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Sources:

History of the Brigham Family
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM WARD OF SUDBURY BORN ABT 1603, AND OTHER RELATED FAMILIES
Ward Family Association
W. Howe
Robert Roy's Genealogical Files
Howe Genealogies

Notes:

                   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 Books.

Walt Howe   walt@walthowe.com



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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.  He was the son of William Ward and Hannah Brigham.  Col. Nahum Ward was born on 18 December 1684.  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.  He died on Tuesday, 7 May 1754 at Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, at age 69 years, 5 months and 1 day.

Citations
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     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.
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     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.