Robert WARD

1786 - 1835  (49 years)

• Name	Robert WARD
  Born	1786	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  _UID	06FB258DD66B08499E738B05C4732797DB84
  Baptism	1786	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  	Robert's baptism record is in the St. Paul's Anglican Church, Halifax r egister. All Anglican baptisms for Newport, Hants County were registere d in Halifax at that time because there was no minister in Newport yet. Ref: Baptisms which were performed in Newport, Falmouth, Horton, Halifa x Road, Cornwallis, Kennetcook and Fort Edward and registered in Saint P aul's, 1775 to 1795  microfilm 11552
  Died	24 Dec 1835	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Person ID	I3159	Longstaff Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Jan 1970

  
  

  Father	Simon WARD,   b. 25 Sep 1757, Marske by Richmond, Yorkshire (North Riding), England ,   d. 8 May 1833, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Living,   b. Abt 1762, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Abt 1830, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F978	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emetine (Amy) MOSHER,   b. 1792, Mosherville, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 1870, Avondale, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1810	Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Children	1. Nicholas M. WARD,   b. 1818, Newport, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1889, Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F979	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		robertwardstone.jpg
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• Notes

  Robert and his wife Amy were first cousins, Robert's mother being Rhoda Mosher, and her brother Nicholas Mosher was Amy's father. Robert's baptism record was found in St. Paul's Anglican Church records f or Newport. Marriage bond 27 October 1810, Microfilm #15928 NSARM His father Simon's will reads in part: "First I give unto my son Robert W ard the use of the following Lots of Land during his natural Life and a t his death to his son Simon Ward and to his heirs and assigns for ever v iz. one Lot of upland containing thirty acres being a part of Lot numbe fifteen bounded southerly on the new road Landing to ___ easterly on L and of John Ward north of the river West on __Land of Felix Cochran and t wenty eight and one half acres being apart of Lot number fourteen and b ounded southerly on Land of the Late James Smith easterly and northerly o Land of John Ward and west on Land of Felix Cochrane ...and it is further my will that my son Robert Ward have my large Bibl e my arm chair two cows five sheep and one ___ ____ the sheep and cows t o be the same that are now in his possession." Robert is buried at the foot of a huge old oak tree in the old St. Jame s Anglican Cemetery, Newport (now Brooklyn), Hants County, NS. He was o ly 49 years old when he died. His headstone reads: "In memory of Robert Ward died Dec. 24, 1835 Aged 4 9 years. Also his wife Emetine died Aug 18, 1868 Aged 78 years. ____from the body to be ... (here the stone is broken and the rest is p artially buried in the earth).