Ruth Ward

1710 - 1768  (58 years)

• Name	Ruth Ward
  	Father: Eleazer Ward Mother: Deliverance Throwbidge [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	19 May 1710	Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [3, 4, 5, 8, 9]
  Death	15 Dec 1768	Oxford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [5]
  Person ID, Branch	I24382
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Ebenezer Eddy,   b. 9 Jan 1704/5, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 15 Dec 1768, Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 63 years)
  Children	From 1737 to 1755  [1, 3, 10]
  1. Sarah Eddy (1737-____) 2. Thomas Eddy (1739-____) 3. Abel Eddy (1741-____) 4. Tabitha Eddy (1743-____) 5. Eunice Eddy (1746-____) 6. Enoch Eddy (1748-1768) 7. Jemima Eddy (1751-____) 8. Ruth Eddy (1755-1836)
  Marriage	4 Apr 1737	Oxford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  	Marriage Record of Ruth Ward and Ebenezer Eddy
  Age at Marriage	She : 26 years and 11 months - He : 32 years and 3 months.
  Family ID	F8687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Birth - 19 May 1710 - Newton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Marriage - 4 Apr 1737 - Oxford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 15 Dec 1768 - Oxford, Worcester County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S661] Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, (Oxford, Massachusetts: by the author, 1892). [S476] Eddy, Charles. Genealogy of the Eddy Family, (Brooklyn: Nolan Brothers, 1881). [S218] Eddy, Ruth Story Devereux. The Eddy Family in America, (Boston: The Eddy Family Association, 1930). [S456] Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800, (Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854). [S451] Martyn, Charles. The William Ward Genealogy - The History of the Descendants of William Ward of Sudbury, Mass. 1638-1925, (New York: Artemas Ward, 1925). [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Ruth Ward and Ebenezer Eddy. [S667] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Worcester, Massachusetts: F.P. Rice, 1905). [S457] Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, (Boston: Samuel G. Drake, 1851). [S665] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1905). [S662] Spencer, H. Jay. Genealogy of the Woodward Family 1584-1926, (Youngsville, Pennsylvania: privately printed, 1926).