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STEPHEN WARD 1726 – 1789 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1726

Birth Location: Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland, United States

Death Date: 27 Mar 1789

Death Location: Somerset, Maryland, United States

Father: Joseph Ward

Mother: Mary Warwick

Spouse(s): Mary *

Children(s): Grace Ward

According to available records, STEPHEN WARD was born in 1726 in Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland, United States, the child of Joseph Cornelius Ward and Mary Warwick. Following those early years, STEPHEN WARD married Mary "Polly" Long Riggin *, and their family grew to include Grace Ward. In the later years of life, STEPHEN WARD died in 1789 in Somerset, Maryland, United States.

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Parents

Joseph Ward
1688 – 1765
Birth Location: Somerset, Maryland, USA
JW
Mary Warwick
1688 – 1743
Birth Location: Somerset, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
MW

Spouses(s)

Mary *
1725 – 1785
Birth Location: Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland, United States
M*

Children(s)

Grace Ward
1756 –
Birth Location: Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland, United States
GW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1726
    Event Place: Coventry Parish, Somerset, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 Mar 1789
    Event Place: Somerset, Maryland, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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