William Ward

Notes:

From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: Tabitha Ward was born 16 May 1675, and was daughter of Increase and Record Ward, and Granddaughter of William Ward.
William Ward was in Sudbury as early as 1639, and was proprietor of lands there. He was living at that time with his second wife, who was named Elizabeth. He represented Sudbury in 1644 in teh General court. he was for several years Chairman of Selectmen there. he moved to Marlboro in 1660, and ied there, 10 August 1687. He was one of the founders of the town of Marlborough, Deacon in the Church first organized there, Deputy to the General Court from Marlboro in 1666, and in the garrison at Sudbury in King Philip's War. A book of genealogy entitled "The Ward Family and Descendants of William Ward who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639" by Andrew Henshaw Ward, A.M., says "that his house and fifty acre house lot were situated on the South side of the road in Marlborough and nearly opposite the site of the first meeting house, which was not far from where the Gates Academy now (1851) stands;" that "his lands by subsequent acquisitions extended Westward to what in some of his conveyances he called Belcher's Pond, near which was erected the public house, long known as the Williams Tavern, and kept by Abraham Williams, who married his eldest daughter;" that "he endured great hardships and sustained great losses by Indian hostilities, more especially in the time of King Philip's War, when his buildings were fired, his cattle destroyed, and one of his sons slain by the enemy;" and "that his second wife, when past her 74th year, made several journeys to Boston, as appears by the records there before she affected a settlement of his estate with the exorbitant and tyrannical Andros, Governor, Judge of Probate, etc. Considering the distance she resided from Boston, exceeding thirty miles, much of the way a wilderness frequented by lurking savages, a bridle way her road and on which one of her sons had been a few years before shot down by the enemy at noonday, she must have been a person of fortitude and possessed of physical poweres to and unlimited degree."

Records of the Mass. Bay Colony. Vol. 2, 66:" The 29th of the 3th Mo, a 1644. At a Gerrall Cort of Election at Boston. Psent, The Govrnor, Deputies Psent. ... Willi: Ward."

Records of the Mass. Bay Colony. Vol. 3, 1: "Att a Generall Courte of Elections held att Boston the 4th and 5th Monnths, 1644. The Acts & Determinatons of the House of Deputyes. The sevall names of those townes, wth theire Beputies yt were return'd with ye warrants to serfve att this Courte, vizt: Sudbury ... William Ward."

William married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1613; died on 09 Dec 1700. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 38: "Increase Ward of Marlboro. His farm was on the river, and he had a saw mill. He died 4 August 1690 aged 46. His wife died 26 July 1726. The Ward Genealogy above mentioned says that he was born 22 February 1644, and resided in that part of Marlborough which is now Northboro."

Increase married Record. Record died on 26 Jul 1726. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

William Jr. may be from William Sr.'s first wife rather than Elizabeth.

Notes:

From "Some Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Converse, Jr." page 37: "Samuel Fay, born 11 October 1673; died previous to 1749; married, 16 May 1699, Tabitha Ward.
Tabitha Ward was born 16 May 1675, and was daughter of Increase and Record Ward, and granddaughter of William Ward."

Tabitha married Samuel Fay on 16 May 1699. Samuel (son of John Fay and Mary Brigham) was born on 11 Oct 1673; died before 1749. [Group Sheet]

Abigail married Thomas Convers on 03 Nov 1737. Thomas (son of Samuel Convers and Dorcas) was born on 28 Oct 1699 in Wobrun, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died about 1760 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticutt. [Group Sheet]