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'''Andrew Ward''' (1727 - 1779) Born 19 Nov 1727 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. 
Son of Andrew Ward IV and Elizabeth (Fowler) Ward

Brother of Andrew Ward, Elizabeth Ward, Abigail Ward, Jacob Ward and Mary Ward
Husband of Diana (Hubbard) Ward — married 7 Sep 1750 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticutmap

===Descendants===
*Father of Roxana (Ward) Foote and Diana (Ward) Chittenden
Died 10 Jan 1779 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
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===Biography===

Brig. Gen. Andrew Ward served Continental Army during the American Revolution
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Andrew Ward is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-313117
Rank: Brigadier General
General Andrew WARD [Parents] 1, 2 was born 19 Nov 1727 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 10 Jan 1799 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Andrew married Diana HUBBARD on 7 Sep 1750 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.

===They had the following children:===
*Roxanna WARD was born 7 Jan 1751 and died 31 Oct 1840. Married Eli Foote. had: Roxanna Foote, who married Beecher and had [[Harriet Beecher Stow]]. 
*Diana WARD 1, 2 was born 24 Sep 1752 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Married Chittenden. 
*Deborah WARD 1, 2 was born 1756 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. She died 1 Jan 1781 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
*Elizabeth WARD 1, 2 was born 23 Jan 1760 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. She died 6 Sep 1760 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
*Mary WARD 1, 2 was born 5 Oct 1764 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. She died 22 Feb 1783 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
*Andrew WARD 1, 2 was born 23 Mar 1767 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. He died 30 Aug 1769 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut.
<br>Andrew Ward served under David Wooster in the 1st Connecticut Regiment (1775),[1] and then later commanded his own regiment (1776).

==Sources==
*AmericanWars.org, "Connecticut Continental Troops, First Regiment - General Wooster, 1775"
Sons of the American Revolution Patriot #P-313117
*Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed September 8, 2015), "Record of Andrew Ward", Ancestor # A120427.
*Find A Grave: Memorial #17148565
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg2708.htm
*Geni.com, "Gen. Andrew Ward V" (accessed 18 April 2021)
*“From George Washington to Colonel Andrew Ward, 14 March 1777,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-08-02-0613. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 8, 6 January 1777 – 27 March 1777, ed. Frank E. Grizzard, Jr. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1998, p. 575.]