Michael Ford

Michael Ford was born abt 1637 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts and died 27 Mar 1729 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts; buried there on 31 March 1729.[3472][170]

Parents: William Ford and Hannah/ Anna Unknown [Eames?]

Married:

1. firstly, on 12 Dec 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts, to Abigail Ford (b. abt. 1647/8-d. 26 June 1682). She was the daughter of Anthony Snow and Abigail Warren. [3474] [3475] [20]
2. secondly, on 29 Mar 1683, Marshfield Plymouth Massachusetts, to Bethia Hatch (b. 31 March 1661-d. 22 November 1728). She was the daughter of Walter Hatch and Elizabeth Holbrook. [3478]

10 children of Abigail Snow and Michael Ford include: [n.b. Abigail and her two infant daughters all died on 26 Jun 1682.]

1. Lydia Ford. Born: 11 Feb 1668, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 5 Nov 1697, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Experience Branch.
2. Hannah Ford. Born: 19 Oct 1670, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 30 Sep 1711, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts. She married Joseph Rose.
3. William Ford. Born: 26 Dec 1672, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 22 Dec 1761, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts at age 88. Buried: Abt 26 Dec 1761, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
4. Elizabeth Ford. Born: Abt 1674, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
5. James Ford. Born: 4 Apr 1675, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 28 Jun 1735, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts at age 60.
6. Abigail Ford. Born: 28 Apr 1679, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: Bef 28 Dec 1685, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Buried: Bef 28 Dec 1685, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
7. Bethsheba Ford. Born: 3 Feb 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 12 Mar 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Buried: 12 Mar 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts,
8. Patience Ford. Born: 22 Apr 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 26 Jun 1682, Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts at age 2. Buried: Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.
9. Patience Ford. (Twin, died young) (2 Apr 1682-26 Jun 1682), Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Died: 1682.
10. (infant daughter) Ford. (Twin, died young) (2 Apr 1682-26 Jun 1682) Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

12 children of Michael Ford and Bethia Hatch include:

1. (infant daughter) Ford (Stillborn) (16 Nov 1683-17 Nov 1683)
2. (infant daughter) Ford (Stillborn) (16 Nov 1683-17 Nov 1683)
3. Thomas Ford (30 Apr 1685-22 Oct 1769)
4. Deborah Ford (24 Oct 1686-)
5. Bethiah Ford (16 Mar 1687/8-12 Nov 1773)
6. Susannah Ford (26 Jul 1689-8 Oct 1743)
7. Bathsheba Ford Born: 1 Apr 1691, Marshfield Plymouth Massachusetts [17129]. She married Ebenezer Sherman (1680-1759).
8. Ephraim Ford (18 Jul 1693-28 Sep 1775)
9. Elizabeth Ford (3 Mar 1694-)
10. Elisha Ford (19 Jan 1696-14 Nov 1758)
11. Mehitable Ford (18 Sep 1698-aft 1 Jul 1751)
12. Martha Ford (29 Oct 1700-5 Apr 1768)

Events

• “michaell fford and Abigail Snow was maryed [12] december 1667”.
• Michael was a resident of Duxbury, Marshfield, and Scituate. Constable in Marshfield, 1674.
• “Michaell fford and Lydia [should be Bethia] Hatch were maryed [worn] 29 of march: 1683”.

Links

• http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~carrollrogers/ps06/p...
• http://www.dixfieldcitizennews.net/genealogy/5405.htm
• http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr01/rr01_442.htm#P4556
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47582780/ephraim-foord

Citations

1. 3472. Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd ed., Geneal Publ Co Baltimore, 1997, Copy in R E Carroll library Marshfield VR 85.
2. 170. Vital records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970.
3. 3474. Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd ed., Geneal Publ Co Baltimore, 1997, Copy in R E Carroll library Marshfield VR 12.
4. 3475. Plymouth County, Mass, Early Vital Records, CD Search & Research Publ Co Marshfield VR 2:182
5. 20. “The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.,” edited by George Ernest Bowman, Mayflower Descendant, 2: 3-7, 110-112, 179-183, 249-252; 3: 41-43, 187-189; 4: 125-126, 5: 233-237, 6: 18-21, 67-70; 7: 118-122, 131-134; 8: 42-44, 176-179; 9: 183-187.
6. 3478. Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd ed., Geneal Publ Co Baltimore, 1997, Copy in R E Carroll library Marshfield VR 16.
7. 17129. Roser, Susan E., Mayflower Increasings, 2nd ed., Geneal Publ Co Baltimore, 1997, Copy in R E Carroll library Marshfield VR 20.

