Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Elizabeth WELLS
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: Abt 1614 b
  • Death: 9 Dec 1700 d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage:
  • William WARD on Abt 1634 at England .m1
  • William WARD Birth: Abt 1603 in Yorkshire, England Death: 10 Aug 1687 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Children:
  1. Richard WARD Birth: Abt 1635 in England Death: 31 Mar 1666 in Sudbury River, Sudbury, Massachusetts
  2. Deborah WARD Birth: Abt 1637 in England Death: 9 Aug 1697 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  3. Hannah WARD Birth: Abt 1639 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 3 Nov 1717 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  4. William WARD Birth: 22 Jan 1640
  5. Samuel WARD Birth: 24 Sep 1641 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 15 Nov 1729 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  6. Elizabeth WARD Birth: 14 Apr 1643 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 26 Apr 1710 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  7. Increase WARD Birth: 22 Jan 1645 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 25 Aug 1690 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  8. Hopestill WARD Birth: 24 Feb 1646 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 23 Dec 1718 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  9. William WARD Birth: 22 Feb 1649 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 25 Nov 1697 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
  10. Eleazer WARD Birth: Abt 1650 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 21 Apr 1676
  11. Bethiah WARD Birth: Abt 1658 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Death: 8 Dec 1721 in Marlborough, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Hart, Craig, Genealogy of the Wives of the American Presidents, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2004. NYPL APK 05-1088 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p[0-9]*].
  2. Martyn, Charles, The William Ward Genealogy: The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass, 1638-1925, New York, Artemus Ward, 1925, LDS Film#1035525 item#9. Available at http://archive.org/details/williamwardgenea1925mart. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001597787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Martyn WARD p[0-9]*].
  3. Pope, Charles Henry, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, a Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns, and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Boston, MA: author, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1400537. Reprinted Baltimore: Genealogical Pub Co, 1986. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p[0-9][0-9a]*].
  4. Edmund Rice Association, Descendants of Deacon Edmund Rice (through his grandchildren, a narrative report), http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/era/era00001.htm, 9/25/2000 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rice Association 9/25/2000].
  5. Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co, 1860. Available at http://archive.org/details/genealogicaldic01savarich. Reprinted Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Published Co, 1965. Scanned and corrected by Robert Kraft, 1994, and available at http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sav-age [A-Z][A-Z]* [A-Z][a-z]*].
  6. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, New England Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1903. Available at http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sudbury/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SudburyMA vitals p[0-9]*].
  7. Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriages prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1987. M-LH 974Tor Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p[0-9]*].
  8. Ward, Aldrew Henshaw, Ward Family; Descendants of William Ward who settled in Sudbury, Mass. in 1639, Samuel G Drake, Boston, 1851, LDS Film#0873925#2. Available at http://archive.org/details/wardfamilydescen00byuward Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WardAH WARD p[0-9-]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
died 1700 aged 86 [Ref: Sav-age WARD William]
in 87th year [Ref: Pope PioneersMA p479]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Pope PioneersMA p479, Sav-age WARD William]
Sources with Information about marriage to William WARD
date:
before 1641 [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p779]
before birth of Richard abt 1635 [Ref: WardAH WARD p8]
second marriage of William [Ref: Sav-age WARD William],
place:
[Ref: Martyn WARD p65, Sav-age WARD William],
names:
William WARD & Elizabeth STOREY? [Ref: Torrey NE<1700 p779]
William WARD & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: Hart PresidentWives p95, Martyn WARD p65, Pope PioneersMA p478, Sav-age WARD William, SudburyMA vitals p147, SudburyMA vitals p148]
William WARD & second wife [Ref: WardAH WARD p8],
child:
[Ref: Hart PresidentWives p95, Martyn WARD p65, Pope PioneersMA p478, Rice Association 9/25/2000, Sav-age WARD William, SudburyMA vitals p147, SudburyMA vitals p148, WardAH WARD p8]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth WELLS
Elizabeth WELLS



