A year or two ago, my sister Kendra gave me copies of pages from a book on the Ward family’s genealogy. Recently, I finally got around to digging into it.
The story starts with William Ward of Sudbury, Massachusetts. He was born in England around 1603. In the spring of 1638, he emigrated to the Colony of Massachusetts with his second wife, Elizabeth, and five children. He and Elizabeth had eight more children born in Sudbury, including Samuel Ward.
Samuel Ward was born on September 24, 1641 in Sudbury, Massachusetts and died on November 15, 1729 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. His first wife was Sarah Howe. They had seven children, including Joseph Ward.
Joseph Ward was born in 1670 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where he died on June 30, 1717. He married Abigail Wheelock, and they had seven children, all born in Marlborough, including Phineas.
Phineas Was was born August 5, 1705 and died on October 19, 1756. He married Mary Wright, and they had six children born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, including Reuben.
Reuben Ward was born on December 28, 1746 and died January 8, 1800. He married Sarah Kendall, and they had eleven children, among them a son named Levi.
Levi Ward was born on April 12, 1785 in Marlborough, New Hampshire. He married Nancy Whitney, and they had six children, including a son named Daniel.
Daniel Ward was born on February 1, 1818 in Keene, New Hampshire, and died on August 30, 1894 at Indian Falls, New York. He married three times. His first wife was Catherine Phelps, with whom he had two children, including a son named Albert Wesley.
Albert Wesley Ward was born on November 8, 1842, in Pavilion Center, New York, and died on February 13, 1923, in East Pembroke, New York. His first wife was Lydia Jane Austin, with whom he had five children, including Roy Albert.
Roy Albert Ward was born on March 14 in either 1873 or 1874 (the book says 1874, but a handwritten correction says 1873) near Indian Falls, New York. He married Ida Mae Keller and became a pharmacist. His oldest son was Kenneth Roswell.
Kenneth Roswell Ward, M.D., was born on May 26, 1897 in Batavia, New York, and died in January 1976. He and his wife, Gladys Smith, had two sons, Robert Barnett Ward and Roderick Sartwell Ward.
Roderick Sartwell Ward was born on May 3, 1928, and died on August 2, 1977. He was an Episcopalian priest. His first wife was Molly Jean Landis, with whom he had four children. Among those four was yours truly, born October 7, 1957 in Corning, New York.
For some family-tree roots on my mother’s side, see this post.
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