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Col William Ward III

Born 27 Mar 1680 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Son of William Ward II and Hannah (Brigham) Ward [uncertain]

Brother of Mary (Eames) Keyes [half], Nahum Ward, Elisha Ward, Bathsheba Ward and Gershom Ward

Husband of Jane (Cleveland) Ward — married 1702 in Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Father of Hezekiah Ward, Jonathan Ward, Bathsheba (Ward) Wood, Hepzibah Elizabeth (Ward) Brigham, Elisha Ward, William Ward IV, Hannah Ward, Jane Ward, Abigail Ward, Charles Ward and Submit Ward

Died 8 Jan 1767 at age 86 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.

Husband of Jane Cleveland — married 1702 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

William rose to the rank of Colonel; and, was a Justice of the Peace.

William is the son of William and Hannah (Johnson) [Eames] Ward according to The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families.

Married 2nd wife, Westboro, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, 1758 to Sarah Smith. No children.

Sources

History of the Town of Marborough, Page 460

Cleveland, Edmund Janes, and Horace Gillette Cleveland, comps. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Vol. 1. Hartford: The Case, Lockwood, & Brinard Company, 1899. Archive. Boston Public Library, 18 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 Jan. 2017. <https://archive.org/details/genealogyofcleve01clev>.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. Paternal line Y-chromosome DNA test-takers:

Patrick Ward : Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 64 markers, haplogroup R-U198, FTDNA kit #164787
W. Ward : Y-Chromosome Test 34 markers, haplogroup R1b

It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~0.39% David Fairley : 23andMe
~0.39% Barbara (French) Burbank : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BS9360709 [compare], Ancestry member ri5255
~0.39% Dale Parker : AncestryDNA
~0.39% ~3.12% Anne (Fairbank) Cooper : AncestryDNA

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[Living Lockhart]

Ward-2113 and Ward-138 appear to represent the same person because: These are duplicates. Please merge, and review spouse for duplicates. At least one child is a duplicate...Hannah? I will set up the merge for you all. Don't forget to "clean up" the bio field for duplicate info and headers after the merge. Thanks! Nae

posted Mar 17, 2014 by [Living Lockhart]

Rejected matches › William Ward (abt.1680-)

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William Ward III (1680 - 1767)

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