Descendants of Elizabeth WELLS
1. Elizabeth WELLS m. William WARD
m. William WARD

2nd generation

2. Richard WARD m. Mary MOORE
m. Mary MOORE father: John MOORE mother: Elizabeth RICE
3. Deborah WARD m. John JOHNSON
m. John JOHNSON father: Solomon JOHNSON mother: Eleanor (JOHNSON)
4. Hannah WARD m. Abraham HOWE
m. Abraham HOWE
6. Samuel WARD m1. Sarah HOWE m2. Elizabeth BEERS
m. Sarah HOWE father: John HOWE mother: Mary (HOWE)
m. Elizabeth BEERS father: Richard BEERS mother: Elizabeth (BEERS)
7. Elizabeth WARD m1. John HOWE m2. Henry KERLEY
m. John HOWE father: John HOWE mother: Mary (HOWE)
m. Henry KERLEY
8. Increase WARD m. Record WHEELOCK
m. Record WHEELOCK father: Ralph WHEELOCK mother: Rebecca CLARK
9. Hopestill WARD m. Deacon James WOODS
m. Deacon James WOODS father: John WOODS mother: Mary PARMINTER
10. William WARD m. Hannah BRIGHAM
m. Hannah BRIGHAM father: Thomas BRIGHAM mother: Mercy (BRIGHAM)
11. Eleazer WARD m. Hannah RICE
m. Hannah RICE father: Henry RICE mother: Elizabeth MOORE
12. Bethiah WARD m. Daniel RICE
m. Daniel RICE father: Edward Deacon RICE mother: Agnes BENT

3rd generation

13. Obadiah WARD m. Joanna MIXER
m. Joanna MIXER father: Isaac MIXER mother: Rebecca GARFIELD
14. Lydia WARD m. John MAYNARD
m. John MAYNARD father: John MAYNARD mother: Mary GATES
24. Elizabeth HOWE m. Samuel BRIGHAM
m. Samuel BRIGHAM father: Thomas BRIGHAM mother: Mercy (BRIGHAM)
31. Joseph WARD m. Abial WHEELOCK
m. Abial WHEELOCK father: Benjamin WHEELOCK mother: Elizabeth BULLEN
44. Tabitha WARD m. Samuel FAY
m. Samuel FAY father: John FAY mother: Mary BRIGHAM

4th generation

70. Richard WARD m. Lydia WHEELOCK
m. Lydia WHEELOCK father: Samuel WHEELOCK mother: Lydia RICE
71. Obadiah WARD m. Eunice (WARD)
m. Eunice (WARD)
72. Hannah WARD m. Daniel HEYWOOD
m. Daniel HEYWOOD
73. Daniel WARD m1. Sarah (WARD) m2. Mary STONE
m. Sarah (WARD)
m. Mary STONE
77. Isaac WARD m. Sibyl MOORE
m. Sibyl MOORE father: Nathanial MOORE
78. Thankful WARD m. Jonas FARNSWORTH
m. Jonas FARNSWORTH father: Benjamin FARNSWORTH
88. Samuel BRIGHAM m. Abigail MOORE
m. Abigail MOORE father: Richard MOORE mother: Mary COLLINS
89. Phineas WARD m.
90. Ebenezer FAY m. Thankful HYDE
m. Thankful HYDE

5th generation

91. Jonas WARD m1. Abagail CHILD m2. Sarah DRAPER
m. Abagail CHILD
m. Sarah DRAPER
92. Lydia WARD m. Thomas DRYDEN
m. Thomas DRYDEN
96. David WARD m.
114. Azubah WARD m. John GREENE
m. John GREENE father: Nathaniel Jr GREENE mother: Elizabeth TAYLOR
141. Sybil BRIGHAM m. Ebenezer GODDARD
m. Ebenezer GODDARD
142. Josiah WARD m. Sarah GOODELL
m. Sarah GOODELL
143. Jude FAY m. Sally FAIRBANKS
m. Sally FAIRBANKS father: Eleazer FAIRBANKS mother: Prudence CRARY