More on John Ward Sr.

  At another time, we can certainly go back and list more of Joseph Ward's children.  But, for right now, we are on the trail of his son, John....
    Baltimore has some very nice Parish records.  Often they even go so far as to record the names of the birth parents.  In this case, we can find that John Ward, son of Joseph and Bridgett, was born Nov. 22, 1711.
  So yes, by the time of the Robinson deed in the previous posting, John was still very much a minor (and you can see why legal minds think this whole exchange of the property from Joseph to Jacob Robinson and then back to Joseph's minor son was a 'dodge' of some kind).

    Continuing on in the Parish records we find the wedding of John Ward to Sarah Burrough on Dec. 17, 1737.   This matches up nicely with the following document.  Below you are seeing John Ward selling Ward's Adventure to Stephen Onion in June, 1738.  The first page is enough to show the relevant detail:
             
                           

  As you open the deed, you will see:
   1) that this is the same Ward's Adventure that Joseph Ward's son, John, bought from Jacob Robinson in 1728.
   2)  Down at the bottom you can also see that it mentions John Ward "and Sarah his wife."
   3)  Most importantly, notice that the mark that John Ward uses is exactly the same as the mark on the Orange Co, NC wedding bond that started all this in the first place!
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   Another birth record in the Parish records shows Elizabeth Ward of Joseph and Bridgett b. May 1, 1707.   As we have seen, Thomas Barton married Elizabeth Ward.  And then he moved over to the Deer Creek area and received at least two land patents.   After John sells out, he will follow--as will his brother, Joseph Jr.  We have all the siblings clustered together on Deer Creek by the early 1740s.
  In fact, there is also one land patent in that area for Joseph Sr as well.  But this is just before the elder Joseph died.
  Whatever happened in January of 1746, it took out a fair part of the Ward line.  Barnes' excellent work, Baltimore County Families, shows both a Joseph and a John Ward dying in that month.  He notes that William Dallam had admin over John's estate.  Fortunately, there are deeds that demonstrate this--which will be the next posting.
                                                                                                   (Kevin)