Edward Ward Baronet (abt. 1642 - 1684)

Born about 1642 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Rant) Ward — married Dec 1662 in London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 1684 at about age 42 in Bixley, Norfolk, England

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Biography

Edward was born about 1642. He married Jane, daughter of William Rant M.D. in 1662 He passed away in 1684.

Sources

• Bixley Parish Register. findmypast with scan

Jane Warde daughter of Edward Warde Esq and Jane his wife was baptized September ye fourteenth 1663

Thomas Ward Sonne of Edward Warde Esq & Jane his wife was baptized November ye tenth (?) 1664

Elizabeth Ward daughter of Edward Ward Esq and Jane his wife was baptized October ......... (?) 1665

Marie Ward daughter of Edward Ward Esq & Jane his wife was baptized Junii the tenth 1667

Edward Ward Sonne of Edward Ward Esq & Jane his wife was baptized August the thirtie first 1668

William Ward Sonne of Edward Ward Esq & Jane his wife was baptized Januarii septimo 1669

Anne Warde daughter of Edward Warde Esq & Jane his wife was baptized March the 22 1671/2

Sr Edward Ward Baront. was buried in Linnen Septembr 2. 1684

• https://archive.org/stream/fragmentagenealo13cris_0#page/42/mode/2up

Fragmenta Genealogica, Vol. XIII, Printed at the Private Press of Frederick Arthur Crisp 1909

Pedigree of Rant of Yelverton and Mendham, on pages 43-48.

Sir Edward Ward of Bixley and Mundham, both co. Norfolk, baronet ; admitted to Gray's Inn 24 November 1660, aged about 21, 3 December 1662; succeeded his father as 2nd baronet in August 1684, bur. at Postwick, co. Norfolk, 18 March 1686/7.

Note by Martin C. Styan: Other sources seem to indicate that Edward succeeded his father in 1664 and died in 1684.

• Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England (Scott, Webster, and Geary, London, 1838)

Page 552: "II. Sir Edward Ward, who married Jane, daughter of William Rant, M.D. of London, and died about 1684"