.

"He was town clerk in 1689, and probably earlier. His tombstone is the oldest of the Ward stones preserved in Spring Hill Cemetery.

"Children, all born in Marlborough except Increase, who was born in Medfield, Mass:

76. Increase, born October 15, 1673.

77. Tabitha, born May (or April) 16, 1675.

78. Record, born June (or January) 28, 1677.

79. Rebecca, born November 15, 1678, died July 8, 1698, in Marlborough, Mass. Unmarried.

80. Eleazer, born August 12, 1680 (or 1681), died September 8, 1708, in Marlborough, Mass. Unmarried.

81. Thomas, born 1684, died August 1747 in Plainfield, Conn. In 1710 ninety-three acres of land were laid out to him and his brother Oliver on Wealy Hill, near Cold Harbor, in that part of Marlborough which became Westborough, then Northborough. His will directed the distribution of his estate among the most needy and deserving of his relatives. Unmarried.

82. Oliver, born 1686. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ The William Ward genealogy : the history of the descendants ... Martyn, Charles, b. 1874., p. 72. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067294322;view=1up;seq=134

• Andrew Henshaw Ward, "Ward family; descendants of William Ward: who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639", S. G. Drake, pub., 1851, p. 15.
• History of the Town of Marborough, Page 461
• Vital Records of Sudbury MA to 1850, Page 147
• The William Ward genealogy : the history of the descendants ... Martyn, Charles, b. 1874., p. 72. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067294322;view=1up;seq=134
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 08 April 2018), memorial page for Increase Ward (22 Feb 1644–25 Aug 1690), Find A Grave: Memorial #33408940, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Joe & Connie, and Mariah (contributor 46889617) .
• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1903) Page 180.

See also:

• Vital Records from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) [1]

Increase WARD

Birth 22, 11, 1644 [22 Jan 1644/5]

Location Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text Sudbury Records

Father William Ward

Mother Elizabeth

Volume Name 17 Page 171

• Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016).

Increase WARD

Marriage 1672 [2]

Location Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text Increase and Record Wheelocke, Oct. 3, 1672. *

Volume Name Medfield - V1 Page 180

Increase WARD

Death 1690 [3]

Location Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text Increase, Aug. 25, 1690, in his 46th year. G.S.1.

Volume Name Marlborough - V1 Page 396

• New England Marriages to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. [4]

Increase WARD

Marriage 1672

Location Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Original Text WARD, Increase (1645-1690) & Record WHEELOCKE (1644-1726); 3 Oct 1672; Medfield {McCormick-Hamilton 1026; Chute ccxxx; Ward (,2) 72; Parker (,9) 459; Paine Anc. (1936) 41; Brigham 1:64; Bullard Anc. 154, 250; Blake-Glidden 253; Warner-Harrington 696; McIn

Spouse Record WHEELOCKE

Volume Name Volume 3 Page 1592

• 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 images provided by FamilySearch.org) [5]

Increase WARD

Probate Record 1690

Location Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Case Number 23713 Note page 1 of 5

Volume Name Middlesex Cases 22000-23999 Page 23713:1