Obadiah WARD

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My Ancestors: In Memory of John Paine and Mary Ann May of East Woodstock, Connecticut, 56
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol 1, 830
Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, 12
Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worchester County vol 1, 830
America's First Families

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                   Obadiah Ward, son of William Ward and Elizabeth, immigrated with Deacon William Ward about 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts; probably during the Spring. He lived in 1653 in Sudbury, Massachusetts where he had land assigned to him in Sudbury, Mass., on his coming of age in 1653.. He was granted land in 1657 in Marlborough, Massachusetts and was as early as 1661 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Obadiah was one of three men contracted to erect the frame for the minister's house. He was a lawyer, or at least is so appears, as it was he who bought the case against Thomas Rice for non payment of assessments on 6 April 1664 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He served on 9 May 1689 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as the Delegate to the Council for Safety of the People and Conservation of the Peace and served again on 22 May and 5 June 1689.  He served between 1690 and 1691 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, as a Representative to the Massachusetts General Court for Marlborough. He was a delegate to the Council for Safety of the People and Conservation of the Peace, May 9 and 22, and June 5, 1689 and  a representative at the General Court 1690-1691 during the critical period intervening between the forcible deposition of Governor Andros and the convening of the General Court under the new charter.This was the period between the removal of Governor Andros and the new Royal Charter.  http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~historyofMarlborough/familyward.htm


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America's First Families
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WARD  Abigail (Wheelock) d.aft.1717 Marlborough, MA
WARD  Elizabeth Mrs.  1613-1700 Marlborough, MA
WARD  George d1653 Branford, MA
WARD  Hester (Sherman) 1606-1666 MA
WARD  Increase b1644- Sudbury, MA
WARD  John    Ens. 1626-1708 Newton, MA
WARD  John    Rev. 1606-1693 Haverhill, MA
WARD  Joseph 1670-1717 Marlborough, MA
WARD  Nathaniel   Rev. 1578-1653 Ipswich, MA
WARD  Obadiah 1623-1718 Marlborough, MA
WARD  Samuel 1641-1727 Marlborough, MA
WARD  Samuel d1682 Charlestown, MA
WARD  Sarah (Howe) m1667-1707 Marlborough, MA
WARD  William 1597--1687 Marlbourough, MA
WARD  William c1597-1687 Marlbrough/SudburyMA
WARD  William d1687 Marlbrough

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