Bethiah Ward

Abt 1658 - 1721  (63 years)

• Name	Bethiah Ward
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	Abt 1658	Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Residence	1661 (3 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 6]
  Married	10 Jan 1681 (23 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  Daniel Rice, the son of Deacon Edward and Agnes (Bent) Rice. He was born on 8 November 1655 in Sudbury, Massachusetts. After Bethiah's death, on 9 May 1725 Daniel, at age 69, married (2) Elizabeth Wells, in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He left a will on 5 May 1729 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He died on Saturday 6 July 1737 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. His estate was probated on 19 December 1737 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Bethiah Rice (1682-____) 2. Daniel Rice (1684-____) 3. Judith Rice (1687-____) 4. Luke Rice (1689-1754) 5. Priscilla Rice (1692-1721) 6. Eleazer Rice (1695-____) 7. Deborah Rice (1697-1725) 8. Hopestill Rice (1702-1731)
  Hudson (1862), Ward (1851) and Ward (1858) give the marriage date as 10 February 1681 which appears to be in error. [4, 5, 7]
  History	1711 to 1713 (53 years)	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [3]
  He had their house fortified as a garrison house.
  Death	8 Dec 1721	Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Hannah Ward,   b. Abt 1639, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 3 Nov 1717, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 78 years)   2. William Ward,   b. 22 Jan 1640/41, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. probably young   3. Captain Samuel Ward,   b. 24 Sep 1641, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Nov 1729, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 88 years)   4. Elizabeth Ward,   b. 14 Apr 1643, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 26 Apr 1710, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 67 years)   5. Increase Ward,   b. 22 Jan 1644/45, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Aug 1690, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 45 years)   6. Hopestill Ward,   b. 24 Jan 1646/47, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Dec 1718, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 71 years)   7. Eleazer Ward,   b. 1649, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Apr 1676, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 27 years)   8. William Ward,   b. 22 Feb 1648/49, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Nov 1697, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 48 years)   9. Bethiah Ward,   b. Abt 1658, Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 8 Dec 1721, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 63 years)
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Edward Ward,   b. 1573, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England Maternal Line: Elizabeth ,   b. 9 Dec 1613   d. 9 Dec 1700, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I14763
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2019

  
  

  Father	Deacon William Ward,   b. Abt 1603, Yorkshire or Derbyshire, England d. 10 Aug 1687, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth,   b. 9 Dec 1613   d. 9 Dec 1700, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Bethiah Ward(Abt 1658 – 1721) 2Deacon William Ward(Abt 1603 – 1687) 3Elizabeth(1613 – 1700)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1658 - Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Residence - 1661 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Married - 10 Jan 1681 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts History - 1711 to 1713 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Death - 8 Dec 1721 - Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S88] Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register , (Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, 1877). [S953] Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889, Reprint of 1889 edition, (Sudbury, Massachusetts: The Sudbury Press, 1968). [S451] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925, (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925). [S952] Hudson, Charles. 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, (Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862). [S1032] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice, (Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858). [S74] Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts, (New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907). [S457] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851). [S86] Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index Reprint of 1930 edition, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986). [S955] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847).