JAMES WARD JR

Brief Life History of JAMES

When JAMES WARD JR was born in 1777, in Hawnby, Yorkshire, England, his father, John Ward, was 53 and his mother, Irene Cruttenden, was 46. He had at least 5 sons with Catherine Boles. He died in 1835, in Henry, Alabama, United States, at the age of 58.

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JAMES WARD JR
1777–1835
Catherine Boles
1762–1842
William H Ward
1794–1881
John William Ward
1799–1880
Christopher Ward Jr
1802–1852
Daniel Merrill Ward
1803–1888
Joseph Ward
1803–1859

Sources (2)

  • Christopher Ward, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Christopher Sr. Ward - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Christopher Ward

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World Events (8)

1781 · The First Constitution

Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

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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