Eleazer Ward

Male, #2983, (1649 - 20 April 1676)
Eleazer Ward|b. 1649\nd. 20 Apr 1676|p2983.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||||||||||
Mount Ward
     Eleazer Ward was born in 1649 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1,6,7,4,5 He was the son of Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth unknown.1,2,3,4,5 Eleazer Ward lived at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in 1661 with Deacon William Ward and Elizabeth unknown.6,8,9 On 5 August 1675 in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Eleazer married Hannah Rice, daughter of Henry Rice and Elizabeth Moore. Martyn (1925) gives their marriage date as 10 July 1675.2,3,9,7,4,5 Eleazer Ward was killed by Indians while riding on Mount Ward between Sudbury and Marlborough, Mass. during King Philip's War. The hill, Mount Ward, was named for him. on Monday, 20 April 1676 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, at age 27 years.1,2,9,7,4,5 He was buried in Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

Child of Eleazer Ward and Hannah Rice

Citations

  1. Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register. 1877. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
  2. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. 1930. 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. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Genealogical History of the Rice Family: Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice. Boston: C. Benjamin Richardson, 1858.
  5. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
  6. Hudson, Alfred Sereno. The History of Sudbury, Massachusetts 1638-1889. 1889. Reprint Sudbury, Massachusetts: The Sudbury Press, 1968.
  7. 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.
  8. Crane, Ellery Bicknell. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts. New York: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907.
  9. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.