Richard Ward

Male 1692 - 1761  (69 years)


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  • Name Richard Ward 
    Birth 29 Oct 1692  Sheffield Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, a British Colony in North America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death ~23 Nov 1761  Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I32885  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 20 Jul 2019 

    Father Captain Seth Ward,   b. 0___ 1661, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0Dec 1707, Varina, Henrico County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Mother Anne Hatcher,   b. 1664, Varina Parish, Virginia, a British Colony in America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1734, Varina Parish, Virginia, a British Colony in America Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage ~1681  Henrico County, Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F12049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frances Worsham 
    Marriage ~1716  (Lunenburg County, Colony of Virginia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 5
    • His first wife...
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Ward,   b. 17 Sep 1717, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ! Nov 1788, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Tahpanes Ward,   b. 1729, Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F12048  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Oct 1692 - Sheffield Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia, a British Colony in North America Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - ~1716 - (Lunenburg County, Colony of Virginia) Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - ~23 Nov 1761 - Lunenburg County, Virginia, British Colonies of North America Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Benjamin Ward's date of birth has been established as 18 September 1717. He was the son of Richard Ward (1698-1756) of Lunenburg County by his first wife, Frances (surname unknown). This was established through a Ward Family Bible record passed from Dr. William Ward of Rutherford County through his widow, Mary Polly Robertson Ward, to his nephew, Peter Marcum of Claiborne County, TN.

      Richard Ward (1698-1756) was the son of Captain Seth Ward (1661-1707) & Anne Hatcher of Henrico County,VA.

      Captain Seth Ward was the son of Richard & Elizabeth Ward of Henrico County, VA.

      Benjamin Ward (1717-c1767)married twice, firstly to a woman some call Missy by whom he had a son Daniel Ward of Franklin County, VA; Benjamin married secondly Mary Duke, daughter of Mary Byrd & James Duke of James City County, VA (established through Dr. William Ward's journal & family tradition).

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    • Richard Ward
      Born 29 Oct 1692 in Henrico County, Colony of Virginiamap
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of Seth Ward and Anne (Hatcher) Ward
      Brother of Martha (Ward) Canaday, Seth Ward, Benjamin Ward and Joseph Ward
      Husband of Francis (Stanley) Ward — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
      DESCENDANTS descendants
      Father of Benjamin Ward
      Died 1762 in Lunenburg County, Colony of Virginiamap
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      Biography
      Richard was born in 1692. He passed away in 1762.

      RICHARD WARD (1692-1761) OF HENRICO & LUNENBURG COUNTIES IN VIRGINIA

      RICHARD WARD as proven by Henrico Court Records, was born 29 October 1692 at Sheffield Plantation in Henrico Co., VA. SETH and ANN HATCHER WARD. 2nd his mother married WILLIAM BLACKMAN.

      RICHARD WARD died circa 23 November 1761 at Lunenburg County, Virginia.

      About 1716 RICHARD WARD married firstly, FRANCES WORSHAM, and they had two known children,

      BENJAMIN WARD born 1717
      TAHPANES WARD born 1729 married PHILIP WEBBER.
      In 1759 Richard married secondly MARY JOHNS daughter of THOMAS RICE JOHNS and CATHERINE AUSTIN

      RICHARD WARD Jr. born c1760, & daughter
      CATHERINE WARD born 1761.
      His brothers were: SETH WARD, who married MARTHA WORSHAM; JOSEPH WARD, married SARAH STEWART; and BENJAMIN WARD, married ANNE ANDERSON. [1][2]


      Sources
      ? http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bhreed&id=I13477
      ? http://ancestorsofvirginia.blogspot.com/
      https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Richard-Ward/f194399
      Will
      1762, February 2: Lunenburg County, VA Will Book 1:341 WILL OF RICHARD WARD of Cornwall Parish, Lunenburg County, dated November 17, 1759, probated February 2, 1762, devised:

      To my son BENJAMIN WARD, 120 acres in Cumberland Parish (or county) adjoining JAMES BROWN, JONAS RENULS, and VALENTINE COLLEY; [NOTE: Cumberland Parish became Bedford County, 1753;

      To daughter TAHPENAHS WARD, 1 shilling;

      To wife MARY WARD is loaned 6 Negroes (BOWSER, HARRY, MODESTY, DICK, ANNIS & MOLL) during her life and is given a feather beds and furniture, riding horse, side saddle, etc, also 350 acres in Lunenburg County between WILLIAM FUQUA and LENNARD WARD to her and her heirs lawfully begotten;

      To child [Richard Ward] wife [ Mary Johns Ward) is now with, 150 acres in Chesterfield County (between the river adjoining ELIZA GAY and SETH WARD, between the road and the river and also 101 acres in Cumberland County between Angolea Creek and Appomattox River and also the land I now enjoy in Lunenburg County and all the Negroes and everything I am possessed within Cumberland County and also in Lunenburg County and 6 Negroes I lent my wife (sic, BOWSER, HARRY, MODESTY, DICK, ANNIS, & MOLL).

      Executors: friend, SEATH WARD & PERRIN ALDAY.
      Witnesses: ABRAHAM MARTIN, NEAL FRANK, JOSHUA WHARTON[3]
      Roots Web - FRANCES WORSHAM
      WikiTree profile Ward-4785 created through the import of LNMaggard GEDCOM.ged on Apr 9, 2012 by Larry Maggard.
      Profile added by Patricia (Hall) H by 16 Nov 2017.

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