Hester7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Apr. 1, 1606. (Reg. 50, p. 415), m. Andrew Ward (signed his name "Warde") who was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., May 14, 1634; and afterwards went to Wethersfield, Conn., where he was a magistrate in 1636 (Bond's Watertown p. 619). He went from Wethersfield to Stamford about 1642. (Id. p. 960.) He was in Fairfield, Conn., about 1651, when he bought Simon Hoyt's home lot, west of Hyde Pond, which, he sold in 1653. He lived at Fairfield until his death in 1659. His will is dated June 3, 1659, proved Oct. 20, 1659. There is a monument to him recently erected in the old Fairfield burying ground on the Beach Lane. In 1636 he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts, with Roger Ludlow and six others, to govern the Colony of Connecticut for one year. Hester Ward's will dated Dec. 27, 1665, was proved Feb. 28, 1665/6. Her uncle Samuel6 Sherman in his will, dated June 14, 1643, gives a legacy to his niece Ester Ward (Supra).
