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John Ward (1710 - 1786)

John Ward
Born in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Provincemap
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Son of and
Brother of , [half] and
Husband of — married 8 Feb 1738 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Provincemap
Husband of — married 28 Nov 1751 in Newton, Massachusettsmap
Descendants descendants
Father of
Died at age 76 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.

John was born in 1710.

Rebeckah Woodward married John Ward in Newton on 8 Feb 1737-8.[1]

No children of John and Rebeckah Ward have been found in Newton vital records.

Rebeckah Woodward Ward died in Newton on 5 Dec 1741.[2]. Perhaps an unsuccessful pregnancy?

John Ward then married Abiel/Abigail Eaton of Roxbury, in Roxbury on 28 Nov 1751.[3] The couple had declared their intentions in Newton on 22 Sep 1751.[4]

John and Abigail's marriage was recorded as 28 Nov 1751 in one Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts register.[5]

Mr. John Ward died in Newton on 24 Aug 1786. His second wife Abiel had died two years earlier, on 14 Feb 1784[6]

John and Abial Ward had, in Newton:[7]

  • John, b. 10 Nov 1752
  • Rebeckah, b. 17 May 1754 (one record says 1744)
  • Jason, b. 27 Feb 1759
  • Eunice, b. 5 Jan 1760

Sources

  1. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Marriages, pp. 396, 413
  2. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Deaths, p. 511
  3. ↑ Suffolk, Vital Records of Roxbury Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, Vol. II - Marriages and Deaths, p. 133
  4. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Marriages, pp. 396, 275
  5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4F-H3ZF-X?cc=1935767
  6. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Deaths, p. 510-511
  7. ↑ Middlesex, Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, Births, pp.198-203.
  • North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016




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Hancock-3896 Paul Hancock
Note that the birth record used for this profile is the same as is used for John Ward (1710-1785) but the death record is different. Should these profiles be merged?
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Brian Murphy
I agree with your proposed merge. However I’m not on the trusted list of the other John Ward, so can’t effect a merger.
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