Families of the Area

Index for Ward and Associated Families of Sassafras Neck, Cecil County, Maryland

Thanks to so many of these people for helping me with my research! Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help you.

  • Alexander -
    • Barbara Burris (researching Alexander/Veazey Line)
    • Nancy Noel (Buffalo NY)

  • Caldwell -
    • Judy Shenk (Astoria, OR); great granddaughter of John Sipple Caldwell
    • Nina Brown (Caldwell, Paisley, Brown)
    • Descendant List for Andrew Caldwell of Delaware; Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Chenowith

  • Chandlee; Settlers of the Nottingham Lots in Cecil County, MD; Jayne Larion

  • Joshua Clayton (1744-1798) Joshua Clayton was born the son of James & Eleanor Edinfield Clayton on December 20, 1744 in Cecil County, Md. The Clayton's have been traced back to 11th Century England. In January 1776, Clayton was made a major in the Bohemia Manor Battalion Militia. It has been said that later he was commissioned a colonel and acted as aide and surgeon to General Washington during the Battle of Brandywine. 10th President of Delaware, served: June 2, 1789 to January 19, 1796.

  • Davis -

  • De Coursey/Chandlee/Goldsmith Families - Jayne Larion in Michigan

  • Fox - Clay Fox (Mountain View, CA )

  • Henderson - Don (Alter Genealogy)

  • Hermen

  • Hollingsworth of Cecil County

  • Husband(s) -
    • Dennis E. Ward - looking for the connection between the Ward and Husbands families who arrived together from Cecil Co. in Sandy Creek in Orange Co NC
    • Dan Harding in Portland, Oregon; (looking for connection between William Husbands, Sr. and the Hermen Family; he is a descendant of Francina Hermen)
    • Descendants of William Husband Last updated March 31, 2002.

  • Hynson - Dwight Davis

  • Lloyds of Wye

  • Love - Sharon Goetz (researching Love/Whaland/Thomas)

  • Matthews - Edward Matthews, Sr. & Sarah Tracey of Baltimore County, Maryland

  • McLane -

  • William Paca:
    1740 – 1799; He was a Statesman and Revolutionary War leader. He served the Continental Congress, and served as a judge. Later he became the Governor of Maryland. Paca purchased land and built a house in Charlestown, the first incorporated town in Cecil County, 25 years prior to becoming a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

  • Pearce -

  • Pierce - Judy Ardine looking for Francis SMITH and his wife, name unknown, who died in Rev SEWELL's parish in Cecil cnty in 1720

  • Pennington - Keith Keyser; looking for information on Joshua Pennington who married Rachel Jane Moore and had a daughter, Emma.; Descendant List of Henry Pennington, Sr. Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Ricketts -
    • Lee and Joan Case; looking for the names of the children of Evan Ricketts (b. 1761)
    • Thomas Urie Kent & Queen Annes Counties in Maryland; also Ricketts

  • Ringgold - Raymond H. Ringgold

  • Descendants of William Ross of Delaware; Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Sir Thomas Read Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Sipple Genealogy of Delaware

  • John Smith –
    An Englishman by descent, Smith was the first white man to explore the region that is now called Cecil County. His voyage originated in Jamestown Virginia in 1608, and his expedition sailed north to the head of the Chesapeake Bay. It was through his written accounts that we know about the Indians who inhabited the area, and what life was like for them during that time. He explored the North East, Elk, Sassafras, and Susquehanna Rivers, and met members of numerous Indian tribes.

  • Stoops - Robert Sloan; I have been searching for another family in Cecil County ( Stoops) and ran across a early Ward. Dr. Thomas ward emmigrated in 1649 bring Henry Stoope as a servant. They landed on Kent Island. Do you have any further info on Thomas?

  • Jacob Tome:
    Jacob Tome came to the western shores of Cecil County, along the Susquehanna River in 1833 on a raft from York County Pennsylvania. When he arrived in Port Deposit, he was penniless but ambitious, and aptly illustrated a "rags to riches" story. He formed a partnership with men of greater means, and went into the lumber business. The men quickly prospered, and he invested well. Tome expanded his business holdings as far away as the Great Lakes region of the United States, and he quickly became one of the wealthiest men in Maryland.

    Tome was a critic of county school systems, and used part of his wealth to establish Jacob Tome Institute. He was known for his generosity, and in 1889 he funded the operation of a free school for area youth, through his Institute. After his death in 1898, an endowment of Tome's created a prestigious school for boys at Bainbridge, on a bluff overlooking the Susquehanna River. The school prospered, and its income supported the free schools he believed so strongly in. However, as the county educational system improved, his schools suffered lower enrollments, and all but one eventually closed. The generosity and influence of Jacob Tome are still felt today in the historic village of Port Deposit, as well as at the last of Tome’s private schools, located in the town of North East.

  • Veazey - Ann Veazey Davis
    Descendants of John Veazey Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Descendant List for William Ward "First of Woodlawn" Last updated March 4, 2002.

  • Other Ward Families-
    • Levi Ward - Melissa Kline; looking for connections to her g-g-grandfather, Levi Ward. He was born in Cecil County in 1820. He was a son of Samuel Ward (born ca 1793) and Rachael (Thomas) Ward. Levi had two brothers: John Thomas (m Mary Ann Richardson) and David (m Sarah E. Biddle). According to land records, Samuel was the son of a John Ward.
    • BRENDA REED'S KITH & KIN Of Virginia, Tennessee, North & South Carolina, Maryland, & Europe
    • Anne Gregory is looking for her gggrandfather, William H. WARD. He is in the Mercer Co, KY census in 1840 and 1850, Johnson Co, IN 1860 and 1870. He was born abt 1815, married 3 times, first to Margaret GRITTON, next Milliann Jane GRITTON, next Nancy Ann LEWIS. Children are Merritt, Elevin (Levon), Mary, James, Jacob, and Elizabeth. We thought he might be related to George Ward who emigrated to that area of Virginia which became Kentucky but can't find a connection.
    • Melissa's Ward History Pages
    • Descendants of James Canady Ward
    • John Ward and McGregor Files

  • Warrington - Charles B. Pepper

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Last Updated: March 30, 2002.

Ellen Ward
ellen@bcpl.net

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