Deacon John Ward

M, (1626 - 8 July 1708)
Father-Biological*Deacon William Ward b. c 1603, d. 10 Aug 1687
Mother-Biological*Eleanor Phillipus b. 1600, d. 1632
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Last Edited=23 Dec 2023
Gravestone of John Ward
     Deacon John Ward was born in 1626 at England.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 He was the son of Deacon William Ward and Eleanor Phillipus. Deacon John Ward immigrated with Deacon William Ward, his father, circa 1638 to Boston, Massachusetts.4,5,10 Deacon John Ward was admitted as a freeman in 1649 at Cambridge, Massachusetts.8 John was a tanner and a farmer.1,2,6,7

Deacon John Ward married Hannah Jackson, daughter of Edward Jackson and Frances ______, in 1650.2,5,4,6,7,11,12,13 He built his house on the southeast part of the village of Cambridge, on a tract of 45 acres belonging to his father-in-law and later deeded to him. The house he built was later fortified as a garrison-house during the Indian Wars, though it was never attacked. It was raised in 1821.1,4 In 1660, he was a Constable in Cambridge, Massachusetts.4 On 27 August 1679, he was elected as a member of the first Board of Selectman for Newton, Massachusetts. He served again in 1684, 1693, and 1695 to 1697.1,4,6,7 He served as a member of the committee, which negotiated with Cambridge on the terms of separation in 1686.11 In 1688, he was reimbursed by the Town of Newton for the expense of removing Abigail Parker from the town. In the same year he was a member of the committee to prevent Widow Susanna Clements from becoming a charge on the town.11 Between 1688 and 1689, he was the Representative to the Massachusetts General Court from Newton.1,4,11 He was a member of the committee to represent the town of Newton in a suit brought by Captain Thomas Prentice in 1693.11 He was one of the men who perambulated the Newton-Roxbury line in 1696.11 In 1698, he was made a Tithingman for Newton, Massachusetts.11 John wrote his will on 2 February 1708 at Newton, Massachusetts.7,8 He died on 8 July 1708 at Newton, Massachusetts.2,4,7,8,12,9 He was buried at East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Massachusetts, in grave #110.11

Children of Deacon John Ward and Hannah Jackson

Citations

  1. Paige, Lucius Robinson. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a Genealogical Register. Boston: H. O. Houghton and Company, 1877.
  2. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Cambridge Historical Society, 1930.
  3. Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the year 1850. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905.
  4. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
  5. Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. Sudbury, Massachsetts: The Town of Sudbury, 1889.
  6. Greenwood, Frederick. Greenwood Genealogies, 1154-1914. New York: The Lyons Genealogical Company, 1914.
  7. Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800. Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854.
  8. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
  9. Find-a-Grave. Online https://www.findagrave.com/
  10. Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. volume 4. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1862.
  11. Ritter, Priscilla R and Thelma Fleishman.. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779 A Biographical Directory. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1982.
  12. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1847.
  13. Thayer, Elisha. Family Memorial Genealogy of Fourteen Families of Early Settlers of New England. Hingham, Massachusetts: J. Farmer, 1835.