Deacon William Ford

William was born on November 4th, 1633 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.  He died at the age of 88 on February 7th, 1722 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.  He was buried in 1722 in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth, MA.

• General Notes

  The William Ford Family Bibliography Banks, Charles E., English Ancestry and Homes of the Pilgrim Fathers, Baltimore: Genealogica Davis, Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. DeForest, L. Effingham, Moore and Allied Families, p. 264. Handwritten paper in the Priscilla Jones Collection at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searspo Savage, James, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Baltimore: Genea Stratton, Euigene Aubrey, Plymouth Colony, its History and People, 1620-1691, Salt Lake City Willison, George, Saints and Strangers, New York: Reynal and Hitchcock, publishers, p. 445. Winsor, Justin, History of the Town of Duxbury (MA), p. 259. Vital Records of Marshfield, MA, to year 1850, found in the New England Historic Genealogica Vital Records of Pembroke, MA, to year 1850, found in the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
  
  WILLIAM FOORD. JR., born in 1633, having been admitted freeman June 1, 1658, married Nov. 4, 1658, Sarah Dingley; was one of the Marshfield company which went against King Philip in 1675 as appears by letter written by Nathaniel Thomas at Swansea while on the expedition; was ensign in 1685, and having been selectman and deacon of the church at Marshfield died there Feb. 7, 1721, aged eighty-eight years. His will, dated Mar. 18. 1720, and probated Feb. 20, 1721, appoints my son-in-law Thomas Doggett to be executor, leaves beds and furnishings to daughters Mercy Thomas and Elizabeth Doggett, recites that my sons John, Josiah and Joseph, have already received their portions, and provides
  that after the decease of my wife Sarah the residue of my estate shall go to my six daughters Mercy Thomas, Sarah Jones, Mary Wilder, Margaret Porter, Experience Doggett and Bethia Barker. His widow Sarah died in Marshfield May 7, 1727.
  
  Their children were:
  1. John, b. Aug. 14, 1659, m. perhaps Hannah Sherman;
  2. Mercy, b. Apr. 29, 1662, m. Samuel Thomas;
  3. Josiah, b. Aug. 15, 1664, m. Sarah;
  4. Sarah, m. Jones;
  5. Joseph, b. about 1666. m. Lois Stetson;
  6. Mary, m. Jabez Wilder;
  7. Margaret, m. June 16, 1709, John Porter;
  8. Experience, b. 1676, m. Thomas Doggett;
  9. Bethiah, b. Feb. 3, 1680, m. John Barker;
  10. Bathsheba, b. Feb. 3, 1680, twin, d. Mar. 12, 1680 or 1689.
  (Bio by: Scrib & Barb Kelly)

Details of William's family with Sarah Dingley