Ebenezer Smith Ward was born 30 May 1799 in Wellfleet to Elisha and Thankful (Smith) Ward. He was married to Phebe M Briggs (Jul 1801 - 4 Apr 1881), d/o Seth and Olive Briggs, of Wellfleet. At the time of his death he was a farmer. (Wellfleet records) "Murder in Wellfleet.--Wellfleet, Mass. May 2.--Last night, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Mr. Eben S. Ward, of South Wellfleet, was murdered by his son-in-law Samuel Fish. The murderer has been captured and confessed his crime. The first intimation of the presence of any person being round the house, was at quarter past 12, when two bricks were thrown through the window of the bed room in which they were sleepiong. Mr. and Mrs. Ward got up, lighted a lamp and went back into the room, and he, being terribly frightened, dare not go out of doors to see who was there and give an alarm. All was still for half an hour, when two more bricks were thrown into the kitchen window, where they were sitting. They then went into the front room, Mrs. Ward leaning against the door, and Mr. Ward walking the room. Mrs. Ward turned round, saw the muzzle of a gun pointed towards them through the kitchen window. She stepped aside, and at that instant the gun was fired and Mr. Ward fell exclaiming, "Oh, my God!" One hundred and eight shot holes were counted on his right breast and arm, two ribs were broken. Nothing was known of the murder until daylight this morning, the women in the house being too frightened to go out and give the alarm. Fish is not of sound mind, and is at times crazy. He attempted to shoot himself after committing the murder, but the cap on the gun did not explode." - The Farmer's Cabinet (Amherst, NH) vol. 57, issue 41, page 2, dated 11 May 1859 (found on NewsBank.com)