WARD, Robert
1786 - 1835 (49 years)-
Name WARD, Robert Birth 1786 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada 
Gender Male Baptism 1786 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [1] Census 1817 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada [2] - • Living between his father Simon Ward and brother James Ward:
• Men above 50: 0
• Men between 16-50: 2 (himself and ?)
• Boys: 2 (Jehu and Simon)
• Women: 2 (his wife Emetine and ?)
• Girls: 2
• Total: 8
Death 24 Dec 1835 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Person ID I462 Ward and Related Families of Nova Scotia and North Yorkshire Last Modified 11 Jun 2025
Father WARD, Simon, b. 25 Sep 1757, Marske By Richmond, Yorkshire (North Riding), England d. 8 May 1833, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 75 years) Mother MOSHER, Rhoda, b. Abt 1762, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Abt 1830, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 68 years) Marriage Abt 1785 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Family ID F121 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MOSHER, Emetine (Amy), b. 1792, Mosherville, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 18 Aug 1870, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 78 years) Marriage 15 Nov 1810 Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada Children 1. WARD, Jehu, b. 1811, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Aft 1864 (Age > 54 years)2. WARD, James Henry, b. 1817, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 26 Oct 1890, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 73 years)3. WARD, Nicholas M. Esq, b. 1818, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 15 Mar 1889, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 71 years)4. WARD, Simon, b. 12 Mar 1820, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 10 Jun 1912, Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States (Age 92 years)5. WARD, Mary E., b. 17 Nov 1821, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 1901, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 79 years)6. WARD, Abigail, b. 28 Dec 1826, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 19 Oct 1907, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years)7. WARD, Elizabeth Jane, b. 11 Jul 1832, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 2 Feb 1908, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 75 years)Family ID F105 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 24 Jul 2025
- • Living between his father Simon Ward and brother James Ward:
-
Photos 
MOSHER, Emetine (Amy)
Marriage of Robert and Emetine
Headstones 
robertwardstone.jpg
-
Notes - Robert and his wife Amy were first cousins, Robert's mother being Rhoda
Mosher, and her brother Nicholas Mosher was Amy's father.
Robert's baptism record was found in St. Paul's Anglican Church records for Newport.
Marriage bond 27 October 1810, Microfilm #15928 NSARM
His father Simon's will reads in part: "First I give unto my son Robert Ward the use of the following Lots of Land during his natural Life and at his death to his son Simon Ward and to his heirs and assigns for ever viz. one Lot of upland containing thirty acres being a part of Lot number fifteen bounded southerly on the new road Landing to ___ easterly on Land of John Ward north of the river West on __Land of Felix Cochran and twenty eight and one half acres being apart of Lot number fourteen and bounded southerly on Land of the Late James Smith easterly and northerly on Land of John Ward and west on Land of Felix Cochrane
...and it is further my will that my son Robert Ward have my large Bible my arm chair two cows five sheep and one ___ ____ the sheep and cows to be the same that are now in his possession."
Robert is buried at the foot of a huge old oak tree in the old St. James Anglican Cemetery, Newport (now Brooklyn), Hants County, NS. He was only 49 years old when he died.
His headstone reads: "In memory of Robert Ward died Dec. 24, 1835 Aged 49 years. Also his wife Emetine died Aug 18, 1868 Aged 78 years.
____from the body to be ... (here the stone is broken and the rest is partially buried in the earth).
- Robert and his wife Amy were first cousins, Robert's mother being Rhoda
-
Sources