Ancestry of
Brian Wilson

Co-Founder of The Beach Boys

Obadiah Ward

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• • 9th Great-grandfather of Brian Wilson — 12th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2124 
  • Father:
  • William Ward 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1632 
  • Birth Location:
  • England 
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Jan 1717/1718 
  • Death Location:
  • Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary -----
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  • Child:

  William Ward (Ahnentafel No:1062 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some published sources confuse Obadiah Ward with his nephew of the same name when referring to the marriage of Obadiah Ward and Joanna (Mixer) Harrington. It was his nephew that married Joanna. This Obadiah's wife Mary did not die until 1706, well after the marriage of Obadiah to Joanna.

• Sources for Obadiah Ward

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Newton, Vol. 1, p. 202, Birth record for Obadiah Ward for birth in England.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Marlborough, Vol. 1, p. 396, Death record for Obadiah Ward.
  • ³ Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Vol. 3, p. 1593, Marriage record for Obadiah and Mary Ward.
  • ⁴ Meggison, Michael Thomas, "#71 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: The Immediate New England and Royal Ancestry of the Beach Boys", (accessed 11/21/2016).
  • ⁵ Ward, Andrew Henshaw, Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward, Who Settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1639, Boston: Samuel G. Drake (1851), 9, 12-13.

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