On 5 Jul 1733 when Joseph was 26, he married
Experience Stone, daughter of
Ebenezer Stone (27 Feb 1662/3-4 Oct 1754) &
Margaret Trowbridge (30 Apr 1666-4 May 1710), in Newton, MA.
287 Born on 1 Jul 1707 in Newton, MA.287 Experience died in Spencer, MA, on 26 Dec 1798; she was 91.287
Children of Joseph and Experience (Stone) Ward, born at Newton:
i. Nathaniel Ward, b. 12 May 1734;
ii. Sarah Ward, b. 4 Oct 1735, d. 8 Jun 1766, unmarried;
iii. Joseph Ward, b. 2 Jul 1737;
iv. Anne Ward, b. 28 Feb 1739, d. 2 Mar 1770, m. 28 Apr 1763 James Ryan;
v. Jonas Ward, b. 6 Feb 1740, d. 9 Apr 1788, unmarried;
vi. Esther Ward, b. 30 Oct 1742, d. 14 Jun 1766, unmarried;
vii. James Ward, b. 18 Oct 1744, d. 3 Jul 1754;
viii. Margaret Ward, b. 14 Nov 1746;
ix. Eleanor Ward, b. 3 Sep 1748, d. 21 Aug 1785 at Sutton, MA, m. there Solomon Wheeler;
x. Lucy Ward, b. 9 Jun 1750;
xi. Enoch Ward, b. 17 Feb 1752; and
xii. Mindwell Ward, b. 14 Nov 1752, d. 24 Sep 1780, unmarried.287