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."