John Ward was the son of Robert Ward of Suffolk.
John and his wife Susan had three sons: Samuel, Nathaniel, and John, all preachers, and one daughter known to me, Mary, who married Samuel Waite.
After he died in 1602, Susan, his widow, married Rev. Richard Rogers, Pastor of Wethersfield who was the father of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and Rev. Daniel Rogers.
Writings of and about John Ward include:
Quo fi quis fcivit fcitius (Grant some of knowledge greater store)
Aut fi quis docuit docitius (More learned some in teaching)
At rarus vixit fanctius (Yet few in life did lightne more)
Et nullus tonuit fortius (none thundered more in preaching)
Son of thunder, son of ye dove,
Full of Hot Zeale, Full of True Love,
In preaching truth, in Living Right,
A burning lamp, a shining light.
"John Ward, after he with great evidence and power of ye Spriit & with much fruit, preached ye gospel at Haveril and Bury in Suff. 25 years, was here gathered to his fathers. Susan, his widow, married Richard Rogers, that worthy Pastor of Wethersfielde. He left 3 sonnes, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, preachers, who for their and theirs with no grater blessing then yt they may continue in believing & preaching the same Gospel till ye coming of Christ."
"Come, Lord Jesus, come quicklye.
Death is our entrance into life.
Buried Haverill"
ref. "A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M." by John Ward Dean, Albany: J. Munsell 1868.
His memorial on the chancel, north wall is described in the church notes.
"The church's finest memorial commemorates Dr John Warde, an Elizabethan vicar here and an eloquent preacher, with strong Puritan leanings, who died in 1602. He was the father of Samuel Ward, well known in Ipswich as its ‘Town Preacher and Lecturer' from 1605-1635, and also of Nathaniel, who, having preached in Germany and held a living in Essex, went to settle and preach in Massachusetts and of John, who was also a preacher of the Gospel. This curious memorial is surrounded by rather crude strapwork and its inscription (now rather difficult to read) is in Latin and English and is framed with mottos like ‘Watch, Warde', ‘Lightes here' and ‘Starrs hereafter'. The framed portrait beside the memorial is dated 1622 and shows John's eldest son, Samuel Ward."
John and his wife Susan had three sons: Samuel, Nathaniel, and John, all preachers, and one daughter known to me, Mary, who married Samuel Waite.
After he died in 1602, Susan, his widow, married Rev. Richard Rogers, Pastor of Wethersfield who was the father of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and Rev. Daniel Rogers.
Writings of and about John Ward include:
Quo fi quis fcivit fcitius (Grant some of knowledge greater store)
Aut fi quis docuit docitius (More learned some in teaching)
At rarus vixit fanctius (Yet few in life did lightne more)
Et nullus tonuit fortius (none thundered more in preaching)
Son of thunder, son of ye dove,
Full of Hot Zeale, Full of True Love,
In preaching truth, in Living Right,
A burning lamp, a shining light.
"John Ward, after he with great evidence and power of ye Spriit & with much fruit, preached ye gospel at Haveril and Bury in Suff. 25 years, was here gathered to his fathers. Susan, his widow, married Richard Rogers, that worthy Pastor of Wethersfielde. He left 3 sonnes, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, preachers, who for their and theirs with no grater blessing then yt they may continue in believing & preaching the same Gospel till ye coming of Christ."
"Come, Lord Jesus, come quicklye.
Death is our entrance into life.
Buried Haverill"
ref. "A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M." by John Ward Dean, Albany: J. Munsell 1868.
His memorial on the chancel, north wall is described in the church notes.
"The church's finest memorial commemorates Dr John Warde, an Elizabethan vicar here and an eloquent preacher, with strong Puritan leanings, who died in 1602. He was the father of Samuel Ward, well known in Ipswich as its ‘Town Preacher and Lecturer' from 1605-1635, and also of Nathaniel, who, having preached in Germany and held a living in Essex, went to settle and preach in Massachusetts and of John, who was also a preacher of the Gospel. This curious memorial is surrounded by rather crude strapwork and its inscription (now rather difficult to read) is in Latin and English and is framed with mottos like ‘Watch, Warde', ‘Lightes here' and ‘Starrs hereafter'. The framed portrait beside the memorial is dated 1622 and shows John's eldest son, Samuel Ward."
