James Ward was born in the village of Aston, near Bampton, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of James Ward and Jane Smallbones. James was baptized on 9 Mar 1771 at St. Mary the Virgin in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England.[1]
Marriage
James married (1) Maria Willoughby before 1797. James and Maria had at least 8 children.[2]
James married (2) Teresa Howson on 6 Dec 1819 at St. Mary the Virgin in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England.[3] James and Teresa had 8 children.[4]
Death and Burial
James Ward died at the age of 70 years old on 17 Dec 1840 in the village of Cote, near Bampton, in Oxfordshire, England.[5] He was buried on 20 Dec 1840 in the Churchyard of St. James in Aston (Bampton), Oxfordshire, England.[6]
Sources
↑ Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptisms, James Ward, baptized 9 Mar 1771, son of James Ward and Jane, Residence: Aston; Oxfordshire Family History Society, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Witney Registration District, 3rd Edition, Vol. 4, CD (Cowley, Oxford, 2013), Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, parish register transcripts.
↑ Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, Register of Baptisms, children of James and Maria Ward; Oxfordshire Family History Society, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Witney Registration District, 3rd Edition, Vol. 4, CD (Cowley, Oxford, 2013), Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, parish register transcripts.
↑ Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, Register of Marriages, James Ward, widower, and Teresa Howson of Buckland, Berkshire, married 6 Dec 1819, Witnesses: Jane Howson and Philip Cox; Oxfordshire Family History Society, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Witney Registration District, 3rd Edition, Vol. 4, CD (Cowley, Oxford, 2013), Bampton, St. Mary the Virgin, parish register transcripts.
↑ “Buckland, Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1755-1998”, Berkshire Record Office, Record Searching Service, entries for surname WARD, accessed: 23 Jan 2015.
↑ England, death certificate for James Ward, age 70, Cote, labourer, died 17 Dec 1840; citing Registers of Deaths at the General Register Office, Southport.
↑ Aston (Bampton), St. James, Register of Burials, James Ward, age 70, Residence: Cote, buried 20 Dec 1840; Oxfordshire Family History Society, Oxfordshire Parish Register Transcripts, Witney Registration District, 3rd Edition, Vol. 2, CD (Cowley, Oxford, 2013), Aston, St. James, parish register transcripts.
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