1Joseph Dow, History of the Town of Hampton, New Hampshire: From its Settlement in 1638, to the Autumn of 1892, Vol. 2, p. 1025 (1893).
"V. COTTON WARD, Lieutenant, son of Noah (4), married Jan. 31, 1759, Hannah, daughter of Thomas Nudd (4); lived on the homestead.
Children:
Simon, Captain, b. May 1, 1760; m. 1st, Mar. 2, 1784, Abigail Fullonton; 2d, July 5, 1803, Polly Edmunds, of Candia, where he was then living. He had lived in No.Il. where Dea. Samuel F. French now lives. He d. Aug. 25, 1829. Their ch.: Simon, Cotton, John, Sarah, Anna.
Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1762; m. Jonathan Drake, son of Abraham (9); d. Dec. 21, 1822.
Hannah, b. Oct. 31, 1763; m. Dec. 17, 1781, Maj. James Drake, of Chichester (now Pittsfield), son of Simon and gr.son of Abraham (6).
Rachel, b. Nov. 24, 1765; m. June 20, 1786, William Berry, of Greenland; d. 1835. Had twelve ch.
Deborah, b. Jan. 11, 1768; m. Levi Batchelder (23); d. Nov. 30, 1839.
Thomas (6), b. Jan. 2, 1770; m. Lydia Garland; d. Feb. 19, 1818.".