Increase Ward

Male, #2980, (22 January 1644/45 - 25 August 1690)
Increase Ward|b. 22 Jan 1644/45\nd. 25 Aug 1690|p2980.htm|Deacon William Ward|b. a 1603\nd. 10 Aug 1687|p728.htm|Elizabeth unknown|b. 9 Dec 1613\nd. 9 Dec 1700|p730.htm|Edward Ward|b. 1573|p21580.htm||||||||||
Gravestone of Increase Ward
     Increase Ward was born on 22 January 1644/45 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, His birth was recorded as 22 (11) 1644. Ward (1851) gives the birth as 22 February 1644.1,4,6,7,8 He was the son of Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth unknown.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Increase Ward lived at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1661 with Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth unknown.9,10,4 On 3 October 1672 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Increase married Record Wheelock, daughter of Rev. Ralph Wheelock and Rebecca Wilkerson. According to the marriage intentions filed, he was living in Shrewsbury, Mass. at the time of his wedding.11,3,4,12,7,8 Increase Ward and Record Wheelock lived in 1673 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, They lived in that part of Marlborough, which in 1717, became Westborough and later Northborough. There he ran a sawmill.4 On 6 April 1686 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Increase Ward was mentioned in the will of Deacon William Ward.1,3,7,13 Increase Ward served in 1689 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, as Town Clerk.4 He died on Friday, 25 August 1690 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 45 years, 7 months and 3 days. Ward (1851) gives his death date as 4 August 1690.3,4,12,8,14,7 He was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His gravestone is the oldest Ward stone in the cemetery.4

Children of Increase Ward and Record Wheelock

Citations

  1. Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Massachusetts. 1900. Reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981.
  2. Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register. 1877. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
  3. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts From Its Settlement in 1717 to 1829, with Other Matter Relating thereto Not Before Published, Including an Extensive Family Register. 1847. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989.
  4. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
  5. Pulsifer, David. "Early Records of Boston", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume VI (1852).
  6. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. "Sudbury Records", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XVII (1863).
  7. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
  8. Bullard, Edgar J. Bullard and Allied Families. Detroit: Private Publisher, 1930.
  9. Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. 1889. Reprint Sudbury, Massachusetts: The Sudbury Press, 1968.
  10. Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907.
  11. Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886. 1887. Reprint Medfield, Massachusetts: Medfield Historical Society, 1975.
  12. Hudson, Charles. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts from its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861 with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough. Boston: T.R. Marvin & Son, 1862.
  13. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice. Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858.
  14. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin. P. Rice, 1908.