Brief Life History of Stephen
Stephen Ward was born about 1786, in Pentney, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. He married Maria McEvoy on 17 November 1810, in Fordham, Bronx, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Stephen Ward, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
- Stephen Ward in entry for William Ward and Sarah Palmer Wilson, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Genealogy of the de Veaux Family: by Thos F de Voe - 1885 - de Veaux Family - HIgginson Book Company - Salem, Massachusetts
Spouse and Children
1786– Male
1790– Female
Children (1)
1811– Female
World Events (7)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 15
1815
Age 29
1823
Age 37
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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