Sarah Steadman

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• Will: 23 Oct 1727, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Probate/Proved: 27 Nov 1727, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Sarah married Samuel Perry on 28 Jan 1668/69 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Samuel (son of John Perry and Elizabeth) was born on 1 Mar 1640/41 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was christened on 06 Mar 1641/42 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 16 Apr 1706 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Christened:
Her christening was recorded as 29 (9) 1674.

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Christened:
His christening was recorded as 29 (9) 1674.

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• Married: 30 May 1710, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Sarah Aldis. She died on Sunday 10 March 1715/16 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
• Married: 21 May 1716, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Smith.

Isaac married Sarah Hanchett on 21 Apr 1715 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Peter Hanchett and Mary Parker) was born on 16 Oct 1691 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jun 1775 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 11 Mar 1714/15, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; David Lyon. Issue: 1. Deborah Lyon 2. Mary Lyon 3. Rachel Lyon 4. Petetiah Lyon

Sarah married Jonas Whitney on 8 May 1735 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Jonas (son of Eleazer Whitney and Dorothy Ross) was born about 1709; was christened on 14 Jul 1723 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 14 Nov 1734, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; John Blancher.

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• Last Full Review: 6 Jul 2020

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Died:
He died from small pox.

Isaac married Abigail Pond on 19 Oct 1758 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 15 Nov 1759, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Rachel Whiting. Issue: 1. Prudence Whitney (1760-____) 2. Reuben Whitney (1762-____) 3. Lemuel Whitney (1765-____) 4. Jabez Whitney (1767-____) 5. Hannah Whitney (1772-1789) 6. Moses Whitney (1775-1859)
• Military: Abt 1776; He servied in the Roxbury Company under Captain Corey during the Revolutionary War.

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• Moved To: 1774, Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts

Sarah married Deacon Nehemiah Ward on 4 Oct 1773 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Nehemiah (son of Timothy Ward and Margaret Woodward) was born on 19 May 1751 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jan 1831 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 1767; He was taken into the household of Abraham Jackson.
• Married: 21 Mar 1768, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; Esther Jackson, the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hide) Jackson. She was born on 3 December 1748 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Isaac Whitney 2. Sally Whitney 3. Fanny Whitney 4. Abraham Whitney (1779-1853) 5. Abner Whitney (1780-1866) 6. Jacob Whitney (1784-1824)
• Military: 1775; He served in Captain Wiswell's Company which was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. He was promoted to Sergeant. Later during the war, he was promoted to Ensign.
• History: 13 Apr 1818; He was granted a pension for is Revolutionary War service. He was residing in Windsor County, Vermont at that time.

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• Married: 9 Mar 1769, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; Edward Ward, the son of Timothy and Margaret (Woodward) Ward. He was born on 12 January 1743/44 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He and Desire Whitney filed marriage intentions on 18 February 1769 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. He moved after 1772 to Warwick, now Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as his name appears on a jury list in Newton that year. He did soon build a home in what is now North Orange. After Desire's death, on 26 November 1778 Edward, at age 34, married Dorothy Twichell, in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. On 1 January 1781, in Benjamin Mayo's house, a committee met, which agreed to build a meeting house, more close to them. At the meeting were Benjamin Mayo; Nathan Goddard; Nehemiah Ward, serving as clerk; John Stow; Edward Ward; and Ebenezer Foskett. To this document they added the words, "Moreover, the subscribers do covenant, promise and agree that the said Meeting House is build and intended for a Congregational Church and Society to worship in; nevertheless, we do hereby covenant, promise and agree that whenever there shall be a Town, District or Parish set off by the General Court in this place then the said House shall be free for all the inhabitants thereof to hold all their legal, Town, District, or Parish meetings in." From this meeting house grew the Town of Orange, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was dedicated 31 March 1782. Orange remained a "District" until 1810 because the Massachusetts General Court wanted to limit membership.9 He served in 1788 in the District of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, as a Selectman. He appeared on the Census of 1790 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. The following notice appears in the town records: "Taken up in my encloser a black cow with a white face 7 or 8 years old. Edward Ward, March 22, 1798.." He died on Tuesday 2 September 1817 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Edward's gravestone inscription in North Orange Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, reads: Mr. Edward Ward d 2 Sept. 1817 æ. 73 Issue: 1. Amos Ward (1769-1840) 2. Sarah Ward (1771-____) 3. Molly Ward (1773-____)

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Buried:
Mrs. Desiah,
wife of Mr. Edward Ward
d. 23 June, 1778
æ. 26