Bobbie Hall quickly proved that 19th century newspapers were no more likely to get a story right than 21st century ones: so Eben Ward was killed by his son-in-law Samuel Rich, not Samuel Fish. The children of Ebenezer and Phebe (Briggs) Ward, all born in Wellfleet: Ebenener, 7 Oct 1825 - William, 29 Apr 1827 - Louisa, 26 Mar 1829 - 23 Jul 1837 Thankful Kennedy, 2 Feb 1833 - The children of Elisha 3d and Mary (Cole) Rich, all born in Wellfleet: Samuel Smith, 15 Aug 1832 - Elisha Merriam, 4 Oct 1835 - 23 May 1903 Mary Young, 5 Sept 1836 - Betsey Lewis, 19 Aug 1839 - Samuel Smith Rich married Thankful Kennedy Ward on 13 May 1858 in Wellfleet. Thankful Ward married Leatus Lincoln (c 1810 - 9 Oct 1870), 2nd marriages for both, on 17 Jun 1863 in Wellfeet. The marriage record uses her birth name rather than Rich, and I expect that indicates she divorced Samuel. All information here is from Wellfleet town records on CD, except Elisha Merriam Rich's death date, from the Pleasant Hill & Oak Dale cemetery (Wellfleet) transcription book. (The 1857 and 1858 Wellfleet Marriages are relatively difficult to find and read. They were recorded at the back of a Death record section, crosssing out and overwriting the printed column headings, in poor penmanship.)

Does anyone think it strange that the name "Thankful' plus the use of a middle name does not fit in with the rest of her siblings names? Rosalie in Bar Harbor, Me. God Bless America ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kew" <David.Kew@verizon.net> To: <MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:48 AM Subject: [MaBarnstable] Re: Eben Smith Ward family > Bobbie Hall quickly proved that 19th century newspapers were no more > likely to get a story right than 21st century ones: so Eben Ward was > killed by his son-in-law Samuel Rich, not Samuel Fish. > The children of Ebenezer and Phebe (Briggs) Ward, all born in Wellfleet: > Ebenener, 7 Oct 1825 - > William, 29 Apr 1827 - > Louisa, 26 Mar 1829 - 23 Jul 1837 > Thankful Kennedy, 2 Feb 1833 - > The children of Elisha 3d and Mary (Cole) Rich, all born in Wellfleet: > Samuel Smith, 15 Aug 1832 - > Elisha Merriam, 4 Oct 1835 - 23 May 1903 > Mary Young, 5 Sept 1836 - > Betsey Lewis, 19 Aug 1839 - > Samuel Smith Rich married Thankful Kennedy Ward on 13 May 1858 in > Wellfleet. > Thankful Ward married Leatus Lincoln (c 1810 - 9 Oct 1870), 2nd marriages > for both, on 17 Jun 1863 in Wellfeet. The marriage record uses her birth > name rather than Rich, and I expect that indicates she divorced Samuel. > All information here is from Wellfleet town records on CD, except Elisha > Merriam Rich's death date, from the Pleasant Hill & Oak Dale cemetery > (Wellfleet) transcription book. (The 1857 and 1858 Wellfleet Marriages are > relatively difficult to find and read. They were recorded at the back of a > Death record section, crosssing out and overwriting the printed column > headings, in poor penmanship.) > > > ==== MABARNST Mailing List ==== > For helpful information on how to use this list more effectively, as well > as links to other helpful related information, click on: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/MA/barnstable.html > > >

bhroser wrote: > Does anyone think it strange that the name "Thankful' plus the use of > a middle name does not fit in with the rest of her siblings names? > > Rosalie in Bar Harbor, Me. The marriage record for her first marriage in the MA VR to 1910 database has "Thankful K," and the death of father Ebenezer in the same database says his mother was named Thankful.. > > >>