Mary Ward

1697–1771 (Age 74)
London, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Mary

Mary Ward was born in 1697, in London, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Thomas Ward. She had at least 1 son with Baron Edward Stanley V of Alderley. She died in 1771, in Bath, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Mary Ward
1697–1771
John Stanley
1731–
Elizabeth Stanley
1732–
James Stanley
1734–1742

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(3)

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(1)

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.

Possible Related Names

Warshawsky
Wardman
Warde

Sources (6)

  • Mary in entry for James Stanley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Mary Stanley in entry for John Thomas Stanley, "England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
  • Mary Stanley in entry for John Thomas Stanley, "England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"

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