Andrew Ward, II

from meigs.org:

They had 10 children. He was made a freeman in 1668. Andrew is the fourth child of Andrew Ward, Sr., who was born in Homersfield, Norfolk Co., England; emigrated to America and was in Watertown, MA.; made a freeman on March 3, 1634.

Andrew, of Killingworth, adm. freem. 1668, m. Trial, d. of John Meigs of Guilford, had Andrew, b. 1669; John, 16 Mar. 1671; Abigail, 15 Sept. 1672; Sarah, 15 Nov. 1674; Peter, 14 Oct. 1676; William 18 Oct. 1678; Samuel, 24 Sept. 1680, d. next yr.; Esther, 2 May 1684, d. next mo.; Mary; and Ann; and he d. a. 1691.2

ca 1668 Andrew married Trial Meigs, daughter of John Meigs (ca Jan 1612-4 Jan 1672) & Thomasine Frye (-4 Jan 1672). Born ca 1646. Trial died in 1690.

Notes for Capt. William Ward:

Capt. William Ward. Born on 18 Oct 1678 in Killingworth, CT.30 William died in Wallingford, CT, on 18 Dec 1768; he was 90.30 Buried in Center St. Cem., Wallingford.

On 14 Dec 1701 when William was 23, he first married Lettice Beach (18481) , daughter of John Beach (20680) (19 Oct 1655-6 Jun 1709) & Mary Royce (7246) (ca 1658-).30 Born on 24 Dec 1679 in Wallingford, CT.31

Children of William and Lettice (Beach) Ward, born at Wallingford:

   i. Macock, b. 17 Jul 1702; 

   ii. Mary, b. 20 Mar 1703, d. 11 Jun 1767 at Wallingford, m. there 9 Nov 1727 Phineas Atwater (son of John and Abigail (Mansfield) Atwater); 

   iii. William, b. 7 Jan 1705; 

   iv. Lettice, b. 7 Jun 1711; 

   v. John, b. 10 Jan 1714; 

   vi. Tryal, b. 10 Jan 1716; 

   vii. Zenas, b. 17 Sep 1720; and 

   viii. Titus, b. 27 Apr 1723.

Their children include:

29779 i.  Macock Ward (17 Jul 1702-6 May 1783) 

29780 ii.  Ambrose Ward (6 Mar 1709-1737) 

William second married Ruth [Ward].

Sources:

1. Donald L. Jacobus, Families of Ancient New Haven, 1922-1932, 3 volumes.

2. Joseph Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Originally published 1860.

Note: "Andrew, Junior settled in Killingworth in 1668 and is included on the 1669 list of freemen there. He paid £ 1 in March 1687 as part of the settlement of the land dispute with Saybrook. More information on the early settlement of Killingworth CT can be found with the HULL surname.

Sources: History of Middlesex County, Connecticut, with biographical sketches of its prominent men by Beers, J.B. - 1884; The Great Migration Begins by Robert Charles Anderson - 1995; Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope - 1900; Families of Early Guilford CT by Alvan Talcott - 1984; History of Guilford and Madison Connecticut by Steiner - 1897; Commemerative Record of New Haven County Connecticut - 1902; Killingworth Vital Records"

"...on the night of May 12, 1661, rode on horseback to New Haven to notify Rev. John Davenport that agents of the King were seeking for regicides then at his house."

--from Descendents of Henry Edward Crampton, M.D., 1837-1899, Printed by Henry E. Crampton, Naples, FL, 1987, p. 11.

http://archive.org/stream/andrewwardehisde00ward/andrewwardehisde00...

above narrative suggests Andrew's father was living in Stamford/Fairfield at the time of Andrew's birth in 1645/7

_________ The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement ...

By Elizabeth Hubbell Godfrey Schenck