Individual Details
William Ward
(18 Oct 1678 - 19 Dec 1767)
William and Lettice are believe buried Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford, New Haven Co, CT. His stone is picture on FindAGrave.
From American Ancestry, Name and Descent, the Male Line of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the US Previous to 1776, Vol 9, 1887, Thomas Patrick Hughes, p. 110
" William Ward of Wallingford, b. in Killingworth, CT., Oct 8, 1678, d. in Wallingford, Dec. 19, 1767; captain during colonial wars, justice of peace, deputy to Gen. Court many times (m. Lettice Beach, b. Dec. 24, 1679, dau of John Jr. of Stratford, son of the settler John Beach); son of Andrew Ward Jr, b. 1647, probably at Fairfield, CT., removed to Killingworth, CT (m. Tryal, dau. of John Meiggs of Guilford, who on the night of May 12, 1661, rode on horseback to New Haven to notify Rev. John Davenport that agens of the king were seeking for the regicides then at his house; son of Andrew Ward, the settler, who came over with Winthrop in 1630 and settled in Watertown, Mass., was appointed by the General Court of the Bay Colony, one of the commissioners to govern the people at Connecticut, 1636, one of the five worthies who declared was on the Pequots, magistrate, d. at Fairfield, 1659 (m. Hester Sherman, dau. of Edmond and Joan)
[then perpetuates the wrong and unproved lineage, now disproved!] son of Sir Richard Ward (m. Ann, dau of Sir Richard Gunville) of Homersfield and Gorleston, Eng.
Events
| Birth | 18 Oct 1678 | Killingworth, New London County, Connecticut |  | ||
| Marriage | 14 Dec 1701 | Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut - Lettice Beach | | ||
| Marriage | 1755 | Ruth [WARD] | |||
| Death | 19 Dec 1767 | Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut | |
Families
| Spouse | Lettice Beach (1679 - 1767) |
| Spouse | Ruth [WARD] ( - ) |
| Father | ANDREW WARD (1644 - 1691) |
| Mother | TRYALL MEIGS (1647 - 1690) |
| Sibling | Capt Andrew Ward Jr (1667 - 1750) |
| Sibling | John Ward (1670 - 1700) |
| Sibling | Abigail Ward (1672 - 1733) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ward (1674 - 1763) |
| Sibling | PETER WARD (1676 - 1763) |
| Sibling | Samuel Ward (1680 - 1681) |
| Sibling | Hester Ward (1684 - 1684) |
| Sibling | Mary Ward (1687 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna Ward (1689 - 1746) |
Endnotes
1. Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, WFT- Volume 6, Pedigree 1142.
2. Lorraine Cook White, compiler, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 1-55 (Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 1994-2002). Online at Ancestry.com by subscription., Killingworth.
3. Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, WFT- Volume 6, Pedigree 1142.
4. Family Tree Maker CD-ROM, WFT- Volume 6, Pedigree 1142.
5. Garth Kraus, submitter, Ancestry World Tree. Ancestry.com. GEDCOM; Ward family..