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James W WARD

Male 1822 - 1899  (77 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James W WARD was born on 22 Mar 1822 in Ernestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada (son of James WARD and Sarah LAKE); died on 29 Apr 1899 in Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 19 Jul 1860, Speaker Township, Sanilac, Michigan, USA; age 39, born Canada, Laborer, Value or Real Estate Owned: 150 - James & Janette & dau Sarah J Ward

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-18a DNA - age 77 y 1 m 7 d at death 29 Apr 1899 computes to birth 22 Mar 1822

    Died:
    age 77 y 1 m 7 d - first married at 26 - son of James Ward b Canada and Sarah Lake b Pen - buried 1 May 1899 Elkland Cemetery - died 12:30 PM of Apoplexy & Heart Disease -- [WESLEY JOHNSTON NOTE: birthplaces of parents in error]

    James married Janet MC MICKEN on 25 Dec 1851 in Bosanquet Township, Ontario, Canada. Janet was born on 14 Oct 1834 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 2 Jul 1928 in Gerry, Chautauqua, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    No such marriage found in list of Lambton County marriages at http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~granniesgarden/genealogy/Granny1/lammarr6.html -- WAS IT REGISTERED IN KENT COUNTY??? Bosanquet was part of Kent until Lambton formed in 1851

    Children:
    1. Sarah Isobel WARD was born on 17 Oct 1852 in Ernestown, Lennox-Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Apr 1936 in Arlington, Snohomish, Washington, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James WARD was born about 1770 in Vermont, USA (son of - possible father of James & Samuel - WARD); died before 1861 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 9 Aug 1811, Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; residence of James and Sarah Ward at sale of land in Ernestown Township == Addington County Land Records, Book F, p 64, #1179, registered 4 Jun 1831
    • Witness: 9 May 1828, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; witness to deed and Memorial for sale by David Fraser to Robert Harrison of 50 acres of lot 40 of concession 6
    • Residence: 1852, Addington, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1852, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; age 82, Farmer, born Vermont, religion: Episcopal Methodist, married - in 1 story stone house with 1 family - James & Sarah with son Willam & his wife Nancy visiting from their residence in Frontenac

    Notes:

    Birth:
    1851/2 census shows him born Vermont - son James' 29 Apr 1899 Michigan death record shows his birthplace as Canada and his wife's birthplace as "Pen" (she was actually born in New York)

    Died:
    He does not appear in the 1861 census.

    James married Sarah LAKE about 1799 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Christopher LAKE and Susannah Susan COUSINS) was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah LAKESarah LAKE was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA (daughter of Christopher LAKE and Susannah Susan COUSINS); died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Loyalist Land Petition: 31 May 1802, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; petition for 200 acres, as daughter of Christopher Lake U. E. and wife of James Ward == http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-119.02-e.php?q2=29&q3=2651&sqn=945&tt=1282&PHPSESSID=npfo6qij0n1rpue06msk2mqnj1
    • Residence: 9 Aug 1811, Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada; residence of James and Sarah Ward at sale of land in Ernestown Township == Addington County Land Records, Book F, p 64, #1179, registered 4 Jun 1831
    • Residence: 1852, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; age 70, born "York State", religion: Episcopal Methodist, married - in 1 story stone house with 1 family - James & Sarah with son Willam & his wife Nancy visiting from their residence in Frontenac

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-18a DNA; Lake-20a DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Notes:

    Married:
    some trees have the marriage 13 Jul 1802 with no source, but that is actually the date of reading of her 31 May 1802 land petition, in which she said she was the wife of James Ward

    Children:
    1. Mary WARD was born about 1800 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died between 1866 and 1868.
    2. William WARD was born about 1802 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Apr 1880 in Clarendon, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Christopher WARD was born in Apr 1809 in Ontario, Canada; died on 24 Jun 1873 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Norton WARD was born in Sep 1814 in Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 1864 in Petersburg, Fauquier, Virginia, USA.
    5. Charles WARD was born in 1815 in Ernestown Ontario.
    6. 1. James W WARD was born on 22 Mar 1822 in Ernestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada; died on 29 Apr 1899 in Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  - possible father of James & Samuel - WARD was born about 1740.
    Children:
    1. 2. James WARD was born about 1770 in Vermont, USA; died before 1861 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Samuel WARD was born about 1808.

