The Will of James Markham of Middletown

MARKHAM, James, Middletown. Invt. £484-00-03. Taken 1st July 1731, by Solomon Adkins, William Wetmore, and Jonathan Blake. Will dated 7 April, 1731. Continue reading

The Will of Nathaniel Ward of Hadley

“The last will and testament of Nathaniell Ward of Hadley in the Colony of Massachusetts” dated 27 May 1664, gave “out of my Estate at Hartford…fourteen pounds to my Kinsman Daniell Allyn of Nashaway.” Continue reading

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