John Ward, of Kennebec County

Not the same as John Ward, of Newton who married Abigail Flagg

John Ward, Sr.

• FamilySearch Family Tree
• Birth: June 23 1733 - Dorchester, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Death: Sep 7 1827 - Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States
• Burial: Bean Cemetery, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine, United States
• Parents: William Ward (1699 - 1778) & Elizabeth Butcher / Bucher (1708 - 1779)
• Wife: Mary Clapp - married 2 November 1757 - Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Children:

1. Clap
2. Elizabeth Priest (born Ward)
3. Mindwell Jackson (born Ward)
4. Sarah Ward
5. Samuel Ward
6. Elder William Ward
7. Ann Cummings (born Ward)
8. John Ward Jr

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References

1. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-LTT1 : Sun Mar 10 00:17:22 UTC 2024), Entry for John Ward and Mary Clap, 2 Nov 1757.
2. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:GXB3-M1G
3. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175926343/john-ward Links to wrong parents
4. WikiTree contributors, "John Ward (1735-1827)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ward-40344 : accessed 05 June 2024). Linked to wrong parents. Cites:
   1. Find A Grave: Memorial #175926343
   2. Clapp, Ebenezer. The Clapp Memorial: Record of The Clapp Family in America (David Clapp & Son, 1876) Page 18. < Archive.Org >
   3. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1905) Page 200. Birth record. < GoogleBooks > (not this John Ward.)
   4. Boston Record Commissioners. Boston Records Commissioners Reports (Rockwell & Churchill, Boston, 1875) Vol. 21, "Dorchester Births, etc. to 1825", Page 227. Marriage record. < GoogleBooks >
5. no birth record for a John Ward b. Dorchester has been found in Dorchester Births, etc. to 1825.
6. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1218118/person/-19... (Well sourced tree)