William WARD

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The Howe Genealogies by Daniel Wait Howe list Nahum Ward as the son of William Ward and Hannah Brigham. There is more detail in the book.  Daniel Howe, Martha's father, born about 1658, married Elizabeth Kerley (not Kerby), daughter of Capt. Henry and Elisabeth (White) Kerley on 6 October 1686. He was a Selectman and large landholder in Marlborough, and died on 26 April 1718. They had seven children; Martha was the first.  Daniel is the first of 10 children of Abraham How of Marlborough and Watertown, MA and Hannah Ward, daughter of William and Elizabeth Ward, married on 26 March 1657 in Watertown. They moved to Marlborough in 1661. His will is on record and listed in the Howe Genealogies.  Abraham How may have come from Devonshire, England.  The Howe Genealogies, Boston 1929, are in two volumes. You want the volume for Abraham Howe of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough, and Edward of Lynn. It is available for purchase from Higginson Book   Col.) Nahum, b. 18 Dec., 1684; m. 16 July, 1714, Martha, dau. of Capt. Daniel and Elizabeth (Kerley) Howe; b. 30 July, 1687; followed the sea in early life, and then moved to Shrewsbury, where he was a Colonel, J. P., Rep. and Judge. Their sixth child was (Gen.) Artemas4, b. 1727; grad. Harvard Coll., 1748, was Major in the French War; at the opening of the Revolution was appointed General and Commander-in-chief of all the forces raised by the Colony; he had command of the troops besieging Boston until the appointment of Washington as Commander-in-chief. He then commanded the right wing of the besieging army until the capitulation, after which he had command of the department of the East. He served several terms in Congress, was president of the governor's council, and until his death judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Worcester County.    http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/roy/p135.htm#i13435 Col. Nahum Ward (M) b. 6 December 1684, d. 7 May 1754 Col. Nahum Ward was born on 6 December 1684 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1,2 He was the son of William Ward and Hannah Brigham.3,2,1,4 Or Col. Nahum Ward was born on 18 December 1684.2,4,5 On 6 July 1714 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Col. Nahum Ward was married to Martha Howe, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Kerly) Howe of Marlborough, making her his first cousin, once removed. She was born 13 July 1687 in Marlborough and died 1 July 1755 in Shrewsbury. They had seven children.3,2,5 He died on Tuesday, 7 May 1754 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 69 years, 5 months and 1 day.3,2  Citations 1. [S66] Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough. Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862. 2. [S51] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925. 3. [S41] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, with Other Matter Relating thereto Not Before Published, Including an Extensive Family Register. 1847. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989. 4. [S809] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851. 5. [S970] Brigham, Willard Irving Tyler. The History of the Brigham Family, a Record of several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653. New York: The Grafton Press, 1907.    

History of Shrewsbury http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2771/jolley.html#index Nahum Ward, who bought the Newtons' share of Haynes' Farm, though not one of the twenty-three owners in 1717, was one of the first comers here and his purchase, a large tract, lay on the south side of the road opposite the common, extending thence both easterly and westerly. His great-grandson, author of a history of Shrewsbury, supposes he was here before 1718, and living near the Jonas Stone house (now owned by Mr. Frederick Stone, of Boston), but William Taylor at that time owned the land where that house stands, and Mr. Ward owned no land nearer than the south side of the Great Road. Mr. Ward was colonel of a militia regiment in the Provincial Line, and chairman of the first and member of many subsequent Boards of Selectmen; many times representative to the General Court, and a justice of the Worcester County Court of Common Pleas, 1745-62. He was admitted to the Worcester bar in 1731, but I have not found a case of his acting as counsel except in the Malden suit elsewhere mentioned. He was father of General Artemas Ward and ancestor of all who ever bore the Ward name in Shrewsbury. William Ward, who came from York, England, to Sudbury, about 1640, was his grandfather.END   
		
		


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Title: Robert Roy's Genealogical FilesPublication: http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/roy/index.htmRepository: Media: Electronic 
Title: W. HoweRepository: Media: Electronic 
Title: Howe GenealogiesAuthor: Hon. Daniel Wait Howe, Edited by Gilman Bigelow HowePublication: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA,1929Note: This Volume Contains Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, ABRAHAM OF Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts. Also the Appendix.Note: ExcellentRepository: Note: http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=11748&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0Media: Book