William Ward (1691 - 1763)

William was a nailor in Bromsgrove. His burial record gives his residence as The Linthurst.

Events

Date of Baptism: 23 December 1691.

Place of Baptism: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England (St John the Baptist).

The parish register records the baptism.

Date of Burial: 15 June 1763.

Place of Burial: Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England.

The parish register records the burial.

Relationships

Father: William Ward.

William’s baptism record names his father.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Mary Standley. Married 11 August 1716 in Atherstone-on-Stour, Warwickshire.

The marriage is recorded in the parish register.

Children:

Samuel Ward (baptized 21 July 1717 - buried 19 February 1769) married (1) Hannah; married (2) Sarah.

Evidence

William's marriage from the parish register (Atherstone on Stour); image on FamilySearch:

Gulielmus Ward de Bromesgrove et Maria Standly connubio Jungebantur August. 11.^o die 1716. Banns editis

from the Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices’ Indentures (1718):

Date: Dec 17

Master: Wm. Ward of Bromsgrove Worcest:, Naylor

Apprentice: Wm. son of John Stanley deced

Date: 17 Apr 1718

Poor Law Adm. (Bromsgrove): 20 November 1740:

STANLEY, Elizabeth, Wife of William Stanley, Naylor. To be removed from Adderston, Warks with John, her 3-year old son, to Bromsgrove, by virtue of an Indenture dated 5 Sep. 1718 whereby William Stanley was apprenticed to William Ward of Bromsgrove, Naylor.

References

Atherstone on Stour parish registers, Warwickshire County Record Office; Warwick, England; Warwickshire Anglican Registers; Roll: Engl/2/1139; Document Reference DR 240 (digital image on Ancestry.com accessed 17 February 2015)

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, St John the Baptist parish registers, FHL films 321123-4, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Board of Stamps: Apprenticeship Books, Series IR 1; The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England; digital image Ancestry.com (accessed 13 April 2014).