Andrew WARD

                   of Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Ancestor of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Junior who established theChurch of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by direction of Heavenly Messengers.
Ancestor also of Aaron BURR and Reverend Henry Ward BEECHER.
Sources:Sherman Genealogies, Ward Family Genealogy by C.K.Ward(1597-1910).
Ancestry & Posterity of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale.
A grandmother was Anne GUNVILLE (AKA GONVILLES), also descendent fromSir John
HARE, LLD. who d. 1526.  He is also an ancestor of Joseph SMITH,
Prophet/Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, byDivine
Instruction.
Commissioner appointed by Mass. to govern Conn. March 1636.
Assistant, Conn. Colonel April 1636, Sept. 1636, March 1637, May 1637.
Deputy (Wethersfield) to Conn. Legion Nov 1637, March 1638, April 1638,
Aug. 1639, Sept. 1639,
Jan. 1640.
Magistrate to Stamford town Oct. 1642;
Deputy Magistrate April 1643.
Deputy (Stamford) to New Haven Legion April 1644.
Assistant, New Haven Colonel Oct 1646.
Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn. Legion May 1648, May 1649, Sept 1649, May
1650, Sept 1650, May 1651, May 1652, May 1653, Sept 1653, May 1654, Oct
1654, May 1655,May 1656, Oct 1656, Oct 1658.
War Committee to Fairfield May 1653, Oct 1654.
Name: **Andrew Ward
Sex: M
Birth: 1597 in Fairfield, Connecticut
Note: Made a freeman 3 MAR 1633/34 Watertown, MA
Death: 28 FEB 1659 in Fairfield, Connecticut
Note:
Note: WARD, ANDREW (d. 1659). Commissioner appointed by Mass. toGovern Conn., Mar., 1636; Assistant, Conn. Col., Apr., 1636.Sept., 1636, Mar., 1637, May, 1637; Deputy (Wethersfield) toConn. Leg., Nov., 1637, Mar., 1638, Apr., 1638, Aug, 1639,Sept., 1639, Jan., 1640; Judge (Stamford town), Oct., 1642; Dep.Judge, Apr., 1643; Deputy (Stamford) to NH Leg., Apr., 1644;Assistant, NH Col., Oct., 1646; Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn.Leg., May, 1648, May, 1649, Sept., 1649, May, 1650, Sept., 1650,May, 1651, May, 1652, May, 1653, Sept., 1653, May, 1654, Oct.,1654, May, 1655, May, 1656, Oct., 1656, Oct., 1658; warcommittee for Fairfield, May, 1653, Oct., 1654.
--1587-1659. (Mass., Conn.) One of the Commissioners appointedby the General --Court of Massachusetts Bay, 1635, to governConnecticut. Deputy to the --Connecticut General Court fromWethersfield, 1636-1639; from Stamford, 1643, --1644; fromWethersfield, 1648-1656.
From Schenck's History of Fairfield: On the 3. of March 1636, hewas appointed with Roger Ludlow & six others by the Gen. Ct. ofMass. to govern the colony of Conn. for one year. He wastherfore one of the assistants or judges of the firstlegislative body held in Conn. at Newtown or Hartford, on the26. of April 1636. In 1638, he was appointed with Capt. JohnMason & Mr. Allen to go to Agawam or Springfield, to treat withthe Indians of Waronocke concerning the tribute towards thecharges of the Pequot war, to the value of one fathom of wampuma man, & also to the Nawattocke & Pacomtuckett Indians onefathom & quarter a man. He removed to New Haven soon after, &his name is there found among the free planters at the gatheringof the church on the 4. of June 1639. On the 27. of Oct. 1641,he was with Francis Bell represented at Stamford & N. H., &bother were admitted members of that court, & received thecharge of freeman. At a Gen. Ct. held at New Haven on the 4.March 1640, Andrew Ward & Robert Coe of Weathersfield wereappointed to treat with that court about the plantation (latelypurchased by said town) called Toquams, or Stamford. He wasappointed constable of Stamford on the 26. of March 1640. At theassembling of the Gen. Ct. of N. H. on the 5. of April 1643, hisletter was presented, written in the name of the freeholders,introducing Capt. John Underhill & Richard Gildersleeve, asdeputies to that court from Stamford; at the same timerequesting that a magistrate might be chosen, for the betteradminsistration of the prudential affairs of that town. He, withRobert Coe, was appointed to assist at the next Gen. Ct. ofElection at New Haven, in counsel & advice for the more comelycarrying on of public affairs. He was again elected one of thedeputies from Stamford to the General Court of N. H. in 1644 &in 1646. He may have gone, as Trumbull & Goodwin think toHempstead, L. I. but he could only have remained there a shorttime, for, on the 6. of Oct. 1651, at the sitting of the GeneralCourt at Hartford, he was appointed with John Banks of Fairfieldto settle the estate of Peter Johnson of F.. At the same timehe, with George Hull & William Bearsley of Stratford, werenominated as assistants, to join with the magistrates for theexecution of justice in the towns of Conn. by the sea-side.About 1651, he purchased Simon Hoyt's home-lot w. of Hyde'spond, which he sold in 1653, to Edward Adams; & purchased fromAlaexander Bryan the same year, Thomas Newton's house andhome-lot on the Ludlow Square. He was one of the most important,& one of the most influential men in Fairfield.
Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America, page 438 (film 1598023)