Jonathan Ward (1674 - 1723)

Born 22 Apr 1674 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Hall) Woodward — married 31 Dec 1700 in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 16 Jul 1723 at age 49 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England

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Biography

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Jonathan Ward, son of John Ward and Hannah (Jackson) Ward, was born 22 Apr 1674, in Newton, Massachusetts.^[1]

He married Abigail Hall, 31 Dec 1700, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1]

Jonathan Ward died in the same town he was born in, Newton, 16 Jul 1723.^[1]

Jonathan Ward, yeoman, died without a will and his wife, Abigail, was given administration of his estate. Among his inventoried goods was a loom and spinning wheel, which of course may have been his wife's. Beside the usual cattle and other farm animals Jonathan also kept bees and geese.

At the time of the settlement of his estate in 1728, his widow had her thirds set off, Nehemiah the oldest son had a double portion (two shares) and Remember, Ebenezer and Ichabod had one share each.^[2]

Children: all births recorded in the Newton Vital Records.^[1]

1. Ebenezer b. Nov. 2, 1701;^[1][2] died young.^[2]
2. Thankful, daughter, b. Oct. 14, 1702;^[1][2] died young.^[2]
3. Nehemiah b. July 20, 1704;^[1][2] married and had a son Nehemiah b about 1738 in Harpswell, Me., who served in the French Wars 1758-1760^[2]
4. Remember, daughter, b. 1705;^[1][2] died August 1760;^[2] married Oct. 19, 1726, David Richardson of Newton^[1][2] (who had been married to Esther Ward.^[2]
5. Ebenezer b. Apr. 17, 1709;^[1][2] m. Jan. 9, 1727/8 Mary Fissher.^[1][2]
6. Ichabod b. Sept. 14, 1712;^[1][2] married Phebe Tyler. In 1753 he was of Ashford, Connecticut; and in 1757 of Attleboro, Massachusetts.^[2]
7. Mary b. Feb. 3, 1714;^[1][2] d. before 1728^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905. births pp. 200, 198, 202, 203; marriages pp 395, 396; death p. 511
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Martyn, Charles. William Ward Genealogy (The).: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward of the Seventh Generation, 1925.