Dear Don & Sioux, I can't help you with your WARD ancestors - as I haven't found a link to CT nor Mass. At least I think mine early on lived in the North east part of America. But I wanted to wish you both success in your search & to thank you for posting your info on the WARD list! I suspect my husband's WARD line might have had some Native American ancestry but I haven't found proof of that -yet. My husband's gr-gr-grandfather was William WARD from England & he married a woman born in Ohio. And their son Mahlon James WARD was born in 1837/38 in Ohio - probably in Hancock Co, OH and married there in 1861. Mahlon & his wife had 7 children (Zophar, George, Anthony, Orion, Daniel, Emily, & Chauncey) all while moving around a lot: from Ohio in 1861 to Indiana in 1862 to Michigan in 1864 to Pennsylvania in 1868 to Wisconsin in 1872 to Missouri in 1887 to South Dakota in 1900. I can't find the reason why they moved around so much. Mahlon's son, Orion married a woman named Elizabeth FIELDS who I also think may have had some Native American ancestors. I can't prove that either. Again, I wish you both great success in your search. Sincerely, Mary K. WARD in Richmond, VA 13 Nov 2001 to: <WARD-L@rootsweb.com> From: "Sioux L. Stoeckle" <stoeckle@dustdevil.com> November 13, 2001; Re: Maria Cecilia Ward b. ca 1860, prob. in CT, m. BLACKBURN and From: DonSilentBear (Donald R. Warren Sr,) dwarren3@stny.rr.com http://www.DonSilentBear.com Re: Polly Ward Born in Ct later moved Mass then Broome Co NY. She was Native American.