Ancestry of
Billie Eilish

Singer and Songwriter

William Ward

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of Billie Eilish — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1384 
  • Father:
  • William Ward 
  • Mother:
  • Phebe Fenner   
  • Birth Date:
  • 2 Aug 1665 
  • Birth Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Apr 1745 
  • Death Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Collins
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jul 1702 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Daniel Ward (Ahnentafel No:692 )

  • Notes: 

  • William Ward's surname is also seen as Wood.

• Sources for William Ward

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Middletown, p. 466, Birth record for son Daniel Ward.
  • ² Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Middletown, p. 472, Marriage record for William Ward and Abigail Collins.
  • ³ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Middletown, p. 472, Death record for William Ward.
  • ⁴ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Middletown, p. 472, Birth record for William Ward.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/22/2021).
  • ⁶ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860, Vol. 14, p. 135.
  • ⁷ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1908, Vol. 62, pp. 98, 304.
  • ⁸ The American Genealogist, 1978, Vol. 54, pp. 132-135.
  • ⁹ Marvin, George Franklin and William T.R. Marvin, Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct., 1638 and 1635 . . ., Boston: T.R. Marvin and Son, Publishers (1904), 37.

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