Back to Orange Co, NC--John Ward's daughter

   While we've already seen the will of Sutton Sicklemore that gives the name of grandson, Sutton Sicklemore Ward,  there is one other cross-check we can notice at in the family of John Ward of Orange Co.
   And that is his daughter.  First of all notice Sutton Ward's wedding bond:

    Sutton Ward m.  Nancy Crabtree 12 Mar. 1784  Bond: Ezel. Chance


Just a few months later we find this wedding bond:

  John Millington m.  Constant Ward 24 June 1784   Bond:  Ezekial Chance 

  It's not your usual naming pattern is it?  Rather than following John's line, the names are coming from wife Hannah Sicklemore's family.  As we know, Sutton Sicklemore married Constant Love in Baltimore. 

   Orange Co deeds show that bondsman Ezekiel Chance was the next-door neighbor of John Ward.  The family association between the parties in these wedding bond is one of the very few that still evades us. We still haven't encountered a definitive relationship between Ezekiel Chance and the Wards.  Perhaps they were just really good neighbors?  Or, perhaps some connection still remains hidden.  In any case, it's clear that John Ward's two eldest children carry the names of the Sutton Sicklemore and his wife--they are both named for Hannah's parents.