1Ezra S. Stearns, History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts from the Grant of Dorchester, Canada to the Present Time 1734-1886, pp. 935-936 (1887)
"1. CALEB WARD, son of Thaddeus and Lydia (Benjamin) Ward, was b. in Waltham Nov. 22, 1748; bap. Nov. 27. He removed to this town about 1770 and settled where Joseph H. Small now resides, known as the Alvan Ward farm. He was a selectman and his name is frequently met in the records. He md. Jan. 22, 1772, Rebecca Foster, dau. of Jeremiah Foster, q. v. He d. June 20, 1813, aged 65 years; she d. March 22, 1831, aged 81 years. To the record of her death Rev. George Perkins appends, "She has lived in this town 77 years and about 60 years in the house in which she died."
2 I. Samuel, b. Dec. 22, 1772.+
3 II. Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1774; md. May 25, 1806, Thomas Piper; lived in Weston, Vt.
4 III. Rebecca, b. 1776, d. Nov. 23, 1780.
5 IV. Caleb, b. Aug. 6, 1778.+
6 V. Nahum, b. Aug. 7, 1780; resided some years in Peterboro', N. H., and subsequently joined the Mormons.
7 VI. Jacob, b. Nov. 22, 1782.+
8. VII. Jonas, b. Feb. 15, 1785; md. Dec. 24, 1812, Susan F. Thurston, b. Sept. 18, 1792, dau. of Nathan and Sally (Campbell) Thurston of Oxford. They lived in Oxford.
9. VIII. Rebecca, b. Sept. 14, 1788; md. Ezra Lawrence, q. v.
10 IX. Lucy, b. July 28, 1790; md. March 14, 1815, Samuel Wilson, and lived in Nelson, N. H.".