Captain Samuel Ward

Other Events and Attributes:

• Oath: 1662, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He took the Oath of Fidelity.
• Married: 6 Jun 1667, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (1) Sarah Howe, the daughter of John and Mary Howe. She was born on 25 September 1644 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. She died on Thursday 11 August 1707 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Sarah Ward (1668-1729) 2. Joseph Ward (1670-1717) 3. Elizabeth Ward (1672-1748) 4. Mary Ward (1676-1742) 5. Samuel Ward (1678-1738) 6. Bethiah Ward (1681-1757) 7. Daniel Ward (1687-1700)
• Offices Held: 1679 to 1680, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Sudbury.
• History: 1687, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He inherited the home of his father, William. This house was a place of midweek church meetings and lodging for visiting ministers. It served as a garrison-house during the Indian Wars from 1689 to 1713.
• Married: 25 May 1710, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; (2) Elizabeth Beers, the daughter of Captain Richard and Elizabeth Beers. She was born in Watertown, Massachusetts.
• Will: 22 May 1727, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; His will contains the words, "well stricken in years and crazy in body, but of perfect mind as well as in body."
• Probate/Proved: 19 Dec 1729; According to Martyn (1925): "His will was contested in Probate Court, December 19, 1729, by all his children and heirs (except his son Samuel, the chief beneficiary in virture of a concurrent agreement to care for him and his wife during their lives) on the ground that he was crazy in mind as well as in body. At length the heirs agreed among themselves touching his will, and desired the judge to approve it."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: Abt 1638, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; William Ward arrived in Boston, probably in the Spring, with his children: John, Joanna, Obadiah, Richard, and Deborah.
• Residence: 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Land/House: 18 Nov 1640, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; William received a land grant, the date being recorded as 18 (9) 1640.
• Freeman: 10 May 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1644, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Sudbury.
• Offices Held: say 1645, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Chairman of the Board of Selectman from Sudbury for several years.
• Offices Held: 1646, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was one of the Commissioners to End Small Causes.
• History: 1656; He signed the petition to the General Court for the Town of Marlborough.
• Land/House: 1657, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was granted land in Marlborough.
• Residence: 1661, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Legal: 4 Oct 1664, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Deacon William Ward deposed giving his age as about 61 years. The deposition was dated 4 (8) 1664.
• Offices Held: 1666, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Marlborough.
• Religion: 1666, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was one of the founders of the church in Marlborough, and was made a Deacon at that time.
• History: 1 Oct 1675, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; William's home was designated a garrison house, with his son Samuel's and his daughter, Hannah's families assigned to that garrison on 1 October 1675.
• Will: 6 Apr 1686, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He mentions his wife, Elizabeth, and his children: John, Increase, and Hannah.
• Complier's Note: 1994; Ward (1851) adds one more child, Mary. He derived this from the second wife of Daniel Stone, however "Ward" was her married name, not her maiden name.

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William married Elizabeth about 1638 in England. Elizabeth was born on 9 Dec 1613; died on 9 Dec 1700 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]