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Sarah Ward (Trowbridge)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Death: December 13, 1788 (64)
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev Caleb Trowbridge; Rev Caleb Trowbridge and Hannah Trowbridge (Walter)
Wife of Gen. Artemas Ward
Mother of Ithamar Ward; Nahum Ward Trowbridge; Sarah Brigham Brigham; Thomas Walter Ward; Martha Ward Trowbridge and 3 others
Sister of Nehemiah Trowbridge; Maria Bowers; Thomas Trowbridge; Abigail Champney; Caleb Trowbridge and 8 others
Half sister of Oliver Trowbridge

Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
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About Sarah Ward

Sarah Trowbridge Ward 1724 SARAH TROWBRIDGE WARD Sarah GravestoneBorn in Groton, MA December 3, 1724, married Artemas Ward July 31, 1750 in Groton, MA and died December 13, 1788 in Shrewsbury, MA. She was the daughter of the Reverend Caleb and Hannah (Walter) Trowbridge and a direct maternal descendent of Increase Mather and John Cotton. Sarah was the mother of eight children all born in Shrewsbury, MA.

ARTEMAS AND SARAH TROWBRIDGE

This is Sarah Trowbridge via the bio below from The New England historical and genealogical register, Volume 5 her father is Rev. Caleb Trowbridge # 48199360

General Artemas Ward was born on the 27th of November, in the year 1727, married Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Caleb Trowbridge, of Groton, July 31st, 1750. She was born in 1724. Her grand father was Deacon James Trowbridge, of Newton, who was son of Thomas, of Dorchester. The mother of Mrs. Ward was Hannah, daughter of the Reverend Nehemiah Walter, of Roxbury, by Sarah, daughter of Doctor Increase Mather, of Boston, by Maria, daughter of the Rev. John Cotton, the distinguished pastor of the first church in Boston, who came to New England in 1633, and died in 1652,

Sarah Trowbridge was the daughter of Rev. Caleb and Hannah Trowbridge. She married Artemas Ward on July 31, 1749. Artemas and Sarah were the parents of eight children, all born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts: Ithamar 1752-1828Nahum 1754-1778Sarah 1756-1838Thomas Walter 1758-1835Martha 1760-1781Artemas 1762-1847Maria 1764-1833Henry Dana 1768-1817

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Sarah Ward's Timeline

1724
December 3, 1724
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
1752
April 24, 1752
Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA, United States
1754
August 11, 1754
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1756
July 28, 1756
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1758
August 10, 1758
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1760
March 28, 1760
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1762
January 9, 1762
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1764
December 12, 1764
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
1768
February 6, 1768
Shrewsbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States