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Colonel Edward Ward

Male 1694 - 1766  (72 years)


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  • Name Colonel Edward Ward 
    Title Colonel 
    Born 22 Mar 1694  Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Will Nov 1765  Onslow Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    ONSLOW COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Col. Edward Ward, Jr., 9 Nov 1765
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    Contributor's Note: This will is in very bad shape. The folds of the paper
    have deteriorated to such an extent that very little of it can be read. The
    handwriting was not that hard to read, and I have transcribed it as written,
    spelling and all. Most of the blanks are where the paper is gone. This will is
    in the loose papers of the NC Archives, of which I have a copy.

    In the name of God Amen

    _____? & day of Novermber one thousan seven hundred and sixty five? I Edwd.
    Ward of the County of Onslow and province of North Carolina planter - being in
    perfect mind and memory thank God for it there for calling to mind the
    mortaltey of _____? ______? appointed to all men once to die do make and
    ____________? last will and testament that is to principaly and ___________?
    it shall plese God to take out of this world _______? ___________? the hands
    of God that gave it
    (one fourth of this page is gone in the first fold of the paper)

    all my household goods and

    my female deto? which negros good and

    here disposal to any of my children or grandchildren as shall think proper at
    her decese and likewise I lend and leve in possession during her natural life
    six of my other negros named Charles and Judge, Sall, Cuff, Tom and Rose and
    at her decease assend to those I have given and bequeath them to ____________?
    if shee

    but those negros is not to be transported out of the County

    to be ________? _______? by any person that may chance to take

    shap what so ever after my decess which will be

    of my executor to prevent. I likewise give to my

    all my hogs and all my horses

    life and to be ______?_______? at her decese

    have possession and for her _____? use during her life

    manner house and plantation and then to assend to him it is

    give and bequeth to my well beloved son BENJAMIN WARD

    named Sambo and half my right to the _______? which negro and

    give to him and hars (heirs?) and assigns for ever which negro

    is to be delivered _____? and bequeth to my beloved son ENOCH WARD my negro
    man named _________? which negro I give to him

    and his hares (heirs?) for ever and he is to have

    give and bequeth to my beloved son SETH WARD my man named Pero which
    negro I give to him and his heirsforever with half my lambs the negro and land
    he is to have ________? likewise I give to him my manner plantation and all
    belonging to it and two of my negroes namely Old Charles _____? Juday which
    land and negros he is to have at his mothers death but not befor without her
    consent he paying to his____________________________?
    BENJAMIN and ENOCH twenty pounds lawfull money to each of them which land and
    negros I give to him and his hares (heirs?) forever.

    I give and bequeth to my daughter MARTHA SIMMONS the _____?
    named Fell which she has now in her possession with _________? ______? and
    ___________? I give to my said daughter MARTHA ________? _____________?
    ___________? which is to be delivered to her at my de____? which negro I give
    to her and her lawfull hars for ___________________? I give to my son in law
    RICHARD WARD my silver belted sord _________? to my daughter D (C?)arrity his
    wife my own riding horse named Pence at my deces which is ll I caan do for her
    knowing I have done for her before I give to ________? daughter RUTH and
    CARRITY each of them one cow and calf at my deces. I give and bequeth to my
    daughter ANNA (the next three sentences are gone in the fold of the will)
    which negros I give to her ________? ______? ___________? I give and bequeth
    to my daughter ELIZABETH ________________________? ______________________?
    that shee has now in her possession and like to her my negro mannamed Cuff
    which negro man shee at her mothers deces which negros I give to her and her
    haers forever.

    I give and bequeth to my daughter RUTH STRANGE my negro gurl named Chrey that
    she has now in her possession and likewise I give to my said daughter Ruth two
    hundred akers of _____? nn shee has formerly lived with all things staning?
    _____________? there own and belonging to said land which land and
    __________________? to her and her full hairs for ever.

