Desire Ward1

F, (13 July 1779 - 12 November 1859)
Father-Biological*Deacon Nehemiah Ward1 b. 19 May 1751, d. 18 Jan 1831
Mother-Biological*Sarah Whitney1 b. 26 Feb 1741, d. 28 Sep 1824
Last Edited=14 Oct 2022
     Desire Ward was born on 13 July 1779 at Athol, Massachusetts. She was born in that part of Athol, which became Orange.1 She was the daughter of Deacon Nehemiah Ward and Sarah Whitney.1 Desire Ward and Thomas Lord Jr. filed marriage intentions on 17 September 1800 at Athol, Massachusetts.1

Desire Ward, age 21, married Thomas Lord Jr., age 20 , son of Captain Thomas Lord and Leonard Smith, on 10 December 1800 at Athol, Massachusetts.

Children:
1. Aaron Lord (1801-1825)
2. Abby Lord (1803-1894)
3. Thomas Chandler Lord (1805-1851)
4. Franklin Lord (1808-____)
5. baby girl Lord (1811-1811)
6. Mary Angela Lord (1813-1834)
7. baby girl Lord (1814-1814)
8. Charlotte Sarah Lord (1816-1832)
9. Samuel Sweetser Lord (1819-____.)1


Desire Ward died on 12 November 1859 at Northfield, Massachusetts, at age 80.1

Citations

  1. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.