Elizabeth Ward

Her parents are unknown. I have detached her from Jonas Whale and Frances Radley. Hatte Blejer, curator, April 19, 2016

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11019982/elizabeth-ward

• Birth: Dec. 9, 1613
• Death: Dec. 9, 1700

Elizabeth (unknown) was born on 9 December 1613 at England. About 1638 at England, Elizabeth married Deacon William Ward, Elizabeth being his second wife. Elizabeth and Deacon William Ward immigrated about 1638 to Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probably during the Spring. Elizabeth and Deacon William Ward lived in 1661 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. On 6 April 1686 at Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Elizabeth was mentioned in the will of Deacon William Ward. Elizabeth died on Thursday, 9 December 1700 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 87 years.

Children:

1. Richard Ward (1635 - 1666)
2. Hannah Ward Howe (1638 - 1717)
3. Samuel Ward (1641 - 1727)
4. Elizabeth Ward Howe (1643 - 1710)
5. Increase Ward (1644 - 1690)

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p452.htm#i20385

Elizabeth (?)1

b. circa 1614, d. 9 December 1700

Elizabeth (?) was born circa 1614 at England. She married Deacon William Ward, son of Edward Ward, after 1639 at Massachusetts; His 2nd.2,3 Elizabeth (?) died on 9 December 1700 at Marlboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. She died age 86.1,4 Elizabeth (?) was buried in Old Springhill Cemetery, Marlboro, Massachusetts.1

Family

Deacon William Ward b. 15 May 1603, d. 10 August 1687

Children

• Hannah Ward b. c 16394
• William Ward Jr. b. 22 Jan 16404
• Samuel Ward+ b. 24 Sep 16414
• Elizabeth Ward b. 14 Apr 1643, d. 16764
• Increase Ward b. 22 Feb 16454
• Hopestill Ward b. 24 Feb 16464
• Eleazer Ward b. c 16494
• Bethia Ward b. c 16584

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Elizabeth (Hall) Ward, when past her seventy-fourth year, made several journies to Boston, as appears by the Probate records there, before she effected a settlement of his estate with the exorbitant and tyrannical Andros, Governor, Judge of Probate, &c. Considering the distance she resided from Boston, exceeding thirty miles, much of the way a wilderness frequented by lurking savages, a bridle way her road, and on which one of her sons had been a few years before shot down by the enemy at noon day, she must have been a person of great fortitude, and possessed of physical powers in an eminent degree.

She died at Marlborough, where, some years since, her grave stone was standing, on which was an inscription as follows:

"Here lyes the body of Elizabeth Ward, the servant of the Lord -- deceased in 87 year of her age, Dec. ye 9, in the year of our Lord 1700."

-tonybloom

Elizabeth (Hall) Ward, when past her seventy-fourth year, made several journies to Boston, as appears by the Probate records there, before she effected a settlement of his estate with the exorbitant and tyrannical Andros, Governor, Judge of Probate, &c. Considering the distance she resided from Boston, exceeding thirty miles, much of the way a wilderness frequented by lurking savages, a bridle way her road, and on which one of her sons had been a few years before shot down by the enemy at noon day, she must have been a person of great fortitude, and possessed of physical powers in an eminent degree. She died at Marlborough, where, some years since, her grave stone was standing, on which was an inscription as follows: "Here lyes the body of Elizabeth Ward, the servant of the Lord -- deceased in 87 year of her age, Dec. ye 9, in the year of our Lord 1700."

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1101998

Grave marker for William and Elizabeth Ward

Sources

• Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640 (Boston, Massachusetts. New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 2015) p 359
• Sudbury, Massachusetts, Town Records
• Charles Martyn, The William Ward Genealogy (New York 1925).
• In the probate files for Jonas Whale and there is no indication she was his daughter.
• The probate file for her husband (Sudbury, Massachusetts, Town Records Vol 7 Case # 23758 on AmericanAncestry.com). He lets us know that he had two wives but doesn't give any us clue about her possible maiden name or origins.

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According to my heritage her surname is Hall, check it out.

The William Ward Wives

First wife: The name of his first wife is unknown. The will of William Ward refers to children "which I have by my former wife" and "all my sonns and daughters which I have by my former wife." This daughters in the plural implies that the first five and maybe six children were by his first wife. It is unlikely that she is the Elizabeth Phillips who married a William Ward at Clarkenwell. Torrey, in his New England Marriages Prior to 1700, lists for William Ward's first wife "Eleanor? __?__" [12] All 11 sources given for this marriage were examined and only one gave the name "Elinor", and it is untrustworthy and flawed secondary source. [13]

Name of second wife: From baptismal records and the will of William Ward it is known that his wife's name was Elizabeth. However, her LNAB remains unknown. There is no evidence which conclusively proves her name or origins. Specifically:

1.Elizabeth Phillips - As mentioned above, a William Ward m. Elizabeth Phillips in 1626. Since we know William Ward had several children by an unknown first wife, this marriage cannot possibly be the marriage to his second wife Elizabeth.

2.Elizabeth Storey - The Newton Genealogy published in 1915 stated that William Ward's second wife was named Elizabeth Storey. [14] This apparently the earliest known reference for this name and has been copied and spread across many secondary references. No evidence has ever been found to support this LNAB. Torrey, in his New England Marriages Prior to 1700, lists for William Ward's second wife "Elizabeth "[Storey?]"." [12] Seventeen of the 18 sources were examined and only 2 gave the name Elizabeth Storey. One was the Newton Genealogy and the other gave just (Story?) and was likely following the Newton Genealogy. [14]

3.Elizabeth Hall - A number of online trees show her as Elizabeth Hall. All of them are unsourced and this name does not occur in any printed reference. There is no evidence whatsoever to support this LNAB.

4.Elizabeth Whale - At least one profile on WikiTree (and several others on the internet) called his second wife Elizabeth Whale, daughter of Jonas Whale and Frances Radley. However, Jonas Whale (d. 1621) did not have a daughter Elizabeth.

She was the second wife to William Ward and bore him ten children. She married William in England in 1634 where she bore him three children. Elizabeth, William and the children in order to escape religious persecution in England sailed to America landing in Boston in 1639. They settled in Sudbury then later Marlborough where she lived out the remainder of her days. (wab)

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-320460 cites

1. Newton. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1905):197-204. Archive.org LINK
2. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com Online Database of original handwritten images. Ancestry.com LINK
3. Sudbury. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston: NEHGS, 1903): 147-148. Archive.org LINK
4. Marlborough. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts Vital Records to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, 1908):397. Archive.org LINK
5. Rice, Franklin P. Marlborough, Massachusetts, burial ground inscriptions: Old Common, Spring Hill, and Brigham cemeteries. (Worcester, 1908):155. Archive.org LINK
6. Find A Grave online memorial website: William Ward 1603-1687. Photos of stone available.
7. Leonard, Ermina Newton. Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical: ... (1915):199-200.
8. Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (1985):779. Ancestry.com LINK
9. McIntire, Robert Harry, Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife. (Norfolk, Va., 1950):129, 135.
10. The Genealogist vol. 6 no. 2 (Fall 1985):131-141. The English ancestry of Philemon Whale of Sudbury Massachusetts, by Robert Charles Anderson.