Individual Details

Mary Ward was married by 1659 for she was among the daughters not given legacies in her father's will because they had received portions at their marriage. She is named as Mary Burr in December of 1665 in her mother's will. There is no suggestion of children for Mary in that will although other grandchildren are named along with their parent. Some have attributed Daniel & Esther Burr as children to Mary - they each received 10 shillings from Mary's mother as an afterthough in the will. Some have tried to suggest that Jehu Burr was married to both sisters, Mary and Hester, but in the Puritan society which regarded with abhorrence a marriage to a dead wife's sister, that seems quite unlikely.

The only Fairfield Burr available to be Mary Burr's husband seems to be John, brother to Jehu. He did marry Sarah Fitch but not until about 1673 when he was nearing forty. An earlier marriage would be probable. In 1864, the will of Moses Dimon, who married Abigail Ward, Mary's sister, called John Burr and Samuel Ward [brother of Abigail & Mary] his brethren. This term seems unexplainable unless John Burr was the husband of Mary Ward and another brother-in-law.

Birth

Abt 1636

Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

Spouse

John Burr (1633 - 1692)

Father	ANDREW WARD (1597 - 1659)
Mother	HESTER SHERMAN (1606 - 1665)
Sibling	Edmund Ward ( - )
Sibling	Anne Ward (1628 - 1718)
Sibling	William Ward (1632 - 1675)
Sibling	Hester Ward (1634 - 1666)
Sibling	John Ward (1638 - 1683)
Sibling	Sarah Ward (1640 - 1711)
Sibling	Abigail Ward (1643 - 1718)
Sibling	ANDREW WARD (1644 - 1691)
Sibling	Samuel Ward (1648 - 1692)