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Family History - Mary Ward

Key:	1.	“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
	2.	“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.

This family history features Mary Ward and her immediate family.

First Generation

1. Mary Ward,¹ born ca. 1697 (parents not determined);¹ died 19 February 1740.¹ Mary married Benjamin Cornwall¹ (born 23 December 1688 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, the son of John Cornwall and Martha Peck;¹ Benjamin died 20 May 1754¹).

Benjamin lived in Middletown, Connecticut. He was one of the fourteen volunteers from Middletown in the expedition against against Canada in 1707. His will, dated Jan. 5, 1751, mentions wife Hannah, sons Elijah, Cornelius and Benjamin, daughter Rachel and her son John Cotton, stepdaughter Hannah Willard, daughter of his present wife. His estate amounted to £9000.¹

William Cornwall and His Descendants, by Edward E. Cornwall, M.D., New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901. Entries for Elihu Cornwall, his wives, children, and Cornwall ancestors.