High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts

Edward Ward

4 Feb 1703 – 1 Jan 1781 · about 78 years

From the burial index · with sourced details below

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Edward Ward lived from 4 Feb 1703 to 1 Jan 1781, a span of about 78 years.

Theirs is one of 9 markers bearing the name Ward in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.

View family network 1relative, as recorded on Find a Grave
Edward Wardm.Susanah Ward Wardunknown–1795 (m. 1727)also here

Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave.

What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed

  • ParentsEdward Ward
  • MarriedSusanna Ward (Dec. 12, 1727)
  • TradeConstable

Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Edward › Henry › Samuel.

Matched exact birth date in their own Ward family entry (no. 8), corroborated by a relative's name.

The entry, as printed
8. Edward 4 (Edward 8 Henry 2 Samuel ]), b. in Hing. Feb. 4, 1703-4. m. Dec. 12, 1727, Susanna Ward, dau. of Benjamin and Susanna (Fearing) Ward. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 16,' 1710-11. Edward was constable in

1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 8. Read on archive.org ↗

Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.

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