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i. NATHAN, b. Jan. 9, 1747/8. Was an early and probably the first school teacher in Plymouth. Beginning in July, 1775, he was employed by the town to teach every day in the year, the school being held at five places. At his request, he was released from his contract by a vote at a town meeting assembled Nov. 19, 1776. He went to Chester, and there d. a few days later. Ward Genealogy states that he d. Nov. 3, probably an error for Nov. 30, 1776. He was not married.
5. ii. ENOCH, b. July 4, 1749.
iii. ABRAHAM, b. Feb. 10, 1751. unm. d. Dec. 6, 1776.
iv. MARY, b. Sept. 18, 1752. unm. d. Dec. 6, 1776.
v. SAMUEL, b. Jan. 1, 1754. d. Oct. 4, 1754.
vi. ABIGAIL, b. March 31, 1755. m. Samuel Dearborn (see).
vii. SAMUEL, b. August 25, 1756. d. Nov. 8, 1776.
6. viii. ISAAC, b. March 16, 1758.
7. ix. BENJAMIN, b. Sept. 21, 1761.
8. x. DANIEL, b. Jan. 30, 1764.
xi. ESTHER, b. August 17, 1767. d. Dec. 8, 1776.
9. xii. JONATHAN, b. August 24, 1769.
xiii. EUNICE, b. Oct. 25, 1782. The only child of his wife, Sarah, m. Isaac Stafford (see).
5. ENOCH WARD, son of Rev. Nathan 4, b. July 4, 1749. He was taxed in Plymouth continuously from 1770 until his death. He m. Oct. 17, 1777, Mary Carter, b. Concord, 1759, dau. of Dr. Ezra and Ruth (Eastman) Carter. He built the house on Highland Street, known as the Emerson House, and in his diary it is recorded that the house was raised Nov. 1781, and that he "moved into our house" June 23, 1783. He was a selectman, 1782. He d. July 29, 1825. She d. Oct. 6, 1843. The two oldest children were b. in Boscawen ; but he was taxed in Plymouth every year from 1770 to 1825.
10. i. SAMUEL, b. July 22, 1778.
ii. MARY, b. Dec. 6, 1779. m. David Haseltine (see).
iii. TAMASIN IRELAND, b. August 4, 1781. m. Edmund Bartlett (see).
iv. JUDITH, b. August 24, 1783. m. Edmund Durgin (see).
v. NATHAN, b. June 5, 1785. Settled in Brownington, Vt.
11. vi. ENOCH, b. Dec. 7, 1786.
12. vii. BENJAMIN, b. March 17, 1789.
13. viii. EZRA CARTER, b. March 17, 1791.
14. ix. JOHN, b. June 19, 1793.
15. x. GEORGE WHITFIELD, b. Feb. 8, 1798.
xi. JAMES OTIS, b. Oct. 1, 1800. unm. d. June 30, 1827.
6. ISAAC WARD, son of Rev. Nathan 4, b. March 16, 1758. m. April 17, 1788, Polly Thurlow, dau. of Moses Thurlow (see). He was a VOL. II. - 44
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farmer on Ward Hill and a worthy citizen. He d. Feb. 27, 1816. She d. July 7, 1841.
i. MARY, b. August 11, 1788. m. March 16, 1813, Nathaniel Goodhue, b. 1788, son of Stephen B. and Esther (Pike) Goodhue, of Camp- ton. He was taxed in Plymouth, 1814-1816, and at some later date removed to Bangor, Me. Their children were Philomela, Sally, Ira, Alfred, Henry, and Isaac Ward.
ii. ISAAC, b. March 24, 1790. d. Oct. 3, 1790.
