Richard Warde
(-1598)
Warde
Andrew Warde
(Bef 1659-1665)

 

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Hester Sherman

Andrew Warde

  • Born: Bef 18 Oct 1659, England 74
  • Marriage: Hester Sherman on 1 Feb 1619 in Woodbury, Conneticut. British American Colonies
  • Died: 1665, Fairfield, Connecticut 598
  • Buried: Woodbury, Conneticut. British American Colonies

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. 1557
Andrew Came to Massachusetts in 1633. Freeman May 14, 1634, lived in Watertown Massachusetts. He was appointed one of the commissioners "to govern the people of Connecticut." One of five judges in the first court held in Connecticut, April 1636. Numerous famous descendants, including the Hulls, naturalist John Burroughs, Aaron Burr, Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe.

He was as one of the Assistants for Connecticut 1636 and 1637. Deputy for Wethersfield, Connecticut 1637-1640; for Stamford to New Haven, 1644, and Assistant 1646; for Fairfield to Connecticut 1648-1658.

~Nicholls, Walter; Sergeant Francis Nicholls of Stratford CT, 1639, and the Descendants of His Son Caleb; New York, 1909

• Dates & Events. 557
From The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut, by Sarah Johnson Prichard, pages 603-604:

In that most ancient town-then known as Watertown, the first church of Christ in Connecticut was organized. On 29 May 1635, the church in Watertown in Massachusetts Bay granted "a dismission" to six of its members, "with the intent that the six men should form anew in a church covenant of the River of Connecticut." The names of the six members were: Andrew Ward, John Sherman, John Stickland, Robert Coe, Robert Reynolds and Jonas Weede."

• Background Information. 590
Andrew Ward was on of the most important and influential men in Fairfield. He had served in Connecticut's first government as well as holding many offices. He died in 1665, leaving nine children. they were Edmund, William, Mary, Andrew, Samuel, Abigail, Ann, John and Sarah. His will, dated 3 Jun 1659 was "drawn by his own hand," and he declared of himself to be "strong, merry, and well both in body and mind."

• Background Information. 598
From Martin Genealogy, p. 14:

Andrew Ward, proprietor of Wthersfield, was the son of Richard Ward of Suffolk*, England. He married Esther Sherman, who came to the Americas with her husband prior to 1633.

Andrew Ward, along with one other, were the first settlers of Wethersfield. The first court of this colony was estabished in Mar 1635, and it consisted of Andrew Ward and seven other. They were commissioned by the Genral Court of Massachusetts "to make and execute laws, and the ogvern the people of Connecticut for one year."

Andrew died in 1665, and his wife followed him sometime the same year. His will was dated 3 Jun 1658, and probated at Fairfield. He bequeathed forty pounds to his wife Ester.

• Background Information. 660
*George K. Ward in his work, "Andrew Ward and his descendants, 1597-1910 . . . says that Andrew was not the son of Richard Ward, but the grandson of Richard Ward.


Andrew married Hester Sherman, daughter of Edmund Sherman and Unknown, on 1 Feb 1619 in Woodbury, Conneticut. British American Colonies. (Hester Sherman was born before 1 Apr 1606 in Dedham, Essex, England, baptized on 1 Apr 1606 in Dedham, Essex, England 74 and died 28 Feb 1666 or 28 Feb 1677 in Fairfield, Connecticut 74.)


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