WARD, John

  General Notes:

Have copy of DAR application 84602 for Helen Rose Ward, showing birth and death years of Artemus Ward, Almira Bishop, John Ward, and Abigail Phelps. Also shows marriage date and place for John Ward, and names of 8 children and their spouses.

Pension file #22516
History of Enfield, CT 1900
Have copy of pension file.

DAR Vol 18 p. 71
Pension application Vol 13

Pension file includes proof of marriage, written in a family record book. No other proof of marriage (church records) could be found, so they had to get wedding guests to testify.
The record book only lists his birth month as September, as if the date had been forgotten.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: in the Revolutionary War, enlisting in, 1777, Enfield, CT. ³

John married Abigail PHELPS, daughter of Noah PHELPS and Hannah ABBE, on 3 Dec 1782 in Enfield, CT.¹ (Abigail PHELPS was born on 20 Jul 1760 in Enfield, CT ² and died on 14 Oct 1844 in Herkimer, NY.)