16. iii. ISAAC, b. July 13, 1791.
iv. SALLY, b. July 22, 1793. m. Oct. 14, 1818, Andrew B. Marshall, b. Hampstead, Oct. 11, 1795, son of Silas and Ruth (Fellows) Mar- shall. He d. Hampstead, 1853. She d. 1888. Three children: (1) William, b. August 24, 1819. d. August 30, 1841. (2) Ar- thur Ward, b. April 9, 1822. Lived in Valparaiso, Chili, and in New Jersey. He m. 1854, Caroline W. Trumbull. (3) Isaac Hill, b. Jan. 24, 1832. Lived in Harvard, Mass.
17. v. MOSES, b. July 11, 1795.
vi. IRA, b. June 22, 1797. Was a brickmaker. res. Cambridge, Mass. He m. 1822, Elizabeth Ann Herbert.
vii. ZILPAII, b. June 11, 1799. m. Moses Hull (see).
viii. ABRAHAM, b. Sept. 5, 1802. Was a merchant in Rumney, in firm of Quincy & Ward.
ix. ELIZA D., b. Jan. 16, 1805. m. Feb. 20, 1835, Ivory Sands, of Lyman, Me. res. after marriage in Cambridge, Mass.
18. x. ARTHUR, b. Dec. 13, 1807.
7. BENJAMIN WARD, son of Rev. Nathan 4, b. Sept. 21, 1761. Lived in Plymouth, and was taxed each year from 1783 to 1816. He m. Mary Bartlett. He d. Sept., 1816. She subsequently lived in Han- over and in Lynn, Mass., where she d. May 7, 1839.
19. i. MILTON, b. Sept. 8, 1808.
ii. MYRA. d. unm., about 1840.
8. DANIEL WARD, son of Rev. Nathan 4, b. Jan. 30, 1764. Lived in Plymouth until 1799 or 1800, when he removed with other Plymouth families to Stanstead, P. Q. He removed soon after to Nunda, N. Y., and in 1814 to the vicinity of Madison, Ind. He d. in Marion Co., Ind., August 19, 1841. He m. June 30, 1793, Bridget French, b. Jan. 14, 1772, dau. of Capt. Benjamin and Molly (Lovewell) French. She d. near Madison, Ind., May 26, 1828. Four or five of their fifteen children b. in Plymouth.
20. i. CHARLES. m. Catherine Taylor Lindsay.
ii. LUCINDA. m. Rev. Herman Keeler, Baptist. She d. near India- napolis, Ind., Nov. 29, 1838.
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iii. PHELINA, b. 1798. d. Nunda, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1814.
iv. FREDERICK. d. New Orleans, La., May 2, 1834, having gone to New Orleans to visit his brother, Daniel.
v. AMELIA, b. Jan. 1, 1800. m. 1815, Joseph Maxom. Lived in Wis- consin. She d. Sept. 6, 1846.
vi. ARTHUR WARD. d. Lockport, N. Y., about 1845. He had a family, but a record is not secured.
vii. CLARISSA, b. May 1, 1803. m. Nov. 10, 1828, David Williams. m. second, 1840, Rev. Herman Keeler, who had previously m. her sis- ter, Lucinda. She d. Dec. 14, 1882. He d. Kokomo, Ind., 1873.
. viii. DANIEL. d. New Orleans, La., Jan. 7, 1834.
ix. BENJAMIN. d. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 13, 1826.
x. NATHAN. m. Eliza Russell. d. Shelbyville, Ind., about 1845.
xi. CAROLINE AUGUSTA, b. April 6, 1811. m. April 16, 1838, Charles A. Cox, b. Sept. 1, 1808. Lived in Indianapolis, Ind. She d. Nov. 29, 1846. He d. May 29, 1881. Three children : (1) Catherine Ward, b. August S, 1840. m. June 27, 1860, Francis B. Lord, b. June 6, 1833, Dartmouth College, 1856, son of Nathan Lord, LL.D. President Dartmouth College. Major 56th Ind. Infantry. He was general passenger agent, I. C. & L. R.R., living in Cincin- nati, Ohio, where he d. Feb. 10, 1873. (2) Mary Anne, b. July 21, 1842. d. June 25, 1843. (3) Charles Harding, b. Dec. 12, 1844. m. Hulda Jones. She d. 1882. m. second, Mrs. Emma (Hayes) McGinnis. He is engaged in mining in Georgia.
