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About James Ford
Birth listed as 1649/1650
Biography
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ford-3536
James Ford[1]
Very little information has been found regarding this James Ford, his marriage, the names of his children, and the date of his death, being unknown and impossible to determine. This James Ford received from his father Andrew (I) Ford, 200 acres of land in Quenebog and he also purchased in 1672 a cedar swamp in Duxbury, Mass. both of which pieces of property are mentioned in the will of John Ford of Woodbridge, NJ., as land he received from his father whose name is not mentioned in the will. It has been impossible to ascertain what became of the property at Quenebog given by will of Andrew (I) Ford, of Weymouth, Mass., 1692-3 to his thirteen children. None of the deeds of record in Suffolk, Co. Mass. have any bearing on this property and it may be presumed that title to it was lost in the controversy which arose in 1690 between the sons of Governor John Winthrop and Major James Fitch each party being claimants to the land in Quenebog County.
No evidence of his death has been found in the records of Mass., Connecticut, New Jersey. He was living Feb 25, 1692/93 the date of his father's will, but he was probably deceased before 1702, when his brother Andrew was called the 'heir at law" of Ebenezer Ford, indicating that Andrew was the oldest living brother. James married, probably about 1674-1675, but no record of his marriage has been found, or the name of his wife or the births of any children. However, it appears to be certain that he had a son John, born about 1675-1676. On March 5, 1674/75 James bought a lot of land which he bequeathed later to his son John.
It is apparent from a letter that James son, John Forde, esq. of Hanover, NJ, received from his uncle Andrew Forde (II), and other evidence presented, that John Ford of Woodbridge, NJ was the grandson of Andrew Ford (I) of Weymouth, Mass. That James Ford was the only son of Andrew Ford (I) through whom John Ford of Woodbridge could have descended.[2]
Received from Betty Thomas, Hood River, Oregon 1998: "George Danson of Middleboro yeoman for 5.10s paid by James Foord of Weymouth, husbandman, 1/35 of all that tract or parcel of land commonly called the major's Purchase situate lying and being at or near Indian Head River pond and Jones River and within the colony of New Plymouth etc., all my shares excepting and always reserving out of this above sd tract of land all that parcell of land which was sold by the first owners unto John Thompson now of Middleboro." The Marshfield Proprietor Records (vol 3p 56) show that James paid 2.1s for a share of the charges against the settlement of the boundry line at a meeting of the proprietors of Major Purchase, 21 April 1685. This property was in Duxbury (now Pembroke) and contained a cedar swamp, but was not a home lot.[3]
Note that John Ford of Hanover, New Jersey bequeaths to his son Jacob, " My cedar swamp in Duxbury and also half of my lands that lie at Quennebog up New London River that falls to me by my father. Since James bought cedar swamp in Duxbury and inherited from his father land in Quinnebog, Conn., this instrument seems to establish John's paternity.[4] James probably had service in King Philip's war under Capt. Wadsworth's troop, which, having undoubtly fought in the narragansett Braintree, Weymouth could have served under Capt. Samuel Wadsworth. Bodge's Soldiers in King Philips was mentioned James Ford several times. Most of the services specified seem to belong to James Ipswich, another Ford family. However James of Weymouth could have served under Capt. Wadsworth's troop, which, having undoubtly fought in the Narragansett Braintree, Weymouth, etc. Weymouth itself was attacked by Indians that spring.
Wadsworth's troop was disbanded in early March; the account book of 24 April 1676 shows 2.15s due James Ford (page 221).[5]
The same year in Weymouth Samuel King's daughter Abigial was killed by being run over with a cart. The court's assistant, Mass. Bay Colony, 7 March 1675/6, fined James fford, [Ford} who was the driver of the cart, 10.5s to be paid to the "County," 5s to the child's father.[6]
James Ford, his father Andrew (I),and brothers, Andrew,(II), Nathaniel, Samuel and Ebenezer took the oath of allegiance to King Charles II, in Weymouth, MA, as shown in the records of the Suffolk County Court, session of 29 Oct 1678.[7] Some time after this, possibly by Oct 1681, James moved to Ford farms in Plymouth Colony. By 1686, when he was sued by his brother, Ebenezer, he was called "now or late of "Ford farms." Perhaps by then he had removed to Duxbury. There are no records to prove this, but it is significant that his son John called himself "of Duxsbury" when he went to East Windham, Conn. in 1698.[8][9][10]
James bequeathed by his fathers will, 25 Feb 1692/93, 200 areas at Quinnepog.
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James Ford's Timeline
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1649
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Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America
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| 1675 |
1675
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Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, Colonial America
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| 1693 |
February 1693
Age 44
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Weymouth, Norfolk County , Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
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November 28, 1936
Age 44
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November 28, 1936
Age 44
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April 20, 1938
Age 44
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April 20, 1938
Age 44
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United States
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United States
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