"History of Fairfield" He settled at Fairfield purchasing the Perry house on Newton Square next to that of Rev. Samuel Wakeman. A physician, he was appointed by the General Court in Hartford to be the surgeon for Company F in the war against the Narragansett Indians. He was KILLED during an attack on the Indian fort, in the "Great Swamp Fight."
The son of Andrew & Esther (Sherman) Ward, he married Deborah Lockwood on Oct. 20, 1658.
On Oct. 18, 1656, he purchased the dwelling house and four acres of land from Henry Lyon and was granted three acres from the town. He was made a freeman on May 31, 1657.
May 2, 1678 the Fairfiled town records: "William Ward deceased, did in his life time purchase of Joseph Middlebrook, lands, etc." March 4, 1679: William Ward in his lifetime, and his successor, since his death hath had quiet possession upwards of twenty years as his own free land, of a house lot in Fairfield, of four acres, also other lands described in the records."
The son of Andrew & Esther (Sherman) Ward, he married Deborah Lockwood on Oct. 20, 1658.
On Oct. 18, 1656, he purchased the dwelling house and four acres of land from Henry Lyon and was granted three acres from the town. He was made a freeman on May 31, 1657.
May 2, 1678 the Fairfiled town records: "William Ward deceased, did in his life time purchase of Joseph Middlebrook, lands, etc." March 4, 1679: William Ward in his lifetime, and his successor, since his death hath had quiet possession upwards of twenty years as his own free land, of a house lot in Fairfield, of four acres, also other lands described in the records."
"History of Fairfield" He settled at Fairfield purchasing the Perry house on Newton Square next to that of Rev. Samuel Wakeman. A physician, he was appointed by the General Court in Hartford to be the surgeon for Company F in the war against the Narragansett Indians. He was KILLED during an attack on the Indian fort, in the "Great Swamp Fight."
The son of Andrew & Esther (Sherman) Ward, he married Deborah Lockwood on Oct. 20, 1658.
On Oct. 18, 1656, he purchased the dwelling house and four acres of land from Henry Lyon and was granted three acres from the town. He was made a freeman on May 31, 1657.
May 2, 1678 the Fairfiled town records: "William Ward deceased, did in his life time purchase of Joseph Middlebrook, lands, etc." March 4, 1679: William Ward in his lifetime, and his successor, since his death hath had quiet possession upwards of twenty years as his own free land, of a house lot in Fairfield, of four acres, also other lands described in the records."
The son of Andrew & Esther (Sherman) Ward, he married Deborah Lockwood on Oct. 20, 1658.
On Oct. 18, 1656, he purchased the dwelling house and four acres of land from Henry Lyon and was granted three acres from the town. He was made a freeman on May 31, 1657.
May 2, 1678 the Fairfiled town records: "William Ward deceased, did in his life time purchase of Joseph Middlebrook, lands, etc." March 4, 1679: William Ward in his lifetime, and his successor, since his death hath had quiet possession upwards of twenty years as his own free land, of a house lot in Fairfield, of four acres, also other lands described in the records."
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