Abigail Hall was born on 7 January 1678 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.1 On 31 December 1700 Abigail, at age 22, married Jonathan Ward, at age 26, son of Deacon John Ward and Hannah Jackson, in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.2,3,4,1,5,6,7 On 17 May 1732 Abigail, at age 54, married John Woodward, at age 56, son of John Woodward and Rebecca Robbins, in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ward (1851) and Bond (1860) give their marriage date as 27 March 1732.4,1,8,5,6,3,7
Children of Abigail Hall and Jonathan Ward
* Ebenezer Ward4,1,5,6 (2 Nov 1701 - )
* Thankful Ward1,5,6 (14 Oct 1702 - )
* Nehemiah Ward4,1,5,6 (20 Jul 1704 - )
* Remember Ward+4,1,5,6 (1705 - 7 Aug 1760)
* Ebenezer Ward4,1,5,6 (17 Apr 1709 - )
* Ichabod Ward4,1,5,6 (14 Sep 1712 - )
* Mary Ward4,1,5,6 (3 Feb 1714 - b 1728)
Citations
1. Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925. New York: Artemas Ward, 1925.
2. Paige, Lucius R. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register. 1877. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
3. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. 1930. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.
4. Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1905.
5. Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800. 1854. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, Inc., 1987.
6. Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward. Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851.
7. Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston. 1860. Reprint Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1978.
8. Woodward, Norma Slater. Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982.
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