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Jim & Selma Burrows
Deacon William Ford, jr., the son of William Ford and Anna Ames (name uncertain), was born in 1632 in Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony. He died at the age of about 89 in 1721 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
William Ford (aged about 26) married Sarah Dingley (aged about 19) on Thursday, 4 November 1658 o.s. in Marshfield, New Plymouth Colony.
Sarah Dingley, the daughter of John Dingley and his wife Sarah (name uncertain), was born in about 1639 in Sandwich, New Plymouth Colony (locale uncertain). She died at the age of about 88 in 1727 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.
Their children were:
Ford is spelled Fford in John Ford's IGI birth record.
There are four IGI marriage records for William Ford:
Sarah Dingley 1658 Duxbury
Bethiah Hatch 4 Nov 1658 Marshfield
Sarah Dingley 4 Nov 1658 Marshfield
Sarah Dingly 4 Nov 1658 Marshfiled
I found William listed as "William Fford jr." somewhere (NEHGS?). /s/ JLB
The Corbin collection refers to William Ford Sr. (and Jr.?) and lists Sarah's name as "Sarah Dingly".
According to D. Alden Smith's Ahnentafel (NEHGS Nexus, Vol 5, no 5, and Vol 6, no 1):
528. Joseph Jones, 1660-1727, Hingham, Mass, Marshfield, Mass
529. Sarah Ford, ca. 1665-1753, b. Marshfield, Mass
576. Deacon Joseph Ford, 1666-1749, Marshfield, Mass, Pembroke Mass
577. Lois Stetson, 1672-1735, Scituate, Mass, Pembroke, Mass
1058. Dea. William Ford, 1632-1721, Marsfield, Marshfield
1059. Sarah Dingley, ca. 1639-1727, prob. Sandwich, Marshfield
1152-1153. (Same as 1058-1059)