Biographical Summary:

Nathaniel Ward, Hartford, 1638; an original proprietor; his home-lot in 1639 was on the south bank of the Little River. Chosen townsman, 1639, 1640; constable, 1652, 1657. He married (probably for 2d wife) Jane, widow of John Hopkins, of Hartford; freed from training, etc., March, 1657-8. He was called "of Norwattock," September 11, 1660. One of the "with-drawers" to Hadley, 1659; he died there, buried June 1, 1664; he died childless, and in his will, dated May 27, 1664, he leaves half his estate to kinsman, William Markham, and mentions kinswoman Elizabeth Hawks, sister Cutting, sister Allen and her son Daniel, kinsman Noyes, and the Hadley school. His widow married (3) Gregory Wolterton, of Hartford.

SOURCE: James Hammond Trumbull, editor, The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884, Volume 1 (Boston, Massachusetts: Edward L. Osgood, 1886), page 266. Retrieved: 3 May 2011 from Google Books