John Ward was the son of Robert Ward of Suffolk.
John and his wife Susan had three sons: Samuel, Nathaniel, and John, all preachers, and one daughter known to me, Mary, who married Samuel Waite.
After he died in 1602, Susan, his widow, married Rev. Richard Rogers, Pastor of Wethersfield who was the father of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and Rev. Daniel Rogers.
Writings of and about John Ward include:
Quo fi quis fcivit fcitius (Grant some of knowledge greater store)
Aut fi quis docuit docitius (More learned some in teaching)
At rarus vixit fanctius (Yet few in life did lightne more)
Et nullus tonuit fortius (none thundered more in preaching)
Son of thunder, son of ye dove,
Full of Hot Zeale, Full of True Love,
In preaching truth, in Living Right,
A burning lamp, a shining light.
"John Ward, after he with great evidence and power of ye Spriit & with much fruit, preached ye gospel at Haveril and Bury in Suff. 25 years, was here gathered to his fathers. Susan, his widow, married Richard Rogers, that worthy Pastor of Wethersfielde. He left 3 sonnes, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, preachers, who for their and theirs with no grater blessing then yt they may continue in believing & preaching the same Gospel till ye coming of Christ."
"Come, Lord Jesus, come quicklye.
Death is our entrance into life.
Buried Haverill"
ref. "A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M." by John Ward Dean, Albany: J. Munsell 1868.
His memorial on the chancel, north wall is described in the church notes.
"The church's finest memorial commemorates Dr John Warde, an Elizabethan vicar here and an eloquent preacher, with strong Puritan leanings, who died in 1602. He was the father of Samuel Ward, well known in Ipswich as its ‘Town Preacher and Lecturer' from 1605-1635, and also of Nathaniel, who, having preached in Germany and held a living in Essex, went to settle and preach in Massachusetts and of John, who was also a preacher of the Gospel. This curious memorial is surrounded by rather crude strapwork and its inscription (now rather difficult to read) is in Latin and English and is framed with mottos like ‘Watch, Warde', ‘Lightes here' and ‘Starrs hereafter'. The framed portrait beside the memorial is dated 1622 and shows John's eldest son, Samuel Ward."
John and his wife Susan had three sons: Samuel, Nathaniel, and John, all preachers, and one daughter known to me, Mary, who married Samuel Waite.
After he died in 1602, Susan, his widow, married Rev. Richard Rogers, Pastor of Wethersfield who was the father of Rev. Ezekiel Rogers and Rev. Daniel Rogers.
Writings of and about John Ward include:
Quo fi quis fcivit fcitius (Grant some of knowledge greater store)
Aut fi quis docuit docitius (More learned some in teaching)
At rarus vixit fanctius (Yet few in life did lightne more)
Et nullus tonuit fortius (none thundered more in preaching)
Son of thunder, son of ye dove,
Full of Hot Zeale, Full of True Love,
In preaching truth, in Living Right,
A burning lamp, a shining light.
"John Ward, after he with great evidence and power of ye Spriit & with much fruit, preached ye gospel at Haveril and Bury in Suff. 25 years, was here gathered to his fathers. Susan, his widow, married Richard Rogers, that worthy Pastor of Wethersfielde. He left 3 sonnes, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, preachers, who for their and theirs with no grater blessing then yt they may continue in believing & preaching the same Gospel till ye coming of Christ."
"Come, Lord Jesus, come quicklye.
Death is our entrance into life.
Buried Haverill"
ref. "A Memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M." by John Ward Dean, Albany: J. Munsell 1868.
His memorial on the chancel, north wall is described in the church notes.
"The church's finest memorial commemorates Dr John Warde, an Elizabethan vicar here and an eloquent preacher, with strong Puritan leanings, who died in 1602. He was the father of Samuel Ward, well known in Ipswich as its ‘Town Preacher and Lecturer' from 1605-1635, and also of Nathaniel, who, having preached in Germany and held a living in Essex, went to settle and preach in Massachusetts and of John, who was also a preacher of the Gospel. This curious memorial is surrounded by rather crude strapwork and its inscription (now rather difficult to read) is in Latin and English and is framed with mottos like ‘Watch, Warde', ‘Lightes here' and ‘Starrs hereafter'. The framed portrait beside the memorial is dated 1622 and shows John's eldest son, Samuel Ward."
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