When Joshua Ward was born about 1751, in Marsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Ward, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 36. He married Thomasin Ward on 4 August 1776, in Marsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He was buried in Marsham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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.
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