“William Ware (1643) of Dorchester in 1633 became a freeman, May 10 of that year in 1644 and 1652, he purchased additional properties in Dorchester.  At about the latter date he removed to Boston.  He was by trade a shoemaker, and was admitted to be a townsman in Boston Jan. 31, 1653.  In 1657, his taxes were abated ‘upon consideration of his long sickness and low estate.’  He died Feb. 11, 1658.  Abstract of his will, dated March 26, 1656, and proved April 1, 1658, is given in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, VIII., 353.”

Reference Data:

History of the Military Co. of Massachusetts, Vol. 1,1637-1738, by Oliver Ayer Roberts, 1895, page 134