xii. EMILY, b. March 4, 1812. m. Sept. 15, 1838, George W. Frankham, son of Major John and Caroline Frankham. He d. Augusta Co., Va., about 1849. She d. 1837. (1) Martha Elizabeth, b. April 22, 1831. m. Joseph Lake Fenner. res. Washington, D. C.
xiii. EMELINE, b. March 4, 1812. Twin. m. Edwin Tucker. m. second, Jenkins A. Fitzgerald. A surgeon in U. S. Army, serving in Gen. Sherman's march to the sea, and winning commendation and earning rank of colonel. He d. 1879. She d. Shelbyville, Ind., August 3, 1873.
xiv. ELCINA, b. 1814. m. Samuel Mann. She d. Indianapolis, about 1860.
xv. SARAH WATTS, b. 1816. m. Joab Fitzgerald, a brother of Jenkins Fitzgerald. He d. about 1864. She d. Birmingham, Ala., July 29, 1890. Their son, W. T. Fitzgerald, is an attorney, Washington, D. C.
9. REV. JONATHAN WARD, son of Rev. Nathan, b. Plymouth, August 24, 1769. Dartmouth College, 1792. Studied theology with Rev. Nathanael Emmons, D.D., of Franklin, Mass. He was settled over the Congregational Church at New Milford, now Alna, Me., Sept. 28, 1796. Dismissed at his request, July 22, 1818. Rev. Drury Fair- banks having been dismissed, he came immediately to Plymouth, and
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preached here eleven years without installation. His farewell sermon was preached Sept. 20, 1829. He was a trustee of Holmes Plymouth Academy, 1823-1834. He subsequently preached in Brentwood until 1832 ; Plymouth, Mass., 1833; Seabrook and Hampton Falls, 1834, 1835, and after a respite from active labor he preached, 1844, in Not- tingham, and in New Castle, 1845, 1846. The infirmities of age at this time persuaded him to retire from active labor. He spent the evening of his days with his dau., Mrs. Robinson, in Brentwood, where he d. Feb. 24, 1860. He m. August, 1798, Philenia Gay Whitaker, b. April 6, 1776, dau. of Oliver Whitaker, of Attleboro, Mass. She d. in Plymouth, April 25, 1825. For commendation of his character and ministry, see Vol. I.
i. JONATHAN, b. Alna, Me., Nov. 30, 1800. Dartmouth College, 1822; Andover Theological Seminary, 1825. Ordained and installed, Biddeford, Me., Oct., 1825. Ile d. Feb. 3, 1826. Referring to the early death of a man of brilliant promise, Rev. Dr. Edward Payson wrote, " One of the darkest providences I ever knew."
21. ii. JAMES WILSON, b. Alna, Me., May 21, 1803.
iii. PHILENIA, b. Alna, Me., Oct. 16, 1804. m. August 27, 1832, Fred- erick Robinson, b. May 22, 1806. They lived in Brentwood.
iv. LAURA ELIZABETHI, b. Alna, Me., May 7, 1807. m. April 22, 1833, Rev. M. Purdy (Episcopal), b. Rutland, Vt., May 28, 1805. Mid- dlebury College, 1827. Ile d. April 26, 1853. She d. June, 1863. (1) Edward James, b. March 29, 1834. Trinity College. He is an Episcopal clergyman. Rector, New Albany and Logansport, Ind., Danville, Ill., Winona, and Minneapolis, Minn. res. (1902), Minneapolis, Minn. He m. July 14, 1863, Charlotte Maria Ship- man. Six children. (2) Laura Ann Berry, b. Dec. 4, 1835. A lady of superior attainment. She d. unm., Sept. 24, 1884. (3) Helen Philena Ward, b. Oct. 16, 1840. An artist of reputation. Res. in Paris, France, and there honored by an election to " Paris Salon."
