Obadiah Ward

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@R-1697784381@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=29622281&pid... OBADIAH WARD, [46.1] m. Joanna Harrington of Watertown, Dec. 20, 1693, and resided on the homestead at Sudbury, where all his children. were born. In 1616, he was of Worcester, and in that year purchased of his brother-in-law, John Maynard, and wife Lydia, all her interest in her father's estate in Sudbury and elsewhere. He erected a mill on his farm in Worcester, where, a few years since, were the " red mills," so called. He d. at Worcester, Dec. 17,1717, aged 55. His will bears date the day of his death, and apparently was made in haste. Of his children, only the two eldest are named in the will ; he left them legacies, and gave the residue of his estate to wife, Joanna, to be disposed of among his other children at her discretion. She and her son, Isaac, were residing in Framingham, 1725, at which time she remained his widow.

Their children were, 1 Richard, b. 1694, m. Lydia Wheelock. 2 Obadiah, b. 1695, m. Eunice 3 Hannah, b. 1696, m. Daniel Heywood. 4 Daniel, b. 1700, m. Sarah 5 Dominada, Nov. 26,1702. 6 Uriah, Dec. 3,1704, slain by the Indians at Rutland, while on garrison duty, Aug. 3, 1724. 7 Sarah, 1701. 8 Isaac, Mar. 1707, m. Sybil Moore. 9 Thankful, Feb. 15,1712, m. Jonas Farnsworth.

Source: Book, Pg 23

Ward family; descendants of William Ward, who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639 (1851). by Andrew Henshaw Ward* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 25 2020, 2:17:34 UTC

LifeSketch: I believe the first life sketch to be for a different Obadiah Ward as there were many in the family. 1-4 OBADIAH WARD, he had land

             assigned to him in Sud. in 1653, and a house-lot and after-divisions in Marl. 1660, and moved there soon after, where his wife Mary d. Aug. 22, 1706. He was representative from Marl, in 1689, and d. Jan. 5, 1718, aged 86. They had thirteen children, concerning whom but little is known.

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    4-16  Alice, b. Nov. 14, 1668.

        17  William, b. Jan. 7, 1670; m. Judith —.

        18  Obadiah, b. Sept. 18, 1672; m. Elizabeth —.

        19  Bethiah, b. 1674, d. same year. 

        20  Mary, b. May 4, 1676.

        21  Jane, b. 1677. 

        22  Edmund, b. Jan. 21, 1679. 

        23  Sarah, b. Jan. 29, 1681.

        24  Richard, b. April 26, 1683. 

        25  Elizabeth, b. 1685. 

        26  Hannah, b. 1688. 

        27  Eleazer, b. 1689.

        28  Prudence, b. 1691.

Charles Hudson, "History of the town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, From Its First Settlement In 1657 To 1861; With A Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, A Genealogy of the Families In Marlborough to 1800, And an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town"
(Boston: Press of T. R. Martin & Son, 1862), p. 460.

The above is from a published genealogy and is provided for reference.

Updated Life Sketch
Obadiah Ward, born April 19, 1663, in Sudbury, Mass., died December 17, 1717 in Worcester, Mass. He married December 20, 1693, in Sudbury, Joanna (Mixer) Harrington, born December 14, 1666, in Watertown, Mass., daughter of Isaac and Mary (Coolidge) Mixer, and widow of Joseph Harrington.

He moved to Worcester some time after 1712, but retained his interest in Sudbury, purchasing in 1716 from his brother-in-law, John Maynard, and his wife Lydia, all the latter's interest in her father's estate in Sudbury and elsewhere. He erected a sawmill on his farm in Worcester where the "Red Mills" were afterwards located and where still stands the building formerly occupied by the Crompton Loom Works. His will bears the date of his death, and apparently was made in haste. Of his children, only the oldest two are named. He left them legacies, and gave the residue of his estate to his wife, Joanna, to be disposed of among his other children at her discretion. She and her son Isaac were residing in Framingham, Mass., in 1725, at which time she remained a widow.

Additional from: The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass.(New York: Artemas Ward, 1925), p. 80.