Ward Surname History

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SURNAME HISTORY
An English occupational name denoting a watchman or guard, derived from the Old English word weard or the Middle English word warde, meaning “armed guard”.

Alternatively, it could be a topographical surname denoting a person who lived by a werd, or marsh.

EARLY BEARERS
William de la Warda – Leicester – 1176
John Warde – Yorkshire – 1194
Walter de la Warde – Suffolk – 1273
Robert le Warde – Oxfordshire – 1273
Simon le Ward – Buckinghamshire – 1273

NOBLE TITLES HELD
The Ward Baronetcy of Bixley in the County of Norfolk was created in the Baronetage of England on 19 December 1660 for Edward Ward, Sheriff of Norfolk. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in circa 1770.

The Ward Baronetcy of Killagh in the County of Down was created in the Baronetage of Ireland in 1682 for Sir Robert Ward, Sheriff. The title became extinct on his death in 1691.

Bernard Ward (1719-1781) was an Irish politician who was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Bangor of Castle Ward in 1770 and was further elevated to Viscount Bangor in 1781.

Humble Ward (c. 1614-1670), High Sheriff of Staffordshire, son of William Ward, London goldsmith, became Baron Ward in 1644. His son, Edward Ward (c. 1614-1670), 2nd Baron War, succeeded to his mother’s title in 1697 as 7th Baron Dudley.

LANDED GENTRY
Ward of Bangor Castle, co. Down, Ireland
Ward of Calverley, Tunbridge, Wells, co. Kent, England
Ward of Northwood Park and Weston Manor, Isle of Wight, England
Ward of Ogbourne St. Andrew, Wiltshire, England
Ward of Salhouse Hall, co. Norfolk, England
Ward of Rodcaston, co. Stafford, England
Ward of Hooton-Pagnell, co. Yorkshire, England
Warde of Squerreys Court, co. Kent, England

NOTABLES
Sir Patience Ward (1629-1696), English merchant who served as Lord Mayor of London

Sir Edward Ward (1638–1714) was an English lawyer and judge who became chief baron of the exchequer.

Artemas Ward (1727-1800) was an American major general in the American Revolutionary War and a Congressman from Massachusetts. He was considered an effective political leader, President John Adams describing him as "universally esteemed, beloved and confided in by his army and his country.

General George Warde (1725-1803) was a British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief for Ireland in 1791

Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860) was an English diplomat, politician, and colonial administrator

Samuel Ward (1577–1640) was an English Puritan minister of Ipswich.

Samuel Ward (1572–1643) was an English academic and a master at the University of Cambridge.

Samuel Ward (1725-1776) was an American farmer, politician, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice, governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and delegate to the Continental Congress

EARLY SETTLERS
John Ward – Virginia – 1621
Andrew Ward – New England – 1630
John Ward – Maryland – 1634
Eliza Ward – Virginia – 1635
Richard Ward – Virginia – 1635
Ann Ward – Georgia – 1635
Abigail Ward – Halifax – 1750
Thomas Ward – Newfoundland - 1757