EDWARD WARDE of Little Wrathinge [Wratting], Suffolk, yeoman, 9 January 1620, proved at Ipswich 7 March 1620. Continue reading
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Nathaniel Ward Biography
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
William Markham of Hadley, Massachusetts
I mentioned William Markham briefly in my story about Edward Warde of Little Wrathinge. Continue reading
Edward Warde of Little Wrathinge
Edward Ward was the brother of John Ward of Haverhill, who John named as alternate executor in his will. 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