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Brief Biographical Sketch:

John Ward (1664) / Mary (Harris) Ward

Name: John Ward

Birth: Abt. 1638, Wethersfield, Conn. (GMB)

Emigration: Born in Colony of Connecticut; lived in Rowley, Mass. before moving to Middletown c. 1664, Conn. (Records of First Church of Christ, Congregational, Middletown, Conn.)

Death: Abt. 1684, Middletown, Conn. (MLR)(MAN)

Occupation & Public Service: Mariner (MLR)

Marriage: m. Mary Harris, April 18, 1664, Middletown, Conn. (b. July 1, 1645, Rowley, Mass.; d. abt. 1721, Middletown, Conn.) She was the daughter of William Harris and Edith (Dorney) Harris of Rowley, Mass. and Middletown, Conn. (SMFSD In-Depth First Settler Profile: William Harris)

Children: 7 children between 1665-1683. (BCVR) (MLR) (See in-depth profile in Member Area for details.)

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The First Meeting House, Middletown, Conn. The engraving below by W.C. Butler was a fanciful illustration for David Field's Centennial Address published in 1853. In 1939 the image was used on the title page of The Log Cabin Myth by Harold R. Shurtleff. Surrounding the engraving are signatures of some of the first settlers as found on wills and deeds by Charles C. Adams in preparation of Middletown Upper Houses (1908).