Hannah Ward (1717 - 1817)

Born 12 Mar 1717 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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Died 1817 at about age 99 in Southborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Hannah Ward was born on 12 Mar 1717, the daughter of William III and Jane (Cleveland) Ward.^[1][2]

According to the Cleveland Genealogy, Hannah Ward married Ephraim Ward as his second wife Ward.^[2] He was the son of Samuel and Mary Ward. His first wife was Susannah Weeks, who died 13 June 1740 at Southborough. Ephraim and Hannah had at least the following children:

• Abner Ward, b. Sept. 2, 1743^[3]
• Susanna Ward, b. Dec. 23, 1746^[4]; d. Southboro, Mass., June 1, 1824, unm.
• Charles Ward, b. Aug. 23, 1749,^[5] m. Alice. Dwelt Southboro, af. Corinth, Orange co., Vt.
• Hannah Ward, b. Dec. 25, 1751^[6]; m. Dec. 2, 1773, Jonas Woods.
• Eneas Ward, b. May 30, 1754^[7]
• Jane Ward, b. Aug. 26, 1757^[8]; m. Dec. 25, 1777, David Fay.
• Ezra Ward, b. Apr. 14, 1761^[9]; d. in army, unm.
• Tirzah Ward, b. Mar. 18, 1763, m. Benjamin Angier.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5N4-Y43 : 4 December 2014), Hannah Ward, 12 Mar 1717; citing MARLBORO,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0844943 IT 2.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Cleveland, Edmund Janes and Horace Gillette Cleveland, The genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland families. Hartford, Conn., Printed for the subscribers by the Case, Lockwood & Brainard company, 1899. Accessed at HathiTrust.org on 20 Aug 2020. Vol. 1, Page 66 Page 66 and Page 127 Page 127.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJ5-PLH : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Aabner Ward, 1743.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJT-3Z1 : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Susanna Ward, 1746.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJT-38S : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Charles Ward, 1749.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJ5-PLJ : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Hannah Ward, 1751.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJ5-PL2 : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for A...neas Ward, 1754.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJT-388 : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Jane Ward, 1757.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJ5-PLT : 15 January 2020), Ephraim Ward in entry for Ezra Ward, 1761.