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The discovery that the Y DNA of descendants of Nathan Ward of Prince
George's Co., Maryland and Grayson Co., Virginia matches that of the
descendants of W006 Thomas Wells of Prince George's Co., Maryland has
raised the question of an almost 300 year old "non-paternal event."
The information I've found on the Internet about Nathan Ward's father
of record, James Ward, is a real mess. Rather than go into that can of
worms at the moment, here are some of the actual records I have been
able to glean about James Ward, his wife Susanna(h) Swanson and George
Wells, son of Thomas of Prince George's County, Maryland:


--10 Dec 1714 James Ward of Prince George's County planter and
Susannah his wife [formerly called Susannah Swanson] of the one part
and George Wells of the afsd county planter of the other part - land
called "Swanson Lot" in Prince George's county, [Deed book E - pp
331-332 Maryland Hall of Records] (Dr. Francis Swanston of Calvert
County patented Swanson's Lot, 17 Jul 1670, in that part of Calvert
which became Prince George's County)

--30 Mar 1719 Ordered that the clerk summon George Wells and Susanna
Ward to attend the vestry on Sunday the 12th April after the sermon
touching their living lewdly and uncontinently together. [page 60,
Queen Anne Vestry Minutes]

--12 April 1719 Then appeared George Wells and Susanna Ward and were
admonished by the vestry not to cohabit together nor frequent each
others company [p. 61 Queen Anne Vestry Minutes]

--16 Jun 1725 George Wells and Susanna Ward were married by the Rev
Jacob Henderson – [Queen Anne Parish Register]

--08 Dec 1726 Thomas Ward of Pr. George's County planter for natural
love and affection I bear unto my well beloved father in law (term
which included the relationship of stepfather) George Wells for his
great care and trouble of me in my affliction of sickness - all my
Indian corn and tobacco now in Anne Arundel Co. on the plantation that
Joseph Wells dwells on. [Lib M/Fol. Maryland Hall of Records]


IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0
NATHAN WARD
Male
Event(s):
Birth: 12 FEB 1713 Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince
Georges, Maryland
Parents:
Father: JAMES WARD
Mother: SUSANNA

FRANCES WARD
Female
Event(s):
Birth: 17 JAN 1716 Saint Barnabas Church, Queen Anne Parish, Prince
Georges, Maryland
Parents:
Father: JAMES WARD
Mother: SUSANNA

Messages:
Extracted birth or christening record for the locality listed in the
record. The source records are usually arranged chronologically by the
birth or christening date.

On 7/11/07, Patricia Straube <DisplayMail('gmail.com','patricia.straube ');patricia.straube@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Leslie and Oren, This is the most amazing coincidence! I had just been surfing Y-Search, seeking some information on which G Haplotype subgroup our Wells Family (016) might belong to, when Leslie's email came into my mailbox. I had found Leslie's family and compared it to others using the "all surnames" option. As expected, it was closely matched to Raymond Wells, descendant of John Boyd Wells but still differed by 5. However, there was a family of a different surname that only differed by 2. That was WARD.
>
> Here is what the submitter said:
>
> Most distant known paternal ancestor on the direct male line
>
>
> First Name:William
> Last Name:Ward
> Year Born:About 1826
> Year Died:About 1900
> Country of Origin:England
> Latitude:
> Longitude:
>
>
> Additional information about Paternal Line:
> William was born in VA. It is also believed that Williams father's name may have been Nathan and lived in Grayson Co., VA. William lived in Johnson Co., TN until late 1870's and then moved to Creston, NC.
>
> This sets off a lot of ringing bells for those of us familiar with the family of Thomas Wells (06). His son George was cut out of Thomas' will in 1718, in part, due to the aftermath of a scandal in which George and Susannah (Swanson) Ward, widow of James Ward, were admonished to stop their cohabitation. George and Susannah finally married in 1725. James and Susannah Ward had three children, only one son who lived to adulthood, Nathan Ward chrs. 12 Feb 1713 in Queen Anne's Parish, Prince George's Co. MD, died 14 March 1803 in GRAYSON cO., VA. Sorry, but I don't have all the dates and the timeline in front of me at the moment, but it appears that George and Susannah's relationship may begun before her husband died, circa 1717. Has anyone looked into this or contacted the submitter? This is amazing! A paternity test 291 years after the fact!
>
> Patricia