Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 3 Jan 1822
• Probate: 15 Aug 1829

Notes:

Will:
Bequeathed to his son Robert 200 acres of New Tavern, on the Liberty main road. To his son, John, a part of New Tavern and one half of his plantation, Eagles Nest, south of the Liberty road and east of the main falls of the Patapsco river; to his sons Joseph and Samuel, parts of New Tavern and Eagle's Nest; to his daughters mary Gosnell, Elizabeth Simmons, Sarah Boring, Rachel Cook, and the heirs of his decessed daughter Ann Burnside, equal prts of his personal estate; to his granddaughters Elizabeth Ward (dau of William) and Sarah Gosnell, parts of his personal estate; his son Samuel was appointed executor. In a codicil, 11/14/1826 he bequeathed to the four eldest children of his son Joseph, who had since died, his share of the estate.

John married Rachel TALBOTT on 27 Jul 1764 in Herring Creek, Anne Arundel, MD. Rachel (daughter of Joseph TALBOTT and Mary BIRCKHEAD) was born on 20 May 1746 in The Cliffs, Calvert Co., MD; died on 12 Oct 1820 in Randallstown, Baltimore, MD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel WARD died after 21 Dec 1849.
2. Mary WARD was born on 30 Jun 1765.
3. Joseph WARD died before 14 Nov 1826.
4. John WARD
5. Robert WARD
6. William WARD
7. Ann WARD was born on 22 Oct 1771; died before 3 Jan 1822.
8. Rachel WARD
9. Elizabeth WARD
10. Sarah WARD was born on (1781 OR 1782).