Person:Jabez Ward (2)

Name	Jabez Ward
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]^[2]^[3]	2 Mar 1707/08	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	6 Jan 1729/30	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Phebe Eager
Death^[4]	29 Aug 1767	New Marlborough, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
187.

Ward, Jabez, s. Obadiah and Ellizabeth, ----, 1707-8.
↑ Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward Who Settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1639. (Boston: S.G. Drake, 1851)
22.

Children of Obadiah Ward and first wife Elizabeth ---: 3) Jabez, b. --- 2, 1707, d. New Marlboro' 29 Aug 1767, m. 6 Jan 1730 Phebe Eager.
↑ Martyn, Charles. William Ward Genealogy: the History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1638- 1925. (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925)
96.

Jabez Ward, b. Marlborough January or March 2, 1708, d. 29 Aug 1767, m. 6 Jan 1730 Phebe Eager.
[It is hard to mistake the spelling of January versus March, so the question between the two must indicate that the month number is "1" (one). In 1708, i.e. before 1753, month #1 was March.]
↑ Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society. Berkshire Book. (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Sun Printing Company, 1892)
92.

Jabez Ward was son of Obadiah Ward of Marlborough and removed with his family to New Marlborough in 1744. He was prominent in the organization of the new town, does not seem to have been reappointed after the organization of Berkshire county, and died at New Marlborough, August 29, 1767, aged 60 years.