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Judge Richard Ward

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Varina Parish, Henrico Shire, Virginia Colony
Death: between April 18, 1682 and August 01, 1682 (45-46)
Sheffield Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia Colony
Place of Burial: Chesterfield County, VA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Capt. Seth Ward and Katherine Ward
Husband of Elizabeth Ward
Father of Richard Ward; Capt. Seth Ward, of Sheffield; Edward Ward; Elizabeth Ward; Mary Cocke and 2 others
Brother of Mary Hatcher; Seth Ward and Edward Ward

Occupation: Justice of the Peace
Managed by: Henn Sarv
Last Updated:

About Judge Richard Ward

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bhreed&id... - transcriptions from many records in colonial Virginia related to Richard Ward. He was an immigrant to Virginia, from the Port of London, England, United Kingdom. He was brought by ship's Captain John Chelsman in 1636. He is mentioned as being a magistrate in Henrico Co., VA colony in 1666. There are details from many land and court records, and a transcription of his Last Will and Testament which was proven through Probate on August 1, 1682.



The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco photo

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Judge Richard Ward's Timeline

1636
1636
Varina Parish, Henrico Shire, Virginia Colony
1661
1661
Sheffield on the James, Varina Parish, Henrico County, Virginia Colony
1663
1663
Probably Henrico County, Virginia Colony
1666
March 2, 1666
Varina Parish, Henrico County, Virginia Colony
1666
Age 30
Henrico, Virginia, USA
1667
1667
Sheffield,Chesterfield Co.,Virginia
1670
1670
1682
April 18, 1682
Age 46
Henrico, Virginia, USA
April 18, 1682
Age 46
Sheffield Plantation, Henrico County, Virginia Colony