Display Patriot - P-313300 - Peter WARD

Peter WARD

SAR Patriot #: P-313300

The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
It is considered a research aid and is intended to assist in locating sources that can be used as proof.
 

State of Service: MA      Qualifying Service: Private
DAR #: A120641

Birth: 29 Jan 1751 / / CT
Death: abt Jan 1831 Hopkinton / Middle / MA

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. 1775, picket guard under Major Loammi Baldwin
  2. 1775, company of Captain Moses Wheelock, commanded by Colonel Jonathan Ward
  3. 1777, company of Captain Edmund Bigham, commanded by Colonel Job Cushing
  4. 1777, company of Captain Joseph Warrin, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Wheelock

Additional References:
  1. SAR Patriot Index Edition III (CD: PP2210, Progeny Publ, 2002) plus data to 2004
  2. Secretary of the Commonwealth, MA Soldiers, and Sailors of the Rev War, MA. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1901, pg 542

Spouse: Sarah Gaffield
Children: Samuel; Amos; Benjamin;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2000-03-17 MA 6144 Richard Clark Pierce (153586) Samuel   
Location:
Hopkinton / Middlesex / MA / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:

Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
n/a
Find A Grave Memorial #:
Marker Type:
Flat
SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

Modern flat stone, not contemporary with the death of the Patriot. Also a small generic "veteran" lug



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

The Evergreen Cemetery, in the Woodville section of Hopkinton. Today, the main entrance is on Wood St., between the heavy square gateposts of a 1922 rough granite wall. The Massachusetts Historical Commission refers to this cemetery in MACRIS as HPK.809 Evergreen Cemetery. This cemetery is referred to as GR4 Woodville Cemetery in the "Vital Records of Hopkinton Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849




Send a biographical sketch of your patriot!

Patriot biographies must be the original work of the author, and work submitted must not belong to another person or group, in observance with copyright law. Patriot biographies are to be written in complete sentences, follow the established rules of grammar, syntax and punctuation, be free of typographical errors, and follow a narrative format. The narrative should unfold in a logical manner (e.g. the narrative does not jump from time period to time period) or have repeated digressions, or tell the history of the patriot's line from the patriot ancestor to the author. The thinking here is that this is a patriot biography, not a lineage report or a kinship determination project or other report published in a genealogy journal. The biography should discuss the qualifying service (military, patriotic, civil) of the patriot ancestor, where the service was rendered, whether this was a specific state or Continental service, as well as significant events (as determined by the author) of the patriot's life. This is the entire purpose of a patriot's biography.

Additional guidelines around the Biography writeup can be found here:

Send your submission1, in a Microsoft Word compatible format, to patriotbios@sar.org for inclusion in this space


1Upon submission of a patriot biography, the patriot biography becomes the property of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and may be edited to conform to the patriot biography submission standards.


© 2025 - National Society of the American Revolution (NSSAR)