  2. 6.  Christopher LAKE was born on 6 Apr 1755 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA (son of John LAKE and Margaret SNIDER); died on 6 Apr 1820 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Christopher Lake
    • Baptism: 18 May 1755, Six Mile Run, Somerset, New Jersey, USA
    • Loyalist: 16 Apr 1778, Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA; p 96 minutes Albany Co. Bd of Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiricies for Cambridge district "... Christopher Lake brought bef Board on suspicion of having been with the Enemy...permitted to return to usual place of abode ... L100 bail
    • Residence: 1790, Hoosick, Albany, New York, USA; 1790 Census: 1 male over 15, 2 males under 16, 3 females
    • Residence: 1797, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada
    • UEL Land Petition: 8 Nov 1797, Ontario, Canada; "for self, wife, and three children, viz: John, Sarah, and Aaron." He was recommended for 300 acres which would correspond with 200 acres for himself as a Loyalist and 50 additional "family land" acres for wife and three children named.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    obit (7 Apr 1820) says age 65 the day he died (6 Apr 1820) so that 6 Apr was apparently his birthdate - Lake-18a DNA; Lake-20a DNA; Lake-20b DNA; Lake-21a DNA

    Baptism:
    see also Annette Truesdell tree http://person.ancestry.com/tree/4422242/person/-1605680919/facts

    Died:
    At Loughborough, on the morning of the 6th instant, Mr. Christopher Lake, an old settler - - and age 65 years the day he died. == Kingston Chronicle, 7 Apr 1820, p 3, col 4 == http://vitacollections.ca/digital-kingston/97122/page/3

    Christopher married Susannah Susan COUSINS about 1778. Susannah was born about 1760 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Susannah Susan COUSINS was born about 1760 in New Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Elizabeth LAKE was born about 1779 in White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died in 1839.
    2. Mary - Peggy - Milly - LAKE was born on 21 Jan 1780 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York; died on 28 Mar 1859 in Storrington Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    3. John LAKE was born about 1782 in Little White Creek, Charlotte, New York, United States; died in 1829 in Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 3. Sarah LAKE was born about 1784 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died on 30 Jan 1866 in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Aaron LAKE was born on 3 Feb 1788 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States; died on 28 Nov 1863 in Battersea, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Henrietta LAKE was born about 1791 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada; died in 1824 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Hannah LAKE was born about 1792 in Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA; died in 1808.
    8. Ada LAKE was born about 1794 in White Creek, Washington, New York, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John LAKE was born about 1719 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey (son of Nicholas LAKE and Mary JOHNSON); died before 1818 in Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 1835, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Lake-20a DNA; MRCA, with spouse, of Lake-18a DNA & 20b & 21a

    Death:
    Jeffery & Andreasen, p. 76: "his wife was Margaret Snider and they until 1835" (citing McMillan, p. 263) -- BUT Annette Truesdell found that this is a confusion and that the John Lake who died in 1835 was NOT the one born in 1728

    John married Margaret SNIDER about 1750 in NJ. Margaret (daughter of Christopher SNYDER) was born in 1728 in , Somerset, New Jersey, United States; died about 1805 in Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Margaret SNIDER was born in 1728 in , Somerset, New Jersey, United States (daughter of Christopher SNYDER); died about 1805 in Ernestowwn, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 1835, Ontario, Canada

    Notes:

    Birth:
    MRCA, with spouse, of Lake-18a DNA & 20b & 21a

    Death:
    Jeffery & Andreasen, p. 76: "his wife was Margaret Snider and they until 1835" (citing McMillan, p. 263) - BUT Annette Truesdell found that this is a confusion and that Margaret SNIDER was NOT 107 years old

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth LAKE was born about 1747 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died after 1826 in prob Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Maria or Mary LAKE was born in Aug 1749 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died on 10 Nov 1819 in Ernestown, Lennox/Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Nicholas LAKE was born about 1750 in , prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died about 1802 in , , Ontario,Canada.
    4. Thomas LAKE was born about 1753 in Somerset Co, NJ.
    5. 6. Christopher LAKE was born on 6 Apr 1755 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died on 6 Apr 1820 in Loughborough, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.
    6. John LAKE, Jr Sr was born about 1759 in prob Middlesex, New Jersey; died on 16 Jul 1828 in Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.
    7. James LAKE, Sr. was born on 17 May 1760 in Franklin Park, Somerset, New Jersey, USA; died on 6 Aug 1839 in Odessa, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada.