Increase WARD

                   http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/roy/p34.htm#i3308
Record Wheelock1 (F)
b. 15 December 1644, d. 26 July 1726

       Record Wheelock was born on 15 December 1644 at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, her birth was recorded as 15 (10) 1644.2,3,1,4,5 She was the daughter of Rev. Ralph Wheelock and Rebecca Wilkerson.2,3,1,4,5 Record Wheelock was baptized on 22 December 1644 at Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.2 On 3 October 1672 at Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Record married Increase Ward, son of Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth (?). According to the marriage intentions filed, he was living in Shrewsbury, Mass. at the time of his wedding.3,6,1,7,8,5 Record Wheelock and Increase Ward lived in 1673 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, They lived in that part of Marlborough, which in 1717, became Westborough and later Northborough. There he ran a sawmill.1 Record Wheelock served in 1689 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as Town Clerk.5 She died on Friday, 26 July 1726 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 81 years, 7 months and 11 days.1,7,8,5

       Children of Record Wheelock and Increase Ward:
      Increase Ward   b. 15 Oct 1673
      Tabitha Ward   b. 16 May 1675
      Record Ward   b. 28 Jun 1677, d. 4 Nov 1746
      Rebecca Ward   b. 15 Nov 1678, d. 8 Jul 1698
      Eleazer Ward   b. 12 Aug 1680, d. 8 Sep 1708
      Thomas Ward   b. 1684, d. Aug 1747
      Oliver Ward   b. 1686

Citations

     1. [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.
     2. [S15] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts. volume 1: Births and Baptisms. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989).
     3. [S27] Tilden, William S.. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886. 1887. Reprint Medfield, Massachusetts: Medfield Historical Society, 1975.
     4. [S305] Trask, William B.. "Early Records of Boston", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume VIII (1854).
     5. [S745] Bullard, Edgar J.. Bullard and Allied Families. Detroit: Private Publisher, 1930.
     6. [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.
     7. [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.
     8. [S809] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.




TO:  Edmund Rice Assn., Wheelock Assn., Robert Roy, & Hulda's Site (2004)
Please share your data for Record Wheelock (wife of Increase Ward & daughter of Ralph Wheelock & Rebecca Clarke) & Record Ward (wife of Thomas Newton & daughter of Increase Ward & Rebecca Wheelock) with the Edmund Rice Assn. and the Wheelock Family Genealogy.  This info is important to tie the families of Ward & Wheelock together on both sites.  I put this puzzle together from http://www.thescenicroute.com/cmterrell/hulda/d2043.htm#P6823 & http://www.theroyfamily.com/gen/roy/p34.htm#i3308.

Edmund Rice Association
http://www.dearroz.pointclark.net/ERA/ERA_Test-p/p45.htm#i3298
http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/    Compiler:  Col G King

Record Ward1 (F)
b. 28 Jan 1677, d. 04 Nov 1746
       Record Ward was born on 28 January 1677 at Marlborough, MA; (June per county records).2 She married Thomas Newton on 17 August 1698 at Marlborough, MA; both of Marlborough.3,2,4 Record Ward died on 4 November 1746 at Westborough, MA; under the name Newton.5
       Her married name was Newton.
       Children of Record Ward and Thomas Newton:
      Obadiah Newton+   (06 Jan 1701/2)
      Persis Newton+   (19 Apr 1713 - 10 Oct 1746)
     1. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, pp. 77, 268.
     2. [S22] Mass Marlborough, Marlborough, MA, Vital Records.
     3. [S1] Andrew Henshaw Ward, The Rice Family, p. 268.
     4. [S274] Marlborough, MA VR Index : p. 1:201.
     5. [S74] Westborough MA, Westborough, MA Vital Records.

Wheelock Association
http://www.wheelockgenealogy.com/ged/ralphdsc/d0000/g0000075.html#I161

Record WARD
      * BIRTH: 28 JUN 1677, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
        Marlborough Vital Records
      * DEATH: 4 NOV 1746, Westboro, Worcester, MA
Father: Increase WARD
Mother: Record WHEELOCK
The Marlborough Vital Records report that Increase died "in his 46th yr". He was the son of William Ward and Elizabeth ____.
Record WHEELOCK
      * BIRTH: 15 DEC 1644, Dedham, Suffolk, MA
        Dedham Vital Records
      * DEATH: 26 JUL 1726
        "Ward Family; Descendants of William Ward, Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., In 1639", by Andrew Henshaw Ward, AM, published by Samuel G. Drake, Boston, 1851.
Father: Ralph WHEELOCK
Mother: Rebecca CLARKE
Family 1 : Increase WARD
      * MARRIAGE: 3 OCT 1672, Medfield, Norfolk, MA
        Medfield Vital Records
     1.  Increase WARD
     2.  Tabitha WARD
     3.  Record WARD
     4.  Rebecca WARD
     5.  Eleazar WARD
     6.  Thomas WARD
     7.  Oliver WARD