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Geoffrey Ward

Male Abt 1472 -

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Geoffrey Ward was born about 1472.

    Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Wood. Elizabeth was born about 1476. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Thomas Ward  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1498.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Ward Descendancy chart to this point (1.Geoffrey1) was born about 1498.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Richard Ward  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1574 in Homersfield, Suffolk, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Richard Ward Descendancy chart to this point (2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in 1574 in Homersfield, Suffolk, England.

    Family/Spouse: Anne Guiville. Anne was born in 1576 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Andrew Ward  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1597 in England; died on 28 Feb 1659/1660 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Andrew Ward Descendancy chart to this point (3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in 1597 in England; died on 28 Feb 1659/1660 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

    Andrew married Esther Sherman on 1 Feb 1617/1618 in England. Esther (daughter of Edmund Sherman and Judith Angiers) was born on 1 Apr 1600 in Dedham, Essex, England; died on 28 Feb 1665/1666 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Isabella Ward  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1625; died on 8 Dec 1676 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.


Generation: 5

  1. 5.  Isabella Ward Descendancy chart to this point (4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in 1625; died on 8 Dec 1676 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    Isabella married John Catlin in 1641 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. John was born about 1617 in England; died in 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. John Catlin, Jr.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 28 Jun 1643 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Isabella married James Northam in 1657 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. James was born est 1620; died about 1660. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Isabella married Joseph Baldwin after 1661 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Joseph (son of Richard Baldwin and Isabella Harding) was born about 1609 in Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 2 Nov 1684 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Hadley Cemetery, Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 6

  1. 6.  John Catlin, Jr. Descendancy chart to this point (5.Isabella5, 4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 28 Jun 1643 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 29 Feb 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    No family suffered more than John Catlin's in the destruction of Deerfield, Massachusetts during the Indian Massacre of 29 February, 1703/4. He was killed trying to protect his home. His sons Joseph and Jonathan were also killed. His married daughters Mary French and Elizabeth Catlin Corse were killed during the subsequent march to Canada. His wife, Mary, "being held with the other prisoners in John Sheldon's house, gave a cup of water to a young French officer who was dying. He was perhaps a brother of Hertel de Rouville. May it not have been gratitude for this act that she was left behind when the order came to march? She died of grief a few weeks later."

    John married Mary Baldwin on 23 Sep 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Joseph Baldwin and Hannah Whitlock) was born on 23 Jun 1644 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 4 Apr 1704 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Elizabeth Catlin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1667 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 29 Feb 1704.


Generation: 7

  1. 7.  Elizabeth Catlin Descendancy chart to this point (6.John6, 5.Isabella5, 4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in 1667 in Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 29 Feb 1704.

    Notes:

    On Feb 29 1704, Deerfield had 41 houses with 291 people. Of these, 20 were soldiers. That night Sieur Hertel de Rouxville with 200 soldiers and 142 Abenaki and Caughnawaga Indians managed to scale the stockade on snowdrifts while the sentry slept. The sentry awoke and gave the alarm before all the houses had been surrounded, which undoubtedly saved some of the village. 165 persons were killed or captured and only 126 were left. The following day some of the survivors, reinforced by a small company from Hatfield under Captain Wells, pursued the War Party. They engaged the rear guard, losing the battle and nine more men., Widow Corse and her daughter Elizabeth were taken captive, but Ebenezer aged 12, and James aged 10, managed to hide and escape. The mother was killed on the trek to Canada. Elizabeth, her daughter, aged 8, survived. She never returned to her home. She grew up, married and had children in Canada.

    Elizabeth married James Corse in 1690 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. James was born in ca 1666 in England; died on 15 May 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Old Deerfield Burying Ground, Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Ebenezer Corse  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1692 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 3 May 1776 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Main Street Cemetery, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
    2. 9. James Corse  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1694 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.
    3. 10. Elizabeth Corse  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1766 in Ontario.


Generation: 8

  1. 8.  Ebenezer Corse Descendancy chart to this point (7.Elizabeth7, 6.John6, 5.Isabella5, 4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 7 Apr 1692 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 3 May 1776 in Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Main Street Cemetery, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    Notes:

    He was a weaver by trade as well as a cooper. They had four sons and two daughters.

    Ebenezer married Sarah French on 2 Nov 1715 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan French and Sarah Warner) was born on 1 Mar 1695 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Jan 1768 in Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; was buried in Main Street Cemetery, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Sarah Corse  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Nov 1716 in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died in 1779 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut.

  2. 9.  James Corse Descendancy chart to this point (7.Elizabeth7, 6.John6, 5.Isabella5, 4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born on 20 Mar 1694 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

    Family/Spouse: Thankfull Munn. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Thankfull Corse  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 10.  Elizabeth Corse Descendancy chart to this point (7.Elizabeth7, 6.John6, 5.Isabella5, 4.Andrew4, 3.Richard3, 2.Thomas2, 1.Geoffrey1) was born in 1696 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died in 1766 in Ontario.

    Notes:

    In 1704 Elizabeth was taken captive back to Canada after the attack onDeerfield, along with her mother, who was killed on the way by theIndians. Elizabeth became a convert to Catholicism, married, hadchildren, and lived her life as a French subject in Canada. Sheappears in the French records as Elisabeth Casse. In 1706 , aged ten, she asked to become a citizen. In 1712 she had anillegitimate daughter by an unknown father. This daughter died veryyoung. It was later that year that she was married for the first time. After a marriage of almost seventeen years her firsthusband died. Elisabeth must have been an attractive widow, for inless than a year she married a man younger than herself. She marriedsecondly Pierre Monet, the older brother of one of her sons-in-law.This marriage took place at La Prairie on 16 January 1730. After aneventful life she passed away at the age of 70 and was buried on 30January 1766 at La Prairie.



 

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