Nathaniel Ward, clergyman, born between the years 1578 and 1580; died in Shenfield, England, in 1652. Cotton Mather, in the “Magnalia,” gives his birthplace as Haverhill, England, which is probably correct; and the date of his birth as “about 1570,” which is evidently wrong. Continue reading
Category Archives: John Ward of Haverhill
The Will of John Ward of Ipswich
JOHN WARD of St. Clement’s parish, Ipswich, Suffolk, Clerk, 15 April 1662, proved 29 April 1662. Continue reading
The Will of Samuel Ward of Ipswich
SAMUEL WARD, the elder, of Ipswich, clerk, 19 October, 1639, proved 24 April, 1640, by Nathaniel and Joseph Ward, sons of the deceased and executors of his will; Continue reading
The Will of John Ward of Haverhill
JOHN WARD, preacher of God’s word in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, 9 October 1598, proved 31 October 1598. Continue reading
John Ward of Haverhill
St. Mary's, Haverhill Suffolk
The Ward families are well represented among the clergy for several hundred years, in England and New England. The Clergy of the Church of England Database Project (CCEd) has 246 listed under the name of WARD and 61 listed under the name WARDE.
http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/index.html
This story follows a small portion of my research on a few of these families. Continue reading