Thomas Warde (abt. 1525 - bef. 1593)

Born about 1525 in England

Descendants

Died before 10 Jul 1593 before about age 68 in Rivenhall, Essex, England

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Biography

Thomas Warde was born in England.

Son of William of Coggeshall, Essex, England (d. aft 28 Aug 1558, date of will) and Margaret (d. aft 28 Aug 1558, named in said will) .

Chief Constable, Essex, England
"Ward of Rivenhall in Essex, Gent., of such esteeme of this country that being then chief constable, by an oration which made on Rayne common, quieted a commotion." (Rayne is a village in the Braintree District of Essex in the East of England)

Wives and Children

m1. Joan ____, buried 15 Oct 1566 Bocking, Essex

Their son: Edward of Little Wratting

m2. Katherine ____
m3. Elizabeth ____, named in his will

unknown mother (this information may be in Hovious, I don't have access at this time)

• Rev. John of Haverhill
• Ward of Boyton Hall in Monkes Ely married daughter of _____ relic of ______ Chaplaine.; parents of Capt. Samuel Ward of Lidgate who married Ann, daughter of _____ Atwood of ____ in Essex, Esq.
• Abigail married Samuel Wood of Dedham

Will

dated 16 Jun 1593, proved 10 Jul 1593

Sources

• Hovious, Matthew. The Ancestry of Edward Warde of Little Wratting, Suffolk, and The Putative Lukyn Origin of His Wife Judith, The Genealogist (American Society of Genealogists, 2014) Vol. 24, Page 140-41.
• A memoir of the Rev. Nathaniel Ward, A.M., author of The simple cobbler of Agawam in America by Dean, John Ward, 1815-1902 pg 12-4, 124-8.

Acknowledgements

A grateful “Thank you” and acknowledgement to Melissa McLaughlin for her correspondence and information generously provided which was incorporated into this profile…..Catherine (Coffman) Wilkes