Richard Ward (1635 - 1666)

Born 1635 in England

Husband of Mary (Moore) Stone — married 8 Sep 1661 (to before 31 Mar 1666) in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 31 Mar 1666 at about age 31 in Sudbury River, Massachusetts

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Biography

Richard Ward immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

This profile is part of the Ward Name Study.

Richard Ward has English ancestors.

Richard Ward married Mary Moore on 8 Sept 1661, in Sudbury, MA.^[1]

Children of Richard & Mary Ward, both born in Sudbury:

• Obadiah Ward b. 19 Apr 1663^[1]
  
• Lydia Ward b. 16 Mar 1664^[1]

Richard drowned in the Sudbury River, on 31 Mar 1666.^[1]

Mary, his wife, subsequently married on 2 Nov 1667, Daniel Stone.^[1]. She is frequently mistaken for a daughter of William Ward, because she is listed as Mary Stone in William's will.

From William Ward Genealogy

"5. Richard Ward, born in England about 1635, died March 31, 1666, by drowning in the Sudbury River. He married September 8, 1661, in Sudbury, Mass., Mary Moores, daughter of John and Elizabeth Moores. She died June 10, 1703.

"His widow and William Ward were appointed guardians of the children during their minority. She married (2) Deacon Daniel Stone of Sudbury and bore him eight children.

"Children, born in Sudbury:

46. Obadiah,' born April 19, 1663.

47. Lydia, born March 16, 1665."^[2]

Notes

From Schueths.com: Schueths Notes (Unsourced genealogy.)

'was born about 1635 in England. He died on 31 Mar 1666 in drowned.' Info

I found on son if Richard Ward - Obadiah Ward: ""DWS: A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers Of New England By James Savage, Former President Of The Massachusetts Historical Society Baltimore Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Originally Published Boston, 1860-1862:

"OBADIAH, Sudbury, s. of Richard of the same, m. 20 Dec. 1693, Joanna, the young wid. of Joseph Harrington, d. of Isaac Mixer, had Richard, b. 1694; Obadiah, 1695; Hannah, 1696; Daniel, 1700; Sarah, 1701; Dorinada or Dorinda (if either be not too absurd a name), 26 Nov. 1702; Uriah, 23 Dec. 1704, k. by the Ind. at Rutland, in garrison, 3 Aug. 1724; Isaac, Mar. 1707; and Thankful, 15 Feb. 1712; rem. 1716 to Worcester, there d. 17 Dec. 1717, in his will of the preced. day, prov. Joanna to be his wife, not his uncle's, giv. only to his two oldest ch. portions of his prop. and residue to his w. at her discret. for the other childr. The wid. liv. with s. Isaac in Framingham 1725."

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} "Sudbury Records." New England Historical and Genealogical Record. Vol 17 pp 254,255,256.
2. ↑ The William Ward genealogy : the history of the descendants ... Martyn, Charles, b. 1874., p. 68, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067294322;view=1up;seq=129

• "Sudbury Records." New England Historical and Genealogical Record. Vol 17 pp 254,255,256.

• 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, The William Ward genealogy ... at HathiTrust.org.

See also:

• Sudbury (Mass. : Town), 1903 Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston: New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Archive.org accessed 15 May 2016, Death - Page 328, Marriage - Page 281, Birth of son, Obadiah - Page 148.
• New England Family History (Henry Cole Quinby, New York, N.Y., 1907) Vol. 1, Page 38
• Plummer, John. The English Origin of John¹ Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1991) Vol. 66, Page 77.