1. Elisha Ward,(1) son of Joseph Ward and Mary Treat, was born 29 Oct 1756 in Eastham, Massachusetts. Elisha married Thankful Smith(3) 24 Dec 1778 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.(2, 3) Thankful was born est 1759, probably in Billingsgate, (Eastham). * Wedding:(3) "Elisha Ward of Eastham and Thankful Smith of Wellfleet were married Dec 24th 1778." Children from this marriage were: 2 M i. Ezekiel Ward(4) was born 7 Mar 1779 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Ezekiel married Ruth Smith in 1805 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. 3 M ii. Elisha Ward(4) was born 28 Apr 1781 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts and died 28 Oct 1799 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. 4 F iii. Polly Ward(4) was born 22 Jul 1787 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Married Thomas Kennedy? 5 F iv. Hannah Ward(4) was born 24 Mar 1789 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. 6 M v. Joseph Ward(4) was born 20 Oct 1792 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. 7 M vi. Ebenezer Smith Ward(2, 4) was born 30 May 1799 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts,4 died 2 May 1859 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and was buried in South Wellfleet cemetery, Massachusetts. The cause of his death was murder. Ebenezer married Phebe M Briggs, daughter of Seth Briggs and Olive. Phebe was born in Jul 1801 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, died 4 Apr 1881 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, and was buried in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The cause of her death was paralysis.(5) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources 1. Smith and Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans..., 103 (MD19:102). Col. Leonard H Smith, Jr. and Norma H Smith. Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans. 1980, 1993. Baltimore MD: reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2. Wellfleet Massachusetts town records (Oxford MA: Holbrook.), Deaths 1859-1890, p. 1 #1. 3. Ibid, Marriages, p. 532. 4. Ibid, 1:64. 5. Ibid, Deaths, p. 25, 1881 # 6.