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Generation No. 8

10.  WILLIAM⁸ WARD (JOHN⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHANNES EDWARD⁵ WARDE, THOMAS⁴, JOHANNES³, JOHANNES², THOMAS¹) was born 19 Nov 1664 in Newton,Middlesex County,  Massachusetts, and died 23 Jan 1752 in Watertown, Middlesex County, MA. He married ABIGAIL SPRING 31 Dec 1689 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN SPRING and HANNAH BARSHAM.  She was born 20 Feb 1667 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died 29 May 1742 in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Children of WILLIAM WARD and ABIGAIL SPRING are:

11.            i.   JOHN⁹ WARD, b. 23 Feb 1690, Newton, Massachusetts; d. 24 May 1747, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

12.           ii.   CALEB WARD, b. 1693, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 9

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11.  JOHN⁹ WARD (WILLIAM⁸, JOHN TURNER⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHANNES EDWARD⁵ WARDE, THOMAS⁴, JOHANNES³, JOHANNES², THOMAS¹) (He resided until after 1720 in Newton. He moved to Grafton in 1723, and served as school-teacher for many years.) was born 23 Feb 1690 in Newton, Massachusetts, and died 24 May 1747 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts.  He married DEBORAH 1712. 

      Children of JOHN WARD and DEBORAH are:

                i.   JOSIAH¹⁰ WARD, b. 02 Jun 1713, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

               ii.   LYDIA WARD, b. 06 Sep 1714, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

               iii.   WILLIAM WARD, b. 18 Dec 1716, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

               iv.   JOHN WARD, b. 18 Dec 1716, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

                v.   MARY WARD, b. 27 Oct 1718, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

               vi.   JOHN WARD, b. 12 Aug 1720, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

              vii.   SAMUEL WARD, b. 13 May 1727, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

             viii.   DANIEL WARD, b. 1732, Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts.

12.  CALEB⁹ WARD (WILLIAM⁸, JOHN TURNER⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHANNES EDWARD⁵ WARDE, THOMAS⁴, JOHANNES³, JOHANNES², THOMAS¹) was born 1693 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.  He married SARAH WILSON Dec 1719 in Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.  She was born 19 Sep 1694 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.     

Children of CALEB WARD and SARAH WILSON are:

13.            i.   THADDEUS¹⁰ WARD, b. 11 Jun 1721, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 19 Nov 1770, Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

               ii.   CALEB WARD, b. 22 Nov 1722, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 10

13.  THADDEUS¹⁰ WARD (CALEB⁹, WILLIAM⁸, JOHN TURNER⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHANNES EDWARD⁵ WARDE, THOMAS⁴, JOHANNES³, JOHANNES², THOMAS¹) was born 11 Jun 1721 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and died 19 Nov 1770 in Waltham, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts.  He married LYDIA BENJAMIN 26 Jul 1743 in Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, daughter of DANIEL BENJAMIN and MARY BOND.  She was born 23 Oct 1722 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Notes for THADDEUS WARD: Baptized 11 JUN 1721 First Congregational Parish of West Roxbury, Roxbury, Suffolk Co, Massachusetts.     

Children of THADDEUS WARD and LYDIA BENJAMIN are:

                i.   BENJAMIN¹¹ WARD, b. 04 Jun 1744, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; d. 31 Mar 1789, Natick, Massachusetts.

               ii.   THADDEUS WARD, b. 05 Nov 1745, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

               iii.   SARAH WARD, b. 1747.

               iv.   CALEB WARD, b. 22 Nov 1748, Waltham, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts; d. 20 Jun 1813, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; m. REBECCA FOSTER, 22 Jan 1772, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; b. 20 Oct 1750, Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. 22 Mar 1831, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

                v.   INFANT WARD, b. 1752.

               vi.   SAMUEL WARD, b. 17 Sep 1754; d. 07 Jan 1835; m. ZERIUAH WARD.

14.          vii.   WILLIAM WARD, b. 05 Jun 1757, Waltham, Massachusetts; d. 05 Dec 1846, Ashburnham, MA.

Generation No. 11

14.  WILLIAM¹¹ WARD (THADDEUS¹⁰, CALEB⁹, WILLIAM⁸, JOHN TURNER⁷, WILLIAM⁶, JOHANNES EDWARD⁵ WARDE, THOMAS⁴, JOHANNES³, JOHANNES², THOMAS¹) was born 05 Jun 1757 in Waltham, Massachusetts, and died 05 Dec 1846 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts.  He married SARAH DRAPER BROOKS 07 Mar 1787 in Ashburnham, MA, daughter of NATHANIEL DRAPER.  She was born 01 Aug 1752, and died 01 Aug 1836 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. See notes.

Notes for WILLIAM WARD: William was a Revolutionary Pensioner.

Children of WILLIAM WARD and SARAH BROOKS are:

15.            i.   NATHANIEL DRAPER¹² WARD, b. 10 Jun 1793, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 18 Oct 1859, Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

               ii.   WILLIAM H WARD, b. 02 Mar 1788, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 08 Feb 1863, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; m. (1) REBECCA BARRETT; m. (2) REBECCA BOYNTON.

               iii.   LYDIA WARD, b. 19 Feb 1780, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 03 Mar 1857, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; m. BENJAMIN BLANEY.

               iv.   THADDEUS WARD, b. 12 Nov 1795, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 1868, Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

                v.   JESSE WARD, b. 14 Feb 1798, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 12 Jan 1856 Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

               vi.   BENJAMIN WARD, b. 01 Apr 1801, Ashburnham, Massachusetts.

Generation No. 8

Notes for WILLIAM WARD:

Was a selectman in Newton, 1707, 1712, and 1722, moving later to Roxbury, MA, and thence to Waltham, MA, in 1737. ("The William Ward Genealogy", 1925, p. 77)

Marriage Record of

William Ward and Abigail Spring

Generation No. 11