Gary, Nancy, All interested, I believe there was probably more than one family of Wards there. (I knew Bea W.) Grayson Mitchell would be the person to contact for clarification and verification on these things. Grayson Mitchell Genoa Historical Association PO Box 316 King Ferry, NY 13081 Phone: (315) 364-8202 E-mail: <gjc13@cornell.edu> Located on 34B, just south of the junction of Routes 90 and 34B in the village of King Ferry in southern Cayuga County SEE Genoa Historical Association Page: http://www.cayuganet.org/genoa.rural.life.museum/gha.html Hope this helps. Cheers, Ron Myers (A FLake from King Ferry) San Diego --- Gary Spicer wrote: > My aunt Ruth Hewes Spicer was from King Ferry and her grandparents were the > Ward Family from King Ferry, NY. She lives in Freeville, NY not far from > Groton/Cortland. My uncles name is Benjamin James Spicer. He goes by the > name B. James Spicer in the phone directory and used to live in Trumansburg, > NY until just a few years ago. For many years my Aunt and her brother owned > her grandparents old farm in King Ferry. She may be able to fill in some > gaps on the King Ferry Ward family line and whether or not they are > connected to the families that have been posted over the last several days. > She also had a brother David Hewes who I think lives in Ithaca. The Hewes > all went to Sherwood Central School with my mother and father. The school > district now is called Southern Cayuga Central Schools. > My aunt also had two cousins, Phyllis Ward and Bea Ward that lived on Rt 34B > near Popular Ridge. Don't know how they were connected but they were from > the same King Ferry Ward family. An uncle of hers (also A Ward) lived on Rt > 90 near King Ferry. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ron Myers" <myers@rohan.sdsu.edu> > > Hi Nancy, > > Speaking of Wards in So. Cayuga Cnty, there was a well-entrenched family > in > > the King Ferry area that lived on Atwater road just south of Five Corners. > > I believe the father's name was Herbert (dec.). They had many sons and > > some (maybe one) daughters and I understand most of the children, old by > > now, still live in the general vicinity -- the old apple and tree thing. > > Do you know of them? Are they yours? > > > > BTW, did you recently move to Syr or have you been there a while? > > > > Ron Myers > > > > > > > > Nancy Ward wrote: > > > Sue: It sounds like your family belongs to "the other" Ward family. I > come > > > across them occasionally in my research and even went to school with > some > > > back in the late 70's and early 80's in Moravia. I think this is part of > a > > > family that has been around since the early 1800's or before even. My > family > > > didn't arrive here until 1852- whether these others were cousins that > were > > > already here or what I have no idea. My lines pretty much stayed between > > > Owasco and Cayuga Lakes, ie. Scipio, Ledyard, Fleming area. I know one > > > branch moved into Niles at sometime because there is an old family farm > on > > > Rockefeller Rd. Another part of this line moved to Niles in the years > just > > > before 1919: William and Frances (Ingalls) Ward. They had two sons, > Allen > > > and Burton and in 1919, their third and final son, Gordon was born in a > > > house on Duryea St, just north of the Moravia/Niles town line. In 1923, > they > > > moved onto Rockefeller Rd in Moravia. These are my lines-- Gordon was my > > > father. > > > > > > Nancy Ward > > > Syracuse, NY, USA > > > nance@dreamscape.com > > > > > > ---------- > > > >From: Swalk6076@aol.com > > > > My Aunt Susie Ward Marin's father was Welby Dunbar Ward (b. 1862 in > > > > Sempronius). Welby's parents were Robert T. Ward (1820 - 1887) and > Catherine > > > > Snyder(1829-1909). They had 5 Ward children. > > > > Sue Wallker > > > > swalker6076@altavista.com > > > >