Hi Wally, Yes, I believe your William is descended from the same family as mine altho I cant really prove anything yet. I have a William b Apr 26, 1780 in Somerset, Md. I am going to have to do a little more searching because I dont have enought to really give you. My William was born to Thomas and Hannah Sterling and I have that he married a Sally ? ( which could be wrong). I have found an article that I will be getting ahold of within the next week that somebody did back in 1929 on my line of Wards and covers about 6 generations. Hopefully, that will explain some of the missing pieces for both of us. I have someone in Md that I can write to ask a few questions of too. Hang in there, I will try to find out more for you. Cindy wward wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > Thanks for the response. I have a William WARD, b. abt 1775 married to a > Mary Elizabeth MILLER, b. 1776. William worked for Norman Bruce, as the > foreman on his plantation located near Graceham, Maryland (near Thurmont, > Maryland) in Frederick County. Williams daughter's, Sally, b. 1799 and > Mary, b. 1801 are listed as being christened at the Moravian Church, > Graceham, Maryland in 1802. In 1806, William and his family migrated to > Frostburg, Maryland. I have suspected that the William is not the first > Ward to settle in America and that he was from eastern Maryland > originally. I find your account of migration from Somerset to Frederick > interesting. This is the first account that I have heard of that describes > such a move. It is possible that William would have been descended from > families that made such a movement. I would be interested to know if any > of your family members had a child named William in Frederick about 1775. > > Thank you, > > Wally > > At 03:20 PM 05/17/2000 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi, > >My Ward line settled in Md in 1663 before Somerset became a county. What Wards > >do you have? Maybe I can help. My Wards moved up to Frederick in about the > >early 1700s to middle. Not sure of exact dates. Then onto Ohio for a period of > >time and then Ind. > >Cindy > >Chino, Calif > > > >wward wrote: > > > > > Forgive me, but I am a beginner. Are there just three to five lines of > > > Wards that settled in the United States? If that is so, which line would > > > have settled in Frederick, Maryland in the later 1700s? I am having a very > > > difficult time working in the 1700 time frame. Any suggestions would be > > > most welcome. > >