10. SAMUEL WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. July 22, 1778. m. in Ply- mouth, April 24, 1804, Sarah Reed, dau. of Joseph Reed (see). In the record of his marriage he was styled " of Plymouth," but he was taxed in this town for the years 1812 and 1813 only. He removed, 1813, from Plymouth to Brownington, Vt. His wife d. March 2, 1836. He m. second, Dec. 7, 1836, Emily Strong.
i. NATHAN, b. Nov. 21, 1804. Taught a few terms of school in Ply- mouth, pursued a course of study at Thetford Academy, and studied medicine with Dr. Samuel S. Kendall, of Coventry, Vt.
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Bowdoin M.D., 1832. He practised medicine a few months in Durham, and received an appointment as medical missionary to the island of Ceylon, arriving there Oct. 28, 1833, and was also an instructor in the school sustained by the missionaries. He re- turned to the United States in 1847, and practised medicine in Burlington, Vt., about five years. In 1853 he was licensed to preach, and supplied the pulpit in Westfield, Vt., five years, be- ginning, 1854. Reappointed to the Ceylon mission, Nov. 15, 1859, he sailed from Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1860, and d. suddenly on the ocean, Nov. 25, 1860, and was buried at sea. He m. Jan. 8, 1833, Hannah Woodward Clark, b. Peacham, Vt., 1804, a sister of Rev. Ephraim Clark, a missionary to the Sandwich Islands. At the time of his death, his widow, in accordance with his expressed desire, continued on to Ceylon, and there labored seven additional years. She d. in Richmond, Ill., Feb. 3, 1884. (1) William Henry, b. August 16, 1834. (2) Laura Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1836. d. June 29, 1837. (3) Edward Clark, b. July 1, 1839. (4) Samuel Read, b. August 7, 1842.
ii. MARY, b. August 16, 1806. m. Oct. 11, 1830, John Clark. res. Lowell, Mass.
iii. LAURA, b. August 3, 1808. m. Jan. 8, 1829, Page Remick, of Brownington, Vt. Six children.
iv. JOSEPH READ, b. June 10, 1811. d. unm., Oct. 20, 1840.
v. CLINTON, b. April 13, 1813. d. June 2, 1813.
vi. SARAH, b. August 12, 1814. m. March 30, 1836, William Fuller, of Irasburg, Vt. Two children.
vii. GEORGE WHITEFIELD, b. Oct. 17, 1816. Was a respected physician of Burlington, Vt. He m. Jan. 27, 1846, Deucia Lamb.
viii. JOHN MILTON, b. Nov. 10, 1820. d. Jan. 7, 1838.
ix. JAMES OTIS, b. Feb. 19, 1827.
X. EMILY SYLVIA, b. Nov. 26, 1837.
11. ENOCH WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. Dec. 7, 1786. m. Feb. 5, 1813, Lydia Church, b. Campton, June 25, 1786, dau. of Jabez and Deborah (Bartlett) Church. He resided in Plymouth until 1835, when he removed to Lowell, Mass., and returned to Plymouth, 1844. His wife d. Feb. 15, 1846. He m. second, June 27, 1850, Harriet Stebbins, b. Thetford, Vt., dau. of Dr. Arad and Mary S. (Kent) Stebbins. She d. August 30, 1873. He d. May 13, 1875.
i. ARTEMAS, b. March 22, 1816. d. Oct. 2, 1835.
ii. THOMAS CHURCH, b. April 1, 1817. d. Nov. 1819.
iii. JUDITH CARTER, b. Dec. 26, 1819. m. Feb. 12, 1879, Rev. David Connell, b. in Scotland, Feb. 15, 1815. He was pastor of the Congregational Church, West Newbury, Vt., 1865-1869, and subsequently he preached in Thornton. Ile d. in Portsmouth,
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Nov. 11, 1895; she d. Oct. 3, 1893. By a former marriage Rev. David Connell was the father of several children. Ilis son William was a representative in Congress from Nebraska.
iv. ESTHER CHURCH, b. Oct. 15, 1821. m. March 2, 1852, James Harrison, a native of England. He was a teacher of music. After marriage they lived in Lancaster, England, where he d. May 12, 1878. She returned to her native land and res. in Plymouth.
