#  Thomas Walter Ward 1758 

 



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   ![Thomas W. Ward](/sites/g/files/omnuum10931/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/wardhouse/files/sheriffward_0.jpg?itok=1SthyrUr) 

 

Born in 1758 in Shrewsbury, he fought in the American Revolution, including the Battle of Bennington. He married Elizabeth Denny in 1782 and fathered 10 children. In 1785 he moved into the old part of the Artemas Ward House while his father, Artemas Ward, occupied the new part. As a member of a cavalry regiment, he helped to suppress Shays Rebellion in 1787. Thomas served as Sheriff of Worcester County for 18 years and served as a township moderator (“mayor”) and treasurer, and as Justice of the Peace. He died in 1835 in Shrewsbury.

## **Ward Family Tree**

   ![Family Tree](/sites/g/files/omnuum10931/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/wardhouse/files/tree.jpeg?itok=cd6shVHI) 

 



 

##  Artemas and Sarah Trowbridge 

 



  [### Sarah Trowbridge 1724-1788

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   [### Ithamar 1752-1828

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   [### Nahum 1754-1778

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   [### Sarah 1756-1838

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   [### Thomas Walter 1758-1835

 ](/links/thomas-walter-1758-1835) 

   [### Martha 1760-1781

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   [### Artemas 1762-1847

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   [### Maria 1764-1833

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   [### Henry Dana 1768-1817

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##  Thomas and Elizabeth Denny 

 



  [### Elizabeth Denny 1760-1846

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   [### Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864

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   [### Nahum 1785-1860

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   [### Harriet 1787-1824

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   [### Joseph 1789-1821

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   [### Artemas 1791-1816

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   [### Elizabeth Denny 1793-1887

 ](/links/elizabeth-denny-1793-1887) 

   [### Thomas Walter Jr. 1798-1890

 ](/links/thomas-walter-jr-1798-1890) 

   [### Henry Dana 1797-1884

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   [### Sarah Henshaw 1800-1894

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   [### Caroline 1802-1869

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