Joseph Ward (1753 - 1816)

Born 1753 in England

Descendants

Died 1816 at about age 63 in Virginia, USA

Biography

Joseph, child of Abraham Ward & Elizth Ward, was born on 12 August 1753 and baptized on 2 September 1753 in Keynsham, Somerset, England.^[1]

Joseph arrived in 1776 in Maryland^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812"
   Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\p\keyn/2/1/3
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60856 #4604236 (accessed 16 July 2023)
   Joseph Ward baptism on 2 Sep 1753 (born 12 Aug 1753), child of Abraham Ward & Elizth Ward, in Keynsham, Somerset, England.
2. ↑ Passenger List: "U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s"
   Place: Maryland; Year: 1776; Page Number: 269
   Ancestry Record 7486 #1341561 (accessed 16 July 2023)
   Name: Joseph Ward; Age: 23; Birth Year: abt 1753; Arrival Year: 1776; Arrival Place: Maryland; Primary Immigrant: Ward, Joseph; Source Publication Code: 1372; Annotation: From documents at the Maryland Historical Society. Composite of five muster rolls. Recruits were from Maryland, predominantly of European origin: 29% were Irish and 16.5% English. All were immigrants to Maryland prior to 1776.; Source Bibliography: COX, RICHARD J. "Some Maryland Recruits of 1776." In National Genealogical Society Quarterly, vol. 64:4 (Dec. 1976), pp. 261-270.;
   Household Members (Name):
   Joseph Ward.