He was made a freeman at Watertown, Mass. on March 3, 1633-4, was appointed by the General Court in Mass. to govern Connecticut on March, 1626, served as assistant, deputy, judge, deputy judge and was on the war committee for Fairfield. He was one of three men appointed to go to Agawam (Springield) "to treat with the Indians of Waronocke".
"Pyquaug, it's Indian name, was changed in 1635 to Watertown and later to Wethersfield."
He is found among the free planters in New Haven in June of 1639. Andrew Ward & ROBERT COE of Weathersfield were appointed to treat with Wethersfield regaridng the plantation of Stamford (Toquams). Andrew Warde continued his municipal activites during his sojourn in Stamford. He was made constable in Oct. 26, 1624, represented Stamford in the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1644, and was magistrate in Oct. 27, 1646.
Around 1651, he purchased a homelot in Fairfield and was an influential man there. His house was the northernmost house and first Fairfield home.
From the address of Henry C. Sturges, Esq. of Fairfield at the unveiling of the Andrew Warde monument in the ancient Fairfield Cemetery on June 13, 1907: Prof. Edward J. Ward of Hamilton College, delivered the eulogy at his funeral...."Here is our debt to Andrew Warde that in his life he built and handed down to us the legacy of a strong, deep chested clean limbed, sturdy body, and a mind, firm fibered, balanced, sane. In his work he was faithful in places of public trust and so gives us a heritage of faithfulness; in his home, he was true and so the stream of our heredity is pure."
"Andrew Warde and his descendants, 1597-1910" by George Kemp Ward. Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward
"Pyquaug, it's Indian name, was changed in 1635 to Watertown and later to Wethersfield."
He is found among the free planters in New Haven in June of 1639. Andrew Ward & ROBERT COE of Weathersfield were appointed to treat with Wethersfield regaridng the plantation of Stamford (Toquams). Andrew Warde continued his municipal activites during his sojourn in Stamford. He was made constable in Oct. 26, 1624, represented Stamford in the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1644, and was magistrate in Oct. 27, 1646.
Around 1651, he purchased a homelot in Fairfield and was an influential man there. His house was the northernmost house and first Fairfield home.
From the address of Henry C. Sturges, Esq. of Fairfield at the unveiling of the Andrew Warde monument in the ancient Fairfield Cemetery on June 13, 1907: Prof. Edward J. Ward of Hamilton College, delivered the eulogy at his funeral...."Here is our debt to Andrew Warde that in his life he built and handed down to us the legacy of a strong, deep chested clean limbed, sturdy body, and a mind, firm fibered, balanced, sane. In his work he was faithful in places of public trust and so gives us a heritage of faithfulness; in his home, he was true and so the stream of our heredity is pure."
"Andrew Warde and his descendants, 1597-1910" by George Kemp Ward. Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward
He was made a freeman at Watertown, Mass. on March 3, 1633-4, was appointed by the General Court in Mass. to govern Connecticut on March, 1626, served as assistant, deputy, judge, deputy judge and was on the war committee for Fairfield. He was one of three men appointed to go to Agawam (Springield) "to treat with the Indians of Waronocke".
"Pyquaug, it's Indian name, was changed in 1635 to Watertown and later to Wethersfield."
He is found among the free planters in New Haven in June of 1639. Andrew Ward & ROBERT COE of Weathersfield were appointed to treat with Wethersfield regaridng the plantation of Stamford (Toquams). Andrew Warde continued his municipal activites during his sojourn in Stamford. He was made constable in Oct. 26, 1624, represented Stamford in the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1644, and was magistrate in Oct. 27, 1646.
Around 1651, he purchased a homelot in Fairfield and was an influential man there. His house was the northernmost house and first Fairfield home.
From the address of Henry C. Sturges, Esq. of Fairfield at the unveiling of the Andrew Warde monument in the ancient Fairfield Cemetery on June 13, 1907: Prof. Edward J. Ward of Hamilton College, delivered the eulogy at his funeral...."Here is our debt to Andrew Warde that in his life he built and handed down to us the legacy of a strong, deep chested clean limbed, sturdy body, and a mind, firm fibered, balanced, sane. In his work he was faithful in places of public trust and so gives us a heritage of faithfulness; in his home, he was true and so the stream of our heredity is pure."
"Andrew Warde and his descendants, 1597-1910" by George Kemp Ward. Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward
"Pyquaug, it's Indian name, was changed in 1635 to Watertown and later to Wethersfield."
He is found among the free planters in New Haven in June of 1639. Andrew Ward & ROBERT COE of Weathersfield were appointed to treat with Wethersfield regaridng the plantation of Stamford (Toquams). Andrew Warde continued his municipal activites during his sojourn in Stamford. He was made constable in Oct. 26, 1624, represented Stamford in the General Court of the New Haven Colony in 1644, and was magistrate in Oct. 27, 1646.
Around 1651, he purchased a homelot in Fairfield and was an influential man there. His house was the northernmost house and first Fairfield home.
From the address of Henry C. Sturges, Esq. of Fairfield at the unveiling of the Andrew Warde monument in the ancient Fairfield Cemetery on June 13, 1907: Prof. Edward J. Ward of Hamilton College, delivered the eulogy at his funeral...."Here is our debt to Andrew Warde that in his life he built and handed down to us the legacy of a strong, deep chested clean limbed, sturdy body, and a mind, firm fibered, balanced, sane. In his work he was faithful in places of public trust and so gives us a heritage of faithfulness; in his home, he was true and so the stream of our heredity is pure."
"Andrew Warde and his descendants, 1597-1910" by George Kemp Ward. Association of Descendants of Andrew Ward
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF
ANDREW WARD
BORN IN ENGLAND 1597
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF
WETHERSFIELD & STAMFORD
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AN HONORED CITIZEN OF
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT
WHERE HE DIED IN 1659
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MEMBER OF A COMISSION GRAUNTED TO
SEVAL P'SONS TO GOVERNE THE PEOPLE ATT
CONNECTICUT BY THE GENERAL COURT
OF MASSACHUSETTES BAY UNDER
JOHN WINTHROP JLGOVERNOR 1635-1636
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ERECTED BY
THE ASSOCIATION OF DESCENDANTS
OF ANDREW WARD 1907