V. . CATHERINE WEBSTER, b. June 17, 1823. m. Oct. 30, 1849, Charles Morrill. He was a teacher in Lowell, Mass. He d. April 2, 1884; she d. June 28, 1861. Their three children d. young.
vi. PHILENIA GAY, b. May 17, 1825. unm. d. Lowell, Mass., 1849, vii. MARY ANN, b. Oct. 5, 1827. unm. res. Plymouth.
viii. CORNELIUS, b. June 5, 1830. m. Jan. 7, 1868, Amelia D. Dewitt. He was a broker in New York. He d. March 22, 1901. Two children (1) Alice Church, b. Oct. 23, 1868. m. May 18, 1887, Ernest C. Hunt. (2) Florence Mary, b. May 20, 1874. m. Dec. 18, 1895, Thomas E. Tripler, Jr.
12. BENJAMIN WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. March 17, 1789. m. March 18, 1819, Deborah Church, dau. of Rev. Selden Church, of Campton. He was a painter, and lived in Plymouth where he d. Sept. 17, 1861. She d. Feb. 21, 1879.
i. ANN C., b. Nov. 13, 1820. d. August 12, 1835.
ii. WILLIAM SELDEN, b. May 9, 1824. d. Sept. 26, 1825.
iii. JANE, b. July 10, 1830. m. David A. Webber (see).
13. EZRA CARTER WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. March 17, 1791. Was a painter ; lived in Plymouth. He m. Oct. 31, 1816, Elizabeth Harris of Bridgewater, a sister of Nathan Harris, the Plymouth merchant. She d. 1838. He m. second, April 2, 1840, Susan Miller, dau. of James and Miriam (Webster) Miller. She d. 1841. He m. third, Oct. 26, 1842, Chastina Spokesfield. He d. in Plymouth, 1859. She d. 1893.
i. JAMES OTIS, b. August 27, 1843. 14th N. H. Infantry, August 14, 1862 to July 8, 1865; wounded Opequan, Va., Sept. 19, 1864. m. June 25, 1867, Flora E. Lougee. He res. in Campton. (1) Alice C., b. Feb. 25, 1868. m. Warren A. Straw, son of Ezra and Climena (Yeaton) Straw (see). He d. Plymouth, Feb. 27, 1887; she m. second, August 20, 1889, Alonzo R. Sanborn. (2) Laura A., b. Sept. 22, 1871. m. Oct. 23, 1888, Burt H. Avery ; res. Lancaster. (3) Addie May, b. July 13, 1884. d. July 19, 1884.
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ii. GEORGE NICHOLS, b. Nov. 26, 1844. m. July 4, 1865, Sarah Jane Blaisdell, dau. of James Blaisdell. She d. 1871; he m. second, 1878, Nellie M. Elliot, dau. of George W. and Lydia (Moulton) Elliot. He is a farmer of Ashland, having previously lived in Campton, Sandwich, and Ellsworth. Eleven children ; (1) Rosa, b. Campton, May 3, 1867. m. Allen J. Sickles; he d. in Thorn- ton. (2) Kate Eldora, b. Campton, July - 1869. m. Daniel Downing, of Thornton. (3) Nellie Chastina, b. Campton, August 22, 1871. Adopted by William P. Garland, of Campton. (4) Julia Belle, b. Sandwich, 1880. m. George Twombly, of Alexandria. (5) Martha Jane, b. 1882. m. John Brooks, of Rumney. (6) Florence Estelle. m. Walter Pierce, of Ashland. (7) May Ellen, b. 1886. (8) George French, b. Ellsworth, August 19, 1889. (9) Esther, b. Sept. - 1892. (10) Harriet, b. 1894. (11) Sadie, b. 1897. d. 1899.
iii. MARTHA JANE, b. June 6, 1847. d. 1862.
iv. MARY ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 6, 1849. m. Martin B. Avery. He d. about 1886.
