Biography
Abigail Spring (married name Ward) was born on 20 December 1666 in Massachusetts, the daughter of Hannah Spring and John Spring.[1]
Abigail was the daughter of John and Hannah Spring, born February 20, 1666.
Abigail married William Ward on December 31, 1689. "Upon ye 31 of December 1689 I maryed in my house at Watertown William Ward and Abigail Spring of Cambridge village, with the consent of friends, ye published according to law ye Deputy Govenour Danforth was present."
Abigail and William had only one child, a son, John, born February 23, 1690.
Abigail died May 29, 1742 at the age of 76.
Sources
- ↑ Francis Jackson. (1854). "A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex," p. 416. Retrieved 4 April 2018 by Clare Spring from https://books.google.com.au/books?id=gIQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA415&lpg=PA418&dq=thomas+spring+and+mary+upham&source=bl&ots=AcLLM_rmJg&sig=JKbJ0x8oFbDsT5_u0CYyrtvue_M&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=thomas%20spring%20and%20mary%20upham&f=false.
- Birth: Newton Vital Records, Newton Births.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records. William Ward, marriage, December 1689, Newton, MA, Spouse's name: Abigail Spring.
- Marriage: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0745868.
- Ward family; descendants of William Ward, who settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639, by Andrew Henshaw Ward, 1784-1864, Published 1851, page 19.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #127075417
- Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts