Desire Ward

1779 - 1859  (80 years)

• Name	Desire Ward
  Birth	13 Jul 1779	Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Married	12 Oct 1800 (21 years)	Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9]
  Thomas Lord Jr,, the son of Capt. Thomas and Leonard (Smith) Lord. He was born on 17 January 1780 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Desire Ward filed marriage intentions on 17 September 1800 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was a tavern-keeper after 1811 in Northfield. He died on Tuesday 11 June 1861 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Aaron Lord (1801-1825) 2. Abby Lord (1803-1894) 3. Thomas Chandler Lord (1805-1851) 4. Franklin Lord (1808-____) 5. baby girl Lord (1811-1811) 6. Mary Angela Lord (1813-1834) 7. baby girl Lord (1814-1814) 8. Charlotte Sarah Lord (1816-1832) 9. Samuel Sweetser Lord (1819-____) 10. Joseph Lord (1824-1826)
  Lord (1953) gives their intentions date as 21 September 1800.
  Moved To	Abt 1811 (31 years)	Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 9]
  Death	11 Dec 1859	Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 9]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 1 sister
  + 1. Deacon Daniel Ward,   b. 11 Jul 1774, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 16 Dec 1861, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 87 years) ▻ Sarah Jones,  m. 20 Oct 1795   2. Hannah Ward,   b. 15 Jul 1776, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Jul 1850, New York City, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 74 years)   3. Desire Ward,   b. 13 Jul 1779, Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Dec 1859, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 80 years)   4. Nehemiah Ward,   b. 6 Jul 1783, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Nov 1787, Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 4 years)   5. Nehemiah Ward,   b. 2 Jan 1788, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edward Ward,   b. 1573, Woodhouse, Yorkshire, England   (4 x Great Grandfather)  Joanna,   b. 1617, England d. 14 Mar 1688, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.  (Age 71 years)  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14852
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Deacon Nehemiah Ward,   b. 19 May 1751, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 18 Jan 1831, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Whitney,   b. 26 Feb 1741, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Sep 1824, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Desire Ward(1779 – 1859) 2Deacon Nehemiah Ward(1751 – 1831) 4Timothy Ward(1714 – 1757) 8Edward Ward(1671 – 1749) 16Deacon John Ward(1626 – 1708) 17Hannah Jackson(Abt 1631 – 1704) 9Grace Lovering(Abt 1677 – 1754) 18 19 5Margaret Woodward(1715 – 1761) 10Jonathan Woodward(1685 – 1745) 20John Woodward(28 Mar 1648/49 – 1732) 21Rebecca Robbins( – 1696) 11Patience Ward( – 1719) 22 23 3Sarah Whitney(1741 – 1824) 6Jonas Whitney(Abt 1709 – ) 12Eleazer Whitney(1662 – 1738) 24Thomas Whitney(1629 – 1719) 25Mary Kettell 13Dorothy Ross(1667 – 1731) 26James Ross 27Mary Goodenow(1640 – 1707) 7Sarah Perry(1716 – ) 14Isaac Perry 28Samuel Perry(1 Mar 1640/41 – 1706) 29Sarah Steadman(Abt 1648 – ) 15Sarah Hanchett(1691 – 1775) 30Peter Hanchett(1651 – ) 31Mary Parker(28 Jan 1647/48 – )

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 13 Jul 1779 - Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 12 Oct 1800 - Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Moved To - Abt 1811 - Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 11 Dec 1859 - Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S451] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925, (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925). [S452] Woodward, Norma Slater. Descendants of Richard Woodward New England 1589-1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982). [S455] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1910). [S456] Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800, (Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854). [S457] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851). [S458] Eldredg, Ruth DeFonda, compiler. Transcription of Early Handwritten Records of Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts Volume 1, (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and Reserach Publishing Corp, 2001). [S989] Lord, William G. History of Athol, Massachusetts , (Somerville, Massachusetts: Somerville Printing Company, 1953). [S990] Pierce, Frederick C. Field Genealogy, (Chicago: Hammond Press, 1901). [S988] Temple, J. H. and George Shelden. History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts for 150 Years , (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell, 1875).