101 Ways, Part 99: "Translated to His Masters Joy"

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Robert Ward

Wenham, MA

1732

HERE LYE THE REMAINS OF

THE REVD MR ROBERT WARD

WHO WAS BORN AT

CHARLESTOWN SEPTR ye 23D

ANNO DOMINI 1694

TOOK HIS FIRST DEGREE

AT HARVARD COLLEGE IN

CAMBRIDGE ANNO 1719

WAS ORDAINED PASTOR OF

THE CHURCH IN WENHAM

JANry ye 25th 1721 AND AFTER

HE HAD FOR MORE THEN

TEN YEARS FAITHFULY &

HONOURABLY SERVED CHRIST

IN THAT OFFICE HE WAS

TRANSLATED TO HIS MASTERS JOY JULY

ye 19th 1732 AGED NEAR 38 YEARS

For a related entry, see Part 80: Translation to the Temple Above.

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