See also
| Husband: | Samuel * WARD (1593-1682) | |
| Wife: | Hannah OGDEN (c. 1595- ) | |
Samuel * WARD
| Name: | Samuel * WARD | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Henry * WARD (1565-1642) | |
| Mother: | Deborah * LEECH (1565-1652) | |
| Birth | 15931 | |
| Immigration | 1637 (age 43-44) | to New England |
| Will | 6 Mar 1682 (age 88-89) | |
| beq to wife Frances all that she brought when they were married and life-use of the house and lands which were to be inherited by son Samuel at her death; other property to Samuel; to the daus of his son Samuel and son-in-law Isaac Lobdell a house he had built at Char.; to dau Mary and her husband Ambrose Gool land at Hull; at Harvard College the island lying betwixt Hing and Hull, called Bomkin Iland, which he wished to have called Ward's Island. Man Rogers to serve 3 years longer. | ||
| Death | 30 Aug 1682 (age 88-89) | Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, US2,3 |
| Burial | North Weymouth Cemetary4 | |
| Weymouth, Norfolk, MA, US | ||
| Name: | Hannah OGDEN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1595 (est) | |
Legal mention of Samuel Ward is fairly innocuous. On 12 June 1643, he, Bozoan Allen and Lt. Anthony Eames were granted permission to set up a corn mill near the cove in Hingham, Plymouth co., MA for the use of the town[2,5]. On 22 September 1652, he was referred to as "Mister" in a court proceeding which concerned debts owned the estate of Bozoan Allen[2,6].
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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of ..., Volume 3 edited by William Richard Cutter
The name of Ward (or Warde) WARD is of Norman origin, and found
on the ancient roll of Battle Abbey, England. The first of the family of whom there is mention is a noble captain of the name who accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066. There were families of the name living in Yorkshire and Durham. The ancient Ward coat-of-a rms is: Azure, a cross patence or. Crest: A wolf's head erased proper langued and dentated gules. Motto: Sub cruce salus. Henry Ward died inHingham, Massachusetts, May 15, 1642, and was possibly the father, and undoubtedly a near relative of Samuel Ward, the immigrant ancestor. It is believed by some investigators, however, that John Ward of Stratford, Suffolk, England, clot hier, was father to Samuel. He made a will October 19, 1629, proved May 18, 1631, bequeathing to son, "Samewell." (I) Samuel Ward, immigrant ancestor,born
in England, 1592, was a proprietor of Hingham in 1636. He was called yeoman, and' was admitted a freeman March 9, 1636-7; was deputy to the general court in November, 163738. He had a law suit in 1640 about land which he had received in payment for cloth sold. The town granted him and two others permission to set up a common corn mill for the town, June 12, 1643. He removed to Hull before 1655, and sold land at Hingham,March 30, 1665. He removed finally to Charlestown. He owned large tracts of land in Hingham, Hull and Charlestown. He died at Charlestown, August 30, 1682, aged eighty-nine. His will, dated March 6, 1681-2, proved October 3, 1682, bequeathed to wife Frances; son Samuel and Samuel's children; son-in-law Isaac Lobdell a house he had built in Charlestown; daughter Mary and her husband Ambrose Gool, land at Hull; Harvard College the island lying between Hingham and Hull, called Bomkin Island, which he wished to have called Ward's Island; man Rogers to serve three
years longer. He married first , ? who
died at Hingham, November 28, 1638; second,
Frances , died in Boston, June 10,
1690. He and his wife were admitted to the church at Charlestown, August 9, 1656. Children: 1. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Samuel, baptized atHingham, November 18, 1638. 3. Mary, married Ambrose Gould. 4. Martha, married Isaac Lobdell.
| 1 | Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, "The New England Historical and Genealogical Register" (NEHGS). |
| 2 | "Mayflower Births and Deaths Vol 1 and 2". |
| 3 | "MA Town and Vital Records 1620-1988 Record". |
| 4 | "Find a Grave". |