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

Richard Rogers Biography

St. Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield

RICHARD ROGERS (1551-1618); Puritan divine and author. Rogers was born in Moulsham, a parish of Chelmsford, Essex, and baptised there on 29 June 1551. He matriculated as a sizar at Christ’s College, Cambridge, in 1566 and graduated A.B. in 1571, in which year he was ordained deacon and priest. He later migrated to Caius College and received his M.A. in 1574. 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