Title

Ward, Asahel

Description

en-CA b. 1759; 1st wife died in York, Ontario; 2nd wife: Abigail Adair; father of Mary Johnson (w. Edmunds) and Clarissa Lawrence (both by 1st wife) as well as of Rhoda, Kezia, Cordelia Springstead, Lydia Springstead, Sarah Cain and Phoebe TenEyck (by 2nd wife Abigail); brother of Capt. Thomas Ward; during Revolutionary War served in Engineer Detachment of His Majesty's Forces; 1785 arrived in Canada with with 1st wife and 2 daughters; built log cabin near Markham; later moved to York; Apr 12,1812 placed on U.E.L. list and received land grant; settled in Grimsby; carpenter;

Identifier

http://www.nflibrary.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?b=1&ref=oo&id=415586

page

ix,266,267,268,269,

Bibliographic Citation

10169441

Loyalist ancestors : some families of the Hamilton area / by Hamilton Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada.