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Hannah Ward

b. 1639, d. 3 November 1717

Hannah Ward|b. 1639\nd. 3 Nov 1717|p9831.htm|William Ward|b. s 1600\nd. 10 Aug 1687|p9841.htm|Elizabeth (---)|b. c 1614\nd. 9 Dec 1700|p9842.htm|||||||||||||

Father*

William Ward^1,2 b. s 1600, d. 10 Aug 1687

Mother*

Elizabeth (---)^3,2 b. c 1614, d. 9 Dec 1700

Charts

Ancestors of Harriet Hanson Robinson

Hannah Ward was born in 1639.^1,2 She was the daughter of William Ward and Elizabeth (---).^1,2,3 She married Abraham How 6 May 1657 at Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.¹ She died 3 November 1717 at Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^4,1

When daughter Abigail died in 1697, Hannah was willing to be administratix of her estate, but she was described as lame and not well, so the court appointed Joseph Howe to serve.

Whatever her health issues, Hannah lived another 20 years, leaving a will dated 1 June 1716 and proved 26 June 1718 describing herself as well-stricken in years and widow and relict of Abram How, naming:
six daughters: Mary Bowker, Hannah How, Elisebath Brigham, Deorah Barrat, Rebakah Rice, Sarah Straten
son Daniel
Daniel to be executor.

Daniel declined to serve as executor so Peter Rice took administration.⁵

Family

Abraham How b. s 1625, d. 30 Jan 1694/95

Children

Daniel How¹ b. c 1658, d. 23 Apr 1718
Mary How¹ b. 30 Jun 1659, d. 29 Sep 1723
Joseph How+^3,1 b. 9 Apr 1661, d. 4 Sep 1701
Hannah How¹ b. 9 Nov 1663, d. 24 Jun 1735
Elizabeth How¹ b. 5 Apr 1665, d. 26 Jul 1739
Deborah How¹ b. 1 Mar 1667, d. 4 Nov 1743
Rebecca How¹ b. 4 Feb 1668, d. 13 May 1749
Abraham How¹ b. 8 Oct 1670, d. 31 Jul 1704
Sarah How¹ b. 20 Dec 1672, d. 1 Oct 1746
Abigail How¹ b. 4 Mar 1675, d. 17 Apr 1697

Citations

[S672] Gilman Biglow Howe, "Abraham How, of Watertown and Marlborough, Mass", National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol 7 No. 1 (April 1917): 12-14. Hereafter cited as "Abraham How."
[S925] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Four Volumes. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, 1860-1862, 4:414. CD-ROM reprint, Compendium of New England Pioneers: A Collection of 14 Classic Genealogical Dictionaries of Early New England Settlers (Columbia, Maryland: Archive CD Books USA, 2006). Hereafter cited as Savage's Dictionary.
[S673] Unknown author, "The Ancestry of Brigham Young", The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine Vol 22 (Jan 1931): 20-21. Hereafter cited as "Ancestry of Brigham Young."
[S908] Franklin P. Rice, Vital records of Marlborough, Massachusetts: To the end of the year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: p.p., 1908), 367. Hereafter cited as Marlborough Vital Records.
[S1375] Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1978-1908: Part III: The Ancestry of Henry Clay Bartlett 1832-1892 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004), 274-75. Hereafter cited as Kempton Ancestry 3.