Person Info
- Name: Abraham WILLIAMS
- Sex: M
- Birth: 1628 in England b
- Death: 29 Dec 1712 in Marlborough, Massachusetts d
Parents:
Family:
Marriage:
Children:
- Elizabeth WILLIAMS Birth: Abt 1662 in Newton, Massachusetts
- John WILLIAMS Birth: 6 Jul 1665 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- William WILLIAMS Birth: Abt 1667 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Death: 30 Aug 1702 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- Lydia WILLIAMS Birth: 9 Jul 1669 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
- John WILLIAMS Birth: Aug 1675 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Death: 3 Jan 1718 in Marlborough, Massachusetts
Bibliography
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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]*].
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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-]*].
- date:
- [Ref: Martyn WARD p66],
- place:
- [Ref: Martyn WARD p66]
Sources for death Information
- date:
- [Ref: Martyn WARD p66, WardAH WARD p10],
- place:
- [Ref: Martyn WARD p66, WardAH WARD p10]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joanna WARD
- date:
- abt 1659 [Ref: Martyn WARD p66],
- names:
- [Ref: WardAH WARD p9],
- child:
- [Ref: Martyn WARD p67, WardAH WARD p10]
Research Notes:
freeman 1652 [Ref: WardAH WARD p10]
He settled in Watertown, Mass, and was of that place in 1652 when he took the
oath of fidelity. In 1654 he purchased a house and twelve acres from John
Callow, reselling it in 1659 (Joanna joining in the deed). Three years later
he bought a house and six acres in the section now known as Newton Corners.
In the following year he moved again, joining the Ward family in Marlborough,
taking up land near the southeasterly end of "Belcher's Pond" [Ref: Martyn
WARD p66]
Permanently settled in Marlborough, combining farming and tavern-keeping. The
site of his dwelling is after 260 years still devoted to a house of public
refreshment which perpetuates his name and that of his descendants - the
"Williams Tavern." During King Philip's War, and later, his home was a
"garrison-house." [Ref: Martyn WARD p66]
He was prominent in the community, serving as representative in the General
Court, and as lieutenant of militia. [Ref: Martyn WARD p66]
Represented Marlborough in the General Court [Ref: WardAH WARD p10]
Will disposed of a considerable amount of property, both personal and real.
Among the bequests is a conditional one to William Ripley, an apprentice:
"concerning William Ripley, whom we have brought up from a child; his time is
not long to stay on strict terms - then nine pounds will be due him - one he
hath already had - let his due be paid out of the whole estate - if he will
stay with Abraham and John for reasonable wages by the year, three of four
years, then I give to him for his own forever, to settle on, twenty acres of
land at Rock Patch with the meadow to it, next to my son[-in-law] Beaman's.
If he like not that, he shall have twenty acres at the west end of Crane Hill
and three acres of meadow at Cedar meadow, above the island next to Barnes;
and if not that he must go." [Ref: Martyn WARD p67]
The Will also directed that for his wife and himself there should be provided
"a decent and christian burial, without weeds or flourishes, for our fathers
and mothers had none." [Ref: Martyn WARD p67]
Transcript of will in [Ref: WardAH WARD p11-12]
Pedigree of Abraham WILLIAMS
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