V. ABBIE CHASTINA, b. May 24, 1853. d. Sept. 5, 1855.
vi. ABBIE CHASTINA, b. June 21, 1856. m. March 28, 1877, Wilson Noah Moulton, b. Ellsworth, July 2, 1851, son of Noah and Maria (Avery) Moulton. They live in Campton. Two children : (1) Myrtie Ann, b. April 9, 1880. m. Oct. 29, 1899, Frank Webster. (2) Arthur Wilson, b. March 20, 1886.
14. JOHN WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. Jan. 19, 1793. m. Sept. 29, 1819, Mary Lawrence Webster, dau. of Capt. David Webster (see). He was a merchant at Livermore Falls in Plymouth. He d. Sept. 21, 1832. She d. April 7, 1836.
i. HARRIET JANE, b. April 27, 1823.
ii. MARY LAWRENCE, b. Feb. 27, 1826. d. August 14, 1826.
iii. ANN MARIA WEBSTER, b. Nov. 21, 1828. Was a teacher in Lowell, Mass. m. June 19, 1860, William James Ward, not a descendant of Rev. Nathan 4. They lived in Newfoundland. Two children : (1) Lydia Cummings Webster, b. August 10, 1861. (2) William James, b. July 22, 1862.
15. GEORGE WHITEFIELD WARD, son of Enoch 5, b. Feb. 8, 1798; was a dentist in Lowell, Mass. About 1850 he removed to Phila- delphia, Pa., and continued the practice of his chosen profession. He m. Jemima Smith Emerson, dau. of Jonathan Emerson (see), who d. April 15, 1852. He d. suddenly, July 9, 1860.
i. LAURA ANN, b. Sept. 22, 1821. m. April 20, 1848, Charles Scribner, of Lowell, Mass. She d. Feb. 9, 1819.
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ii. SULLIVAN LAWRENCE, b. July 4, 1826. A dentist in Lowell, Mass. m. August 12, 1852, Mary Frances Morgan, b. June 13, 1827. She d. May 18, 1887. (1) Adalaide, b. Dec. 12, 1853. (2) George Morgan, b. May 23, 1859. Dartmouth College, 1882; Andover Theological Seminary, 1896; pastor and teacher, Pres. Rollins College, 1896. He m. June 17, 1896, Emma M. Sprague. Res. Winter Park, Fla.
iii. HENRY MARTYN, b. April 18, 1831. d. Jan. 1, 1834.
iv. JULIA ELIZABETH, b. June 3, 1832. Was principal Mt. Holyoke Seminary, 1872-1883. Now res. Lowell, Mass.
V. WILLIAM GARRISON, b. June 16, 1834. m. Oct. 10, 1860, Marietta Judith Battles. He is a dentist in Lowell, Mass. (1) Augusta, b. Jan. 7, 1864. m. Henry S. Burrows. He d. August 3, 1890.
vi. ELLEN ELIZA, b. Sept. 22, 1837. m. April 10, 1861, Albert Winslow Burnham, b. Windham, March 21, 1839, son of Asa Richardson and Mary (Jackson) Burnham. Ile studied dentistry with Sullivan Lawrence and William Garrison Ward, and is of the firm S. L. & G. W. Ward and A. W. Burnham, dentists, Lowell, Mass. Three children. (1) Alice Ward, b. March 20, 1865. m. Oct. 31, 1889, Horace P. Fifield, of Conway. (2) Julia Elizabeth, b. August 18, 1865, grad. State Normal School, Framingham, Mass., and has been an instructor in the Perkins Institution for the Blind since 1891. (3) Francis Lawrence, b. Nov. 10, 1869. m. June 27, 1894, Fannie Williams Bartlett. He res. in Lowell, Mass.
