Richard Warde

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁶⁶⁰
The Andrew Ward, who was son of Richard Ward, is not the same as Andrew Warde the immigrant, who was more likely Richard Warde's grandson according to George K. Ward in his work, Andrew ward and his Descendants, 1597-1910 . . . Richard's son Andrew was probably married and settled a dozen of more years before our immigrant ancestor's wife was born in 1606. A Mr. Andrew Warde, gentleman, was buried 23 Jan 1615 at St. Michael's, Cornhill, London, England. This is likely the Andrew Warde who was the son of Richard Warde. Ralph Warde, brother of Andrew Warde & son of Richard Warde was also buried at the same place.

Emory McClintock, of NYC, spoke at the First Reunion of the Andrew Ward Association, 10 May 1905 and had some of that speach about Andrew Warde follows:
"Andrew Warde's ancestry was undoubtedly a good ancestry, because he took his place immediately in the affairs of the colony, although probably a man not over 35 years of old at the time of the immigration from Watertown, which settled the town of Westerfield, . . .

". . . For a long time there was a widely believed statement afloat that Andrew Warde was the son of Richard Warde, but that was undoubtedly a mistake. On the other hand, it has been as good as known to a very few for a number of years that he was grandson of Richard Warde.

"I think we may, therefore, take it as practically certain that our Andrew Warde was the son of another Andrew, one of the five sons of Richard Ward, of Gorleston, in England, who was lord of a manor there, and who had property in several parts of the country which was left to his children.

"There were five sons of Richard Warde. The oldest was Henry, born in the year 1559, and the fourth was Ralph. Ralph married a lady who was born in 1572. Now the next son, and the youngest was Andrew, and Andrew's wife could not, naturally, be expected to have been born in 1606. So far as ages are concerned, they go to show that it was a grandson, and not a son, who came to this country [U.S.].

"Now, as regards Richard Warden, his will was probated in the Bishop's Court in 1598. He gave to his son Henry all his lands in Horstead and Stoninghall, in Norfolk; to his son Richard all his lands, tenements, etc, in Metfield, Wetherdale, Menham, Sandcroft, Homersfield, St. Michaels and Fixton, in Suffolk, and all his remaining lands in Norfolk; to his son andrew the £333? He was succeeded by his son Henry Ward, lord of the manor, who was born in 1559 and died in 1645. He sold the manor to people of another name and moved to Norfolk, where the family continued for one or two generations, and then died out without issue. So much for the family of Richard Warde, the father of Andrew Warde, and of whom our Andrew was doubtless the grandson.

"We do know that Richard Warde was the son of Thomas Warde, of Homersfield, in the northeast corner of Suffolk. Thomas Warde marrided the daughter of Dr. John Hare. Richard Warde married the daughter of Richard Gunville, of Gorleston, and his wife inherited the manor from her brother, Henry, whose widow died in 1580; and at his widow's death it passed to the wife of Richard Warde.

"There is an old and famous family of Gonville, in Suffolk, and this family is believed to be related to them, because they have the same coat of arms as the more illustrious Gonville family that founded Gonvilled College, and the names of some of their descendants are give in this statement; but the exact connection between the older Gonville family and the Bonville family of Gorleston is not directly traced, although a connection is plain from the arms. The heralds are very particular not to give the same arms to persons who are not of the same family, even if the names are the same. If was a rule that the consent of the heralds had always to be obtained before any family could get the arms, unless it was the same family; and the arms of this Gunville family are the same as those of the ealier Gonvilles.

"As for the Hare family, there is a similar pedigree traced down to this John Hare, who became a Doctor of Laws and was a man of property, who died in 1526. His daughter married Thomas Ward. His fahter was Nicholas Hare, who was the son of John Hare.

"Thus, the Ward family was undoubtedly a good family. It is impossible that this Richard Ward could have sprung suddenly into riches, simply because he married the lady of Gorleston. His fahter was also a rich man, because he owned property at Homersfield, where his father came from. . . . this Thomas Warde was a country gentleman and the owner of property is well certified, and he must have inherited it from his father or mother. This is practically certain, because in those days it was very uncommon for people to make money

~ Andrew Ward and his descendants, 1597-1910, pgs. 7-11

Richard married.