_William WARD _______+
                                             | (1725 - 1793)       
                        _James Lemill WARD __|
                       | (1758 - 1808) m 1808|
                       |                     |_Elizabeth THOMPSON _
                       |                       (1730 - 1797)       
 _William Benton WARD _|
| (1792 - 1855)        |
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|                      |_Sarah OSBORN _______|
|                        (1758 - 1814) m 1808|
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|
|--James M WARD 
|  (1818 - 1900)
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|                       _James MEEK _________|
|                      | (1778 - 1823)       |
|                      |                     |_____________________
|                      |                                           
|_Elizabeth MEEK ______|
  (1803 - 1880)        |
                       |                      _____________________
                       |                     |                     
                       |_Judith HYLTON ______|
                         (1780 - 1814)       |
                                             |_____________________