16. ISAAC WARD, son of Isaac 6, b. July 13, 1791, was a farmer many years and a merchant of Plymouth. He opened a store on Ward Hill, and a few years later was associated in trade with his brother Arthur under the firm of I. & A. Ward. He was prominent in town affairs, representative, 1834, and a selectman several years. He m. Harriet Prudence Eaton. He d. Dec. 4, 1853. She d. March 27, 1870. Two adopted children.
i. HARRIET A., b. 1829.
ii. MARY EMELINE, b. 1833, a dau. of Moses 17 Ward (see).
17. MOSES WARD, son of Isaac 6, b. July 11, 1795. m. Dec. 5, 1816, Polly Goodhue, dau. of Stephen B., and Esther (Pike) Goodhue, and lived in Plymouth until 1827, when he removed to Cambridge, Mass. Six children.
i. CHARLES WILSON, b. Oct. 17, 1817.
ii. JONATHAN WHITEFIELD, b. August 5, 1820.
iii. STEPHEN GOODHUE, b. March 26, 1822.
iv. MOSES NEWELL, b. Sept. 13, 1823.
V. LUCINDA PATTEE, b. June 7, 1826.
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vi. MARY EMELINE, b. 1833. m. Jan. 4, 1860, Charles O. McQuesten (see). She was adopted by Isaac 16 Ward (see).
18. ARTHUR WARD, son of Isaac 6, b. Plymouth, Dec. 13, 1807. m. Oct. 21, 1837, Hannah Smith Dudley, b. Brentwood, Nov. 27, 1813, dau. of John S. Dudley. He was a clerk in Boston a few years, and subsequently lived in Plymouth, and was a merchant in firm of I. & A. Ward fifty years. He was early interested in, and a promoter of, the glove business. He d. April 28, 1878. She d. Oct. 17, 1890.
i. ELLEN LOUISA, b. Nov. 3, 1838. m. Moses Currier Eaton, M.D. (see).
ii. MARTHA CAROLINE, b. April 27, 1840. m. William W. Russell (see).
iii. ARTIIUR NORMAN, b. Oct. 20, 1849. Dartmouth College, 1872; Andover Theological Seminary, 1878. He was licensed to preach by the Worcester, Mass., Central Association June 12, 1877, or- dained pastor Congregational Church, Falmouth, Me., Feb. 25, 1879, dismissed Oct. 23, 1883 ; installed Centre Harbor, May 22, 1884, dismissed Dec. 6, 1886. He has been acting pastor at Pem- broke four years, and several years at Windham, Mass. He now res. in Somerville, Mass. Ile m. Feb. 17, 1880, Ella Mena Shaw, b. Cumberland, Me., Feb. 12, 1855, dau. of James T. Shaw. . (1) Arthur Herbert, b. Falmouth, Me., Dec. 2, 1880. (2) Kath- arine, b. Centre Harbor, Sept. 22, 1884.
19. MILTON WARD, son of Benjamin 7, b. Sept. 8, 1808. Dartmouth College, 1825; M.D., 1829. He practised medicine in Windham from 1830 to 1834. He then entered the Congregational ministry, preaching at Hillsborough. In response to a change in his views of church government he became an Episcopalian, and was rector of St. Stephen's Church in Detroit, Mich., where he d. March 2, 1874. He was a graceful writer of prose and verse. He m. May 7, 1832, Sarah Morrison, b. Windham, Oct. 7, 1800, dau. of Dea. Samuel and Margaret (Dinsmoor) Morrison. She d. June 7, 1833. He m. second, Oct. - 1834, Mary Frances Symonds, of Hillsborough, b. April 21, 1804. She d. at Detroit, Mich., August 14, 1877.
i. SARAH JANE, b. Windham, May 12, 1833. Grad. State Normal School, Salem, Mass .; for many years an accomplished teacher, Lawrence, Mass.
ii. WILLIAM SYMONDS, b. Hillsborough, August 9, 1835. A music teacher and organist. Res. Detroit, Mich. m. Oct. 27, 1862, Maria C. Ludden.
iii. EDWARD NEWTON, b. Blanford, Mass., April 3, 1838. m. May -, 1860, Mary P. Nelson. Res. Detroit, Mich.