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• Michael Ford
• Birth: 1635 Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Mar. 27, 1729 Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Michael's parents are Dea.William Ford and Ann Eames.
• He married Abigail Snow on 12 Dec 1667 in Marshfield , daughter of Anthony Snow Sr and Abigail Warren,and commenced to having seven children:
  • Lydia Ford-1668
  • Hannah Ford-1670
  • William Ford-26 Dec 1672
  • James Ford-4 Apr 1675
  • Abigail Ford-1679
  • Bathsheba Ford-1679
  • Patience Ford-2 Apr 1682
• Wife Abigail died26 Jun 1682.
• Bethiah Hatch was his second wife,whom he married on 29 Mar 1683 in Marshfield. They are parents of ten more children:
  • Thomas Ford-1685
  • Deborah Ford-1686
  • Bethiah Ford-1687-abt 1690
  • Susannah Ford-1689
  • Bethiah Ford-1691
  • Ephraim Ford-1693
  • Elizabeth Ford-1694
  • Elisha Ford-1696
  • Mehitable Ford-1698
  • Martha Ford-1700
  • Bethia died 22 Nov 1728.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• William Foord (1604 - 1676)
• Anna Eames Foord (1614 - 1684)
• Spouses:
• Bethiah Hatch Foord (1661 - 1728)
• Abigail Snow Ford (1651 - 1682)*
• Children:
  • Hannah Ford Rose (1670 - 1711)*
  • William Ford (1672 - 1761)*
  • James Ford (1674 - 1735)*
  • Thomas Foord (1685 - 1769)*
  • Susanna Ford Tilden (1689 - 1743)*
  • Ephraim Foord (1693 - 1775)*
  • Elisha Foord (1696 - 1758)*
  • Martha Ford Carver (1700 - 1768)*
• Siblings:
• William Foord (1633 - 1721)*
• Michael Ford (1635 - 1729)
• Joanna Ford Rockwood (1643 - ____)*
• Burial: Unknown
• Find A Grave Memorial# 73306974
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=73306974 ________________
• HATCH, Bethia
• b. ABT 1645
• d. 22 NOV 1728 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: 12 DEC 1667
• Spouse: FORD, Michael
• b. 1637 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.
• d. ABT 1728 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.
• Children:
  • FORD, Thomas
  • FORD, Deborah b. 24 OCT 1686 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass.
  • FORD, Bethia b. 16 MAR 1686/7 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass. d. 12 NOV 1773 Plymouth, Plymouth, Mass.
  • FORD, Susanna
  • FORD, Bathsheba b. 1 MAR 1690/1 Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass. d. 28 SEP 1775
  • FORD, Ephraim
  • FORD, Elizabeth
  • FORD, Elisha
  • FORD, Mehitable
  • FORD, Martha
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_615.htm#22 _________
• Bethiah Hatch Ford
• Birth: Mar. 31, 1661 Scituate, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Nov. 22, 1728 Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Bethiah was the d/o Walter Hatch & Elizabeth Holbrook, she married Michael Ford 3/29/1683. Their son Elisha Ford was born 6/19/1696 and died 11/14/1758. Bethiah was a Mayflower descendant.
• Burial: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 144455344
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=144455344 ___________________
• Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation by Cutter, William Richard
• https://archive.org/details/genealogicalfami05cutt
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami05cutt#page/501/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• (II) Walter, eldest son of Elder William and Jane Hatch, was born in England, in 1623: died in Scituate, Massachusetts, March, 1701. He is on the list of those capable of bearing arms in 1643. He settled on a point of land in Scituate, southeast of the Second Society's meeting house, and spent his life in farming. He married (first) May 6, 1650, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Jane Holbrook, of Weymouth, who was mother of all his children. He married (second) Mary —— , of Marshfield, August 5, 1674. Children, all born in Scituate : Hannah, born March 13, 1651 : Samuel, December 22, 1653, farmer and shipwright; Jane, March 7, 1656; Antipas, October 26, 1658, died unmarried, December 7, 1705; Bethia, March 31, 1661, married, 1683, Michael Ford; John, July 8, 1664, died August, 1737; Israel, of further mention ; Joseph, December 9, 1669.
• (III) Israel, son of Walter .... etc. _________________

Death/Buried listed as Before Mar 31, 1729.

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Born: 1637 - Marshfield, Plymouth, Mass. USA Death: About 1728 Burial: About March 31, 1729 - Marshfield, Pylmouth, Mass. USA.

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Misc. Notes

MICHAEL, Marshfield, s. of William, m. 12 Dec. 1667, Abigail, d. of Anthony Snow of Plymouth, had Lydia, b. 1668; Hannah, 1670; William, 1672; James, 165; Abigail, 1679; and tw. ds. one nam. Patience, 1682; wh. both, with the mo. d. 26 June 1682; next he m. 1683, Bethia, d. of Walter Hatch of Scituate, had tw. ds. d. 17 Nov. 1683; Thomas, b. 165; Susannah, 1689; Bethia, 1691; Ephraim, 1693; Elizabeth 1694; and Elisha, 1696. Deane. Other ch. also are spok. of.