Eleazer Ward

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• Military: 1710, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; His name drawn to go to Port Royal and Canada in 1710. Eleazer received a grant of land in the South Gore for his military service.
• Offices Held: 1710, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1710 he was the Surveyor of Highway for Newton, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: 1711, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1711 he was a Constable in Newton.
• Petition: 1713, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1713 he was a signer of the petition to the Massachusetts General Court for a meeting house more accessible to residents of the south side of Newton.
• Offices Held: 1714, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman for Newton, Massachusetts in 1714. He again served as a Newton Selectman in 1716, and from 1734 to 1735.
• Offices Held: 1714, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1714 he was a member of the Committee to ordain the Rev. John Cotton.
• Offices Held: 1714, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1714 he was a member of the Committee to Petition the Massachusetts General Court to arbitrate in dispute over the site of a meetinghouse.
• Offices Held: 1718, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1718 he was the Assessor for Newton, Massachusetts. He served again from 1725 to 1730.
• Offices Held: From 1719 to 1720, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; From 1719 to 1720 he was a member of the Newton Committee on Highways. He served again in 1736.
• Offices Held: 1720, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the School Committee in 1720.
• Offices Held: 1722, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1722 he was a member of the Committee to Defend the Ministry and to bring back the six families allowed to worship in Roxbury back into the Newton meeting.
• Offices Held: From 1725 to 1730, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; From 1725 to 1730 he was the Newton Fence Viewer.
• Offices Held: 1727, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1727 he was a member of the Committee on the Cambridge Great Bridge. He served again in 1730, 1732 to 1733, and 1735.
• Offices Held: From 1730 to 1732, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; From 1730 to 1732 he was the Overseer of the Poor for Newton, Massachusetts.
• Land/House: 1734; About 1734, Eleazer represented to the General Court that he had served many Royal and was wounded, causing him much expense, that he was old and disabled by his hardships, had three sons, and no land to settle years in the Indian wars, and was in the expedition against Port on, and asked for a grant: on which, 10 Dec, 1734, in the House of Representatives it was ordered that 150 acres be granted to him on conditions that he or his heirs or assigns settle the same within three years, build and finish a house at least 18 feet square and 7 feet stud, and break up or bring to five acres of English grass and well enclose the same. In April, 1735, a tract was laid out and confirmed to him, a plan of which is in the State archives endorsed as follows: "This plan contains 150 acres of Province Land which lyeth S. of Oxford west from New Sherburn: bounded south on province land, west on a 500 acre farm called y^e 'mlnde farm,' laid out for N. Ingham and his company."
• Offices Held: 1734, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1734 he was a member of the Committee to Seat the Newton Meeting House.
• Offices Held: 1734, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; In 1734 he was elected a selectman and served for several years.
• Offices Held: 1736, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; He was a member of the Committee to Study Legislation on Bills of Credit in 1736.
• Moved To: 1738, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In 1738 he moved to Oxford, Massachusetts having purchased the Elliot grist-mill in Oxford.
• Offices Held: From 1738 to 1741, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; From 1738 to 1741 he was a Selectman for Oxford, Massachusetts.
• Offices Held: From 1738 to 1746, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; From 1738 to 1746 he was the Oxford Town Clerk.
• Offices Held: 1739, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; In 1739 he was the Oxford Town Moderator.
• Last Full Review: 26 Mar 2021

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Eleazer married Deliverance Trowbridge in 1707 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Deliverance (daughter of Deacon James Trowbridge and Margaret Jackson) was born on 30 Dec 1679 in Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1742 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]