James ( x ) WARD - England and Virginia - 1600's - Family Notes

James ( x ) WARD - England and Virginia - 1600's

ID 31182

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I don't know when James arrived in Virginia; however there was a James Ward, age 18, who sailed from England to Virginia on the ship PLAINE JOAN in May, 1635. 1

The earliest specific reference I've found for James is that on August 5, 1650, he owned land on Powell's Creek, which is in Charles City. Co.2

[I don't find any record indicating how or when he acquired that land.]

June 7, 1651, James patented 150 acres on Powell's Creek for transporting three persons, including Ann WARD. Might she have been his wife? I'll assume so for now (8 Feb 1996). 3

September 15, 1655, a patent refers to James's land on Powell's Creek. 4

January 12, 1657, James assigned the 150 acres on Powell's Creek to Mrs. Eliz. Peoples. 5

June 2, 1664, A James Ward (maybe not the same one) a headright ina different area of Virginia (no county named). 6

April 26, 1688, refers to 150 acres on Powell's Creek as deserted land of James Ward, deceased. 7

October 22, 1655, deed refers to James Ward's new plantation. 8

October 27, 1656, James received 200 pounds of tobacco as a bounty for having killed a wolf. 9

Between 1657 and 1665 James served on several juries in CC Co, frequently along with Richard TAYLOR, his neighbor and grandson-in-law. 10

November 17, 1660, James Ward completed guardianship of a minor orphan. Witnesses: Richard Taylor and John Barker. 11

January 4, 1661, James was a committee member of the vestries in Charles City County, relating to hiring a minister and paying him an annual salary of 20 pounds of tobacco per parishioner. James signed with an X. 12

February 1663/64 Court, James received payment from John Rouse"for the accomdataion of 2 servts at his house." Also, James was released as security for an estate. 13

February 8/1664/1665, James Ward bought 300 acres on Powells Creek, adjacent to Richard Taylor and to 100 acres now held by lease to Ward. 14

June 3, 1664, James proved in court his right to 400 acres of land forthe importation of 8 persons 15

I don't know when James Ward died. Probably before 1673, if his heirsincluded Richard Taylor and/or his wife Sarah Barker Taylor.

The only additional records I've found for James Ward relate to his will and the children of his granddaughter, Sarah Barker and her first husband, Richard Taylor (died before 1672/73), as follows:

James Ward's daughter was Frances Ward, who married William Barker, Robert Netherland/Letherland, and Thomas Drew. Frances Ward and William Barker had three children, John, Elizabeth, and Sarah. 16

Sarah Barker married Richard Taylor, Robert Lucy, and James Bisse.Sarah Barker and Richard Taylor had five children, and in a 1688 court settlement the three surviving children and the estates of the deceased children "acquitted Sarah Taylor Lucy (their mother) of all claims due them under the will of Richard Taylor and James Ward." 17

SOURCES

1 Original Lists of Persons of Quality, John C. Hotten, p 79

pub. 1980, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD

2 Cavaliers and Pioneers, Nell M. Nugent, an abstract of Virginia

Patents and Land Grants

Patent Book

Vol. I p 101 2, p 261

3 p 216 2, p 323

4 p 316 3, p 377

5 p 458 5, p 196

6 p 500 5, p 326

7 Vol. II p 323 7, p 657

8 Virginia Colonial Abstracts, Vol. III, Beverley Fleet,

pub. 1988, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD

Charles City Co. Court Orders

p 193 1655-1658 p 129

9 p 173 1655-1658 p 71

10 Various

11 p 238 1658-1661 p 258

12 p 159 1661-1663 p 322

13 p 291 1661-1664 p 43

14 p 324 1664-1665 p 562

15 p 298 1661-1664 p 475

16 Virginia Historical Genealogies, John Bennett Boddie, p.149

pub. 1954, Pacific Coast Publishers, Redwood City, CA

17 Tidewater Virginia Families, Virginia Lee Hutcheson Davis, p.567

Dec 1995 Prepared by LaVere Peters


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