The family of Benjamin Ward

Descendants of Benjamin Ward

Generation No. 1

1. BENJAMIN¹ WARD was born 13 Apr 1760. He married ELIZABETH. She was born 12 Mar 1769, and died 26 Feb 1826.

Children of BENJAMIN WARD and ELIZABETH are:

2. i. BENJAMIN² WARD, b. 23 Dec 1784.

3. ii. JONATHAN WARD, b. 27 May 1789.

iii. BETSY WARD, b. 05 Apr 1792.

iv. NATHANIEL WARD, b. 03 May 1794.

v. JOSEPH WARD, b. 15 Mar 1796.

vi. SALLY WARD, b. 31 Mar 1799.

4. vii. JAMES WARD, b. 08 Jul 1801.

viii. MERCY WARD, b. 23 Nov 1803.

ix. SUSANNA WARD, b. 07 Sep 1807.

5. x. JOHN WARD, b. 17 Jan 1787.

Generation No. 2

2. BENJAMIN² WARD (BENJAMIN¹) was born 23 Dec 1784. He married (1) ELIZABETH Abt. 1810 in Monroe, Waldo, ME. She died 26 Feb 1826. He married (2) ELIZABETH O'RILEY PHITZGERALD 1828 in Monroe, Waldo, ME.

Children of BENJAMIN WARD and ELIZABETH are:

i. PHOEBE³ WARD, b. 03 Mar 1811.

ii. XOA WARD, b. 02 Feb 1813, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 1833, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

iii. JAMES J. WARD, b. 14 Jan 1815.

iv. THOMAS T. WARD, b. 23 Jun 1817.

v. JEREMIAH E. WARD, b. 27 Nov 1821.

Children of BENJAMIN WARD and ELIZABETH PHITZGERALD are:

vi. ELIZABETH LOVINIA³ WARD, b. 16 Jan 1832.

vii. ANN MARIA WARD, b. 10 Aug 1837.

3. JONATHAN² WARD (BENJAMIN¹) was born 27 May 1789. He married EUNICE ROYAL 01 Apr 1817 in Monroe, Waldo, ME. She was born 13 Jun 1800.

Children of JONATHAN WARD and EUNICE ROYAL are:

i. DARCUS³ WARD, b. 13 Jan 1818, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

ii. MARY JANE WARD, b. 15 Dec 1819, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

iii. SALATHIEL J. WARD, b. 11 Nov 1822, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

iv. ESTHER L. WARD, b. 25 Dec 1824, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

v. ELIZABETH ANN WARD, b. 28 Nov 1826, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

vi. HANNAH S. WARD, b. 23 Feb 1829, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

4. JAMES² WARD (BENJAMIN¹) was born 08 Jul 1801. He married OLIVE CLARK 1821 in Monroe, Waldo, ME.

Children of JAMES WARD and OLIVE CLARK are:

i. ROBERT C.³ WARD, b. 27 Aug 1822, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 12 Aug 1825, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

ii. JAMES WARD, b. 23 Apr 1824, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 27 Aug 1825, Monroe, Waldo, ME; m. MERCY SHERMAN, 17 Sep 1843.

5. JOHN² WARD (BENJAMIN¹) was born 17 Jan 1787. He married HANNAH RUSSELL. She was born 03 May 1787.

Children of JOHN WARD and HANNAH RUSSELL are:

6. i. AURELIUS F.³ WARD, b. 08 Mar 1812, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

ii. MARY WARD, b. 12 Apr 1810, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 1812, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

iii. MARY WARD, b. 15 Jan 1815, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

iv. ZILPHA WARD, b. 09 Aug 1817, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 10 May 1824, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

v. COLBY WARD, b. 23 Dec 1819, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

vi. HANNAH WARD, b. 06 Apr 1822, Monroe, Waldo, ME; d. 10 Aug 1825, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

vii. JOHN WARD, b. 25 Feb 1824, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

viii. RUFUS WARD, b. 07 Feb 1826, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

ix. SYLVIRA WARD, b. 03 Oct 1828, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

7. x. SARAH JANE WARD, b. 03 Apr 1833, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

Generation No. 3

6. AURELIUS F.³ WARD (JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 08 Mar 1812 in Monroe, Waldo, ME. He married MARY ANN TWOMBLY 11 Oct 1840 in Newport, ME, daughter of SOLOMON TWOMBLY and SALLY STERNS. She was born 17 Nov 1816 in Monroe, Waldo, ME.

Child of AURELIUS WARD and MARY TWOMBLY is:

i. ESTHER⁴ WARD, b. 21 Jun 1840, Monroe, Waldo, ME.

7. SARAH JANE³ WARD (JOHN², BENJAMIN¹) was born 03 Apr 1833 in Monroe, Waldo, ME. She married LEMUEL CULBERT HORTON 1855 in Monroe, Waldo, ME, son of NATHANIEL HORTON and ELIZABETH DOUGLAS. He was born 31 Oct 1831 in Monroe, Waldo, ME.

Children of SARAH WARD and LEMUEL HORTON are:

i. FANNY B.⁴ HORTON, b. 1859, Maine.

ii. FRANCES E. HORTON, b. 1866, Maine.

iii. JOHN W. HORTON, b. 1867, Maine.