Person:Lawrence Ward (1)

Deacon Lawrence Ward
b.Bef 1618
m. Bef 1617
  1. Deacon Lawrence WardBef 1618 - 1671
  2. Isabelle WardEst 1623 - 1676
Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon Lawrence Ward
Gender Male
Birth[1] Bef 1618 Based on having reached his majority when signing the Fundamental Agreement, 1639.
Residence[1] 1639 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence[1] 1646 Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Residence[1] Est 1667 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
Death[1] 1671 Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Lawrence Ward, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:410.

    Lawrence (Ward), New Haven 1639, or soon aft. rem. to Branford 1646, was br. of George of the same, in 1661 was employ. by the governm. of New Haven to search for the Regicides, Whalley and Goffe, at Milford, where it was prob. kn. they were not to be seen; rep. 1665 and 6, aft. wh he rem. to N. J. and d. 1671, at Newark. Seven ch. b. at B. belong. either to him, or to John Ward, viz. Sarah, 22 May 1650; John, 29 May 1654; Samuel, 22 Sept. 1656; Hannah, 20 Nov. 1658; Eliz. 24 Jan. 1660; Dorcas, 10 May 1662; and Abigail, 20 Apr. 1665.

    According to published Branford vital records, the children named were of John Ward, not Lawrence.