When Alice Ward was born in 1802, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ward, was 11799 and her mother, Elizabeth Starling, was 33. She married Jesse A Hedgepeth on 15 October 1818, in Robeson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Marion, Mississippi, United States in 1818 and lived in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years and Carley, Marion, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died in 1880, in Marion, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesTimeline for Jesse and Alice (Ward) Hedgepeth’s Family Early 1600s Maternal lineage for Alice Ward (Sterling Family) begins with the birth of her maternal 3rd great grandpare …
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