Rev Nathan Ward

• BIRTH 11 Apr 1721 Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 15 Jun 1804 (aged 83) Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA
• BURIAL Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Plymouth, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA Show Map
• MEMORIAL ID 80552661 Photos by Jack Stevens & Peabody

MINISTERS IN PLYMOUTH'S CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
The Congregational Church in Plymouth was organized in April 1764, according to the Ward genealogy published in 1851. It is the oldest church in Grafton County, according to Stearns History of Plymouth, published in 1905. Nathan Ward was the first person to preach at the newly organized Plymouth Congregational Church in 1765. Mr. Ward was ordained over the church in Plymouth, at Newburyport, Massachusetts, on July 11, 1765. The town voted "to give the Rev. Mr. Ward 50 pounds in money and 30 cords of wood the present year for his salary." [2]

Inscription
"First pastor of the church in Plymouth, NH"
"And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth, Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, & their works do follow them." Rev 14:13

Parents
Joseph Ward 1677–1742
Esther Kenrick Ward 1677–1761

Spouses
Tamasin Ireland Ward 1722–1777 (m. 1746)
Lydia Ward 1739–1823

Siblings
Mary Ward Kingsbury 1704–1776
Joseph Ward 1706–1784
Esther Ward 1722–1742

Children
Abigail Ward Dearborn 1755–1841
Daniel J Ward 1764–1841
Jonathan Ward 1769–1860
Eunice Ward Stafford 1782–1849

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80552661/nathan-ward

[2] http://www.plymouthnh-historicalsociety.org/MinistersandChurches/co...