When William Ward was born about 1775, in Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Ward, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Stolworthy, was 40. He married Amy Shorten about 1807, in Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He was buried in Rackheath, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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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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