The D'Arcy Archive
1725

Joseph Ward

Married Martha Garden.

FamilyNo record yet ties them to their parents or their children, so the relationships above are the family tree's. 2 records that name them have been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →

Joseph Ward1725direct line · generation 9
marriedMartha Gardenb. 1730tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

None of the 4 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born5 SEP 1725

direct line · generation 9 counting back from the present day

Family

Parents

William Ward · Martha Lewis

Married

Martha Garden · 27 OCT 1747 at South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

Children

Jean Ward (1754–1823)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record — the parents, marriages and children drawn above are what the family tree says. But 2 records naming Joseph Ward have been read, and they are set out below. How claims are labelled →

Every entry naming Joseph Ward in the register →

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What the records say

Every record this archive has read that names Joseph Ward. The name is unique in this tree, so these are his or hers. The whole register →

of South Leith, Midlothian · father of Jean, baptised there 19 July 1754 — and the man her eldest son was named for

recordScotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929, South Leith (FindMyPast) · the source ↗

married MARTH[A] GAIRDEN at SOUTH LEITH, 27 OCTOBER 1747 · her father WILLIAM GAIRDEN — seven years before their daughter Jean was christened in the same parish

recordScotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893, South Leith (FindMyPast) · the source ↗

Everywhere Joseph appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutJoseph Ward in prose, gathered automatically — 9 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

Behind the paywall

…Martha Golding · Bristol, 24 August 1828 England Marriages 1538-1973 GOLDING — confirmed Joseph Ward m. Marth Gairden · South Leith, 27 October 1747 Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893 GAIRDEN — confirmed, and her father…

What changed

…outh Leith claim as an error, and built /jean-ward. Found Jean Ward's parents' marriage — Joseph Ward and Marth Gairden, South Leith, 27 October 1747 — which names her grandfather WILLIAM GAIRDEN and takes this archive five generat…

South Leith

…d son the maternal grandfather's name, and this is what that looks like from the outside. Joseph Ward and Martha Garden are an entire generation this archive did not have, and the first Scots in it with names from a record rather t…

What Has Been Read

…erine COTTON (Berkeley 1769), Thomas Sanigre m. Martha GOLDING (Bristol 1828). The fifth, Joseph Ward and Marth Gairden at South Leith 1747, could not be re-opened because the record set would not resolve — named rather than counte…

Not in the tree

…in 1841 family lore Ward and Gairden, of South Leith 3 people Who On what record Standing Joseph Ward Jean Ward's father — and the man her eldest son was named for. married Marth Gairden at South Leith, 27 October 1747 documented M…

Chatham

…1754. And her baptism has now been found — South Leith, Midlothian, 19 July 1754, father Joseph Ward, mother Martha Garden. This page said for months that South Leith was not transcribed. It is → A daughter's marriage, witnessed b…

The Women

…om records the tree never had. Who What names her MARTHA GAIRDEN , of South Leith Married Joseph Ward at South Leith, 27 October 1747, the entry naming her father WILLIAM GAIRDEN. Jean Ward's mother, and the oldest woman in this ar…

What the indexes actually hold

…sixteenth century, with parents named Test — One search. Jean Ward, 19 July 1754, father Joseph Ward, mother Martha Garden. This archive reported South Leith as untranscribed and her baptism as unreachable, more than once and on m…

The work list

…South Leith marriage of 1747 The one marriage in the audit that could not be re-checked: Joseph Ward and Marth Gairden, South Leith, 27 October 1747. The record set «Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893» would not resolve…

Sources attached in the tree

  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-91613007/joseph-ward-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • Geni World Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-128461180/joseph-ward-in-geni-world-family-tree

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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