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20. CHARLES WARD, son of Daniel 8, b. Plymouth about 1795. The family removed from this town in his childhood. He d. Washington, D. C., April 21, 1880. He m. May -, 1819, Catherine Taylor Lindsay. She d. 1872.
i. REBECCA, b. March -, 1820. d. May -, 1821.
ii. CATHERINE LINDSAY, b. Dec. - , 1821. m. June -, 1839, Reuben C. Shorter, of Georgia.
iii. JAMES NOBLE, b. Sept. - , 1823. m. Jan. 5, 1856, Mary E. Backus, dau. of Major E. B. Backus, U. S. A. He was a grad. West Point, brevetted first lieutenant for meritorious conduct at Cerro Gordo, Mexico. He d. Dec. 6, 1858.
iv. CHARLES AMERICUS, b. Oct. - , 1825. m. April -, 1857, Julia Bowing, dau. of Rev. Jesse Bowing, D.D., of Georgia. He was a physician. IIe d. Oct. - , 1858, in Galveston, Texas. His wife and infant son d. two weeks later.
v. MARCUS LINDSAY, b. May -, 1829. Res. unm. in California.
vi. LAURA AMELIA, b. March -, 1831. m. 1852, Asa W. Chapman, a planter of Columbus, Ga.
vii. FREDERICK ARTHUR, b. June -, 1833. d. same month.
viii. RALPH SHORTER, b. June 16, 1839, is a physician at Dickey's Mills, Ky. He m. Dec. 23, 1859, Mollie Elizabeth Carter, dau. of Joseph Carter, of Kentucky.
21. JAMES WILSON WARD, son of Rev. Jonathan 9, b. Alna, Me., May 21, 1803. Was fifteen years of age when his father came to this town. The years of his youth and his school vacations were passed in Plymouth. He graduated with honors, Dartmouth College, 1826; taught in the academies of South Berwick, Me., and Ipswich, Mass., and pursued the prescribed course of study of theology at Andover and New Haven. He was ordained and installed over the First Congrega- tional Church of Abington, Mass., 1834. He was a fearless advocate of the cause of anti-slavery. In 1835 George Thompson was making his memorable visit to the United States. Mr. Ward invited him to speak from his pulpit. The venerable father of Mr. Ward, was a guest on the occasion. Public sentiment did not approve of the pro- ceeding, and while Mr. Thompson was speaking, the meeting house was assailed by a mob, and windows were broken by flying missiles. Mr. Thompson escaped from threatened personal danger, guarded on one side by the wife of the young pastor and on the other by his aged father. Mr. Ward had been in Abington one year. The people had not learned the measure of his courage. He made the study of his character an easy problem. The next Sabbath he preached a sermon
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on mobs; and from that hour they understood him, honored him, loved him. As a preacher, he was able and faithful, and a diligent student of the theological problems of the day. He was a frequent contributor to the religious press. In public affairs he manifested a good and enduring interest, and was elected to both branches of the legislature. His voice failing, he obtained a dismissal in 1856, and resided a few years in Madison, Wis., and in Davenport, Iowa. The last ten years of his life, he lived in Lakeville, Mass., and supplied the pulpit there without assuming the full responsibilities of a pastor. While spending a winter in New York he was injured in leaving a street car, and after three days, he d. Jan. 30, 1873. Mr. Ward m. Sept. 9, 1834, Hetta Lord Hayes, dau. of Judge William A. Hayes, of South Berwick, Me. She d. leaving five children, Dec. 11, 1842. He m. second, Dec. 8, 1862, Mrs. Caroline L. (Leonard) Ward, dau. of Caleb F. and Nancy (Thompson) Leonard, of Bridgewater, Mass., and widow of George Ward, of Lakeville. She d. Jan. 30, 1895.
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