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Capt. William Ward
Lifespan: 1678 - 1768
Birth: 18 Oct 1678 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Occupation: Captain (militia officer)
Marriage: Lettice Beach
Children: Mary Ward Atwater, Lettice Ward, Zenas Ward
Parents: Andrew Ward & Tryal Meigs
Death: 18 Dec 1768 in Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Wallingford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
CHAPTER 1: EARLY FAMILY ORIGINS
“Before the Revolution, before the railroads, before the ink dried on the Declaration, there was Capt. William Ward—born in the shadow of Puritan founders, and buried a patriarch beneath Connecticut soil. His life was a bridge between generations still planting towns and those imagining a new nation.”