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The Ancestry of Emily Ward
... VII. 4, Abner Ward (b. Jan. 19, 1794, at Killingworth, Conn.; m. (1) at Sheldon, Wyoming County, N. Y., Feb. 29, 1816, Hulda Sykes [b. probably at Pawlet or Danby, Vt., Apr. 28, 1795; d. at Bergen, N. Y., Feb. 27, 1847; dau. of Jacob Sykes (b. Jan. 21, 1758; d. Sept. 18, 1840) of Pawlet, Vt., a soldier in the Revolutionary War (wife Michal Kent)]; m. (2), at Byron, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1848, Diantha Parker). Abner Ward died at Brockport, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1867. He is said to have served as private in the War of 1812. Of fourteen children, all by the first wife, the seventh was Emily (mentioned above). ...