Rita, this is very interesting to some of the people on this list, who are descended from Richard Ward and Joyce (Trafford) Ward of Stretton, Rutland. Richard died about 1635 and Joyce and some of their children emigrated to Connecticut. But some of their children stayed in Stretton, including some boys who may be ancestors of your Thomas. Stretton and Clipsham are very near to each other. Michael Ward -- (who is NOT related to Joyce, but thought I'd mention this connection for others) [email protected] wrote: > > Subject: > > WARD-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 151 > > Today's Topics: > #6 new subscriber [[email protected] (Rita.Eff] > Subject: new subscriber > Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 13:09:33 +0200 > From: [email protected] ([email protected]) > To: [email protected] > > My Ward interest begins with the birth of Thomas in 1740 in Greetham, Rutland. > He married Alice Dexter 1767 in Clipsham. Their son William Dexter Ward was born > 1770 at Greetham and he married Mary Taylor at Little Bytham in Lincs in 1794. > Their son Robert Dexter Ward was born 1796 at Stretton, Rutland and he married > (for the 2nd time) to Frances Boyer in Bourne, Lincs in 1842. Their daughter > Maria Ellen married in Chesterfield in 1875 and is my great-grandmother > paternal. I was born in Chesterfield. I shall look forward to hearing from > anyone with interests in this Ward Line. Rita