Edward Ward Baronet (1698 - 1737)

Born 1698 in Bixley, Norfolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Susan (Randall) Ward — married 5 Jul 1720 in St Bartholomew the Great, London, Middlesex, England

Died Mar 1737 at about age 39 in Bixley, Norfolk

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Biography

Edward was born about 1700.

Sources

• Bixley Parish Register. findmypast with scan

1697/8 Edward Ward Son of Sr Edward Ward was baptized the 14 day of Feb 1697/8

• St. Bartholomew the Great, London, Parish Register. familysearch, no scan

Edward Ward and Susanna Randall were married on 5 July 1720

• Bixley Parish Register. findmypast with scan

Edward Ward ye son of Sr. Edward Ward Baronet & Susan his Lady Baptized Ag 24th 1721

Randall ye son of Sr. Edward Ward, Baronet & Susan his Lady Baptized the 23 of Jan in the year of our Lord 1722

Note by Martin C. Styan: There are not enough entries to make clear whether January is the first or 10th month of the year.

Susan ye Daughter of Sir Edward Ward Baronet & Susan his Lady Baptized ye 9th of June 1725

Elizabeth ye Daughter of Sir Edward Ward Baronet & Susan his Lady was Baptized October ye 14th 1726

Thomas the Son of Sir Edward Ward Baronett & Susan his Lady Bapt. Ap ye 1st 1730

1731.

Thomas ye son of Sr. Edwd Ward Baronet & Susan his Lady Buried March ye 11th

173.

Elizabeth ye Daughter of Sr. Edward Ward Baronet y Susan his Lady Buried November ye 21st

The last number of the year is unclear, the previous year section is 1732 and the next is 1736, so the year must be 1733, 1734 or 1735. There are very few entries in each year

1736.

Sr Edward Ward Baronett was Buried March ye 7th

• The Stamford Mercury, Thursday 10 March 1736-7 page 3. findmypast

On Wednesday last died Sir Edward Ward, of Bixley in Norfolk, Bart. who at the last general Election of Members of Parliament stood Candidate to represent the City of Norwich: He was descended from Richard Ward, Esq; Reader and Treasurer of the Inner Temple, Temp. Hen. 8. and he is succeeded in Honour and Estate by his eldest Son, a young Gentleman about 16 or 17 Years of Age, now Sir Edward Ward, Bart.

Note by Martin C Styan: This report is given the date 10 March 1736-7 on the front page of the newspaper and 10 March 1737 in findmypast. It appears to follow that tradition of the year ending and beginning on 25 March. The year is 1737 by modern reckoning.

• The Stamford Mercury, 29 August 1771 page 3. findmypast

Thursday last died, at Bixley Hall, in the county of Norfolk, the Right Hon. the Countess of Rosebury, daughter of Sir Edward Ward, Bart. and sister to the late Sir Randal Ward. She was married to the Earl of Rosebury in May 1764, and has left no issue.