High Street Cemetery · Hingham, Massachusetts
Edward Ward
4 Feb 1703 – 1 Jan 1781 · about 78 years
From the burial index · with sourced details below
Edward Ward lived from 4 Feb 1703 to 1 Jan 1781, a span of about 78 years.
Theirs is one of 9 markers bearing the name Ward in this ground: kin, or several families, gathered together.
Family as recorded on Find a Grave
Relationships are as recorded on Find a Grave. A ✓ marks a tie the 1893 History of Hingham independently confirms.
What the 1893 History of Hingham records confirmed
Line of descent, as the genealogy traces it: Edward › Henry › Samuel.
Matched exact birth date in their own Ward family entry (no. 8), corroborated by a relative's name.
The entry, as printed
8. Edward 4 (Edward 8 Henry 2 Samuel ]), b. in Hing. Feb. 4, 1703-4. m. Dec. 12, 1727, Susanna Ward, dau. of Benjamin and Susanna (Fearing) Ward. She was b. in Hing. Feb. 16,' 1710-11. Edward was constable in
1893 History of Hingham, Vol. II–III (Genealogical), family entry no. 8. Read on archive.org ↗
Born in Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA.
A photograph of the marker survives; see it on Find a Grave ↗.
This is what the record holds so far: gathered, sourced, and still growing. There is more of Edward's life to recover, and some of what is shown above is matched, not certain. A correction or a family memory is a gift; submit a source, correction, or memory.
The stone is still there.