James Ward 1770 - 1843 | his parents 
& 1790 Deliah Freeman 1771 - 1821 |  her parents
& 1823 Silvia Ward 1780 - 1829 |  her parents
& 1829 Penelope Hunter ? - 1832 | her parents 
& 1832 Elizabeth Jones 1791 - 1876 | her parents
& 1809 James Howell Jones 1781 -1831 | his parents 
& 1846 Rev. James Delke 1793 - 1862 | his parents 
of near Powellsville, Bertie County, North Carolina

      James Ward and Elizabeth Jones were married 13 December 1832. 
James Ward was born 5 Feb 1770, the son of Thomas Ward and his wife Pheraby Hill,  near Powellsville in Bertie Co, NC .  
He married first on 27 February 1790, Delilah  Freeman, daughter of John Freeman. 
 Deliah died 14 May 1821. 
He married second on 20 May 1823, Silva Ward, the widow of his brother Joshua Ward. 
 Silva died 28 May 1829.  
Thirdly he married on 22 Nov 1829 Penelope Hunter, daughter of Timothy.
 Penelope died 22 April 1832. 
 He married Elizabeth Jones Jones on 13 December 1832.
         Recorded in James Ward's Bible now in the possession of Michael Moore.
 James Ward was a Deacon of Colerain (Wiccacon) Baptist  Church. 
 He was a Justice of the Peace for Bertie County.
He purchased "Maple Lawn" from his brother-in-law James Sidney Jones III when  Jones moved to Alabama (originally the overseer's home, Jones had rebuilt it in 1828 as a home for his mother, his sisters and himself.)  

   
18th century Ward Home near Powellsville, NC  
ca 1970 photos by James Moore
after the home of Augustus Bass and his wife Celia Brittain burned in 1857 
Ann Ward and John W Moore traded them the Ward place with the house 
for  property joining our farm Maple Lawn that my father called the Bass field.
John and Ann Moore were already living in their mansion in Murfreesboro
 and Elizabeth and James Delk moved out to Maple Lawn about that time.

    Will of James Ward  

   
James Ward's Gravestone
Ward Cemetery

    Elizabeth Jones, daughter of James Sidney Jones II and his wife Ann (Nancy) Walton was born 16 October 1791 at the Jones' Hole in Hertford Co NC.
 She married 4 Oct. 1809 her cousin James Howell Jones (1781-1831). 
Howell Jones was Hertford County's Clerk & Master in Equity from 1806 until his death in 1831. They built a home (the Bazemores') in 1825.
 Howell Jones's first wife Nancy was buried in the Duer graveyard January 1808.
 Elizabeth Jones Jones married James Ward on 13 December 1832.
  James Ward died 27 February 1843. 
  In December 1846 she married the Rev. James Delke (1793-1862). 
 (He's who cut the trees on the front lawn so his sweet-potato patch could get enough sun.)  He died in 1862. 
 After her daughter Ann's home burned in 1866 at Murfreesboro Ann, her husband Major John W Moore and family made their home with Elizabeth at Maple Lawn. Elizabeth Delke died 1 October 1876.

Children of Howell Jones and Elizabeth Jones:
1. James Adolphus Jones 24 Oct 1810 - 20 Aug 1887
      married 1st ca 1834 in Mobile AL America Wade ca 1815 - 1859/64
               daughter of Reuben Wade [d. 1838 Jefferson Co, AL]  and Lucy Martin
                        who were married 30 Jan 1804 in Franklin Co, VA  Deb. Rayfield
      married 2nd 2 March 1865 Martha Virginia Sossaman 1837 - 1911
2. Elizabeth Jones born  ca 1813 -  died young ca 1818
3. Howell Morgan Jones 6 Aug 1819 - 15 July 1865
      married 3 Feb 1842 Mary Henrietta Thomas 1824 - 1897

 Step children of James Ward --  [Bible of James Ward]
       Children of Silva Ward and Joshua Ward:
1. Martha F. Ward 6 March 1798 -
     married ca 1821 William Etheridge d Jan 1837 Bertie Co NC  [ his 2nd wife ]
2. James Ward 5 Feb 1800 - 9 Jan 1823
     ?married Mary Russell [dau of Mary Freeman & James V. Russell
              granddaughter of Hardy Freeman & Senith Hunter (Carl Freeman)
3. Thomas Ward 3 Dec 1803 - 9 Oct 1806
4. Thomas Jefferson Ward 4 March 1807 -
5. Benjamin Ward 27 July 1811 -
6. Mary Pharaby Ward 27 May 1813 - 24 July 1850 Union Parish LA
     married in NC 27 Aug 1835 Iredell S Jordan 22 Jan 1806 - 23 Apr 1844 Dallas Co AL
            son of James and Mary Jordan
     married 2nd Union Par LA 13 Feb 1849 George Everett 1797 - 1855
7. Susanna Ward 29 March 1816 -
      married Dallas Co AL 1 Dec 1844 Edmond D King
   4 Jan 1832 from T.J.C. Ward, Sumner Co, TN to James Ward, Pitch Landing, Hertford Co, NC "Dear Father . . . I rec'd your letter some few days passed and perrused the contents with astonishment to learn that Brother had gone to New York to learn the talers trade. . .if he wants to be a macanick come to this country and go with me to the South and be a machinen maker. . .he can learn that as quick again as the talering business. . ."
               Abstract by Ransom McBride in the NCGSJ - Feb. 85. p.37

Step children of Elizabeth Jones --
   Children of James Delke and Susan Bats Kerr nee Holloway:
1.  Susan J Delke ca 1819 Surry Co VA - bef 1893 Murfreesboro NC
      married Francis Nolley, a tailor in Murfreesboro, NC
          brother of Rev. Geo. W Nolley, a distinguished Methodist divine in Virginia Conference
2. James A Delke 14 Sept 1821 Surry Co VA - 26 Nov 1893 Conway SC   dsp

Children of  Christian Ward 1790-1853 & Isaac Norfleet 1780 - 5 Nov 1844:

Dr. John Freeman Ward 1792 - 1834 | his parents
& 1817 Mary E Phillips | her parents
& 1828 Silva Spivey d. 1832 | her parents
of Bertie Co NC & Tarboro NC

1792, 13 Sept --- John Freeman Ward was born, the son of James Ward and wife Deliah Freeman
1817, 11 Dec - Dr John F Ward married Mary E Phillips of Orange Co
1819, 25 April - daughter Margaret Ward is born. 
1821, 14 May - his mother Deliah Freeman Ward dies
1822, Feb 7th -- writing from Tarboro -- a statement about small pox vaccination - he had been sent the actual disease "matter" instead of the vaccination "matter" - but correct matter was obtained and all had been vaccinated with that....appeared in the Edenton Gazette that day. 
1827 -- a letter for him was as the post office in Windsor NC
1828, 25 May - Dr. John F Ward married 2nd Silva Spivey
1829, 26 March - son DeWitt Ward is born
1829, 19 June -- son DeWitt Ward dies.
1831, 29 July - daughter Sarah Ward is born
1832, 26 June - wife Silva Spivey Ward dies.
1834, 22 Feb - Dr. John Freeman Ward dies.
1835, 26 Feb - daughter Margaret Ward marries James Weddell