James WARD

Male Abt 1770 - Bef 1861  (< 90 years)


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  • Name James WARD  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born Abt 1770  Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    • 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)
    Gender Male 
    Residence 9 Aug 1811  Loughborough Township, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 
    Text of James & Sarah Ward Release of Land to Peter Delay
    Text of James & Sarah Ward Release of Land to Peter Delay
    James & Sarah Ward of Loughborough - Release of Land in Ernestown - 9 Aug 1811 (registered 4 Jun 1831)
    James & Sarah Ward of Loughborough - Release of Land in Ernestown - 9 Aug 1811 (registered 4 Jun 1831)
    Addington Land Book F, p 64, #1179
    Witness 9 May 1828  Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    witness to deed and Memorial for sale by David Fraser to Robert Harrison of 50 acres of lot 40 of concession 6 
    Fraser-Harrison Deed 1828-05-09 Ernestown Twp ONT - Concession VI, Lot 41, 50 acre part
    Fraser-Harrison Deed 1828-05-09 Ernestown Twp ONT - Concession VI, Lot 41, 50 acre part
    Residence 1852  Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1852  Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    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 
    Died Bef 1861  Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He does not appear in the 1861 census.
    Person ID I5967  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    Father - possible father of James & Samuel - WARD,   b. Abt 1740 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3021  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah LAKE,   b. Abt 1784, Little White Creek, Washington, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1866, Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married Abt 1799  Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • 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
    When Did James Ward Marry Sarah Lake?
    When Did James Ward Marry Sarah Lake?
    Children 
    +1. Mary WARD,   b. Abt 1800, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1866 and 1868  (Age 66 years)  [natural]
    +2. William WARD,   b. Abt 1802, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1880, Clarendon, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)  [natural]
    +3. Christopher WARD,   b. Apr 1809, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1873, Ernestown, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)  [natural]
    +4. Norton WARD,   b. Sep 1814, Ernestown Township, Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1864, Petersburg, Fauquier, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  [natural]
     5. Charles WARD,   b. 1815, Ernestown Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    +6. James W WARD,   b. 22 Mar 1822, Ernestown, Lennox, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1899, Elkland, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F1745  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Married 13 Jul 1802  Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F3225  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Photos
    James & Sarah Ward of Loughborough - Release of Land in Ernestown - 9 Aug 1811 (registered 4 Jun 1831)
    James & Sarah Ward of Loughborough - Release of Land in Ernestown - 9 Aug 1811 (registered 4 Jun 1831)
    Addington Land Book F, p 64, #1179
    Fraser-Harrison Deed 1828-05-09 Ernestown Twp ONT - Concession VI, Lot 41, 50 acre part
    Fraser-Harrison Deed 1828-05-09 Ernestown Twp ONT - Concession VI, Lot 41, 50 acre part
    Ward, James-Death-1899-04-22 Elkland MI
    Ward, James-Death-1899-04-22 Elkland MI
    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]

    Histories
    Text of James & Sarah Ward Release of Land to Peter Delay
    Text of James & Sarah Ward Release of Land to Peter Delay
    When Did James Ward Marry Sarah Lake?
    When Did James Ward Marry Sarah Lake?
    Henry & Sarah Butson's Daughter's Names
    Henry & Sarah Butson's Daughter's Names

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada.Census of Nova Scotia, 1851. Halifax, Nova Scoti;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Earnestown, Addington County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11712; Page: 199; Line: 39.
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
      1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia
      Year: 1851; Census Place: Earnestown, Addington County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11712; Page: 199; Line: 39


    2. [S289] Addington County, Ontario Canada 1851 Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).

    3. [S290] Family Data Collection - Marriages, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;).

    4. [S142] Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records.
      Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950
      Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950
      Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records