Leah Wardwell1

b. 7 December 1646
Leah Wardwell|b. 7 Dec 1646|p9660.htm|William Wardwell|b. 4 Jan 1606/7\nd. 25 Apr 1670|p9661.htm|Alice (—?—) (Wardwell)|d. 1657|p9662.htm|John Wardale||p9842.htm||||||||||

6th great-grandaunt of Ruth Minerva Fairfield.
8th great-grandaunt of Laura Jane Munson.
Family Background:
Fairfield and Allied Families
     Leah Wardwell was born 7th 10th mo. 1646 [sic] (7 December 1646) in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.2,3 She was the daughter of William Wardwell and Alice (—?—) (Wardwell).2 She was baptized 6 day 10 mo. 1646 [sic] (6 December 1646) in First Church, Boston.4 She married William Tower.5
     
Additional Data
Leah Wardwell was mentioned in her father William Wardell's will dated 18 April 1670 in Boston.6,7,8

Citations

  1. [S185] William S. Appleton, ed., Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston Births, 1700-1800, 2 volumes in 1 (Boston: The Registry Department of the City of Boston, 1883 and 1894; reprint Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978), 23, 25.
  2. [S185] William S. Appleton, Boston VR, 23.
  3. [S761] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register; (Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001), (Orig. Pub. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994) 9: 166.
  4. [S185] William S. Appleton, Boston VR, 25.
  5. [S893] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Wardwell, of Wells," Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A Reprinting in Alphabetical Order by Surname, of the Sixteen Multi-Ancestor Compendia, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996), Vol. III, 552, originally published in The Ancestry of Annis Spear (1945).
  6. [S893] Walter Goodwin Davis, "Wardwell, of Wells," Massachusetts and Maine Families, Vol. III, 549-550, originally published in The Ancestry of Annis Spear (1945).
  7. [S761] NEHGR, 48: 458.
  8. [S899] "William Wardwell", citing Suffolk Probate 7: 35-36, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, online http://www.newenglandancestors.org/, printout dated 2005. Previously published in hard copy (Boston: NEHGS, 1995).