    I give to my grandson SOLOMON WARD that part of _____? on my cowpens now is
    _________? contains 250 akers which com________? be present (perfect?) with at
    his grandmothers deces but not before for _________? I give to my grandaughter
    ELIZABETH WARD daughter to ENOCH WARD my negro garl named Nell which she is to
    have at the day of hur marriage or at her grandmothers deces that must be as
    hur grandmother pleses.

    I likewise leve one hundred ackers of land to be sold and the money to be
    ______? ________? to my grandaughter ZELPHY WARD the land being part of that
    ___________? ___________?given to my daughter DORTH? STRANGE but it lise on
    the other ____________? _______________? _______? _____________? most line and
    so to the west ward one __________? _________?of the creek and out
    ________________? over the _________? ______________k wise leve my negro boy
    named March to be sold at my wife _______? __________? the money to be equily
    devided between ZELPHE WARD and SOLOMON WARD my grandchildren.

    I like wise leve all the female cattle the _____? is not in this will given a
    way to be equly devided between my three daughters namely MARTHA, ELIZABETH
    and OBEDANCE and my grand son BENJAMIN WARD. Likewise I leve all my wareing
    close to my three sons BENJAMIN, ENOCH & SETH excepting my shue and knee
    buckles my best hat and ________? _____? ____________? which I leve to my
    grandson EDWARD WARD.___________________________?
    that my son SETH is to pay to his brothers is not to be payed till after
    ________? and he has _____________________? and land in possession.

    ______________________________? and ordain my well beloved son
    ___________________________TH? WARDS ___________________________?
    to this my ______________________________? To all ____________________?
    revock annall and make _____________? other wills and testaments at anytime
    heartofor by me made and _________? good and _________? this and no other to
    be my last will and testament in testamoney whare of I the sd. Ed. WARD have
    hearunto set my hand, fixt my seal this ninth day of November one thousan
    sevon hunderd and sixty five _________________? sealed and published
    pronounced and declared by me the said ED WD. WARD ___________? my last will
    and testament in presane of us the subscribers.

    ______erson? GILLETT ED W. WARD
    __________________?
    _______? DULANY, SR. 
    Died 18 Sep 1766  Onslow Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Montford Point, Onslow, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Montford Point Federal Cemetery [1]
    Col Edward Ward (1694 - 1766) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Col Edward Ward (1694 - 1766) - Find A Grave Memorial
    Includes headstone photos and transcription.

    Maintained by: Victoria Taylor-True
    Originally Created by: William L Silliman
    Record added: Mar 21, 2006
    Find A Grave Memorial# 13692878
    Person ID I3355  Wm L Gann Ancestors
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2014 

    Father Edward Ward,   b. Abt 1665, Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1712, Craven Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Elam,   b. Henrico Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1521  Group Sheet

    Family Elizabeth Aldridge,   b. 23 Jul 1703, Beaufort Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1767, Onslow Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Notes 
    • An Edward Ward "Junr" was probated in Onslow Co., North Carolina in 1758--perhaps another (eldest?) son of this family?
    Children 
     1. Benjamin Ward,   d. 16 Jul 1767 - Jul 1768
     2. Anna Ward,   d. Aft May 1795
     3. Enoch Ward,   d. 24 Jul 1762 - 20 Feb 1769
     4. Seth Ward,   d. 17 Oct 1786 - Mar 1787
     5. Martha Ward
     6. Ruth Ward,   d. Aft 7 Apr 1798
     7. Carrity Ward
     8. Elizabeth Ward
     9. Dorothy Ward
     10. Obediance Ward,   d. Aft 25 Mar 1786
     11. Mary Ward
     12. Joseph Ward,   d. Dec 1760 - Nov 1765
    Last Modified 21 Dec 2015 
    Family ID F1511  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S40191] Find a Grave, Jim Tipton, founder, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial# 13692878 (Reliability: 2), 7 Mar 2014.