Ward & Related Families

of Nova Scotia & Yorkshire

The Missing Link


My ultimate goal is to confirm the ancestral connection of my earliest confirmed Ward – Simon Ward born 1757, died 1833, Newport, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada – to the Marske Wards of Swaledale in Yorkshire, England. I have been researching these Wards for over 24 years.

Extensive research has been carried out in parish records throughout England, where, because of family information passed down, we know Simon was from. Then, eliminating all Simon Wards born in the right period who were otherwise later accounted for elsewhere, there left only one, Simon Ward baptized 25 Sep 1757 in Marske by Richmond, son of Simon and Sarah. The same family information passed down also included a description of his uniform which indicates that he was a British Loyalist who fought in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1883).

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