Ann Ward

Femaleabout 1765–

Brief Life History of Ann

Ann Ward was born about 1765, in Yorkshire, England. She married Robert Whiteley on 16 December 1783, in Wistow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter.

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Family Time Line

Robert Whiteley
1763–1853
Ann Ward
1765–
Marriage: 16 December 1783
Robert Whitley
1787–
Ann Whiteley
1817–1892

Sources (5)

  • Ann Ward, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Ann in entry for Ann Whiteley, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"
  • Ann Ward in entry for Whiteley, "England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 December 1783Wistow, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    • Children (2)

    World Events (2)

    1770 · Boston Tea Party

    Age 5

    Thousands of British troops were sent to Boston to enforce Britain's tax laws. Taxes were repealed on all imports to the American Colonies except tea. Americans, disguised as Native Americans, dumped chests of tea imported by the East India Company into the Boston Harbor in protest. This escalated tensions between the American Colonies and the British government.

    1775 · The Shot Heard Around the World

    Age 10

    "On April 18, 1775, a shot known as the ""shot heard around the world"" was fired between American colonists and British troops in Lexington, Massachusetts. This began the American War for Independence. Fifteen months later, Thomas Jefferson penned the Declaration of Independence. The Treaty of Paris was signed in September 1783 which ended the war. The colonies were no longer under British rule. Many who fought for the British fled to Canada, the West Indies, and some to England."

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).

    English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.

    Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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