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Facts and Events
References
- ↑ Martyn, Charles. William Ward Genealogy: the History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638- 1925. (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925)
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John Ward m. Newton abt. 1650 Hannah Jackson, d/o Edward and Frances Jackson, b. London, England abt. 1631, bp. 1 May 1634, d. Newton 24 or 21 or 27 Apr 1704.
- ↑ Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
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Ward, Hannah, w. John Sr., [died] Apr. 27 [dup. Apr. 21], 1704. [Apr. 24, a. 73, G.R.1]
[Birth calculates to about 1631. GR1=Centre Street Cemetery.]
- ↑ Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
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Jackson, Hannah, ch. Edward and Frances, May 1, 1634. [ed. notes: "Town copy with additions"]
It appears that "town copy with additions" means that Newton records have been supplemented with events that occurred in England. The earliest appearance of Edward Jackson in New England, based on a quick search, is buying land in 1643 and the tradition says that youngest son Sebas, b. sometime after 1639, was born on the passage to this country (Source:Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, p. 2:580). The published Newton VRs present the 1 May 1634 date as a birth of Hannah, but the Ward Genealogy labels it a baptism. Typically, parish registers in England only recorded baptisms and not births. A baptism three years after a birth is unusual, and the discrepancy with the calculated birth date probably indicates an error in the age at death. It seems most accurate to use this date as the baptism and to ignore the age at birth calculation which threatens to be in conflict with the recorded baptism of brother Israel in 1631 anyway.
- ↑ It appears that "town copy with additions" means that Newton records have been supplemented with events that occurred in England. The earliest appearance of Edward Jackson in New England, based on a quick search, is buying land in 1643 and the tradition says that youngest son Sebas, b. sometime after 1639, was born on the passage to this country (Source:Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York, p. 2:580). The published Newton VRs present the 1 May 1634 date as a birth of Hannah, but the Ward Genealogy labels it a baptism. Typically, parish registers in England only recorded baptisms and not births. A baptism three years after a birth is unusual, and the discrepancy with the calculated birth date probably indicates an error in the age at death. It seems most accurate to use this date as the baptism and to ignore the age at birth calculation which threatens to be in conflict with the recorded baptism of brother Israel in 1631 anyway.
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