William¹ married his first wife before 1626 in England and had 5 children - John Turner (1626-1708), Joanna (1628-1718), Obadiah (1632-1718), Richard (1635-1666) and Deborah (1637-1697). He married his second wife Elizabeth (1613-1700) in 1638 in England and had at least 8 more children in America.  Sometime before 1639 the family sailed for the New World.

Early Ward Family Tree #1   Will of Deacon William Ward
Map of Sudbury, MA (showing William Ward's house in top, left corner)

As mentioned, William WARD¹ was instrumental in the organization of both Sudbury and Marlborough, MA.  He became a freeman in 1643, represented Sudbury in the General Court in 1644 and was Chairman of the Selectmen in 1660 when Marlborough was founded.  He and Elizabeth are buried in Springhill Cemetery in Marlborough where a stone memorial was erected in 1924 in their honor.

  Historical info re: the Ward Family of Marlborough, MA       The William Ward Story 

A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692

The William Ward genealogy : Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass., 1639-1925

In 1650 William's son John Turner WARD (1626-1708) married Hannah JACKSON (1631-1704) the daughter of Edward & Frances JACKSON, of Newton, MA.  The couple settled in Newton on a 45-acre lot deeded to John by his father-in-law and subsequently had 12 children.  John was on the 1st Board of Selectman for Newton when it became a separate township in 1679, was 1st Representative to the General Court and Deacon of the 1st Church.  His home was built and used as a garrison prior to and during King Phillips' War.  John and Hannah are buried in Old East Parish Burying Ground.

John and Hannah had a son named William² (1664-1752) who married Abigail SPRING (1667-1742) the daughter of Lt. John & Hannah BARSHAM SPRING 12 Dec 1689 in Watertown, MA.  Hannah BARSHAM was the daughter of William (1603-1684) and Annabel Bland BARSHAM (1615-1683).  William BARSHAM was born in Norfolk, England, came to America on the Winthrop Fleet in 1630 and settled in Watertown, MA which at that time had about 100 residents.  Abigail SPRING's line can be traced all the way back to Sir Hugh Le DESPENCER who died in the Battle of Evesham in 1265 and back even further to William Talvas Montgomery DESPENSER (1100-?) who is an ancestor of both Diana SPENCER, Princess of Wales and Sir Winston CHURCHILL.  It also includes such names as Agard, Appleton, Bassett, Crane, Beauchamp, Deincourt, DONNINGTON, Durward, Fray, Kitson, Lovaine, Tiptoft, Waldegrave, Wentworth, etc.

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Descendants of William Talvas Montgomery Despencer

William² & Abigail SPRING WARD lived in Newton, MA and had a son named John² (1690-1747) who married Deborah unknown in 1712 and was a school teacher in Grafton, MA; they had the following children: Josiah (1713-1750), John³ (1720-1805), Mary (1718-?), Samuel (1727-?), Daniel (1732-1812),  and William³ (1716-1778), the latter of whom married Mary SMITH/COLE (1721-1779) in 1742.  They had 6 children, Jerusha (1748-?), Phineas (1757-?), Mary (1743-?), Lucy (1751-?), Caleb (1753-1841) and William⁴ (1746-1795), the latter born in Springfield, MA before the family moved to Ashford, CT where both William³ and Mary died and are buried.  William⁴ served in the Revolutionary War from 1775-1780 and moved to Shaftsbury, VT in 1780 where he became a magistrate. 

William⁴ married Susanna DOOLITTLE (1753-1819) of Dover, NY and they had 6 children born in Shaftsbury before moving to Manlius, NY in 1793 - Susanna (1778-1831) who married Alvan MARSH (1773-1832), the 1st lawyer in Manlius; William⁵ (1791-1861) who married Luthera COBB (1784-1859) and moved to Syracuse; Lucy (1792-1857) who married William TAYLOR (1792-1865) a physician in Manlius and a member of the US Congress; Erastus (1785-1848) who married Orpha Brown (1801-?); and Heman¹ (1789-1854) who married Rebecca NASH (see WARD-LYON-NASH Family Narrative).  A daughter Laura was born in Manlius in 1795, the year her father William died.  

Very little information can be found on Susanna DOOLITTLE, but it is probable that she is a member of the DOOLITTLE family which moved to Shaftsbury from Beekman's Patent in NY.  See Early Baptists in Dutchess Co. NY.

According to historical records for Onondaga County, NY, William WARD⁴ settled on Lot #97 in Manlius (southeast of Syracuse), was appointed a Justice of the Peace and erected the first grist mill in town.  There are many land sales recorded in the county by the above Ward family members from 1820 to 1849 and many members of the Ward family are buried in Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery there.  See History of Manlius.