Andrew Ward Genealogy

Spouse:    Hester SHERMAN
Birth:        ca 1605, Dedham, Essex, England
Bapt:         1 Apr 1606, Dedham, Essex, England
Death:       1665, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:      Edmund SHERMAN (ca1572-1641)
Mother:     Judith ANGIER
Marr:        1 Feb 1619, Married In England

Children:  Edmund (ca 1623-)
                 Isabelle (<1630-1676)
                 Ann (ca 1632-1718)
                 Hester (ca 1633-br. ca 1663)
                 Abigail (ca 1634-)
                 William (ca 1635-1676)
                 Mary (ca 1637-1692)
                 John (ca 1639-1683)
                 Sarah (ca 1640-)
                 Andrew (ca 1644-ca 1690)
                 Samuel (ca 1647-1693)
 
Notes: Born in England, he settled in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; and was an original settler of Wethersfield, Hartford, CT.
Commissioner appointed with Roger Ludlow and others by Mass. to govern Conn., March 1636
 

(2) Dr. William WARD MD
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Birth:       ca 1635
Death:      Mar 1676
Occ:         Surgeon

Spouse:   Deborah LOCKWOOD
Birth:       12 Oct 1636, Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Father:     Sergt. Robert LOCKWOOD (bp. 1600-ca1658)
Mother:    Susannah NORMAN  (Probably)
Marr:        12 Oct 1636, Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Children:  Hester (0r Esther) (ca1664-1732)

Notes:  Appointed by the General Court as Surgeon to accompany Fairfield County Troops in the expedition against the Narragansetts.  Lost his life in the attack on the Indian Fort in the "Great Swamp Fight."
 

(3) Hester (0r Esther) WARD
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Birth:        ca 1664
Death:       1732, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Ebenezer HAWLEY
Birth:        17 Sep 1654, Stratford, Fairfield, CT
Death:       3 Oct 1681, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:      Joseph HAWLEY (ca1602-1690)
Mother:     Katherine (Or Catherine) BIRDSEY? (ca1626-)
Marr:        19 Apr 1678

Children:  Elizabeth (1679-1753)
                 William (Died in Youth) (ca 1681-)
 

Spouse:     Nathaniel BURR
Birth:         ca 1639, Hampden Co., MA
Death:        26 Feb 1712, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:       Juehue (Or Jehu) BURR (ca1600-ca1672)
Marr:          aft Jun 1659

Children:  Sarah (ca 1662-)
                 Nathaniel (ca 1664-)
                 Abigail (ca 1668-1711)
                 John (1673-1750)
                 Daniel (ca 1677-)
                 Esther (-1722)
                 Anna (ca 1675-1747)
                 Rebecca (ca 1681-1721)
                 Mary
 
 

Spouse:    Tryal MEIGS
Birth:        ca 1646, New Haven, New Haven, CT
Death:       ca 1690, Killingworth, Middlesex, CT
Father:      John MEIGS Sr. (ca1611-1671)
Mother:     Tomasine FRY (1612-1671)
Marr:         ca 1668, New Haven, New Haven, CT

Children:  Andrew (1669-1756)
                 John (1671-1700)
                 Abigail (1672-1733)
                 Sarah (1674-1763)
                 Capt. Peter (1676-1763)
                 William (1678-1767)
                 Samuel (1684-)
                 Mary (1687-)
                 Ann (Or Anna) (1689-1746)
 

(3) Capt. Andrew WARD III
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Birth:        1669/1670
Death:       7 Aug 1756, Guilford, New Haven, CT

Spouse:    Deborah JOY
Death:       22 Feb 1752
Father:      Jacob JOY
Mother:     Elizabeth SPENCER
Marr:         19 Nov 1691

Children:  Andrew (1695-1779)
                 Damaris (1693-)
                 Deborah (1698-)
                 John (1700-1774)
                 Jeheil (1702-1740)
                 Samuel (1704-1745)
                 Rev. Edmund (1706-1779)
                 Dorothea (1708-1760)
                 Diana (1710-1789)
 

(4) Col. Andrew WARD IV
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Birth:        22 Apr 1695, Guilford, New Haven, CT
Death:       14 Jul 1779

Spouse:    Elizabeth FOWLER
Birth:        1694
Death:       26 Feb 1794
Father:      Abraham FOWLER
Mother:     Elizabeth BARTLETT
Marr:         11 Sep 1716

Children:  Andrew (Died in Youth) (1722-1723)
                 Elizabeth (1725-1787)
                 John (1726-1810)
                 Andrew (1727-1799)
                 Abigail (1731-1801)
                 Jacob (Died in Youth) (1736-)
                 Mary (Twin) (1736-1801)
 

(5) Capt. John WARD
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Birth:         1726, Guilford, New Haven, CT
Death:        20 Jul 1810
Occ:           Ship's Captain

Spouse 1:   Lucretia CHITTENDEN
Birth:          30 Oct 1736
Death:         5 Oct 1758

Spouse 2:   Rebecca MEIGS
Marr:          1 Jan 1761

Children:  Clarinda (1757-)
                 Rachel (1757-1847)
 

(6) Rachel WARD
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Birth:        2 Dec 1757, Guilford, New Haven, CT
Death:      16 Aug 1847, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA
Burial:      Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA

Spouse:    Bille STONE
Birth:        31 May 1761, Guilford, New Haven, CT
Death:       2 Aug 1827, Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA
Burial:      Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA
Occ:          Farmer
Father:      Reuben STONE (1726-1804)
Mother:     Ann EVERTS (1728-1763)
Marr:         22 Mar 1786, Guilford, New Haven, CT

Children:  Harriet Ward (1786-1879)
                 Maria (1788-1852)
                 Henry Ward (1791-1881)
                 William Russell (1805-1889)

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