Richard Ward, of Stretton

Do not confuse with Stephen Ward, of Northampton who married Joyce Ward

Parents UNKNOWN. Not James Ward or Anna Fawkes or Gunville.

Richard Ward

• Birth: estimated 1585 based on age of 22 for birth of first child; of Stretton, Rutland, England
• Death: after April 22, 1635 / before Oct 2 1635 - Stretton, Rutland, England. Will dated 22 Apr 1635.
• Wife: 1) an unknown woman 2) Joyce (Unknown, not Stafford, Trafford or the like) Ward Not Stephen, that is a different Ward married to a Joyce

Family

Children of unknown 1st wife

1. Thomas born about 1608, died 1641. Mentioned in father's 1635 will, not mentioned in Joyce Ward's will of 1640
2. Mary Ward (abt 1610 - 22 Jan 1678/9, Farmington, CT) m. 1) John Fletcher (?-1662); 2) John Clarke (the immigrant) (1608-1673) (went to Newtown, Norwich and then to Milford, where he died). Mentioned in father's 1635 will, not mentioned in Joyce Ward's will of 1640 - but "my son in law John Fletcher" is.

Children of Richard Ward and Joyce Ward:

1. Edward Ward (bef. 1630-1662/63) m. Isabel
2. Sgt. John Ward (bef. 1630-1694) m. 1) Sarah Lyman or Hill? (1620-bef. 1685); 2) Hannah Crane Huntington (1638-1695), d/o Jaspar (?-1712) and Alice Crane (?-1720), widow of Thomas Huntington (?-1684)
3. Anthony Ward (bef. 1630- aft. 1640)
4. William Ward (bef. 1630-1688) m. 1) Sarah (?-1659); 2) Phoebe (?-1691)
5. Robert Ward (bef. 1630- aft. 1640) (living in England in 1640)
6. Richard, 1st, died 1631
7. Richard, 2nd, died 1633

will

Source 2. Will-of Richard Warde made 22 April 1635 & probated at London, 2 Oct 1635 by oath of Joyce Ward, relict and Executrix; The will names, before the wife, the children: Thomas,, eldest son, and his other children: Edward, second son; Anthony, third son; William, fourth son; Robert fifth son; John sixth son; daughter Mary Fletcher and her daughter Mary; Jeasee (sic) (Joyce) my now wife. Richafd signed by mark, witnessed by William Bacon and Thomas Hibbens; Name is spelled Warde; (The eldest son, Thomas and daughter Mary, were by a former marriage.). He mentions Jeasse (Joyce) as his NOW WIFE.

Of interest is the fact that John Fletcher & his wife Mary (Ward) Fletcher and John Ward all testified in a court case for Nathaniel Bacon, of Stretton, Rutland, England, in 1661 at Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut.

https://books.google.com/books?id=EtgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA263&dq=joyce+wa...

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INFORMATION BELOW IS DISPUTED.

From http://www.fmoran.com/ward.html

According to the Ward family history, the Wards of Connecticut and New Jersey are descended from Robert Ward of Houghton Parva of Houghton Pavoa, Northampton, England (Sic: Houghton Parva, Northamptonshire). Robert Ward married Isabel Ward of Dunchurch, County Warwick, England and named their son, James. James married Anna or Alice Fawkes of Dunchurch. Their children: Stephen, Isabel, George and Lawrence.

Their son, Stephen Ward, who was born about 1585, married Joyce Trafford of Lucestershire (Sic: Leicestershire) England about 1607. After Stephen's death, his widow Joyce Ward moved to New England with her sons Anthony, John, William, and Robert in 1630. They settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut in 1635, where Joyce Ward died in 1640. The source of the "Stephen" name for Joyce Ward's husband apparently was "family records" of Judge Marcus Ward, who wrote in the Boston Transcript around 1912 that he was direct descendent of widow Ward of Wethersfield and her husband Stephen.

Disconnected from Parents: James Ward, Anna Fawkes March 2016. There seems to be a serious problem with the pedigree; there is no Richard son of James.

Links

• https://books.google.com/books?id=EtgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA263&dq=richard+...
• http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheetI100003315.aspx
• https://books.google.com/books?id=AnlIAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvo...